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Author Topic: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming  (Read 2017 times)

Offline aducknamedjoe

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Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« on: October 20, 2021, 10:05:31 PM »
I recently bought a resin 3D printer and I've learned a lot in getting it set up and printing figures, so I wanted to share what I learned in a 3D printing guide for wargamers:

https://www.atthequeenscommand.com/resin-3d-printing-wargames/

Here's some of my recent prints:

Working on 54mm gaming in 19th and 20th century flavors here: https://www.atthequeenscommand.com/. Some army men wargame rules also in the works here: https://www.plasticcommand.com/

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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2021, 02:07:31 AM »
Thanks, I'm about to buy an Elegoo as well, nice to see your research and all the helpful information!

Cheers,
Cary

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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2021, 02:43:03 AM »
Glad it's helpful!

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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2021, 07:50:41 AM »
Very interesting article.
Cheers.
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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2021, 07:23:39 PM »
Thanks Flatpack!

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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2021, 09:22:29 PM »
Many thanks for posting this! It's a wonderful resource for fellow beginners you put together there; no doubt it will be tremendously helpful once I get my own 3D printer soon  8)
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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2021, 10:47:02 PM »
I hope it will be!

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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2021, 09:12:26 AM »
That is an extremely useful guide you've produced, many thanks. I will be referring back to that when I get my printer. If one was to go for a Saturn as opposed to a Mars, what would be the benefits of the more expensive printer?


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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2021, 05:03:14 PM »
Thanks! The Saturn has a bigger build plate, so you can print larger figures and vehicles/terrain without having to break them up into smaller parts, and the Saturn also has a higher resolution than the Mars 2 (though about the same as the newer Mars 3: 4k resolution). That said, I'm able to print 28mm vehicles just fine on the Mars 2 with the right orientation.

Offline MaleGriffin

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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2021, 07:52:28 PM »
Thank you for this thread! I've been thinking about getting a printer and this answered a lot of questions.
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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2022, 06:23:45 AM »
Glad it was helpful!

Offline The Voivod

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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2022, 01:37:11 PM »
Thanks for putting all these resources together.

I'm currently messing around with my mars 2 pro and seeing what it can do.
your blog has some fantastic stuff which is just good to read and re-read once in a while.
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Offline MaleGriffin

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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2022, 05:03:00 PM »
Wow! Thank you for putting this together! They really look great!

Offline ced1106

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Re: Beginner's guide to resin 3D printing for wargaming
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2022, 04:29:57 AM »
Late comment, but reposted on the Reaper 3D printing forum!

I thought the Crealty series was the one to buy, so I'm entirely guessing you didn't buy it because of customer service issues?

Hope there's an update every six months or year, since the technology and prices are changing!
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