Shapeways Bankruptcy

I JUST PLACED AN ORDER ON JUNE 22ND!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I guess it is a good thing I bought prints of all of the designs in advance after all.

Very, very sad to see them go. Mainly I am very sad to see all the excellent miniatures of our designers disappear. I personally have no interest in printing my own, but with over 2,000 of them sitting unpainted in boxes in my room I probably won't get everything painted that I already have.

What?! But I don't even have all the minis. Shit. What do I do now?

I even wanted modern ones but they are extremely expensive or I find nothing but 3D files

You better get on finding a way for a refund. I just went on their forum for the first time. They fired everyone, designers are panicking that they'll lose everything.

Things are a mess.

PayPal is making it so incredibly difficult to dispute the charge I gave up and just went straight to my VISA card company and placed the dispute there.  At least they're very responsive.  Sigh.

**** I wasn't expecting that.

Due to circumstances and not actually having played WAS for a while now, I've gone well over 12 months since my last order but was intending getting back to it as required. Will have to look at the alternatives going forward if it doesn't pick up. Am I right in thinking the other option(s) are stateside?

The vibe did seem to be missing though in recent years. No doubt funds, inflation etc. played a part for something that seemed to get more expensive.

Yes, I know of two people in my area that are doing decent work with resin printers. These home businesses may be able to fill the gaps. The issue is getting the STL files...