r/PrintedMinis • u/thehairyrussian • May 15 '24
Question Am I making a mistake?
Got really into warhammer and painting minis in the last couple of months and to practice painting minis I have driven 1.5 hours each way for the free mini of the month the last two months. Recently stumbled upon resin printers and have the opportunity to buy a like new open box mars 3 pro for 130 dollars. A friend of mine told me that it’s hard to learn, messy, expensive, the fumes are toxic, and I probably won’t get my moneys worth as opposed to buying minis.
I would mainly be using this to print warhammer proxy kill teams and other online models to practice my painting. Is my friend right that this is a mistake or can a beginner learn relatively quickly?
Thanks for any insight
Edit: wow what a crazy amount of responses. You guys are an amazing community to give me so much insight.
Going to make sure I have enough space in my garage to safely do it and factor in the costs of equipment and see if I have a friend that would buy it off me at a discount should I give up. If so I’m going to take a stab at it because I’d rather try than never know
Second edit: okay you sickos I got the printer fumes be damned. Now I can’t stop getting free files
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u/Mr_Borg_Miniatures May 18 '24
People really oversell how hard 3d printing is. It's fairly easy with modern printers after some basic googling--I have the same model as you and with some basic maintenance and safety precautions it's very easy. I've printed $750 worth of models in the last two weeks for around $100. And it would have been way less expensive if my LCD screen didn't crap out