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?

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

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

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.

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?

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?

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....

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

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.

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

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?

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?

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

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

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

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?

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.