Tips For 3D Printing FDM Miniatures

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10 ай бұрын

Printing miniatures on an FDM 3D printer is a pain. Here are some useful tips to reduce layer lines and get better overall prints without resorting to a resin printer.
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@dimanarinull9122 3 ай бұрын

I would add that you can 3d print disassembled models and get amazing results of prints that would otherwise be impossible. This is the main part I like about 3D printing, where there are multiple routes for the same solution. You can even print molds.

@quincanpang1355 10 ай бұрын

Support-free miniatures are super nice but I feel fdm printers are more capable than what most people give them credit for. Depending on how much you want a model pretty much anything can be printed, as long as you accept there is no such thing as a perfect print.

@sierraecho884 6 ай бұрын

You can also cut models most times to print them suportless, small models like that can be glued together pretty easy. You can also use finer nozzles.

@miguellopez3392 Ай бұрын

FdM machines gets more credit than it deserves, while people think LCD 3d printers are just for miniatures due to cheap resins.

@stdtohneangabe4677 3 күн бұрын

I must agree. I printet wathammer tau equivalents with full support. I needed to reprint a third 'cause i broke em as i removed the supports an it took between 5 and 10 minutes a model to remove the support but i had my fun with printing and painting these one inch tall miniatures

@docpepperclassic 10 ай бұрын

More support-free miniature designers: - Rocket Pig - Print and Paint - Evan Carothers (EC3D)

@ParentiBrothers 10 ай бұрын

I'll have to check these out!

@LordZele 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I bought an FDM Printer about 6 months ago and I'm barely about to use it. Needed some tips and some sort of guide for mini printing. Thank you!

@nicosasupreme7767 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video my fdm miniature printing brother

@StarBoundFables Ай бұрын

That treant looks awesome! I’m totally new to D&D, BG3’s my only experience thus far. But I can see it’s influenced so many of my favourite games, films, & stories of all kinds 🙏🏽 Btw, what kind of filament did you use? PLA?

@ParentiBrothers Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yes I’m using pla.

@MrStratofish 6 ай бұрын

I'm not having too much issue with supports, I'm having issues with dry-brushing where it just highlights layer lines and making it look worse than it is. I can't sand/fill most of it because it would destroy the other fine details which are there Supports can rough up some of the fine detail in spots which is annoying but a very acceptable tradeoff to be able to print most things and some can be cleaned up with a knife/sandpaper afterwards. Also the model can be rotated to minimise the effect. But, due to the layer line issue, this can then look even stranger

@sierraecho884 6 ай бұрын

Use PU varnish to hide layer lines. This works well for small layer lines like 0.1mm.

@Candyapplebone 6 ай бұрын

What paints do you use? I looked at army painter and Vallejo and it all seems expensive

@ParentiBrothers 6 ай бұрын

We use Army Painter. We bought a big set of a ton of paints from them and just buy replacement paints as needed. If you're new to painting, I recommend checking out one of the Reaper Miniature's Learn to Paint kits.

@octogames6823 3 ай бұрын

I have a confession to make, I never played D&D. I play a lot of FFXIV and Sky Rim but no table top games outside of organ trail when I was a kid. Due to current world events I have been prepping and part of my prepping is making sure I have entertainment when the internet goes down. I can only read so many books so I chose to invest in RPG table top games like DND and warhammer 40k. I purchased The DND players guide, DM manual and the monster guide with a couple campaigns. I also have Loki battle maps and been printing terrain and buildings on my FDM, I actually just purchased a resin printer just for miniatures. The price of non painted miniatures is crazy so I opted for a resin printer. I did find you can print clean FDM miniatures if its a friendly print of course. I used a .01 nozzle and print at .01 layer height. I can do it on a .04 nozzle but its not as clean.

@miguellopez3392 Ай бұрын

I've printed about 20kg of models, have yet ro fully paint one or even game with one yet... I also do it to have a hobby for when the internet makes me want to smash my head in.

@octogames6823 Ай бұрын

@@miguellopez3392 I hear ya, I love to paint. I painted probably 30 minis and two statues for my son. Lots of great videos on KZfaq for beginners.

@BloodSteyn 6 ай бұрын

1:03 Oooh.... shots fired. But yeah, the amount of money spent on upgrades and filament... I can agree. Fortunately I scored a Creality Halot One for a massive bargain with 3L of resin, brand new.

@oxoxInnoc3ntoxox 17 күн бұрын

Which type of PLA would you reccomend to print minis there are so many types of PLA

@SaHaRaSquad 2 күн бұрын

What would be the best orientation for super thin sections like staffs, spears etc? Whether horizontal or vertical, it always feels like a worst case scenario for FDM. I assume below a certain thickness you might as well just cut it off the model and add it by hand with some wire?

@ParentiBrothers 2 күн бұрын

It’s tough to print that stuff in fdm. But horizontal would be better so it’s more difficult to break along the layer lines.

@miteruno 2 ай бұрын

what if my miniatures aren't THAT small, lets say like an action figure. would that get better results with these settings?

@miguellopez3392 Ай бұрын

Yes, the nozzle size will scale better with the size of model alowing more detail.

@sierraecho884 6 ай бұрын

1. You can get a Core XY machine like the Bambu Lab P1P (650 bucks), Flashforge Adventurer 5m (400 bucks) or Creality K1 (400 bucks). To print way faster. 2. You can use a smaller nozzle opening, so a 0.2mm or 0.25mm or 0.3mm nozzle for better details. 3. Adjust print settings for faster printing but with the same quality --> print infill every "n" layer, extrusion width for infill with 0,25mm nozzle for example 0.4mm.

@rubmyducky100 3 ай бұрын

You Could Reach out to the 3D printing community and see if anyone in your Area has a Resin Printer I myself have 2 resin printers I have an 8K Halot Mage and a older Halot One that is a 2K resin Printer I also have 2 FDM printers and I print for Others and myself I have been 3D printing since 2013 I built my first printer I make all my own Christmas Ornaments every year and I make dollhouse miniatures for my Mother inlaw

@Schyzofrenic87 5 ай бұрын

thinking about using it for tanks for my ,,, un-specified tabletop wargame,, seeing as with resin the tanks will eat up half a bottle , ,

@ParentiBrothers 5 ай бұрын

FDM is definitely the way to go for something like that!

@thagerms 4 ай бұрын

Why dipping in boiling water?

@ParentiBrothers 4 ай бұрын

The base was warped. So it helps make the model totally flat!

@doomdoomtv316 5 ай бұрын

I cant use resin printers due to allergies so fdm is my only go

@joshuajenkins5384 Ай бұрын

Me too my friend

@joelg598 9 ай бұрын

I’m really confused. Was this supposed to be sarcastic? I have a FDM printer, have almost no skills with settings, and it prints great minis

@Candyapplebone 6 ай бұрын

Maybe he’s talking about older printers

@diamondly6250 5 ай бұрын

i have a ender 3 s1 and im having so many issues

@joshuajenkins5384 Ай бұрын

@@diamondly6250get you a bambu Labs P1P… trust me. I had the ender 3 for years and I worked on that thing more than it worked for me. Worth every penny

@0700083edu 13 күн бұрын

What fdm printer do you have ?

@Slurgical_3D_Terrain_Channel Ай бұрын

I have free terrain if you are interested in my cult channel. Currently I have sc-fi, but soon I will release stuff for mordheim for free as part of Roll 4 Terrain challenge.