Who makes the best space marines?

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[@Mezgike]

Glad you like the dredge marines! Thanks for the S rating. Just so you know, the unsupported files are included. You just need to select if you want to download the UNSUPP or the SUPP folder. It just limits any unnecessary downloading.

[@100acatfishandwillbreakyou2]

You're always S tier.

[@Mezgike]

@@100acatfishandwillbreakyou2 thanks ya bloody legend!

[@kakarot_6667]

Been debating starting a death guard army with your prints and this has definitely convinced me 🤘

[@Mezgike]

@@kakarot_6667 get into it! The dredge!

[@viciousyeen6644]

Your files always come out Platinum S rank dear Mezgike❤️

[@traktorminiatures]

Thanks for the feedback! I've taken everything here into consideration and will incorporate it into all my new releases. Will also go through the old catalogue to make everything easily printable

[@TabletopTime]

Really cool to see such a detailed review of minis from a more technical and user-based perspective, great video, thanks for including us!

[@velrockartminiatures]

Happy to hear you like the Space Bears! There are some really awesome stretch goals coming out for them that I've been working overtime on, so I'm really excited for them to be made public! Also, the supports were all done by Tableflip Foundry, so it's no surprise that the minis peel right off them with no trouble :)

[@harvestor1190]

Hey do you think the space bears will ever go back up foe anyone who missed out on the kickstarter?

[@velrockartminiatures]

They are available on their website! :)@@harvestor1190

[@junglecamper4717]

On the TabletopTime Website is a latepledge for the Spacebears (not sponsored)

[@olive3365]

@@harvestor1190 I think they've mentioned on TT that they'll be sold on MMF as well as their own website, but I may be completely misremembering the latest video

[@velrockartminiatures]

My comment has been deleted twice for some reason, I've tried to say that they are still for sale :(@@harvestor1190

[@holymuffin1]

I like that you're going for the small creators first since they often get lost in the shuffle, but part 2 definitely needs the big bois like GHAMAK, Dakkadakka, atlan forge, station forge, and one page rules. Diverging realm, titan forge miniatures, eight legs miniatures, dungeons and dreadnoughts, and immaterium god are all also worthy of consideration!

[@lordnovas]

That's a great list

[@Prickles2001]

Awesome list. Not one of the big Bois but would liked to have seen DMG minis here

[@ChrisOsberg]

OPR took their old versions down, and my guess is that they are going to be their last army to get a full release... So part 2 had better be a year or two from now.

[@marsmania2002]

The spider just wants you to print him a friend

[@PewpewFiah]

Mezgike has SO earned that S, been a patron/tribe member of them for a LONG time now. They've come a long way in both skill as well as quality. Very very deserved

[@chaor613]

Glad to hear the nyx did so well! Hope everyone else enjoys them, their many many many variants, and all the fun mech stuff I've designed to go with them! Even more excited for the 2nd faction I am releasing soon, more power armour and giant stompy robits

[@sisco8225]

The pace and editing on this video especialy seemed really polished, the sounds and transitions were great.

[@RoseKindred]

Who makes the best space marines? The person who is modeling them how they want. And thanks to so many creators we can now all become Digital Dr. Frankenstein(s).

[@dknlm1789]

Great vid! I'd love to see a visual comparison as well. I have some terminators from Traktor Miniatures and they're great, proper chonkers😂

[@TKID-17105]

Mezgike is so my jam. The Dredge were what got me into Chaos Marines again after avoiding them for like 20 years. Everything prints like a dream. I can honestly say that I don't think I've had a SINGLE print failure when printing Mez files- And I've printed a whole army worth of them. And you're dead on- the hollowing is SUPER thoughtfully done. In some cases it cuts your resin use by probably half when printing the super-chonk Termie sized guys.

[@toooldfortwowheels2048]

When a bloke from Oz says "whoa big spider" he isn't messing. What was it a Huntsman? Great video as per, loving these very regular uploads.

[@forrestwentworthii1321]

Yours is a fantastic channel for miniature 3D printing. I can't stress how much I appreciate your videos.

[@ClampGames]

What a wonderful video, even though I've seen some of these before I was surprised to see other great creators!!!

[@crispy_338]

The music and sound effects in this vid were incredible man. It really adds atmosphere

[@MAJmufin]

Good video again man! Keep em rolling.

[@anegativeatheist-9327]

This is a fantastic video. Thank you so very much!

[@GeneralRasp]

This was a great video!!! That was very informative and great timing as my friend and I are thinking up custom legions for Horus Heresy. Please do more of these. As some people who is new to resin printing this is a amazing starting point for finding solid printable files.

[@D4ng3rD4n]

Your editing is incredible.

[@MrNavidad]

Glad to see some ranks in a video form. Loved it

[@leeperry7068]

I've been waiting a good year for someone to make a video exactly like this! I even messaged a couple well known mini youtubers in the hopes they would do this. I'm super glad you pulled this off. Very very cool! Bummer that CyberForge and Ghamak weren't in here, but I see possible reasons on your video text there, so that makes sense.

[@thatpeweekid1]

Loved this video. Excellent pacing, well edited, kept my attention the entire time. A lot of your recent videos have been something I can watch while doing other things, this one was much more demanding of my time, and I loved that. Also loved the special guest appearances throughout, always makes for a good video. Would rate S-Tier. The only gripe I had was about mezgike not having the unsupported files in there. I am certain he has the unsupported files for those marines, but I may be mixing them up with another set. It could be worth re-downloading to check and see if they have been uploaded since. I have been a supporter on patreon for puppetswar for ~1yr, and bought several of mezgikes files recently. They both have some really great files .

[@TrulyGenericAlias]

Great video as always!

[@Lilrockerdude13]

This is something I've been after! As mentioned, yeah the bigger names are kickass but hot damn these smaller names had some awesome models! Time to replace my LCD and get back to printing this weekend

[@jonathonanderson7894]

I've been looking for this kind of break down. Thanks

[@victoryspath4116]

Super good video! I loved it. And I'm loving the minirater too!

[@jg6935]

Videos like this are fantastic resources to have. They really highlight the differences and showcase where good creators can make a few changes to become great.

[@Haruki2009]

I just want to say that I really liked that intro, it was well edited and fun.

[@NotThatGuyJD]

Funny accent upside down printer man video, yay.

[@FrazzledDadsMinis]

I really liked this format: Really useful review format, and frankly quite helpful for me as I look at other STLs. Also, more bunnies, less spiders.

[@psynixx8678]

The Tiny Tech Priest is back!!!!

[@HoneyCMB]

Great summary! Minirater is super useful as someone getting into the printing scene

[@alexlampi1889]

Awesome video! I really like the ranking and comparison. :) Would love to see the same style of video for fantasy and TTRPG STLs as well. Like ranking different goblins, orks, Dwarves and so on.

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

Great reviews and love what you are doing for the 3D printing community!

[@grahamfowler7017]

Great Vid!

[@gsmith1135]

While watching the Puppet wars rating, when you were questioning the file org, maybe you could turn that Y/N into 2 questions. Were they organized, and then are they organized well. Just a thought. Keep up the good work.

[@agent_dex8996]

maybe a good metric you could add is how well the models are keyed if they're modular.

[@jonrouston3624]

Great video - thanks. Very pleased you went with S for puppetswar

[@Igzilee]

Those NYX minis look FANTASTIC!

[@UriskOfTheFae]

I'm loving seeing the file reviews. I'm also loving Mini Rater. I fully admit I've been using it as an excuse to take a gamble on STLs I don't need just for the excuse that I can make sure that creator has a review on Mini Rater. XD I so agree on wanting renders in the download. Labeled renders in particular make my life so much easier. I also wish all creators would include their name on a master folder or on a main render. Renders and creators' names are things I'm constantly adding myself. (I also hate having to download a bunch of items separately. It's great to have it as an option, but as a hoarder, please also give me a file that bundles everything.)

[@aaronshan1984]

Great Vid!😀

[@KleineKassiopeia]

I play mainly BloodBowl and since BB was ignored by GW for so long it has deep roots to third-party stuff and there is a lot of dedicated STL patreons. I gotten a few ones to actually include renders in their downloads. It makes such a difference. Even just my BloodBowl files are quite the collection now, and it makes it sooo much easier to have renders. I'm playing a lot of tournaments and play a new team each time (a new race basically). So I have a spreadsheet where I can see what Vampire teams I have, or what Khorne or Norse teams etc. And nowadays I just added renders myself but it's so much easier to go into a folder and immediatly see "ah, not what I'm looking for" instead of having to open stuff to look at it from all sides. So yeah, the renders part is so easy to do for the creators and is such a big deal with a big backlog of STLs (and yours must be insane). Love what you're doing, like the more off-the-cuff videos you've been doing lately. Still looking forward to the next big scripted one, but its cool to see content of yours in the meantime. Great solution! Keep going!

[@MattGreenland1]

Great video!

[@bolicob]

This is a good idea for a video. You should do it again for other themes

[@RobotCrafter1]

Excellent video

[@cravin4acupofcoffee]

Great insight!

[@LoreWithinLoreWithout]

cool video - there are some really talented sculptors out there

[@VladimirKharchenko]

nice video, much help!

[@Cadiangrunt99]

Damn useful thing thanks for doing this.

[@dragonwyrmdracodracul8361]

I prefer the option of downloading the supported and unsupported files separately. Now with the Minirater; since it is meant to show the ease of printing it would be a good idea to add a tick box for "Easy to break parts". Some creators have a habit of making extremely thin free standing parts.

[@ironxYT]

I'm so glad minirater exists. The community benefits so much from something like it!!

[@moggiosven]

I just printed a deathguard proxy combat patrol all from the dredge knights. They are the one thing, so far, I've printed that has been the most satisfying. His sculpts are gorgeous too.

[@Politov]

Love seeing the creators here in the comments, cheers all. Bang up job on the video, its subject matter, as well as technical execution. Retention beats, in this economy? Love it.

[@prettyflyforacompsci7725]

You know you spend a lot of time resin printing when good support removal sounds like ASMR

[@Cerderius]

I love your videos and find them super informative and I imagine others feel the same but, I can't say I am the biggest fan of "locking" your Discord behind support tiers. Discord as a platform is an absolutely amazing tool to connect with like-minded individuals to share love for our hobbies and as such I personally feel closed door Discords hurt the collective network for hobbyists. While I personally plan on supporting you that there are many others who may not have the means to do and as such won't have access a part of our collective community. I won't pretend to understand the way you may have your Discord set-up, as I have no access yet, but if you are keen on locking away supporter features away perhaps look into supporter role to lock specific channels or something similar. Anyways thanks for your time, your amazing videos and I hope have a great day.

[@OnceinaSixSide]

Hmm, I dunno. Two bucks for lifetime access to an incredible community seems pretty fair to me. Maybe if financially supporting the channel rubs you the wrong way, maybe instead think of it as a filter to keep bad actors out of the Discord who would otherwise lessen the experience for everyone else.

[@Cerderius]

@OnceinaSixSide I mean if it's life time access even after one stops supporting that's pretty chill. I know some Discords out there will just straight up boot users after they cancel their tiers or whatever have you.

[@ximmons]

Great video and rating system

[@angelx9724]

Thank you for putting them all side by side for me

[@user-gp6fj8bh5c]

Great video. It does go to show that just having a good sculpt isn't enough, presentation and user experience count heavily too. Though those Maid Marines are great fun.

[@artemgusamov7028]

Awesome video, do one for Orks please! 😊

[@adamgriffiths1703]

I had trouble with Mezgike. Perhaps an older model. Had so many supports they welded into an unbreakable blob. Awesome video this very helpful.

[@EmberSmithCreative]

hot tip, you should be able to select the supports in blender or preferred poly modeling package in face mode by double clicking the support and delete.

[@SigmaZer0]

Amen to all that you said about file organisation, it looks INCREDIBLY unprofessional, for something you paid for, if there is no renders, weird names for files and inconsistent structure.

[@julien8096]

Oooh Once in a six sided die made a new video. Immediate watch!

[@thomasblennerhassett7223]

I've printed all of Mez's stuff. It's all class prints like a dream!

[@TheCatHerder]

Would love to see more chaos space marine STLs as well.

[@MrSupertrooper1]

yay more print ratings!

[@mars8329]

OMG that spider is from the Arachnophobia movie... I am never going to your country now! lol

[@syndromBE]

Crimson steel mechworks is an awesome creator. His stuff is great and has tonnes of options for customizing the minis. Great guy and awesome sculptor!!

[@akatoshslayer7599]

More bunny, less spider.

[@chrisboyd4433]

I was a supporter of the Space Bear campaign. Love the concept and the minis look great! I'm hoping for a One Page Rules tie-in for them.

[@JimmyJams_2113]

I really enjoyed your video. I wouldn't mind seeing more comparisons videos more often. Maybe once a month? Would/hopefully be an easier video for you to make and really give some unknown artist out there a shout out Expetially if they're making S tier stuff Ps. Dread marines. Are death gard

[@thebritishengineer8027]

"I do......!!!". But as I am a Limited company producing precision 3D design/3D print for the railway hobby, the 12" high Corus Corvax from the WH40k Wiki will be available...."to look at in my office as 1 of 1. Next to the 2ft high Catapult C2 to from mech-warrior and a 5ft long Eagle Transporter from Space1999 (when I can afford the fully welded up aluminium frame). However my own sci/fi table top stuff may be appear for release in 6+ months..

[@napalmmachete]

Would love to see some more information about how to become a miniature supportist - where to find work, how much to charge etc :)

[@MuttPackGaming]

Ah the good old aussie huntsman spider, good ol dinner plate size heart attack.

[@mikeveit8923]

Great video! What resin was used in this video?

[@michaelwilson4648]

As always an excellent video. It would be nice to be able to watch these with my kids but I don’t thing they are down with the swearing unfortunately. Keep up the good work !

[@madadric]

Good to see a catch & release policy for the huntsman

[@forrestegan]

Thanks for actually running some prints of these…those Traktor Miniatures looked sweet and the price was right, but if the pre-supports are that bad I’ll have to pass.

[@gryffindoescardboard]

Hey Once in a Six Side I’m getting ready to put up my first minis I’ve designed on Cults. I would love if you could put up a video on how to make a good product with renders and how to include all file types. I love watching this and I’m constantly updating my files to try and make good models.

[@arkagl]

Note on the first and second Marine, you can remove supports in blender you can separate almost any creator's support and resupport them.

[@joerusen5893]

This was great! Thank you!

[@colegreenwald9403]

You’re awesome Six. That’s all I can say you’re the best

[@insertname48]

So glad to see the Tabletop Time fellas get S-Tier. I backed their kickstarter and it was so worth it!

[@LuukeFX]

Holy sh!t that spider! Great video though! Cheers!

[@MrAndyPuppy]

The no-renders thing drives me crazy. I use Orynt 3D for managing and finding my minis but it's most effective if you have renders. Don't get me started on Epic Miniatures, who put their renders in their unsupported folders but not their supported folders and then publish supported and unsupported as separate files.

[@stephenkeen2132]

Hi great video and will definitely leave makes feedback in future. Will only make printing better. I noticed you have a 2nd tier on your cure machine. Where did you get the clear tray from

[@madmanwithaplan1826]

Dope af

[@NeonPinkApokalypse-nw6gv]

I am looking forward to printing a small force of maidmarines for one page rules. the few freebie ones ive printed so far as a newb to printing have been a bit frustrating as the lace on the dresses and sleeves is a nuisance to support, i havent yet printed any of the purchased files, am hoping they are better designed / presuppped for printing as i love the designs

[@Jonny189]

i like seeing all the different takes on space defenders, the mezgike ones are especially cool. may this comment moisten the algorithm sufficiently

[@judahlicharowicz5437]

Would love to see something similar for alternative Star Wars Legions STLs

[@quadlazer]

Maybe in future videos include the date of download, or STL versioning if the creator includes it?

[@LSOP-]

Up the ranks 🎉

[@dereksimonds2212]

Yo is that a shelf in your cure station to double usable space? Please do tell that's genius

[@slyhawk57]

This might sound like a horribly nieve question, but how do you get those previews of the 3d files in the windows file explorer? I've been 3d printing for years and have never even found this as a thing 😂 love your videos by the way, I don't even play wargames but I print and paint so many minis and resin models as they show off the ability of resin printers so well. Love your videos by the way you are far my favourite youtube channel hands down. Absolutely love your style and content 👌

[@chocoroll8D]

You can right click in the window and change the view to icons to get that lil preview

[@tristanc2271]

You were "Meh" about the UniFormation printer in your last vid, but you are using it for this one. Has it grown on you?

[@OnceinaSixSide]

Everything in this video was printed while making the last video. It's back in it's box now while I find a new home for it, as it's not replacing the M5S pro for me. Got the Saturn 3 to take a look at soon but, so maybe that will!

[@InVerum]

Bonus of this video is reminding me I never completed the survey or downloaded my space bears. WHOOPSIE gonna go do that now.

[@xenowarsgames3806]

You can just print direct scans of Second Edition Space Marines.

[@InnuendoOutTheOther]

Also, Mezgikeis Aussie be good to get him on for one of your interviews

[@jacksilverman2522]

Gotta have the makerscult in the next one.