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Forgotten Bloodlines: Agate

Started by Faelrin, November 24, 2022, 07:16:17 PM

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BlueKrono

#40
August 01, 2024, 02:46:27 PM
I got the Daeodon as well, and I was not impressed by the print quality. The ears on mine must have been too thin cuz they arrived broken. I see yours did as well. They need to thicken the model there if they're going to be printing any more. I reached out to Max about it last week but never got a response.
We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free." - King Kong, 2005

Carnoking

#41
August 01, 2024, 03:12:49 PM
Quote from: BlueKrono on August 01, 2024, 02:46:27 PMI got the Daeodon as well, and I was not impressed by the print quality. The ears on mine must have been too thin cuz they arrived broken. I see yours did as well. They need to thicken the model there if they're going to be printing any more. I reached out to Max about it last week but never got a response.

Yes, I noticed the ears were a bit fragile but I'm not too upset by it myself. I imagine these guys probably had some torn up ears if they were as aggressive with one another as I'm led to believe. Either way, gives it a little character in my book, and if I did get this guy painted I would be sure to have the ears be painted up with some scabby colors.

SBell

#42
August 03, 2024, 01:07:45 AM
Mine arrived today!



Moropus is in great shape, and only one of the Daeodon ears is a little damaged. But as was mentioned, it just looks like battle damage!

Carnoking

#43
August 03, 2024, 01:42:49 AM
Moropus looks quite nice too!

Flaffy

#44
August 03, 2024, 01:44:06 AM
My Moropus came with a snapped off ear unfortunately. Couldn't find the broken piece in the parcel either :-\

Sent it off to Martin for a fix + repaint, looking forward to seeing the results!

BlueKrono

#45
August 03, 2024, 05:08:30 AM
Quote from: Flaffy on August 03, 2024, 01:44:06 AMMy Moropus came with a snapped off ear unfortunately. Couldn't find the broken piece in the parcel either :-\

Sent it off to Martin for a fix + repaint, looking forward to seeing the results!

It sounds like the printer really does suck. No wonder he's not responding... it's like all of them. I can't believe I blew $80 on this thing.
We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free." - King Kong, 2005

Carnoking

#46
August 03, 2024, 01:47:16 PM
The 80$ supports the creation of an independent documentary from a group of talented and dedicated artists so I wouldn't say it's a "waste". I contributed to the Kickstarter because I want to see the project finished, and the only way I would call that a waste is if it never gets made which would be a bigger bummer than some broken ears in my book. As far as I'm concerned, the 3D print is just a nice little bonus.
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SBell

#47
August 03, 2024, 03:31:38 PM
Quote from: Carnoking on August 03, 2024, 01:47:16 PMThe 80$ supports the creation of an independent documentary from a group of talented and dedicated artists so I wouldn't say it's a "waste". I contributed to the Kickstarter because I want to see the project finished, and the only way I would call that a waste is if it never gets made which would be a bigger bummer than some broken ears in my book. As far as I'm concerned, the 3D print is just a nice little bonus.

Yeah, not sure how/if it will complete, but we tried. I have these models, and the STL files for the rest, so that's something.

Halichoeres

#48
August 05, 2024, 01:06:14 AM
Were they poorly packed or is the ear just impossibly thin?
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Flaffy

#49
August 05, 2024, 02:16:12 AM
Quote from: Halichoeres on August 05, 2024, 01:06:14 AMWere they poorly packed or is the ear just impossibly thin?

A bit of both. The ears were absolutely a point of fragility that should've been addressed. The packaging was quite crude for fragile resin too, zip-lock bag around the figure surrounded loosely by packing peanuts. I would've wrapped the figure securely in bubblewrap instead.

BlueKrono

#50
August 05, 2024, 03:29:29 AM
Quote from: Halichoeres on August 05, 2024, 01:06:14 AMWere they poorly packed or is the ear just impossibly thin?

I'm leaning toward the latter. I didn't think the packaging was too bad.

avatar_Carnoking @Carnoking I can understand that line of thinking. Personally I care very little about the documentary and was really only in it for an entelodont figure, so perhaps you can understand my disappointment. I'll probably get around to watching it eventually as I usually do with dinosaur shows, but there's not much impetus for me there.
We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free." - King Kong, 2005

BlueKrono

#51
August 10, 2024, 04:33:57 AM
Max finally got back to me after more than two weeks; apparently he didn't see my message until today. He said they were printed by Shapeways and the initial test batch came out okay so then they placed the full order. He apologized and said he wished he could have thickened the ears to prevent this from happening, but on their limited budget they can't offer replacements. About what I expected.
We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free." - King Kong, 2005

DefinitelyNOTDilo

#52
August 10, 2024, 05:20:53 AM
I've talked to Max regarding reselling the figures and he showed interest in potentially trying to get them sold again via dinosauria creatures.
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