The d8 seems a tiny bit stretched out on its main axis, but on the other hand, I've seen d8's just as badly stretched, so that could simply be intentional.

Other than that, this is a wonderful looking picture, and an amazing scene.

I wonder, do you actually do the 3d modeling then capture the 2d image? I honestly can't tell. If you do, you could rig up a 3d printer to print these things. Probably wouldn't cost a whole heck of a lot in materials cost either. Depending on how large/small they are, you might have to go in 'post' and carve the fine details with an exact-o knife or somesuch, which would add time, and the painting of a mini, which would take more time...

Mmm... call it probably an extra 50-60$ USD depending on the size involved. Honestly, larger size would be the cheaper one because there would be less carving to do in post, and less need for detailing after printing. The tradeoff in time for materials would be skewed in favor of time being far more expensive. It would, ironically, take less time to produce a larger product. So... call it maybe 10" tall, with the rest of the figure scaled appropriately? That would fit the model dimensions for a fairly compact and relatively inexpensive 3d printer.

If you do decide to shop for a 3d printer, the cost of the printer is only going to be one factor. Look into what sort of materials it uses, what sort of resolution you can get, and how much the printing material costs. Also check reviews to make sure that you're getting one that isn't going to fail on you.

A one of a kind 3d print of one image would cost over $500 in materials to make, not to mention painting everything by hand, then mailing it. It's not cheap. My friends works with 3D printing and models and he says that you need a deep wallet just to get the materials, print and paint a large 3D model.

I was thinking of a sideline where you could amortize the initial investment over the course of many projects. But yea, 3d printers aren't cheap, at least not yet. I would say that $500 is a highball figure for the actual printer and the initial materials, but sort of almost in the neighborhood (unless you go for a huge one). But after that, materials costs would be less than a buck per mini. So, take whatever you'd charge to paint a minit that size, add in initial investment retirement, plus cost you'd charge to draw up the model, and there's your starting figure on calculating the price of minis.

I would imagine there's at least a niche market in custom minis for gaming. Lots of furries are gamers. There might be enough overlap to contemplate.

It might not be viable for you, or it might simply be something you aren't interested in. I was merely seeing that the drawing looked like a mini, and that this is something you do regularly with your drawings, and seeing a potential line of profit for you. Thinking outside the box. My apologies if I offended.

3d printing materials are cheap. $20-30/kg for the plastic and you'd use maybe 250g for a model that big including supports.
If your willing to tinker and fiddle, machines that can do 200x200x200mm volume can be had for less than $500, but that's setup costs. $1,000-$2,000 will get you a machine that will do great detail and work very well. (Original Prusa i3 Mk2 or Ultimaker 2, for example)
Time is a different. A model that big might take 10-12 hours to print. Most of that is 'hit the button and wait' though.

But the artiest time to model it and clean up and paint.. THAT is where the real time, skill and therefor money sink is..

I do quite a lot of printing of mechanical and molding parts, so I know the machines well but getting creative 3d modeling done isn't cheap due to the time involved, like any other artwork.

Hope they're LANing, can't imagine the webs is strong out there.

The future of camping. :D

that's so freaking adorable!.

Adorable, nice work. :)

MY ENVY EXPLODES

Awwwhhh!! Such a cute glittery moth

So awesomely cute

Of course, the 20 is up!

Another fantastic image, O. Are prints available?