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Custom Miniatures Size

Custom Miniatures Size What size do we recommend for your custom miniatures? How small or large can you make your custom miniatures? Most of the miniatures we produced for ourselves are 35 mm tall. This is a standard size for…

Custom Miniatures Order Flow

Custom Miniatures Order Flow This article will teach you more about PrintNinja’s custom miniatures order flow and help you understand what to expect when placing an order with us. Miniatures as a process operate differently than any of our other…

Custom Miniatures Assembly

Custom Miniatures Assembly When your custom miniatures design becomes too complex to capture in a simple injection, some sort of assembly is likely to be required. In this instance, your design will be broken down into multiple pieces within the…

Custom Miniatures Complexity

Custom Miniatures Complexity The complexity of your custom miniatures impacts how they are manufactured. An injection-molded piece will use a mold (or tool) that is built with your design in a negative form inside the cavity.  While the tool itself…

Custom Miniatures Material

Custom Miniatures Material What kind of material will your custom miniatures be made of? What is this process like? The process that PrintNinja uses to create your custom miniatures is injection molding. The material we use is PVC plastic. The…

Your Custom Miniatures Designs

Your Custom Miniatures Designs Creating custom miniatures can be overwhelming – that’s why we’ve outlined the starting point you should be at when you begin your project with PrintNinja. When you are looking to get custom miniatures manufactured, it’s important…

How We Made Our Custom Miniatures

How We Made Our Custom Miniatures In this article, we’ll detail the process that we underwent in order to create the miniatures in our Custom Miniatures Sample Kit. For aspiring miniatures or custom piece creators, this information can be a…

Custom Miniatures MOQ

Custom Miniatures MOQ Bear in mind that, just like any product you order from PrintNinja, there is a Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) involved with ordering custom miniatures  Just like offset printing, the process to create custom miniatures requires a lot…

Custom Miniatures Packaging

Custom Miniatures Packaging Thinking about your custom miniatures packaging is an important part of the miniatures creation process. As with other elements of your board game, it’s important to consider how your miniatures will be displayed or packaged within your…

Custom Miniatures Painting

Custom Miniatures Painting One of the most fun parts of the custom miniatures creation process is deciding how you’ll be painting your creations. While choosing which colors and what kind of detail you want is at its core a creative…