How much would you pay for a 3d printed WarHound Titan?

How much would you pay for a 3d printed WarHound Titan?

I'm currently part way through printing a Lucious Pattern WarHound Titan for a new client.
I'm not a Veeky Forums fan and have absolutely no idea how to price this project.
So far i'm at around 118 hours into printing time because i;m printing this extremely slow at the best quality settings on my printer.

I also intend to tip the original designer around 25% of whatever profit i earn from this and any future prints of this design.

so yeah, if you wanted a WarHound kit 3d printed, how much would you be willing to pay?

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Pricing of any retail product needs to take into account development and manufacture costs.
However much you're compensating your designer, your take needs to at least cover the cost of the time and material expended on your print, and still provide you with a profit.

The Warhound Titan currently retails for £280, plus £42 per weapon system. So, your price can't exceed £364 unless you're offering a significantly better product than the real thing - greater detail, lighter weight, easier assembly, whatever. Based on the photos you've posted, you aren't there, yet.

Try posting this thread again when you have more to show than the basic geometry of the torso.

Wait, so you started working on this without settling on a price?

Because what you deserve and what someone would be willing to pay for that (significantly less than ForgeWorld prices) are hugely different sums.

As it stands right now, I wouldn't pay more than I'd pay for foam blocks of the same size, and foam has the benefit of being more versatile than a huge, undetailed chunk of plastic.

client specified no detail because he intends to kit bash the hell out of it.thanks for the pricing, now i feel £150 is fair to both myself and the client, there'll be various weapon options included in the model, around 8 in total

i'd agreed a price, which i think is fair for both myself and client of £150, really just wanted it confirmed i'm not allowing either of us to be ripped off.

yeah i get that, not a lot going on in these pics right now.
i intentionally started with the most time consuming pieces, the main hull itself was a 32 hour print and is basically just a box

£150 sounds fair to him if he already agreed to it (no offense, but I wouldn't)

It definitely doesn't sound fair to you, though. Nearing a pound an hour at this point with your planned tip to the designer, which is basically slave wages.

yeah the hourly rate kinda sucks, but at the end of the day i'm only hitting the print button and getting on with other things. just trying to find an outlet or niche market for printing and the whole table top gaming seems ideal. this is more of a hobby than anything else, don't intend to become rich doing it

How well does the 3d printing come out? Because in my experience with 3d printers, the end product usually isn't smooth, and it wouldn't lend itself to painting for wargaming