Thursday, August 20, 2020

First Resin Miniature!

After a couple failed efforts to get the miniature to stick to the buildplate rather than the FEP (see already using the lingo) & some assistance chats with Jarrett Lee I finally got the first figure printed in resin.

One of the figure files sets consisted of some wraiths from Archvillian Games

 

Wraiths image

Here it is on the Chitubox software, with all the supports. I get that supports are a very big deal with resin printing & lots of conversations/posts I've seen discuss them.

Following some advice about an easy method to remove the structures After I washed the miniature, I placed it briefly in a bowl of hot water & they just kind of peeled off. Great idea!

So the print done, the supports removed. I haven't finished the cleanup of the little nubs left over from the supports, but overall looking good. Hmm, one thing I noticed immediately was that the base was warped. This could be something due to the angle I used, it wasn't calculated in any way, just went with how it came in to Chitubox, added the supports & sliced away.

Here you can see some of the nubs from the supports. As well you can see how the base warped.


 

So looking at the image that Archvillian Games used & looking at this grey, unprimed figure, I was beginning to wonder about the details..amy I using the wrong resin? Were my settings off? 

I went down & just did a black wash of the figure, as my curiosity was piqued.

 Yep, the detail is there, just hard to see with the bare figure. I will likely print this figure again with some tweaks to the settings

 

 Also need to learn why the base printed warped. So the adventure continues...

6 comments:

  1. Bases are notoriously hard to print nicely - to the point where I don't really bother, I base my printed minis on plastic bases I bought in volume from China/Ebay :) Looking good! - Jarrett

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    1. Thanks again for the assistance Jarrett! I will likely sand it down to being flat & mount it on a washer anyway for my magnetic storage solutions.

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  2. Well look at that! It works! Great start Terry.

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    1. Thanks Michael, though I am really feeling like a Padawan at this point, so much info out there in the facebook 3D printing groups & Youtube. Almost information overload!

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  3. Well done, the figure was probablynot the easiest to print either. You're obviously getting better with printing and imho learning 'how to' quite fast (never mind using the lingo too).

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    1. Thanks Zabadak, another gaming associate has put me onto a couple of excellent Youtuber 3d printing folks who I have really grabbed some great info from. Expect to see some more soon as I am now on a Staycation & expect to do a fair bit of printing!

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