FINAL FANTASY XIV Player Character[ACTION FIGURE]

[Mimilu]

Just one more for now... >w>

Irissss posted this a year ago:


They did this themselves, saying it was 2 months worth of work done in 6 months during free time.
Link to reddit post
Link to imgur
Link to imgur showing some WIP stuff

[Bright-Flower]

I hear what you're saying, but Hero Forge exists.

True but hero forge just makes tiny little tabletop miniatures.

[ZedxKayn]

It would be a lot of work but not as much as people in this thread seem to think it would be... If it's a system similar to figmas and nendoroids, mix and matching faces, hair, bodies, etc, definitely sounds like an investment that could be worth it for SE.

[Vahlnir]

It would be a lot of work but not as much as people in this thread seem to think it would be... If it's a system similar to figmas and nendoroids, mix and matching faces, hair, bodies, etc, definitely sounds like an investment that could be worth it for SE.

I think it'd mostly come down to the materials. There's only so many options when it comes to the character model, so I don't think that reproducing the base models would be the biggest issue.

[Equitable_Remedy]

True but hero forge just makes tiny little tabletop miniatures.

I'm not sure what point you think you're making—no one in this thread is arguing that the size of the miniature is the limiting factor (and it isn't).

My point is that people in this thread are arguing that the logistics of custom-printing miniatures are impractical—Hero Forge is an ongoing concern that does exactly that. It may well be the case that the upfront costs wouldn't be justified for Square Enix, but the argument that it can't be done would appear to be wrong given that it currently is done by Hero Forge.

Again, this might not be profitable for Square Enix or just not something that the company would want to get involved with for any number of reasons, but the argument that it couldn't practically be done at scale seems weak to me given the evidence to the contrary.

[MilkieTea]

I'm not sure what point you think you're making—no one in this thread is arguing that the size of the miniature is the limiting factor (and it isn't).

My point is that people in this thread are arguing that the logistics of custom-printing miniatures are impractical—Hero Forge is an ongoing concern that does exactly that. It may well be the case that the upfront costs wouldn't be justified for Square Enix, but the argument that it can't be done would appear to be wrong given that it currently is done by Hero Forge.

Again, this might not be profitable for Square Enix or just not something that the company would want to get involved with for any number of reasons, but the argument that it couldn't practically be done at scale seems weak to me given the evidence to the contrary.

people are responding to the main thread - which asks why square enix hasn’t done it in a way that implies that the real question is a request for square enix to do it.

the argument isn’t that it can’t be done, it’s that it’s an impossible request to SQUARE, and that if square were to do it, it wouldn’t be $100+, but more so $500+, possibly edging towards the $1000 mark.

[Awha]

Didn't blizzard do something akin to this many years ago.

[ItMe]

Didn't blizzard do something akin to this many years ago.

Someone mentioned Figureprints on the previous page, but was there another?

[Bright-Flower]

I'm not sure what point you think you're making—no one in this thread is arguing that the size of the miniature is the limiting factor (and it isn't).

My point is that people in this thread are arguing that the logistics of custom-printing miniatures are impractical—Hero Forge is an ongoing concern that does exactly that. It may well be the case that the upfront costs wouldn't be justified for Square Enix, but the argument that it can't be done would appear to be wrong given that it currently is done by Hero Forge.

Again, this might not be profitable for Square Enix or just not something that the company would want to get involved with for any number of reasons, but the argument that it couldn't practically be done at scale seems weak to me given the evidence to the contrary.

My point is that what hero forge does likely isn't anywhere near the scale or level of detail people would want for action figures based off of their characters. Especially in terms of stuff like face detail etc. Hero forge is good for what it is, but I think what people are wanting here is going to be a lot more expensive. Hero forge as is can be a bit pricy even considering the limited detail and size they work with.

[LianaThorne]

I hear what you're saying, but Hero Forge exists.

So why does this thread even exist then if that's an option?