Monster Families: family values | Review

I state that we have received the material relating to Monster Families free of charge from the creator La Louve 3D ror evaluation purposes and we have written a review to show it in its entirety.

We talked a few days ago about this Kickstarter project that includes miniatures and STL files depicting groups of monsters of the same type but of different sizes. In short, like families.

What has come to us?

Unfortunately for us, given the results, we have not received the entire Monster Families collection. Only some samples have been sent to us. To be precise, a large dragon, a large elusive panther, a large treant, a tentacle of branches and two small mushroom warriors.

Each of them had two versions, one printed with FDM technology and one with SLA technology. The first technique is the most economic one, but also the least precise since it takes place by depositing overlapping layers of resin which merge and join the contact; it has the advantage of being less polluting thanks to the use of natural substances, but the creation process is more noisy. SLA technology instead transforms the hard plastic liquid resin into a tank, ensuring greater precision in the details; the process is quieter, but the required materials are more expensive and toxic.

By the same admission of the creators, the copies obtained with the FDM method turned out less well than expected. This is because it is a method that needs more time and attention in calibration to obtain a certain result. It is understandable that having to quickly print and ship these samples from Canada to Italy, the calibration time was short. Certainly, with greater attention it is possible to obtain better results than those we received, which are already good.

The only examples of FDM technology are between the two dragons and the other miniatures. These are the darker ones. The monographic images and videos were made on models with SLA technology, which however proved to be of higher quality.

Our impressions

We are very positively impressed with the Monster Families miniatures in various ways.

They are truly beautiful designs, each with its own qualities. We appreciated the captivating pose of the elusive panther as the nice ugliness of the mushroom warriors. The level of detail is high, with surprising results in some places, such as the dragon’s neck and head, if you think that they are home replicable miniatures.

Another plus point is robustness. The miniatures are stable, thick, have no parts that are easy to break or delicate to grasp. Obviously the subjects helped, being very different from slender humanoid figures who wield slender rapiers and bows that risk breaking just by looking at them. Nevertheless honor to the merit.

Is time to adopt the Monster Families?

Obviously it is a very personal evaluation of the usefulness that these families can have in the life of each of us and therefore we cannot decide for you if they are worth the buying. We can tell you that the prices are in line with other offers, and that, as we have shown you, if you decide to have them printed for you, they are of excellent quality. The care of the shipment was excellent.

Yes, also this time in the editorial office we will fight to distribute them!

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