Gilded Lion Miniatures started out as a dream - to slowly learn more and more about the board game and miniature industry. In February of 2020, the pandemic caused my life to come to a halt. My favorite pastime, board games and DND were suddenly off the table. As a result of quarantining for months - I decided I wanted to pick up miniature painting as a means to cope. It ahs always been a goal to work on board games, and the combination of miniature painting and 3D printing seemed to open the door. I hope to someday be able to create board games on the side, as I have had a few ideas and concepts. So, from that dream, I gradually got into 3D Printing after visiting a additivity manufacturing facility, and after learning about the high quality of resin SLA printers. Later on, I acquired an FDM Printer to slowly begin working on printing large buildings and scenery. During this process, I was inspired by many miniature painters, such as local Minnesotan, Miniac, Age of Squidmar, and many others. As my 3D Printing skills developed I began to receive requests locally for 3D Printing needs. Eventually I commissioned a centaur sculpt from the wonderful artist Volpebox. Slowly but surely, I realized I could open an online Etsy store and other ecommerce sites to sell these 3D prints, and help fund the hobby further! I hope to get another larger resin printer as time goes on, and be able to print larger pieces. I also dream of commissioning more fantasy miniatures, mermaids, fauns, and more. Perhaps even a gilded lion?
