I’ve spent a lot of time and effort on my older printer JG a3s, then x1c and now a1 mini to get to those results. I can print very decent miniatures and decided to share a video with details and instructions on how to do that.
Please see and comment if you find it useful for you. I haven’t seen this detailed explanation yet, and most other YouTubers were printing fdm-optimized minis, while I always craved resin files that others are too afraid to print.
Any tips in written form?
I’ve had those in discussion in titancraft discord.
Shortly - IMO higher temp plastics are easier to control, use thin dense trees, not too much contact, remove support from armpit-like areas before print, always try to avoid face supports. There’s a quick overview section in the video with all the settings I used at the moment of making the video, but I believe I had some minor adjustments in the profile since and uploaded those to discord.
Have you used the support filament to print the support interface?
No. It’s a very stupid idea if you think a little about how it’s done on a single hotend extruder.
Your video was one of 3 I sent my son to after he got his A1 mini. Was shocked by the quality after the primer was applied. So thanks for doing that!
Only layer lines viewable after priming are on almost perfectly round objects. He’s not in a hurry, so the time it takes to print several minis compared to resin printing doesn’t bother him. Especially since he lives in an apartment, and venting a resin printer would be difficult because of the apartment complex rules about window inserts.
Totally can get it. But be warry - apparently my wife developed some allergy to Sunlu filament blend, if he or his neighbors start getting clogged nose and it’ll correlate with printing days, means a blend has to be changed. And thanks 