Hero Forge® is an in-browser character creator that allows you to design and customize heroes, villains, and monsters in full 3D. Our genre-spanning library of thousands of parts, body and attachment sliders, and custom color tools are meant to empower our users’ creativity. Using the power of high-end 3D printing, Hero Forge® will turn pixels on-screen into atoms in your hand so you can finally have a 30mm scale tabletop miniature that truly represents your beloved tabletop character.
Hero Forge (heroforge.com) has 109 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 3.0 out of 5.
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heroforge.com
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Hobbies
Location
Santa Monica
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2026
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The miniatures look really good on the computer but their printing is poor. I would not recommend using this company.
Bought two files to print for myself and neither printed out well at all. One was basically just the base but no character. Their site does state no returns on the digital files, that is fine. However, when they failed to print, I asked to apply a refund cost for digital file and apply that directly to a Hero Forge printed character they refused.
I will not use Hero Forge again.
Response from Hero ForgeJan 20, 2026
Hello! We would love the opportunity to look into this further. Please reach out to us at [email protected] There are many things that could go into why you may not have had luck printing at home and we would be happy to take a closer look for you.
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Godzilla
Went to cancel my subscription
Went to cancel my subscription on the renewal date and they renewed it and charged me for another year. I contacted them and they said that if i wanted to cancel they would give me a gift card instead of returning my money. They said the TOS said I was too late but after reading it I found the only time frame limit was for orders not subs. The only good thing is they didnt take to long to email me back,
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Mike L.
save your files
Apparently they don't save your files, despite your purchasing them. I just found out, at least 1 of the figures I made, I now can't download again.
The quality of the prints isn't that good. I saw what the person could print. So it's not the quality of his printer that is the issue. But the quality of their files
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Mike G.
not nearly as good as you expect
so the minis look good enough for sure. but if you are expecting the colors to look anything as vibrant or similar to how they look on the design app, don't be fooled. they are pale in comparison. very light colors, no vibrancy. hand painted ones will look much better.
that being said they are still pretty sweet and save you from painting them yourself. but don't expect the end result quality.
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Andrey
Bad experience with primer
2 for physical products:
- there are no stls to download after the print — what a shame. it's literally costs them 0 (ZERO) to give it away.
- priming is awful. All the details for one of my models was half overfilled with the gray primer. it's simply destroyed. I'm so disappointed and dissatisfied with that.
- service seems odd — no feedback, no status update of the order. I had to write to the support to get know what is happening.
- really long wait time for 3 figures (1.5 months to the Europe from the order till delivery).
- still I like theirs website to build figures. If you have a brilliant local 3D printer guy — go for it!
*ordered one prime and 2 normal resin figures — not worth it for that cost.
Response from Hero ForgeAug 11, 2025
Thank you so much for sharing your feedback. We’d like to learn more about your order so we can review the issues you mentioned. Please reach out to our support team directly if you haven't yet so we can see if we are able to help!
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Dan T.
Decline in Quality
I have to say, I'm incredibly surprised in the decline of Hero Forge's quality. My tabletop group has ordered a half-dozen or so minis from them in the past. All of which looked great.
There's six minis sitting on my desk right now, however, that show a fairly significant drop in quality. I understand prices increase, but the new "budget-friendly" plastic minis are more expensive - and noticeably worse - than Hero Forge's baseline minis used to be.
For an order that was almost $150.00, I'm not happy with these minis. At all. Apparently, I should have just dropped another $70 to avoid the artifacts, muddied details, inconsistent prints, and all-together-lost details.
I used to gladly recommend Hero Forge. But I no longer can. At this point, you're far better off just trying to find a mini close to whatever vision you have. It'll be far cheaper. And far more detailed.
Update: Customer service was great. They quickly submitted a reprint request. Those minis came in today, and they're almost exactly the same. Still muddy and lost details. Still random burrs. Still disappointed. Clearly their "affordable" option means mediocre quality. At least as far as any detailed design goes. Shame, really.
Response from Hero ForgeJul 29, 2025
Hi Dan,
We're truly sorry to hear that you were disappointed with your order. That’s never the experience we want anyone to have. If you haven’t already, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team directly—we’d really appreciate the chance to review your order and see how we can help.
We’re proud of how much our printing technology and design options have improved, so we’d love to take a closer look and understand what may have gone wrong in this case. Thank you for bringing this to our attention—we're here to help!
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Jakob G.
Amazing customer service, great product
I've ordered from HeroForge twice before, this being my third time.
I only ever ordered the colored standees, which are well detailed and of great quality. I fully recommend this option.
The last order was returned due to a mistake at the post office - no fault of the HeroForge team - and they were quick to reach out to confirm address details, etc. Their customer service/support is superb, very helpful and friendly!
I can't recommend HeroForge enough.
Response from Hero ForgeAug 11, 2025
Thank you for your wonderful review and for being a returning forger! We’re delighted to hear you’ve been happy with the quality of our color standees, and it’s great to know our team could assist when your last order ran into delivery issues. Your recommendation means a lot to us, and we look forward to your next order!
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Dirk
Solide einzigartige Farbfiguren für Tabletop und P&P RPG
Mittlerweile liefert HF richtig gute Qualität im Segment der farbig-gedruckten Figuren. Die Details der farbigen Kunststoff-Figuren sind zwar nicht annähernd so genau wie beim Erstellprozess, aber das Endprodukt kann sich sehen lassen. Einzig, dass ich trotz vorheriger Bezahlung, doch noch ca. 10€ dem Postboten als "Rest-Zoll" bezahlen musste, stößt etwas auf. Die Kosten waren lt. Bezahlvorgang komplett erhoben und beglichen. Wer seinen einzigartigen Charakteren beim Tabletop oder P&P RPG auf den Tisch bringen und Leben einhauchen möchte, und nicht so gut mit Pinsel und Farben umgehen kann, ist hier gut aufgehoben.
Response from Hero ForgeAug 11, 2025
Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We’re thrilled to hear you’re enjoying the quality of our color-printed minis. Regarding the additional customs fee — as noted on our site, taxes, duties, and import fees aren’t charged by Hero Forge and may be collected by local postal services or customs agencies upon delivery. We’re glad you’re bringing your characters to life at the table and we appreciate your Hero Forge support!