3d printing isn't going to kill gw. not by a long shot. even if volumetric printing turns out how we hope it still won't threaten gw monetarily unless it becomes cheap, readily available, and clean. but what 3d printing is doing is disentangling gw from being the gatekeeper of model availability. and reviving model customisation to a level we didn't even have at the height of all those interchangeable marine kits. it also helped out old specialist games significantly, and even when gw revived specialist and certain games it enhances those too thanks to custom models and bits. it is also one of the reason bt saw such a resurgence prior to cgl doing their kikestarters. the other good thing is that 3d scanning is also becoming better, more affordable, and more prevalent. meaning that we are able to scan old models no longer in production either for archiving or for printing to use. sure some faggots are doing that specifically to make money off it, but that is preferential to the models disappearing, or paying ebay scalper prices, or worse gw made to order extortion prices.
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