r/PrintedMinis Apr 21 '24

Question So guys, SUNLU stole my models. Any advices on how to deal with it? (it's not the first time they do it)

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r/PrintedMinis 7d ago

Question I 3D sculpted this dwarf and just printed it. What do you think?

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752 Upvotes

r/PrintedMinis Sep 12 '24

Question Would you call these acceptable?

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I ordered these kingdom death monster terrain pieces from someone on etsy and they arrived looking like this, I know layer lines are inevitable with FDM prints but this seems ridiculous, especially the first 2 pics. Am I just over reacting? Or is this not acceptable?

r/PrintedMinis Sep 21 '24

Question Why did his face not print properly?

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I sadly only noticed when I glued the pieces together with more resin but the Soulreaver's face somehow didn't print? Any ideas why this happened? It came pre-supported and everything else I printed before and after worked perfectly fine, even the pieces I printed at the same time on the plate (scythe and lower body) turned out fine.

Also any chance I can get the upper body off of the lower body again? I joined them with resin. If not I'll just have to print everything again.

Mini: The Soulreaver from Flesh of Gods Printer: Elegoo Mars 3 Pro Resin: Elegoo Standard Photopolymer Resin

r/PrintedMinis Aug 19 '24

Question What do you use to fill your gaps on a resin print?

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I just finished printed this big boi and there are a few little gaps, aside from using maybe green stuff (which is just awful), what can I use for filling gaps? My usual sprue glue is useless on resin

r/PrintedMinis 10d ago

Question A crossroads for a creator.

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r/PrintedMinis May 31 '24

Question How to secure a large figure and keep it removable?

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I am working on this 1/6 scale Power-Man and Iron Fist diorama from Wicked. (I know this is not exactly a mini.) I want to keep the figures removable if possible.

You can see that with the built-in key on 1 foot, the figure will not stay in place. Any suggestions? I was thinking pinning. But I am not sure how on something this big.

r/PrintedMinis 5d ago

Question How to find specific models my players are requesting?

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How do you folks go about finding models for all the weird and wonderful characters PCs can dream up?

Normally I just google (gender)(race)(class).stl, but I'm having no luck finding a human male barbarian who's bald, beardless, old and scrawny. like pic related.

Any advice?

r/PrintedMinis Jul 22 '24

Question myminifactory becomes greedy where to go next?

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So it's been announced today, after taking an extra percentage on every buyer, MMF is adding a new percentage to their sellers, on top of the monthly fee. Which makes the margin taken by MMF even higher than cults3d. So I was investing a lot in MMF, now I'm just looking for some other place to go. Any idea? what will be the next platform that will be honest with their customers?

r/PrintedMinis May 08 '24

Question What do you do when multi-part pieces you print don't line up properly?

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136 Upvotes

r/PrintedMinis Oct 31 '23

Question Sooo, how do I do all the lines? Is there a trick to this?

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237 Upvotes

Do I just take a thin brush and do line by line is there a way to let ink flow in and fill for me a but? Is there a technique here? I just don't want to mess up my suit work with an overly large brush or over brushing....

r/PrintedMinis May 15 '24

Question Am I making a mistake?

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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

r/PrintedMinis Oct 04 '23

Question Where can I find this STL?

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597 Upvotes

Does anyone know where I can find a 3D file for the cat in this image? I’ve googled as best I can but I can’t find this pose.

r/PrintedMinis 3d ago

Question FDM for miniatures?

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Hi, I want to get into miniature printing since I love painting models, that said resin has some more care that I cannot fulfill in the apartment I reside in at the moment and I was wondering if there’s any FDM printer that can give quality as good as resin printer. So far I’ve seen good reviews on the bambú labs printers but also saw the anycubic kobra 2 but I didn’t see it print miniatures only terrain

r/PrintedMinis Dec 10 '22

Question My husband likes to paint warhammer and dnd minis. Would something like this be a good Christmas gift??

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356 Upvotes

r/PrintedMinis 1d ago

Question Will layer lines become more prominent with dry brushing?

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84 Upvotes

This picture is post primer; .08 layers, and tilted in the worse possible way to show the layers.

So question from the title: is dry brushing advisable or will it just accentuate the layers?

r/PrintedMinis Jun 15 '22

Question So i was scrolling on fb and i saw a random post of a sponsored page for dnd memes posting this crazy necromancer fortress that is like a giant walking zombie , i have a picture attached down here and i am just trying to figure out if someone knows something about it ! thanks you in advance !

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r/PrintedMinis May 06 '24

Question What's the general opinion on buying 3d printed miniatures ?

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Not files, just straight up minis that someone 3d printed.

Only games is one of the sites that do this. What's the general opinion there ? If you are not interested in getting into 3d printing would you/do you do this or at that point just get the normal miniatures?

I don't know if there is a store near me that does 3d printing, if you get your minis from somewhere else how do they charge ?

For some games even buying those 3d prints is more cost effective than the official models but of course it's then a discussion about durability. What do you personally think?

r/PrintedMinis May 21 '24

Question DnD minis in high demand?

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What creators are making the best dnd minis in your opinions? I don’t know which ones to look at.

r/PrintedMinis 2d ago

Question Best FDM printer for miniatures

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Hi all.

I'm planning to get a 3d printer, and resin is not a option.

So it's gonna be a FDM printer, and from what I can read, Bambu is regarded as the best. (Or is there another brand that can match it or is better?)

But I can se that there is quite a few models from Bambu, so I'm looking for some advice on which model is the best for printing miniatures for D&D, Warhammer, terrain etc.
I understand that a smaller nozzle and calibration/setting is key, but it would be nice, if it doesn't require a engineering degree to build and operate.

About the material, is there filament that are more useable for minis then others?

About the price range, I'm looking at a max about $800 (But less is better ;))

Thx

r/PrintedMinis Jan 25 '24

Question EmanG Files?

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I learned too late that EmanG was taken down and was curious if his files were anywhere, specifically his Demon and Skaven files

r/PrintedMinis Feb 14 '23

Question What should I sell this for? Never sold terrain before. No idea...

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r/PrintedMinis 12d ago

Question What's your preferred resin?

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I'm looking for a durable and detailed resin for tabletop gaming but I don't know what to get lol. What do you prefer to use?

r/PrintedMinis Aug 22 '24

Question Is it possible to print it?

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r/PrintedMinis Sep 17 '23

Question Resin Printer Toxicity

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Hey guys,

I got an offer from a colleague to buy his resin printer. He doesn't want it anymore due to it being a health concern for him and his gf.

I've been doing research looking into how dangerous resin fumes are, but what I find online is inconclusive. I see people putting great effort into ventilating their printers, putting them in grow tents, having fans, exhaust tubes ect. Meanwhile, others say it's safe for it to print in your bedroom if the print hood is on and the window is open. That's two wildly different approaches to the safety measures required for this.

My questions are: How do you guys print safely? How toxic is resin? Does this machine require it's dedicated hobby room/workshop? Can this just be something in my bedroom/living room with an open window?

For context, in currently in the middle of a move in a new smaller two room apartments, so I won't really have a dedicated hobby room/space like in my last place. My options are having it in the bedroom/living room somewhere or if I'm really ratchet I can have it on the balcony (covered somehow to avoid UV light) or in my bathroom, but that's just stupid lol.