Epic Miniatures Review - 3D Printed Models

Few genies like being enslaved, and the efreet are relentless in their pursuit of vengeance. This efreeti was no different from others of its kind, seeking vengeance against the powerful wizard that had wronged it. The efreeti left the city of brass, enraged, heading for the Material Plane.

The efreeti strides forward, its axe wreathed in the fires of vengeance.

Today I’ll be looking at a range of 3D printed miniatures, by Epic Miniatures. You can buy the files or pre-made miniatures. You can find them on Patreon, eBay, Etsy, or at MyMiniFactory. As I don’t have a 3D printer, I made my purchase on eBay, buying pre-supported miniatures. I was looking for a collection of genies, to represent each of the different kinds for D&D: dao, djinn, efreet, and marid. I also invested in a phoenix - I’ve always had a love of these mythical birds, and fell in love with the model as soon as I saw it.

The phoenix rises from the flames.

I was very pleased with these models, they have clean, crisp details, are a very good scale – they fit perfectly into D&D – and assembly is very simple, for the most part, all you have to do is glue the model to the base! There’s very little clean up required, with no obvious mould lines to remove and very little gap filling needed.

Assembly 10/10:

Assembly is straightforward for these miniatures. The efreet, marid, and djinn all came in one single piece, the phoenix came in two, the pillar it stands on and the phoenix itself.

Efreet are native to the Elemental Plane of Fire.

Clean-up 9/10:

There’s very little clean up to do with these; in a few places there was a little bit of the support left attach to the model, but these came off very easily, either with a hobby knife or in the water. Otherwise, there were no mould lines to speak of, although my the Phoenix had a slight crack in its wing, easing filled with a bit of putty. I gave my figures a quick wash in warm, soapy water (I use a bit of fairy liquid), just to make sure there was no residue left from the printing process.

Marids and djinni are elementals of water and air respectively.

Details 9.5/10:

Overall, I was ecstatic with the details on these. You can see the eyebrows on the faces of the genies, which I truly did not expect. My only gripe was I felt the horns on the efreeti were a little flat, but otherwise I love them.

Djinn are the most benevolent of the genies, but it’s still unwise to cross them.

Pricing 9/10:

Overall, I felt the pricing was very good, for around £8 you get a genie that stands at around 75mm. This seems comparable to a lot of other prices of 3D miniatures, although buying the STL files is going to be significantly cheaper. In comparison, I felt the Phoenix was a little on the expensive side, at £14, but generally the prices seem very fair.

To sum up, I’m very happy with my purchase, and would happily buy more of these miniatures – I already have my eye on a few!

The genies and phoenix are incredibly well detailed - perfect for painters!

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Chris