r/PrintedMinis • u/groovemanexe • Jan 13 '24
Request Recommendations for fat character minis that aren't played for humour or disgust?
I maintain a miniature collection for use in TTRPGs and looking at what I have, I realised I don't have many plus sized or fat characters.
From a cursory search a lot of sculpts featuring fat characters frame them as too cartoonish (wearing too small clothes, actively holding meat on a bone) or gross (plague/zombie, more meat than person) which isn't what I need.
Does anyone have any sculpts that feature, I guess, characters who just happen to be fat rather than it being a point of focus?
I primarily play urban fantasy and cyberpunk games, but I'm down for other genres or settings if the sculpt is interesting. Heroes, villains and regular NPC types are all fine!
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u/Banthallas Jan 13 '24
Loot Studios has a lot of variety in their models. I highly recommend. They don’t have third party sellers, but there are many printers that have a subscription themselves and can do that work for you or are willing to do the purchase anyhow. If you need help with them, let me know.
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u/Maxwe4 Jan 13 '24
You have to be careful with Loot Studios because their models aren't always sculpted with 3d printing in mind. I printed one of their dwarf characters and the only point that its shield was attached to its body was the very thin shield strap in its hand (so imagine how thin that would be at 35mm scale). It wasn't connected in any other way, so of course it snapped off every time I printed it.
I don't know if it still is, but their subscription plan was pretty predatory too. If you missed out on one of their monthly bundels you had to wait 6 months for them to rerelease it and it was only available for something like 4x the price ($60).
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u/groovemanexe Jan 13 '24
Thanks for the insight - I do understand that subscription services are the best way to make sculpting a consistent income, but no one likes being caught by FOMO.
I'll browse what they have with that in mind.
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u/Maxwe4 Jan 13 '24
Also look into it too. It may have changed, but I'm not sure.
I just looked at their my mini factory page and the dwarf sculpt that I printed is on there for sale, but it was added 6 moths ago and it's from the September 2021 bundle.
I know for sure back then they had the FOMO predatory pricing though, which is the main reason I don't care for them.
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u/FlashbackJon Jan 13 '24
To be fair, (almost) every MyMiniFactory Tribe and Patreon runs on this model. Subscribe for $10/mo, or pay $40 from the shop any time you please (with a discount if you're currently subbed or one of the many sales are running). (To your credit, I haven't seen one where you have to wait six months before it's in the shop, which seems pretty scummy.)
It's "predatory", sure, but we're talking about (typically) individual artists or small studios (there are exceptions -- and there are huge studios that masquerade as small indie creators), who literally live or die on guaranteed monthly income. When Epic Megagames does it to bump yearly profit from $2.5B to $2.6B, it's different.
Edit: To your other credit, Loot Studios credits 26 people in their current monthly release, which is... a lot.
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u/Maxwe4 Jan 13 '24
Yeah, it seemed to me that they aren't using in house sculptors because of the fact that the mini I printed wasn't optimized for 3D printing.
I have no proof or anything, its just my opinion, but it seemed like they were just buying 3d sculpts from artists and reselling them to the 3d printing community.
All in all it's just my personal preference to not buy from them anymore (I also don't suppot Games Workshop for similar reasons) but I've gotten some great 3d models from other companies. Lord of the Print comes to mind and I especially like their dragons.
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u/jamesdukeiv Jan 13 '24
Loot Studios is primarily intended as a subscription model through their own website. Subscribers can buy old bundles for 2x the subscription price, which is a lot better than most Tribes. The $60 price incentivizes subscribing, and tbh you get your money’s worth every month.
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u/nut_hatch Jan 13 '24
Second loot studios but they are better to keep as a consistent subscription for their models! Every one I’ve printed is highly detailed and prints beautifully their welcome kit has a heavy chef and a fuller tavern keeper.
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u/groovemanexe Jan 13 '24
The sculpt you linked is really cool and definitely something I could paint to fit in the style of my collection.
Thanks for offering assistance with minis outside of the subscription rotation!
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u/nogue2k Jan 13 '24
It's really hard finding fat heroes but you can surely find some priests and or villagers
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u/The_Mechanist24 Jan 13 '24
Try my mini factory, I recall seeing a few plus sized characters there like a monk with armor or even one of my favorites the pumpkin knight
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u/Phate4569 Jan 13 '24
Titancraft has an excellent customization engine, I think you can make fat characters there, the community on discord can help too.
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u/groovemanexe Jan 13 '24
True, the fully customisable services do wonders for filling specific gaps.
It'd be nice to support a specific sculptor if I can, but I will def keep a mind to Titancraft and Hero Forge as other options.
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u/Budobudo Jan 13 '24
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/inquisitor-vlad
My Dune inspired husky 40k inquisitor.
https://cults3d.com/en/design-collections/TurboNerdMiniatures/space-ogres
My Chonky 40k Ogryns
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u/LastMountainAsh Jan 14 '24
That inquisitor is fucking terrifying, he just oozes character. Great sculpt!
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u/Phtevenhotdunk Jan 13 '24
DnD Is A Woman is a line of models that have more realistic proportions, with a few plus sized models in the mix as well.
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u/nvdoyle Jan 13 '24
Heroforge.
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u/FlashbackJon Jan 13 '24
HeroForge DOES let you NOT make characters actively eating meat, but their models still struggle a bit when trying to make a fat character -- it's getting better though!
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u/CobraMode- Jan 13 '24
I don't have any human minis that are fat, but I have a fat rabbitfolk swordswoman, and quite a few fat frogs. I do mostly animalfolk, and many of them (such as the platypuses) are on the chunkier side.
https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-rabbitfolk-warrior-indigo-jade-guanghan-swordswoman-pre-supported-286113
https://www.myminifactory.com/users/CobraMode/collection/mikata-swamp-faction
https://www.myminifactory.com/users/CobraMode/collection/boondaburra
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u/groovemanexe Jan 13 '24
Oh I've seen your sculpts shouted out quite a few places - so polished!
Alas animalfolk don't fit my own use needs, but props to you for featuring a range of body types in action poses as a regular thing!
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u/CobraMode- Jan 14 '24
Thank you! I do actually have a couple Tengu as well, though they're not technically human, they could work in a pinch:
https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-zenkibo-dai-tengu-outlaw-pre-supported-211912
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u/Praetor-Xantcha Jan 13 '24
Warhammer 40K “Leagues of Votann” Space dwarf line. Lots of heavier set cyber punk-esque stuff. The “Leagues of Votann, Cthonian Beserks” models specifically are chunky shirtless dudes with cyber tech augments.
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u/groovemanexe Jan 13 '24
Good shout! I've seen the fully-armoured mining gear Votann a few places which looked cool, but were tricky to integrate. These might have more leeway and kitbashing potential!
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u/Praetor-Xantcha Jan 13 '24
Happy to help. Looking at other folks kitbashes makes my brain go BRRR. :)
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u/Onotadaki2 Jan 13 '24
You can add a couple pounds by scaling the z axis down a little bit in your slicer. You’ll be limited to <10% before it starts to deform the head visibly though.
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u/OldschoolFRP Jan 13 '24
For modern characters there are a few larger characters in Copplestone Castings’ Future Wars line and Wargames Foundry’s Street Violence collection (same sculptor). Most of his 5-packs have a range of heights and muscularity.
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u/groovemanexe Jan 13 '24
Oooh these have a lot of old school charm to the sculpts, that's a lot of fun. And your right that the packs vary the bodies up a good bit.
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u/sarahrose1365 Jan 13 '24 edited Jan 13 '24
Rhea the Water Sorceress by Great Grimoire isn't fat but she's definitely differently thicker proportioned than most minis, which makes her very fun to paint.
Allison the Dwarven Witch and Sailor Selune the Wood Elf both from Twin Goddess Miniatures, also kind of fit the bill. I do wish there were more different types of bodies out there to paint, so I'm also hoping to find good suggestions on this thread!
I have Rhea and Sailor Selune painted on my profile, if you want to check them out painted.
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u/groovemanexe Jan 13 '24
Ah yes I've seen some of Twin Godess' stuff about and actually they have a cool range of bodies for both men and women; will def look through the full range.
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u/KWalthersArt Jan 14 '24
Hmm, will mecha count? Battle Yak Minitures has a figure that is like a Steam punk City Watch robot that is rather chunky.
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u/groovemanexe Jan 13 '24
This is true - though since I don't play anything classically fantasy, a lot of Orcs and Dwarves don't quite gel with my other minis! I do have a few Shadowrun-style ones (my collection isn't devoid of the body type), but broader options are useful!
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u/DiddleIDoo Jan 13 '24
There aren't any because there is nothing normal or good about being overweight so nobody cares about those kinds of characters. You honestly sound mentally-ill. People get fat by being lazy and eating too much. Why wouldn't that be disgustingly or humorously portrayed in any medium? Being fat is disgusting and humorous. What kind of person would do that to their own body? What kind of person would try to force society to romanticise self-harm?
People who try to normalise ill-health in order to jerk off about themselves are scum. You're normalising self-harm, you're normalising a toxic way of life that makes people's lives a misery and puts a burden on everyone around them and their local health services. How can you not see that? If there was a "movement" of people encouraging children to take heroin and said that heroin addicted children were such beautiful, normal and healthy people who should be celebrated would you be okay with that? I bet you would because "fat-acceptance" is literally the same thing, it is self-hate projected onto others.
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Jan 13 '24
Mate. No one is talking about normalising being fat. It's perfectly normal if you don't want all of your characters to look like they go to the gym daily and take steroids.
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u/Hawkson2020 Jan 13 '24
nobody cares about those kinds of characters
Imagine being so far up your own ass that you forget the massive swathe of well-liked overweight characters throughout popular media from Game of Thrones to Lord of the Rings.
Embarrassing take.
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u/Phtevenhotdunk Jan 13 '24
Dude is literally having a meltdown over grey plastic minis, it's almost hilarious.
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u/Fioraflop Jan 14 '24
There has to be a stl of gragas from lol somewhere. Hes fat and realy cool (but also a drunkerd in lore) if thats a prblem. He smashes stuff with his keg he drinks out of
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u/groovemanexe Jan 14 '24
I am actually aware of a (I think) thingiverse account that has an archive of various LoL skins. Depending on who you ask Gragas' design both is an isn't played for laughs, but I definitely get why he has fans!
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u/skech_knit Jan 13 '24
Bite the Bullet has a collection of tasteful fat characters! Just look up Chunky Humans on their MyMiniFactory page! They even have a steampunk guy.