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Reply To: Open gaming mini license

January 8, 2021 at 4:48 pm #1595316

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The impact of the OGML as option to the standard purchasing of physical material from a proprietor was in essence my thought. After reading the hashing out of these ideas it seems to be deeper than I first suspected. I’m crap at articulating my thoughts sometimes and throwing this half baked “Hmm.. I wonder..” out here has given me more to chew on. This is a multifaceted situation as there are indeed so many things that the technology has touched upon.

Artistry has changed with the technology and the aesthetics of minis has dramatically been altered with our collective imagination running wild. The instantaneous acquisition of idea, from seeing a figure you want, to a relatively minimal wait for a print versus waiting for a release date might be our patience getting dropped. The print on demand market for big mini companies might well be nonexistent, as I’ve witnessed and read about in industrial plastics trade mags (yes, they exist) but the personal market for consumers like us exists as niche that we get filled by smaller ones.

We’re oddballs as far as commerce but so are train modellers and boat builders. We exist now and are managing to take advantage of developing tech and not fade into further obscurity. The OGML has opened up interest as anyone can put out their effort (for as much or as little money as one wishes to invest). It might well be the realization of imagination as investment for “Making your dreams and nightmares come true”™