While agonizing over whether to buy in to the Kickstarter for this cool new 3D printer, I came across this pic of a 3D printed Space Marine force. You can see the printing 'layers' if you click on the pic and zoom in, but really... Does it look so bad? Would you even care if it was painted up to a tabletop standard?
It's getting to the point where we're just 12-18 months away (1 printer generation) from the quality being 'good enough' for most hobbyists.
Again, GW could own this market. They could create the iTunes of hobby model printing apps and make huge money doing so.
But, like Sony with digital music, they won't.
Thanks to Tech Swarm for the pic. Go read their story on 3D printing too.