About

I have a Trello board that I try to keep as updated as possible for anyone to track their order and to check the current delays. Generally it is around 2 weeks but it can take longer during high demand periods, especially in the weeks before Christmas

They can definitely be depending on the product but I do my best to ship everything as safe as possible using double-wall cardbord, great quality bubble wrap and other stuff to ensure nothing moves.

Some products are also adapted to be shipped more safely where some parts are sometimes not glued, in those cases I add a small glue to the shipment for the receiver to do it. Make sure to read the descriptions of the products you wish to buy to make sure you have all relevant information.

There is never zero chance an issue happens, but it is quite rare that I get contacted for shipment or breaking issues. And if you receive anything broken, see the next question about repairing, and we can figure out together how to handle the repairing or replacement if it is something quite serious.

If you receive a broken product or break it later by like having it to fall, you may be able to repair it easily yourself with some glue.

Super glue is really fine with 3D prints, I personally use the "Insta*Cure+" from Bob Smith Industries but much simpler ones are enough such as the Loctite Super Glue-3.

To repair, simply put some of that glue where it is to be repaired and join the two parts. It is best if you are able to just have it staying still for a bit to let it dry properly.

I remain available to help you if anything happens. If you break something after receiving it I can also help you or send you some means to repair or reinforce (for a price if it requires some work on my side, but at least the shippings).

I do everything myself. I make the 3D models that I adapt in a way that I can easily 3D print and assemble afterwards while integrating circuits when needed.

There is almost no painting except for a few precise pieces (like the Crystal's base or the Warp Core's mandala), most is printed using printers that can print with multiple colors at once and I search for filaments with the most accurate colors than the ones from the reference. Almost everything is printed using PLA as it's almost only this material that is available with so many different colors.

Once everything is printed, I assemble using Super Glue, and integrate all circuit and everything accordingly.

Note that I do almost all of the designing and first assembling live on Twitch so everyone can see how I proceed and ask me questions (I stream in French but there are automatic English subtitles and am very fine to speak in English when needed, some regulars here are not necessarily French).

I currently own 5 printers:

• Prusa MK3.9S with the MMU3 extension
• Prusa MK4S
• Prusa Core One L
• 2x Prusa XL with 5 Tools

They are all Prusa printers as I started with this brand and since I like all of the environment around it I simply stick with it out of habit, but there are today many other nice brands which can also be great and also cheaper.

I use filaments from many brands as I search more for specific colors than brands.

Though I enjoy these brands:

• Polymaker (especially the Panchroma serie)
• Prusament
• Sunlu

The short answer is not directly. Mobius Digital authorizes it for anyone on their Fan Content page on their website under some rules.

For other games I have no information whether I could or not, but most studio don't mind it where in contrary fan content helps in making games live with their community and on social networks.

Studios that are most likely to forbid this practice are usually the ones around AAA games that I don't do much, preferring independent games myself.

Overall I anyway would comply if any studio requested me to stop selling products using their license.

I made myself a Google Sheets document in which I enter for each products the printing time, assembling time, and materials cost, and according to some rates I've given me that are around the same that I had when I was a developer I have a taxless amount.

For some products I also have to adapt the prices as for example Outer Wilds' Artefact isn't very long to assemble but takes a week of printing when some smaller products can take around a day so there's a middleground to find as the printing time doesn't have that big of a rate. Also some products can be complicated to assemble because of a complex circuit and/or a lot of details so that can count as well.

This amount is in the end increased with the additional taxes that I'll pay on that which are of 15% (and for Etsy I also increase again of 20% which is around the amount they take as a commission, which is why I always advise people to order on this website).

Note that as a freelance in France, in order to "simplify" this status, I cannot deduct materials or shipping costs from the income that I declare monthly and that is taxed, so I have to add the 15% taxes on every costs.

The shippings can be quite high, especially outside of Europe. This simply is because it is the price I have to pay as a freelance which is the very same as a shipment with no company.

Since I am not a big company, I cannot have special financial arrangements with the different postal services and the prices you see are the cheapest I can find.

To the shipping price I just add an arbitrary amount of 3€ to compensate the shipment materials which is definitely not the cheapest (double walled cardbord, great quality bubble wrap, etc) to ensure a great safety for the products, and nowhere in the products price or the shipment price I include the cost of the packing time which takes me almost a full day per week.

In case you are wondering or want to simulate, you can do it on this website page from La Poste.