[knoath]

The Chinese ones on EBAY are okay for crowd work, and you can just paint a few black hairs blond, change a few details to increase variety.
That knocks the cost through the floor.
Example, -  there are lots of sets, sitting, standing etc
https://www.ebay.com/itm/50-pcs-Scale-Pl...SwNX1cAyac

If you can get someone to 3D print some available on thingyverse, you can do it cheap.
I am planning to scan about 30 original Eldon and Strombecker figures I acquired unpainted some years back, and then they can be 3D printed - either SLS-  or a 3D resin if I go that way ( as we already have two Ender 5 in our club, another similar printer seems a bit pointless. Anyone own a 3D resin printer to comment on cost and ease of use ?

I have a 3d Resin printer, good quality resin is the key to good results I've found, now, I'm very new to this caper but I am learning.
1 lt of good resin = $60 AUD, I've gotten a heap of figures, maybe 40, and haven't dented the bottle much at all.
I reckon I could get a couple of hundred figures from 1 lt for sure!
Couldn't be more than 50c a figure.
I've just downloaded a crowd of 250ish figures... I'll see how much resin it uses.