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Sat, 08 Jan 2022 19:03:49 -0500 last edited: Sun, 21 May 2023 09:20:36 -0400

jason@hub.inktada.com

While rusty, I had fun painting this miniature printed with my new resin printer.

My daughter crafted the fairy house and grounds.

Note: The pencil is not part of the fairy house

Painting 3D-Printing

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Sat, 08 Jan 2022 19:38:21 -0500

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

How does the output from this process compare to that of extruded plastic (and I know that is a HUGE range of materials)? Maybe a better question is, given that you now have a choice, what sort of things would you choose to print with this process?

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 20:12:40 -0500

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

I'm still learning. There are definitely less options with resin. I've just ordered the "ABS like" resin which is no where near as strong as real ABS on a extruded printer. It's supposed to be one of the stronger+flexible resins.

With resin, it takes a long time to print because the resolution is so high, at least currently. So I see me printing detail parts with resin and printing large/strong/super strong/rubber like flexible/foodgrade/etc parts with extrusion.

My immediate need for resin will be things like high detail parts like a lens screw on cap for a camera - but in my case, not a camera but a rocket component.

Even with a high resolution nozzle on an extrusion printer, it couldn't come close to doing this. I love this printer for trickets and small stuff, that's for sure.

I'll come back and answer your question better after I have had more time and more resins.

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 23:33:45 -0500

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

finer detail, but less strength does give me a sense of how it fits in.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 10:18:08 -0500

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Man, stuff like this is so cool - Makes me want to start my campaign back up!
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Sun, 09 Jan 2022 20:15:26 -0500

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Using Desktop Hero, my daughter designed this, it was then easy to print! Neat stuff.

The miniature has every bit as much detail as the ones you would get ordering from Ral Partha, Reaper, etc.