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I’m consistently blown away by the detail you can get out of a modern FDM printer. 5hr30m print total, basically no support scarring, a few print issues in areas you don't see (ball sockets for torso / neck). 0.2m nozzle, Resin style supports.
And thats the model painted up. Not as crisp as resin for sure, but not having to deal with the toxic shitshow that resin is? Priceless.
I’m honestly surprised this thing can handle batch printing at that level of detail. #minipainting #3dprinting #TheOldWorld #squarebase
After about a week of printing I’ve got a unit of 20 fantasy orcs. Honesty I don’t mind the much slower print times, and the print quality is more or less good enough for tabletop gaming. If I never have to print in resin again I’d love that.
Began painting up the orcs. Those layer lines become less distinct when they’re painted *and* ranked. Beginning to look pretty cohesive!
Also been experimenting with using graphite pencil for metal effects instead of metallic paints and I honestly think it looks way better.
@anchorite printer goes WAAAAGH
@anchorite well TBF if it can do one Orc at decent resolution and quality, doing enough to fill the entire build plate shouldn't be an issue, should it?
@erikcats it increases the risk of the supports snapping, more x/y motion over a longer time.
@anchorite oké but making as many as you can isn't an issue!
@anchorite those look great
@anchorite Nice! What models are that?
@anchorite that's from resin printer, yes?
@Suriel nope! Bambulab A1 mini. All printed on a 0.2mm nozzle with grey PLA filament.
@anchorite they look really good. Do you sand them before painting or is priming usually enough?
@Suriel nah too much detail over too many models to sand back, priming does well enough.
@anchorite damn that's one more point for FDM instead of resin. Sure, resins is more detailed and faster but it requires so much more side activities
@Suriel yeah. To be totally fair you won’t win any awards for the quality of these models, clear layer lines in some sections, but as a tabletop regiment they’re fine.
@anchorite thanks for feedback. I'm not going after the Golden Demon