How to 3D-Print Hyper-Detailed DND Minis (and orcs)

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3 жыл бұрын

3D printers + DnD = stunning miniature battles (and ugly orcs!)
Subscribe to Loot Studios to download these gorgeous models - it's an ORC-ONSPIRACY! bit.ly/3hPNLUa
It doesn't matter if you have the best DND campaign - real heroes look their enemies in the eye, not picking fights with scraps of paper on scribbled maps. A cheap resin printer can produce an unlimited supply of minis, enemies, and battlefields, and if you convince your DM to buy one, it's free!
Here's everything you need to get that giant nerd into the 21st century, where you can print a tiefling at a higher resolution than your phone can display it for just 14 cents.
Ask questions on the Official Voidstar Discord™: / discord
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All models except the lizard wizard are from Loot Studio's January 2021 pack, Orconspiracy! The lizard wizard is from HeroForge, and is currently in the service of a certain King Gizzard.
By the way, this is my first video with 100,000 subscribers! It happened too late in prod-orc-tion to put into the video, but we'll definitely celebrate this special orc-casion.
My resin printer is a Phrozen Sonic Mini 4k and it SLAPS. These models were printed in Elegoo Basic Grey and ABS-Like Blue, 50 micron height, 40 second bottom layers, 3 second middle layers, 7 seconds lights-off delay.
Brooke and I painted the minis. We're not good at it.
Orc getting pwned sound effect: www.zapsplat.com
Orc-hestral soundtrack (all CC-BY):
"Reloaded" - Savfk
"City" - Savfk
"Discovery" - Scott Buckley
"Fate and Fortune" - Scott Buckley
"Journey to the Stars" - Savfk

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@ApolloSevan 3 жыл бұрын

I like how you motivated me to get a printer and never once recommended one. I actually respect that.

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

I originally had some buying advice, but I decided that it wasn't relevant. I do like my Sonic Mini 4k, but honestly, most printers made by Anycubic, Phrozen, Elegoo, or Prusa are pretty close.

@NightVisionOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZackFreedman I have an Anycubic, it's good, but since soo much printers came out, i would do a little more of search if i had to buy it today. Btw, i raccomend you to start making support by your self, cause you get soo much quality, and the time you spend on it, makes it really worth it, cause you have less pain when removing supports. And one thing i've noticed, is that you cure them before removing them, correct? You should do that only if you have a plane, but for minis, you should remove support before curing it, it's easier to remove them, and you can use a scrape tool, like the one from citadel, to remove more of the residue, and then you wash it again, on an alcohol bath, better if you do that with ultrasonic cleaner, and then you cure :) Hope it will help you :D (Thx for the amazing w-Orc you do to make quality content ^^)

@petelozzi7298 3 жыл бұрын

Mad respect, Zack is my spirit animal fo realz

@CheshireNoir 3 жыл бұрын

0:24 "I was a Dungeon Master, not the fun kind" - I had to stop the video for a bit because I was overcome with a fit of giggles :-D

@KeysightLabs 3 жыл бұрын

So many f-orc-ing puns...

@Datboikoowip 3 жыл бұрын

This is probably my yt channel of the year. Absolutely amazing content man.

@BeefIngot 3 жыл бұрын

So much so even the KZfaq algorithm has been loving him

@johnchristopherrobert1839 3 жыл бұрын

Your kids are going to go to school and tell their friends that “my dad is cooler than yours😝”

@margotfreedman8863 3 жыл бұрын

... this apple doesn’t fall far from its tree....!

@deleterinserepeat2079 3 жыл бұрын

Dude! The hidden 3D object as a puzzle is such a good idea!! Omg! I’ve printed 1000 minis and have never thought of that! Both my resin printers are going right now and when they’re done, my son will have SO MANY items to find!!!! Thanks man!! Genius! You rock!

@OrbitalCookie 3 жыл бұрын

Oh cool! DnD party! And then you remember you are still under lockdown.

@ElectroNeutrino 3 жыл бұрын

Use this time to build up your army of miniatures.

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. Now's the time for your DM to prepare for the Great Unlockout - these things are quick to print, but take *forever* to paint.

@yavorkaludov3661 3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean you “used to be” a nerd?

@ChozoSR388 3 жыл бұрын

Well, he's obviously a geek now :D

@davidskidmore3442 3 жыл бұрын

I mean, he still is now, but he also used to be. R.I.P. Mitch Hedberg....

@sunsetpark_fpv 3 жыл бұрын

Oh there's this new thing maybe you've never heard of it - its called sarcasm.....

@dinoscheidt 3 жыл бұрын

7:35 Ok... keep in mind he can code, keep in mind he can code, keep in mind he can code

@virtuous_pixel 3 жыл бұрын

The fight between Syntax the dragon and coffee fingers the orc

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

What do you think I do when the firmware's compiling and burning?

@TheRainHarvester 3 жыл бұрын

He Dark Helmeted.

@nielsroetert 3 жыл бұрын

No idea what I just watched (not a D&D player) but it made me smile and appreciate the quality of your videos even more, thanks for that.

@BF-rn3oz 2 жыл бұрын

Never quit being you Zack Freedman. Your wit and your charisma, much like your parlance, are far ahead of our time. You are truly an inspiration.

@captaincloudsuperhero6869 3 жыл бұрын

Just got a 3D printer from the wife for Christmas! One of my goals is try my hand at storytelling through printed models! It’s cool to see companies embracing 3D printing in new and unique ways!

@INeedAttentionEXE 3 жыл бұрын

The future is being able to print DND characters in a couple of seconds that were generated from a description to an AI

@CodeOptimism 3 жыл бұрын

Hah did you just come from that Two Minute Papers video as well? You're definitely correct. Near-future.

@sammyk1155 3 жыл бұрын

Really wouldn't we just need faster-curing resin to practically instantly print? The Ai doesn't seem far off either.

@simoneazzoni3882 3 жыл бұрын

Neither my wallet nor the sea want that future to be honest

@GloomyNate Жыл бұрын

we are closer

@aregulargenericname8794 Жыл бұрын

The fact that this could be a thing almost any moment is neat

@Wrackey 3 жыл бұрын

And gratz on the 100K subs! You did that REALLY fast :D

@AzaB2C 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on 100k+ subscribers/Customers!

@connerw25 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t like DND but this video make my chuckle a lot.

@SigurdBraathen 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was well orchestrated! :]

@thebeholder938 2 жыл бұрын

@@SigurdBraathen I had to put my phone down and stare at a wall for some moments. Well done. Thanks, I hate it.

@madmayhem2000 3 жыл бұрын

You need to have a project where you harness the energy of your hand-talking and charge a phone with it or something.

@techniack 3 жыл бұрын

I am slightly concerned about this title but I’ll keep watching

@jamesdownes1974 3 жыл бұрын

I laughed hard at “I used to be a nerd”! Great channel.

@RoseKindred 3 жыл бұрын

I am watching 3D printing/creating videos to learn how to sculpt and print items. I don't have any printer yet but since I am disabled and have 'free time' I figured I would pick up a new skill in 2020. I miss kitbashing and creating intricate terrain for Warhammer/40K.

@tiago6206 3 жыл бұрын

I love how you probably used Word's replace tool to create all the possible orc puns

@taylorjohnson4943 3 жыл бұрын

Aww the coolest kids toys and projects with a 3d printer.

@_gamma. 3 жыл бұрын

Dang, reading out all your Patreons and including an easteregg user is pretty amazing

@berylliscoolest 2 жыл бұрын

"...even if you never put a single point into 'Use Magic Device'." Dang dude that one phrase brought me hella back

@nocooldudes7614 3 жыл бұрын

I literally just got this in my recommended as soon as I’m creating my first dnd character for my first campaign lol

@pixelcroissant 3 жыл бұрын

For anyone looking at 3d printers for miniatures / D&D - you *can* get by just fine with an FDM printer and it may be a better choice -- I have children at home and my workshop has little to no ventilation, resin printing (as flippin' cool as it is, thanks for reminding me how buttery smooth resin is) is just not in the cards for this family man -- Sure, FDM takes more tinkering, more adjusting - but my kids are allowed and encouraged to be in the workshop...having vats of resin, IPA, etc involved with resin printing is just to arduous... I'd rather have my toddler gnawing on a strand of PLA, it's...probably... safer edit: BTW Thanks for the videos Zack, super top notch content, literally every video is snazzy!

@codybachman381 3 жыл бұрын

I was just researching the best printer for D&D miniatures and you came to the rescue. As always your channel is the best

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

I like my Phrozen, but you'll have great results with most printers. I recommend a monochrome unit for speed, but there seem to be many solid choices.

@codybachman381 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZackFreedman Thank you for the advice!

@MegamanSonic999 2 жыл бұрын

When the puns came in, I knew immediately I could trust what you were saying. Super helpful video!

@zach4505 3 жыл бұрын

Way to turn yet another 3D printing minis video into rich KZfaq content, and profit from it. Your a genius. You are convincing me to buy a resin printer, ( was half way there already)

@BrainSlugs83 3 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to call out, you can print high quality minis on FDM as well (like on your CR-10 or Ender 3, etc.), but it's not as fast, and you will need to use special slicing profiles. There are some fantastic KZfaq videos on the subject that show how to use them and where to find them, but word of warning: if you see weird stuff in the profile, *don't* "fix" it. The profiles exploit the slicer settings in wierd ways in order to trick it into printing at higher qualities (one if the more well known tricks is to use 9999 "top" layers, which can make a dramatic difference), but you'll notice other weird and "wrong" stuff in there as well. Just try the profile first before "fixing" it.

@WhiteRaven___ 3 жыл бұрын

There is not a FDM printer in the world that can print in the same detail as the most basic Resin printer can.

@tartatovsky Жыл бұрын

@@WhiteRaven___ wrong

@Techthinker5911 8 ай бұрын

Hello might I ask how long it would take a Crux-1 3D printer to make a DnD minifigures?

@bartz0rt928 3 жыл бұрын

9:55 CybOrcs? Now I wanna play Shadowrun.

@electricsheep2305 3 жыл бұрын

I'm hooked on this now, thanks

@BOTGRINDER 3 жыл бұрын

im going to be playing dnd for my first time ever next month and im so excited!

@GGOWO 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome 😎

@asocialconsciousness8535 3 жыл бұрын

Man.. And he plays D&D!?!?! lol this guys is quickly becoming one of my favorites

@snipity 3 жыл бұрын

Me: *has 3d printer, DMing things, and a homebrew campaign* My players: I dOnT WaNt To BuY A MinY, PrInT It PleAsE For FrEEE

@sitichybrid 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy all your content, but think it might have been worth mentioning that resin, while cheap and high detailed can be a bit noxious to work with so may require the right setup/safety precautions.

@mvl3cosmin386 3 жыл бұрын

awesome ! love the vids, please keep them coming!

@tinfoilhatsarethenewblack8788 3 жыл бұрын

Bevor I knew what "Sliding into the DMs" means I still had hope for myself

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

Ayyyyy

@deleterinserepeat2079 3 жыл бұрын

I subbed to Loot already! Very nice files!

@aot9339 3 жыл бұрын

My family really love the hacks you make.

@FLYBOY611 Жыл бұрын

Are we not going to talk about how this man is wearing a Vegeta Scouter? Great video by the way.

@hardrivethrutown 3 жыл бұрын

"Let's roll for initiative" *Gets a 6*

@supdograinbarff1460 3 жыл бұрын

Epic video dude

@georgecondoyannis5371 3 жыл бұрын

Zack another great video and great topic. I'd love to see a video on how to set up a maker space since you have experience with that. Meaning the challenges for finding space, funding and getting members, etc. There's nothing that's near by enough to make it practical and I'm sure I'm not the only wanna be maker in my hood.

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

That's an interesting suggestion. I did actually start a hackerspace, and it's still around almost a decade later.

@Nimbos0 3 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to say that I like your style.

@sedenions 3 жыл бұрын

I was never a big fan of DND, although my high school friends and I (three people) had a Skype group where I would DM and type out and offer choices to my mates on how to progress through our medieval universe set originally in Europe. Now I'm in an introductory coding class remaking the world as a choose your own path game! I would love to incorporate 3D printed figurines, but I am very specific. Back in the old days (early 2010s), I came across a DnD set of gray figurines, some of which resembled lions with long necks, or maybe they were long phallic appendages, and they also had hammers like a blacksmith would. If anyone could remind me of this simple name of this DnD set, I would be forever indebted to you.

@mudawott 3 жыл бұрын

I came up with a fun idea with my dm about 3D printing a combination look puzzle with runes on it. Theyd need to be noticed around the enviroment or found using a series of puzzle that my character (Who has incredibly low wisdom) couldnt help with. The possibilities are endless. Also While resin is definitelt the king of printing this stuff. FDM can give it a run for its money if your a maniac like me who has way to much time on her hands and a lot of sandpaper and needle files. I printed my little kobold and her big armour girlfriend at a low layer height on an ender 3 and still got some decent results. It was just time consuming as hell.

@freedapeeple4049 3 жыл бұрын

I got involved in a live role playing group way back when (35 years ago. Almost nobody did it live back then) and I got the shock of my life when I walked into the first meeting. I walked in, saw the other people, and my first thought was "Oh, my god, I'm a nerd!" I was 30 years old. lol

@speedyfox9080 2 жыл бұрын

Got a Creality LD002R for 99$! A complete steal in my opinion. Printing minis for a campaign with some friends!

@mundmc8172 3 жыл бұрын

Freaking awesome. Gonna pre-load the contents of a Deck of Many Things.

@stanbrackhage 3 жыл бұрын

never played D&D but love the channel

@TheBrownHero 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Zach! I'm a new subscriber and I really love your videos! Watching your stuff really makes me want to start doing some freelance work with electronics or programming. I'm an engineering student but I'm currently switching to a certificate in CAD Drafting just to get a better job and get my feet wet in the market. However, I'd really love to do the kind of work that you do and was wondering if you had any pointers on how to start and what to expect. Keep up the great vids man!

@team_rex 2 жыл бұрын

I finally found a supporter name! Made my day!

@MCRuCr 3 жыл бұрын

"I used to be a Nerd". How can sb. stop being a nerd pls?

@n8o 3 жыл бұрын

Nerd + tons of money = eccentric

@RadioTeal Жыл бұрын

A man after my own heart, I am very dad jokey and quite the punster as well 🙂 Great Video!

@MarcAdamsDev 3 жыл бұрын

Welp, time to add a resin printer to my stable of "infrequently used, but critical to my existence" things. Thanks Zack!

@astro_gabe 3 жыл бұрын

9:52 More like... cyborc... amirite?

@doctorbobstone 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was disappointed that he missed that one.

@thehollowlingwin 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even watch past 3 seconds, but I saw DnD in your video so I had to hit like lol

@juniorthelichch. Ай бұрын

Man I've never seen without a HUD attached to his face: "Believe it or not I used to be a bit nerdy" XD good laughs

@zach4505 3 жыл бұрын

loving the dnd lingo for this script

@parkergipson4269 3 жыл бұрын

To get better detail on an fdm printer use a .2 or smaller nozzle rather than the stock .4

@SivaExperiment 3 жыл бұрын

aw yes DND with legos GLORIOUS

@Tenacious21 3 жыл бұрын

Solid content as usual. I don't really have anything to say, but I'm commenting to help your algorithm.

@CAMSLAYER13 2 жыл бұрын

me and my friends would use bottle caps (yes the players had special bottle caps, the rest were white with letters drawn on top)and a grid roughly drawn on a whiteboard.

@Doile911 27 күн бұрын

The minis arent the issue most of the time, its the paints that get you.

@ChristophelusPulps 3 жыл бұрын

90 seconds in: "Jeeze man, we get it. You like D&D."

@NuarStanger 3 жыл бұрын

I lost it when the dragon came out hahahaha 🤣

@benmaynard3059 3 жыл бұрын

I printed some pretty kick ass cannibals on my prusa i3 with like .3mm articulated fingers . Bloody satisfying. Great channel mate, I really do need to finish my projects abit 👍 lol . I build a lot of race drones and desperate to force myself to learn Arduino aswell as python and finish the raspberry pi projects I have everywhere. Anyways great channel 👍

@billcypher564 3 жыл бұрын

i got myself an anycubic photon for christmas. i primarily wanted to print dice masters for resin casting, but i somehow ended up with a miniature before any dice :D

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

I was going to print some dice too, but I ran orc of time!

@weaselton 2 жыл бұрын

I just got into this. I started with an FDM printer, and ended up getting resin. I have yet yo put that one through the test.

@eyemem5080 3 жыл бұрын

Man I was just thinking about starting a DnD

@Brett_is_Veng 3 жыл бұрын

i love your writing on this one, i love the chuckle you give on every read of a parton with the funny name, i love all the references chucked in to every script and especailly i love the energy and inspiration. The only problem i have now is do i buy a PLA printer or a resin printer so start my great works? I was going to buy an ender 3 pro or something like that after getting the kick in the backside from your last vid but now I'm not so sure

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

It depends on what you think you'll print! A resin printer blows FDM (PLA and other filaments) away on small and detailed prints, but an FDM printer is more generally useful. If you're having trouble deciding, I'd recommend an FDM printer. This video is more geared towards folks who exclusively want to print small, detailed models.

@silencethequiet 3 жыл бұрын

As usual, a cool video.

@ryanschenk2946 3 жыл бұрын

Be prepared to trade your vibrant social life for countless late nights at the kitchen table perfecting the final touches on your legion of freshly printed minis! Or if you have no social life like me, there is literally no downside!

@irok1 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect, my DM already has one

@whatdoiknow7836 3 жыл бұрын

This was a well orkistrated video.

@Blissful_Soundscapes 5 ай бұрын

"Life imitates Orc....." BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAH! That was fantastic... :D

@davesenor3146 Жыл бұрын

Zach I love your enthusiasm!! But where was the how to in this how to video? Keep em coming love your channel!

@Acceleratedpayloads 3 жыл бұрын

Zack, hurry up and put up another video please! Don't let my subscription be in vein!

@waffles3987 3 жыл бұрын

Wereboar bacon for the shadow dancer!

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

The man, the myth, the legend, here in my comment section.

@SaitoGray 3 жыл бұрын

Get rid of the support before UV the part, if you can do it in a bath of hot water it's even better. It get rid of all the small little glob really easilly.

@gregorysech7981 3 жыл бұрын

All those puns and you left out D&D&D

@starfire7538 3 жыл бұрын

[7:34] And Now, We Watch A Grown Man Play With 3D Printed Toys...

@etcetera1129 3 жыл бұрын

My dungeon master isn’t interested in little figurines and I’m not allowed to speak anyway. maybe your next video should explain your nerd audience the inner workings of a waffle iron, that would be mind blowing.

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

How do you play DnD without speaking? Isn't that the whole point?!

@ChozoSR388 3 жыл бұрын

You playing a Kenku or something? o.O

@buchsg 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZackFreedman I’m pretty sure it’s not the same type of dungeon that guy was talking... think 50 shades of grey, there is a dungeon too and a dungeon master but not for the same kind of enjoyment 🤣

@TheRainHarvester 3 жыл бұрын

7:40 reminds me of dark helmet playing with his Barbie dolls.

@BeefIngot 3 жыл бұрын

Of course he's into DnD. Why is that so on brand. It does seem fun to get into... If you have irl friends

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

There are lots of LFG (looking for game) forums to find pickup groups! I know a bunch of people who've met lots of new friends through their DND games.

@alexstone691 3 жыл бұрын

Never played dnd, wanted to but well you cant play alone but these figurines really make it even more attractive

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

There are many groups that play completely online over video chat or Web gameboards. It's a great way to meet new people. Check reddit.com/r/lfg - it's folks from around the world forming new tabletop groups.

@spilledpaintpot Жыл бұрын

It seems like the bigger terrain would do well with FDM - would there be a best filament to print things like buildings, shipwrecks, etc..? I supposed you'd have to sand off the lines and you'd want to prime/paint it. Would that be basic PLA or something more specialized to handle the gaming aspect?

@lucashawes5942 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, my hobbies are doing a crossover!

@wjlavasque 2 жыл бұрын

Came for knowledge. Subscribed for the puns.

@__--JY-Moe--__ 3 жыл бұрын

good4U space boy!!

@SkidFace 3 жыл бұрын

Epic :)

@jackb3493 2 жыл бұрын

“Orcitechture” 😂👌

@arnielinback1666 3 жыл бұрын

I can believe it

@cyberpunk1618 3 жыл бұрын

7:35 Well, that escalated quickly :D

@supermomandj 3 жыл бұрын

Where on earth did you learn about / how to do all this crazy stuff? I’m trying to figure out college these days and would be thrilled to go to a place where I could learn even half the things you know.

@zingerella9155 3 жыл бұрын

I sent this to my dm. We'll see

@Boomstickmods 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never been more tempted to buy a 3D printer for minis than I am right now.

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

I'm really loving having a resin printer around. They cover nearly every weakness of FDM printers - small parts, glass-clear prints, fine detail, and hard-to-support prints.

@arlomaguire7363 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZackFreedman can conform with this statement, resin is extremely nice and a huge addition to fdm. just make sure to be safe with it.

@pratiklondhe5167 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@littlesnowflakepunk855 3 жыл бұрын

Literally just bought an FDM printer for props and tiles. I will eventually grab a resin printer for minis, I just don't have the space or ventilation for a resin setup rn.

@ZackFreedman 3 жыл бұрын

I put the printer in a storage bin with an activated charcoal filter, which deals with most of the fumes. As long as you can put the printer somewhere safe while it's running, and you can open a window while rinsing and curing, you'll be OK.