Meet the Artists & the Tech Reinventing Tabletop Minis

[@OnceinaSixSide]

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[@firelord52]

This video format is amazing, with the voices and creators over the process, I'd like to see more of these. It's been 30 minutes and it didn't feel like half an hour at all

[@FlameForgedSoul]

"Zen-like, meditative quality" is a phrase that comes to mind.

[@forrestwentworthii1321]

Awesome video all around - showing off multiple creators' work, painting, great interviews, new printing ecosystem, practical advice. And thank you for the full disclosure regarding the sponsorship. I can't tell you how much I appreciate and respect the transparency.

[@BloopTube]

Chamfers are what separate us from the animals after all

[@DraperDanger]

Tolerances are what separates engineers from artists

[@jackpaxton9391]

Rhee ears both some of the best quotes ever.

[@JacopoSkydweller]

@@DraperDanger line to line design with no tolerances.... *Shudder* We really are the most tolerant people then I suppose, cool.

[@tonydiep6415]

Agree! Now googling what are “chamfers”. 😂

[@t0masibrudoctor534]

One man puts on a chamfer another takes off arris.

[@xGamermonkeyx]

Absolutely wonderful video, I love seeing Piper get more and more appreciation for their gorgeous art and beautiful models. I bought the Archerfish model recently and I can't wait to get a trio of them printed to proxy some models in my army! The new designs Piper is turning out are beautiful and I can't wait to see more of the new series, I feel like as good for Space Elves as they are clearly designed to be, I feel like they'd be exceptional Space Robot proxies. Just a giant hoard of them slowly walking towards you in rank and file repeating "How may I be of assistance? How may I be of assistance?"

[@JustinBania]

I have never seen a video by you before and 30 minutes into this video you earned a sub. This is just a masterclass of how to keep a painting video and an interview interesting by playing off the weaknesses of each. Audio-wise, a painting video is often just a voiceover sort of explaining what is being done or just raw silence and airbrush-hissing. Filling that with an interview with the modeler gives the interview some eye candy to watch while listening and the paints something interesting to listen to while you watch.

[@phoenixgods1]

piper makes is a cute, funny and skilled person- hope they keep at it, mecha needs more people like them

[@tabletopdave4748]

I've only recently got into 3d printing (Less than 2 months) And this video has been amazing to me, I enjoy podcasts and interviews and this has been right up my street, I saw your other video mentioning you had gave up offering a presupport service. You seem to enjoy interviewing file creators and your content style if perfect for a podcast! Thank you so much for your content!

[@tripp9278]

Dude, this is top notch content. Best creator in the hobby.

[@USMCRabbit]

The AnglerGeist reminds me of Titanfall mechs so much and that makes me wish I had a 3d printer to make some

[@dirby89]

Great content! Love your artistic style and enjoy your process from printing to painting while also using that as a background while interviewing/highlighting creators. Brilliant 👌

[@triplea657aaa]

I love Pipermakes' creations and can't wait to get started on my own army! Also the recent sculpts are simply incredible to the point where I'm going to pick up the army just for those sculpts.

[@EposVox]

This format is gold

[@dinardeauxs8310]

I really enjoyed this longer form video! And hearing all the interesting things about making models

[@thatpeweekid1]

Such a good video. So much quality. I have just got a couple of files in this video, and ready to print along. Such great artists with their models.

[@TKID-17105]

Great episode- I very recently found Pipermakes and was completely blown away so this is super timely.

[@deviantlegion]

I really like the idea of the Tau army but hated the GW models. I came across @Pipermakes and absolutely fell in love with them. They're everything the GW models should have been but failed miserably to do. I'm a massive fan of Ghost in the Shell and, for me, her models hit that aesthetic perfectly. I was actually thinking about making the models myself in Fusion 360 but I couldn't have dreamed getting them to the same standard as Piper's. I'm currently working through building units as I can and hopefully will have a working army in the next month or so. Absolutely love the colour scheme in the video.

[@DMGIII]

Love Pipers take on the games co ...

[@alskaer5249]

i wanted to start a new army last year. had several ideas for the faction. when i found pipers tau, it was instantly decided. so i got a whole army of it. and i absolutely love it. best tau models out there for me.

[@Asumis1988]

That was an amzing video. I really like to hear the thoughts of all these creators. Especially also the balancing of doing your own work and staying close to mayor Miniature Companys in the design. Also the underlying painting process was good. Hope to see more videos with other creators as well. Maybe Astra Militarum ;)

[@jackvoss1527]

I'd love to see more of these.

[@JunoZXV]

Hey Sixer, Thanks for conducting this interview. I've been using it as a reference link to anyone requesting an All-in-one solution to 3d printing in my local hobby groups. Cheers!

[@BrilliantBenGaming]

Currently building my first ever combat patrol, T'au Empire, really found this cool and the transparent look is amazing

[@elliottvalentine1005]

I think a Manta would look nice at the back of that army 👀

[@damonvi013]

i've wanted to 3d print Tau proxy models for a long while, and i found Piper on my own a couple moths ago, and have had the entire catalog on my "to buy list". after i get my resin printer this christmas, you better believe i'm grabbing so many of those models and printing them!

[@dunka12]

What CAD focused modelling software does, is not replaceable with polygon modelling or sculpting. You can do hard surface modelling with Blender, Max, Maya, or even Zbrush, but that's not ideal. So Blender would be in some cases the opposite of "easy mode"

[@daddyyu-gi-oh4330]

12:56 - protocol 3; protect the pilot Such titanfall vibes I love it

[@coldfyre18]

3:12 cheeky vortex

[@Nick-in5gn]

These designs are so cool! And I feel so vindicated doing my designs in Solidworks Maker instead of Blender

[@SirFluffy100]

Holy S***, I love this, MORE PLEASE

[@JordanFelty-i1f]

The pipermakes interview was excellent! Would love to listen to you interview designers in podcast form, with video of course so we can see the models lol

[@garenosborn]

I did in fact buy a mini 8k s after watching this video in order to print Pipermakes minis.

[@Axxisofdesteny]

Really cool Video! Interviewing the artists behind 3D printable Miniatures is such a nice concept. Ever considered to interview Mezgike?

[@Xayify]

you are absolutely a rising star my guy. I think printing is the future of wargaming and it's up to us to change the culture and take control of "the hobby"

[@Runehammer1]

impeccable

[@livanbard]

Needed a tamyia filler or similar before painting, seriously don't underestimate how ez is to get rid of print lines on flat pannels.

[@KONFLIK2175]

this is great! we are small indie studio working our first IP, its mecha theme! This is great videos!

[@newbsterr7820]

Idea: Make one of the Christmas battleboxes before they release. (Or make a rivalling one eg. not Beast Snagga orks)

[@ArtsnCraftsOrabella]

awesome video. Thanks for creating it

[@FatYggdrasil]

damn those sculpts during cloaking look amazing, i would have used transparent resin aswell and kept it transparent on the edges and blended a bit of the actual armor color near the armor sweet but i don't collect tau sadly

[@Xyleth07]

Thanks for a great video, and very timely as I am working on a PiperMakes squad. May I ask what airbrush that is you’re using? I like the look of that trigger grip!

[@anonymoose7412]

Yesss new video

[@johnallen715]

what glue are you using for the resin builds ?

[@kevintan6705]

just wondering where you got the 3d models from?

[@nickdavis5420]

Hmm next build a drone that flys off a drone print !

[@foxhoundms9051]

How do you spot inconsistencies and potential failures with clear resin? Seems like a bad idea to me, I always use grey.

[@icedriver2207]

I think that GDW needs to make rules that cover how to actually build units using points. Sort of like building a character in the Champions or Fuzion RPGs. You need AP it costs x. You need 24" of range it costs Y. So on.

[@EchoMirage72]

One Page Rules has a unit builder for GDF and Age of Fantasy.

[@FlameForgedSoul]

"You can't really enforce panel-lines". Indeed. That "they" would have the audacity to contemplate, much less do what they've done considering how much they've "stolen" is such SDE.

[@magicalawnmower4764]

would love to make these if my flgs wasn't against 3d printing (for obvious reasons the owner does rely on sales to pay his bills)

[@archmagosdeciuskronen1501]

Corvus Belli's Infinity has all my money over GW. Much nicer folks who deserve the money imo

[@acousticanalyst5147]

Proper review of the hey gears system?

[@OnceinaSixSide]

100%

[@johnhanley5546]

Best Tau proxies I have come across - especially the ghost shrimp.....stealth minis= crazy good.

[@NoMercyFtw]

Has that wash n cure ever break a model

[@James-yb6kj]

All of Riverside mini's Tau ish looking models are gone from his site. Played with fire here i think.

[@thecraftmasque]

with this technology the hobby can finally get out from under the shadow of GW. they could have lead the way and been prosperous beyond even their wild, greedy dreams but instead they try to stifle progress - the fools!

[@shaneharper9975]

Hey Man, i watch all your videos they are fantastic! i cant order that printer to NZ though and im gutted, any chance you can ask them? Chur

[@chicago928]

1399 bucks holy crap

[@UnIvErSaLsOuL94]

pipers battle suites are unparalleled! I've gone straight to his website and purchased a load of his STLs. Hopefully they print as well as yours have!!

[@fpvjunke9285]

Just in time for bed

[@avantasiaftw]

Games workshop havent made a sandbox, they have made their own IP and they do have a right to protect it - exactly like any 3d artist would do too. Basically its complaining that you cant use someone elses toys, but being divergent enough from their own designs but similar is perfectly fine.

[@godforge8338]

*wave*

[@Scaevola9449]

Gatekeeping is a moral obligation. Twitter creatures can go kick rocks.

[@keysersozie3312]

is it just me or does piper sound exactly like Tyler from vinces AOS Weekly show. their vocal manurisms, vocabulary and voice all sound just like him.

[@Caladors]

I wish you were as popular as the other Australian in the Warhammer space... doesn't exactly give us the best image, but at least we have Jazza

[@thedead456321]

I mean making mechs in a CAD software just makes sense, thinking about it. If those mechs existed in real life they wopuld be CADed anyway.

[@OnceinaSixSide]

lmfao so true

[@John-lo2wn]

I really wish you could buy physical copies of pipers models. They are so awesome but I don’t have a resin printer. Sigh. Maybe one day. The company of redacted naming should totally hire him.

[@gaywolfsif4760]

*Her

[@GrayCooperCoaching]

how is it big bad when you're playing in someone else's sandbox?

[@usernamedkjahstill5003]

Nah. Rather have a review. Cool thumbnail though.

[@dustrockblues7567]

I don't understand how _-;_;_+$;__#(* company can be so hostile to their fans and still make money. It's like Stockholm syndrome I guess.

[@joshdesjardins8528]

So I think these sculpts look cool, but they don't feel like Tau at all to me. I'm getting way more Titanfall vibes from 100% of the suits.

[@WeyounLP]

21:55 I don't agree, really. Saying it's just a big sandbox and everyone should be welcome is just a weird view of how copyright works and also morally questionable, as you're just leeching off-of the setting that they've created. If your stuff was TRULY unique and not heavily-inspired-by then you wouldn't have issues with your stuff getting taken down. Making 1:1 tau clones and complaining about this is just comical.

[@m5a159]

What they make is quite distinct

[@malocuillandre1344]

Property is theft.

[@m5a159]

@@malocuillandre1344 Thats just straight up stupid lmao

[@DanielVisOneCade]

What almost all end users/consumers don't seem to understand is a IP owner is obligated to actively police their IP. So a group like Mattel or LEGO or Bundai etc etc etc must at times drag infringers into the day light to prove they are not taking their ownership for granted. It works both as preventative measure and a enforcement one as judicial systems can see this so can infringers. They don't give care if your making rubles on the cent compared to them they just need to prune back the hedges every now and again. If you don't want to be pruned don't be sprouting up into trimming territory OR grow in your own field! 😎

[@xXCursedWorgenXx]

when he was talking about his inspiration, as Ghost in the shell and others... all along i thought he was making Titanfall miniatures...

[@krisjooste]

These are some nice Tau model proxies for the hit miniature wargame Warhammer 40,000 from Games Workshop. It's so rude and inconsiderate of Games Workshop to protect their IPs!

[@shanatokisaki4596]

these legally distinct cow mecha are some of the coolest looking mecha I have seen in the table top space, Makes me want to get these its too bad that I cant 3d print myself maybe I can ask a friend :o

[@NatesMiniatures]

Piper makes some amazing Tau alternatives, watched a few of their streams in the past and had a good time watching the creation of their minis. Great video mate really enjoyable

[@DungeonsNDreadnoughts]

As someone who is currently working on a tau inspired army for kickstarter, thank you for your inspiration @PiperMakes

[@nazaxprime]

Ikr, inspiration is huge.

[@Rob1994x]

Mate, I am not a KZbin comment kind of bloke. But your videos are next level. Got me into printing. Cheers cobba and I hope ya slam a few tinnies while printing and painting.

[@toeb1n]

This channel is by far putting out the best miniature 3d printing videos currently. Please keep doing what you're doing.

[@cyberware5323]

Okay if you keep the paste of increasing the production quality of your videos then we can watch your videos in VR at the end of the year. Thats incredible!

[@RoseKindred]

As an aspiring 3D modeler this video was amazing. Thank you. I did not know you can do that with F360. Then again, they did talk about work around and experience with it, so it makes sense they can just "make it work." I've never even seen those models before, referring to the first artist, gonna check them out, I have always wanted a Tau/Mecha army.

[@spinafire]

As someone with only F360 experience (and general CAD) I also thought it was really inspiring. As much as I want to learn something like Blender, my background has spoiled me with parametrized dimensions and such.

[@RoseKindred]

@@spinafire Blender is so different to learn because it can do so much, like F360, and you need to whittle away the extra options. I have found a few channels that focus on 3D printing with Blender but they are few compared to the general "art" tutorials. I honestly wish a company had both programs. Blender is missing CAD style construction. There are add ons, but not to CAD level yet. Parametric, to me, is both a blessing and a curse. If you want a few blender channels, let me know.

[@rahotep789]

@RoseKindred I would love to see those channels please.

[@RoseKindred]

@@rahotep789 "Artisans of Vaul" and "Grant Abbitt." Don't know why YT removed the comment though. Anyways, Grant has an intro playlist to Blender and is more "art" but has 3D stuff, AoV is solely for Blender for 3D and has a lot of tips.

[@luketfer]

@@RoseKindred second Artisans of Vaul, dude is a great guy and will often respond to questions in the comments and has really helped me grow as a 3D modeller to the point I even got my first (very basic) 3D printed mini done thanks to him as a test bed. It was modelled on the World War Robot Bertie action figure range which is all very simple shapes (cylinders for the body, ball joints for the arms because it's an action figure etc.). There was even a point where I was trying to figure out how to do the ribbed undersuit of Space Marines and I asked him and he pointed me to a video he'd already done which gave me exactly what I needed.

[@jakubgramczynski8155]

Great conversation! There are many great 3d artists that create fantastic miniatures but not enough of them share their experience and talk about 3d modeling.

[@CTRLCopy]

Best 3d printing channel around. I love the interviews you do; it really is something unique.

[@brasssnacks8413]

I've been starting a Tau army and it's nice to hear some of these creators. I've been loving Riverside's work

[@DanielVisOneCade]

Great video as always just banging the content quality out of the park. I don't agree with the overall trend for emulating big brothers product's as 1 : One and hoping the language is enough to delineate your work. As a practical tradesperson and creative to boot I've always thought it shouldn't take long for someone to move out of the shadow of mentors.

[@iamscoutstfu]

Ok but pipermakes eldar when? Also why do you both sound like your having this conversation in bed?

[@samhoban2509]

I can only like this video once?! Damn it!

[@Sadistichippo]

What a fantastic video. I’m loving your content and find myself refreshing your channel regularly to see if you’ve posted anything new! The interviews were extremely well done and something I’d love to see more of.

[@harigarou]

So awesome to hear from Piper! Really appreciate their comments on [REDACTED], and even more their sculpts

[@PulsefiredGaming]

The Heygears take on 3d printing scares me. I think they have the idea that they can make resin proprietary

[@user-jh1mq2ih2u]

But they can

[@battlebrothersam]

Excellent video brother! Your production quality is just leaps and bounds ahead I actually just finished 3d printing off the same models for a combat patrol video yesterday so great minds think alike.. Although your mind thought of it a whole month or 2 before me 😂😂

[@LookItsCollin]

Oh wow this comment section has a celebrity appearance, very cool

[@Surge7-hs63k]

Im sorry but these models are absolutely amazing then what 'there' based off and if the people these models are based can't be bothered making actually good quality models/redesign there models as good as this thats there loss!!!!! No wonder that organization increases prices because no one buying there models. (its because there to lazy to make the outdated models better)!!!! I would take Pipermakes models over the other company's models any day they are just a thousand times better!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eyflfla]

Chatting with the creators while painting their models is a great format.

[@OhEmGeeGee]

So glad you were able to follow through with going full time on KZbin. Your content is just getting better and better and is a gold standard for other content creators. Cheers, you magnificent bastard.

[@OnceinaSixSide]

Thank you! Comments like this are super encouraging. I sometimes worry the new content isn't up to the standard people have come to expect from this channel

[@Storehouse-805]

I always look forward to see your videos. Your quality is truly amazing!

[@Fymosis]

Mmm I'm a bit torn about this one, the video is great but the censure of GW "trash talking" doesn't seem necessary, it kind of break the rythm of the interview, i hope it was asked by the creators and you didn't really had a choice. Also it's cool that you're getting money from the sponsoring but this one was a bit too much for you i think, you tried to be as smooth as possible but the sales speech still looked kind of fake and i suppose too much of just a sales speech. I'm mean no offense by those critic, i love your video, i love when you do interview of creator , you put an insane production value in those video and i hope you'll continue making them for a long time.

[@OnceinaSixSide]

Thank you for your feedback, I'm going to be speaking very transparently all about sponsorships and monetization and the future plans for this channel in the next video. Oh and the censorship was out of respect for the creator! Thanks for your understanding.

[@tonywilson7155]

cool video!

[@desykd7294]

great video Daaaaaammmn.

[@xManzi]

As someone who loves PiperMakes mechs... There are so many variations to the kits that it is no suprise you missed the one with the hand attached. Happened a few times to me...

[@Dactylgodhand]

Ok what paint brush was that?👀🤔

[@OnceinaSixSide]

Try the link in the description and let me know if that matches the one you're referring to.

[@phoenixforgeau2197]

Great insights and beatifully edited video. Nice paint job too 😉