{"id":30843,"date":"2017-05-02T13:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T17:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=30843"},"modified":"2017-05-11T12:21:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:21:38","slug":"the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in","title":{"rendered":"The Best Materials for Miniatures? A Community Member Weighs In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/30192-coolest-miniatures-adepticon.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attending AdeptiCon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Andrew and I have become familiar with a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/marketplace\/miniatures\/\" target=\"_blank\">miniatures<\/a> painters doing incredible things with Shapeways prints (and beyond). One of the conversations we\u2019ve noticed recently in the community is around which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\" target=\"_blank\">materials<\/a> are best for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/marketplace\/miniatures\/\" target=\"_blank\">miniatures<\/a>. While we\u2019ve generally suggested our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/frosted-detail-plastic\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frosted Detail (FUD) Plastic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/high-definition-acrylate\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black High Definition Acrylate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we know that there\u2019s sometimes confusion when miniatures are also offered for sale in White Strong &amp; Flexible (WSF).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w1EzerFCEMw\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metalheadminis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metalhead Mini<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Lyn posted the above <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w1EzerFCEMw&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on choosing which material to order your miniatures in after having accidentally ordering them in WSF and being disappointed in the lack of detail on the print. We\u2019re especially grateful she\u2019s shared her experience in this video because she compares the various prints throughout. The gorgeous miniatures featured in the video are from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/manaworldcomics?li=pb\" target=\"_blank\">ManaWorldComics<\/a> shop on Shapeways. Lyn&#8217;s experience has also inspired us to do a WSF x FUD x Black High Definition Acrylate miniatures-showdown on the Magazine soon! So keep an eye out for that in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, if you\u2019re looking for tips on how to paint FUD, check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/28264-how-to-make-it-a-model-train-holiday.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this blog post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since attending AdeptiCon, Andrew and I have become familiar with a lot of miniatures painters doing incredible things with Shapeways&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":30882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[489],"tags":[504,1590,586,492,537],"class_list":["post-30843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-and-design","tag-28-3d-printing-materials","tag-frosted-ultra-detail","tag-materials","tag-16-miniatures","tag-painting"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-2017-05-02-10.19.34.png","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Best Materials for Miniatures? A Community Member Weighs In - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the conversations we\u2019ve noticed recently in the community is around which materials are best for miniatures.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lise Keeney\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lise Keeney\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/94c7d0b30632cae5756b5d7c5ccaaa00\"},\"headline\":\"The Best Materials for Miniatures? A Community Member Weighs In\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-02T17:30:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-11T16:21:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in\"},\"wordCount\":208,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-2017-05-02-10.19.34.png\",\"keywords\":[\"3D Printing Materials\",\"frosted ultra detail\",\"materials\",\"Miniatures\",\"painting\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Products and Design\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in\",\"name\":\"The Best Materials for Miniatures? A Community Member Weighs In - Shapeways Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-2017-05-02-10.19.34.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-02T17:30:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-11T16:21:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"One of the conversations we\u2019ve noticed recently in the community is around which materials are best for miniatures.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-2017-05-02-10.19.34.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-2017-05-02-10.19.34.png\",\"width\":2134,\"height\":1098},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Best Materials for Miniatures? A Community Member Weighs In\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/\",\"name\":\"Shapeways Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Shapeways Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png\",\"width\":943,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Shapeways Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/shapeways\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/shapeways\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/shapeways\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/94c7d0b30632cae5756b5d7c5ccaaa00\",\"name\":\"Lise Keeney\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1236e1de100f4ff3b559aed05a166ddd7bf2ffee7f20cbefb0ae7e444eac6cd3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1236e1de100f4ff3b559aed05a166ddd7bf2ffee7f20cbefb0ae7e444eac6cd3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lise Keeney\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/author\/lise\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Best Materials for Miniatures? A Community Member Weighs In - Shapeways Blog","description":"One of the conversations we\u2019ve noticed recently in the community is around which materials are best for miniatures.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lise Keeney","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in"},"author":{"name":"Lise Keeney","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/94c7d0b30632cae5756b5d7c5ccaaa00"},"headline":"The Best Materials for Miniatures? A Community Member Weighs In","datePublished":"2017-05-02T17:30:04+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-11T16:21:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in"},"wordCount":208,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-2017-05-02-10.19.34.png","keywords":["3D Printing Materials","frosted ultra detail","materials","Miniatures","painting"],"articleSection":["Products and Design"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in","url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in","name":"The Best Materials for Miniatures? A Community Member Weighs In - Shapeways Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-2017-05-02-10.19.34.png","datePublished":"2017-05-02T17:30:04+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-11T16:21:38+00:00","description":"One of the conversations we\u2019ve noticed recently in the community is around which materials are best for miniatures.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-2017-05-02-10.19.34.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-2017-05-02-10.19.34.png","width":2134,"height":1098},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-best-materials-for-miniatures-a-community-member-weighs-in#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Best Materials for Miniatures? A Community Member Weighs In"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/","name":"Shapeways Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization","name":"Shapeways Blog","url":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png","width":943,"height":121,"caption":"Shapeways Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com\/shapeways","https:\/\/x.com\/shapeways","http:\/\/instagram.com\/shapeways"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/94c7d0b30632cae5756b5d7c5ccaaa00","name":"Lise Keeney","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1236e1de100f4ff3b559aed05a166ddd7bf2ffee7f20cbefb0ae7e444eac6cd3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1236e1de100f4ff3b559aed05a166ddd7bf2ffee7f20cbefb0ae7e444eac6cd3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lise Keeney"},"url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/author\/lise"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}