Hero Mini Maker

I am currently refunding this program. The quality of the modeling and posing was not optimal for the work I was looking to do with it. For a 65$ program, this is unfortunately underwhelming in its lack of utility features, such as manual posing, positioning and sizing items on the model, even the ability to turn the model up or down to see it at different angles. This might be a worthwhile purchase given some time and extra customization features, but as-is, this program is not a good purchase at this price. With some additional features added, I'd gladly pick it back up again, but from the arduous tasks of continuously play-pausing the preset animations to get the "perfect" pose without model overlapping to the lack of proper positioning of items on the model/base makes it a very frustrating and difficult task to get anything except the basic miniature. If you're looking for a program to pump out simplistic figures en masse for large-setting board games or tokens, this will do just fine, but if you're looking for a detailed modeling and printing program similar to HeroForge or other miniature websites, it's best to look elsewhere for the time being. My best wishes to the publishers of this software, I'll be keeping an eye on this in future to see if any changes are made, and if/when that time comes, I'll gladly endorse this program at that time.

This was not good. It only took a few minutes to realize how low-quality/low-poly the miniatures it generates would be. Everything it generates has so many polygons, they look like PSOne characters. The interace is very bare bones and clunky. I made a few minis myself with it, then had it auto generate several, and they were such poor quality, I'd never bother to print them out unless I was going for a 100% "low poly adventure"-theme.

This would need to be on a 95% sale to be worth it, they made one update to it back in 2020 and not touched it since. It is differently not finished software, should be ashamed to be asking this much for it

Be prepared to fix your miniatures in blender or your favorite 3D design suite. There are cool options available but some of the assets will literally float making it unsuitable for printing not to mention that everything that comes out of this is not manifold and has bad vectors. It’s really not play and print and you will have to put work into it. I hope the devs fix this in the future. Also an import asset, different bodies for dwarves and halflings, and sizing option would be killer. Oh yeah, you will also have to resize the design in cura. They import TINY

I recommend this software BUT probably not at full price. if you're new to miniatures (like I am) and don't mind the low poly models or printing using an FDM printer, this should be fine since FDM printers are not as detailed as Resin printers. also a nice way to mass produce cheap enemy bandits/guards with different poses or even use them for painting practice this should be ok. edited: ok I've tried printing some models, they're ok, but some are like broken, especially really thin parts and can't be printed properly and the limbs, weapons, quiver and helmet decoration are too thin to print. the only way to solve this was I have to edit them manually using blender (a bit annoying and tedious) by fattening up the limbs. Also, you can use blender to smooth the surface, some of the models look better once you do this. Then again, this beats the purpose of a ready to print models. Hope they improve the models in the future. there are some things that I would recommend for the devs to fix or maybe improve - the UI, would be nice to be able to scroll to the next pose/items/body parts by clicking a next or previous button instead of having to click the tab and scroll down everytime I have to pick one pose/items/body parts. - improve rotation to include overhead view - add options to color different parts of the model, cant really see due to the low poly. also maybe can take a picture of it so I can use as reference when painting the prints - the base is too small, and has clipping issues - the limbs are too thin, prints break easily especially when you try to break the supports - the head is too big, causing clipping in some poses - add eyes, or improve the shape of the eyes/face (so I know where to paint them on the prints) - there's not a lot of difference between male and female body/armor as far as I can see - some parts are too thin and can't be printed, like quivers and feather on the hats - maybe adding options to increase/adjust size items and body parts can solve these issues - add more content (modern/futuristic outfits/items e.g. cowboy hats, kevlar armors, and more standing idle poses, (and female poses) because there's just too many open leg stance - more environmental items (e.g. furnitures) - add monster maker as well? - add dungeon tileset/walls/doors? - more free future contents (i don't mind paid DLC if the contents are worth it tho) - when I saved as STL the size was like 2-3mm vertically, can you default it to like 30mm? i'll probably add some more once I use this software more . Hopefully the Devs don't just abandon this, because there is potential

I have to say, I was really skeptical about the potential of this product. But it surprised me a great deal, however their are some things that can be improved. For instance you can not scale any of the parts, you can not rotate any of the parts making better for customization. This being said the over all program is definitely a must have for miniature printing. I LIKE IT!!

I have 14 years of experience in miniatures painting, 11 years in 3D modelling (self-taught) and 1 year in 3D printing and I can recommend this software as well. When you want to do something always ask to yourself "What I'm trying to do?" If you are looking for realistic miniatures of course is not the right software but for the low poly, yes indeed. I recommend to don't print miniatures too small, if you want to see a bit of details and avoid problems when your 3D printer have finished, stay at 40mm to 60mm max. However there are no real rules about, so that's just a tip for don't be unsatisfied for the final result. Is not 100% perfect, infact I would like to see more contents (items or other genres like sci-fi, post-apocalypse, WW2...I know there are a lot of packs like this fantasy one thanks to Synty Studios). And last but not last, features like the zoom, or the scale option for elements, those would be incredibly useful, just for to say few examples. Dear developers, do not abandon this software, it have A LOT of potential!! :)

It works just fine for what it is. I have been making several models for my D&D group and every one thought they were very nice. Only issue is that I have seen no discussions from the developers in over a year, so it looks like its been left to the wayside. That being said it works just fine as is.

This is a great program I have only started using it and printing with it and I cant wait to see what is going to be added to it. I have seen a lot of complaints about the cost of the program I personally do not think it is that bad. I also love the fact they allow us to sell out designs with the add on. I will make one note and this is more of a suggestion then anything else when resin printing these figures I would wash and cure them before removing any supports I find that works best. Keep up the good work guys cant wait to see what is in store for this program.

Not Worth for anyone looking to print minis. The stl are always broken and have low quality. I am so sad because it looked promising

I am currently refunding this software after wasting 10 minutes of my time with it. It was not worth the discounted, from $65, price of $45 that I spent on it. I get that everything is low poly and that is fine, but it is far too low poly, you loose tons of detail and there are horrible clipping issues. Also don't be fooled by the screenshots of this game, it does not include any form of hair, capes, hats, body styles, body size adjustments, or color options. The posing is interesting in that it plays idle animations that you pause and then download. The downside to this is that it does not include any further posing modification abilities. Lastly it seems that the developers put very little thought into the fact that people are actually going to be 3d printing these files, a lot of the parts are very skinny, some of the poses have 1 or both feet off the base, and the other posing options would be a nightmare to support. Most people go to low poly minis because they are easy to 3d print and require less supporting, This software however disregards that entirely. I would try this again in the future if the developers truly put some major effort into fixing a lot of the issues.