How much do 3D Printed Miniatures Cost?

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There’s A LOT of talk about the cost of 3D printing in the community today. But how cheap is it REALLY?
Well I'm going to try and answer that today. I've got one one litre bottle of Elegoos Water Washable Ceramic Grey resin, and I'm going to see just how many miniatures I can print with just this one bottle, and one Machine - the Elegoo Mars 3.
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@DrEndMan Год назад

To summarize, you could spend 300-350ish on a 3D printer and get dozens of minis or you could spend the same amount and get 6 space marines and maybe a goblin if it’s on discount

@khanayudash2475 Год назад

Plus cost of resin, plus cost of cure station, plus cost of wash bucket, plus cost of IPA, plus cost of vapor mitigation and PPE, plus temperature management (depending on local environment). My estimates for a newbie getting into the hobby are currently around $650ish for a full resin setup if you are getting a printer around $300ish. Don't get me wrong, it's still an immense long term savings compared to buying storebought models, but it's far more than just the printer itself when dealing with resin.

@binkuspinkus8400 Год назад

@@khanayudash2475 often cure & wash stations get bundled with printers - see Elegoo and Anycubic bundles, ~$400; could be the consumables make up the difference, but even $600 might be an overestimate for getting started.

@Tackett666 Год назад

I got an elegoo mars 3 used for 70 bucks got water washable resin and cure my minis with my girlfriend nail curing light. I also put reflective tape on the inside of a bucket and set my minis on a spinning display thing I already had so I got my stuff going for about 100 bucks.

@lukemcevoy2385 Год назад

@@Tackett666 I need more of this!

@TheWebbNasty Год назад

@@khanayudash2475 I got my mono 4k and wash station bundled on sale for 320 buckaroos and 4 gallons of 99% ipa for 50. But i already have a studio. If you live in the arctic or have to put your printer in your room, your going to spend more on ventilation and heating.

@OgichiGame 2 года назад

To summarize, 3D printing has a High upfront cost, but a low long term cost. Which makes it very good for someone who doesn't have the kind of money it takes to buy a lot miniatures for painting and playing with. After the upfront cost of getting setup is done, the prints themselves cost very little per model compared to similar quality and sized miniatures you can buy.

@kj869 2 года назад

To Be real, you could buy pretty high stack of miniatures with 500 pounds. Just to give some ballpark, necromunda box of 10 from gw in element games is 22.50. if we imagine you get great deal and everything you need printing whitoutresins is 500 thats 222,22 miniatures. If your cost for every miniature is 1 pound, your saving is 1.25 per miniature,and you are at brake even after 413 gw 28mm models (you use more money on resin as you print so with that money you could buy more figures and That is the reason break even is not at 222 figures) Not counting any of your time used. Yeah 3d printing is not yet here as money saving device.

@adamdecoder1 2 года назад

Okay, but what about printing terrain? What about multiple armies? What if you want to switch to a different game and need new models? There's loads of ways to save money with 3D printing in the tabletop hobby that you're glossing over. Not to mention you'll have far more options for the look of the models you want to play with if you opt into printing. Personally I think it's well worth it if you have the space, but yeah if you're just looking to start playing one game with one army then yes, technically buying wholesale from GW is a bit cheaper.

@cwaldacwaldovic4572 2 года назад

@@kj869 You are right. But there are some buts in the real scenario. If you would build your army for playing the official tournaments, there is only small point in 3D printing. Only in conversions. But then again, if you are playing only friendly games, you can get a lot of models that are much nicer that anything GW put out in last decade or two (eg. tyranids or eldars). So to say, 3D printing is, lets say even with official models. But you can have a lot of variety, wich is nice in my books. Plus you can get learn another skill. As I look at the situation, it seems to me vast majority of players can profit from 3D prints, one way or another. There is only fraction of players, who are hurt by 3D prints. And I would argue, those are paid for their opinions.

@polartest122 2 года назад

@@kj869 bro that's in pounds a box of 10 cost 60 dollars here in canada and my 3d printer costed me about 220$-250$. so 40 models is pretty close to the cost of just the printer. resin is 25$-50$ depending on size and brand and that one bottle could print most of an army for the cost of 10 infantry models. it is here and the ability to make your own models is there as well. don't need to buy bases, terrain pieces could just be printed there's a guy at the gameshop that plays custodies so for him he didn't even have to spend alot of time printing. titanic models also become alot for feasible. and if you just wanted to get those models that are always out of stock now we can just print them. wanted to start AoS can just print before you buy anything its so cheap just takes some time.

@polartest122 2 года назад

@@cwaldacwaldovic4572 i agree has this guy even seen puppets war bugs they look sick. only a few reasons to buy gw models is for tournaments hosted by them, they happen to put out a nice model, bits. or if you just really like the model they made and cant find/make your own. not like its bad too support them but man 60$ CA for 10 models is just a nope for me. now that 3d printing is openly available

@walterstarr1588 Год назад

The cost isn't what has drawn me to 3D printing, it's the quality. I've seen so many creators who do better miniatures than even Games Workshop!

@Whiskypapa 8 месяцев назад

As a dnd player, what also draws me to it is the customisability. Designing a character in heroforge or similar and then being able to print that exact character is so much better than buying a premade mini that only loosely resembles your character.

@jeremygabriel7813 4 месяца назад

@@Whiskypapafacts! the customization = endless possibilities

@Philtho 2 года назад

That is absolutely insane cost wise. I can't even imagine how awesome the hobby (and others - custom larger scale models etc) will be 5-10 years from now. The resolution NOW is nuts.

@SuperEagle112 2 года назад

It’s exciting to have the insight to know that we are in the stone-age of at home printing and already creating such amazing work. The next 5-10years will be truly exciting.

@Tahira204 2 года назад

The dwarves hair and beard is what killed me seriously. This is fucking insane how good the resolution is. If I had a tablet with zbrush or blender and some skills in 3D modeling I'd make my own stuff paint it and then sell it. This is so freaking good.

@CommanderWiggins 2 года назад

I'm amazed by how far 3D printing has come just in the past few years. It wasn't too long ago that resin printers were crazy expensive and not at all feasible for the average person to own. Now, a decent resin printer is actually a reasonable purchase for a hobbyist.

@kimholmstroem 2 года назад

@@SuperEagle112 well, printers will be better. But if everyone is homeprinting, then there won't be any compaines to make the designs, rules, lore etc.

@pintuminies4618 2 года назад

@@kimholmstroem Well, they can still sell the 3D models like other companies have done.

@woodstock7063 2 года назад

With two 2L bottles of resin I printed two full 2k point armies for aos 3.0. One blades khorne with 4 large god like mini's and one OBR army that included a nagash proxy and I still had about a half a bottle left. Those bottles came free with my printer which cost me about 350$ after shipping. I saved over 1600$ Canadian on the GW counterparts.

@hepotitus 2 года назад

Where did you find the 3d models for your prints?

@woodstock7063 2 года назад

a friend emialed me a collection of stl files they had purchased.

@jagttiger447 2 года назад

Do you know any sites who have GW stl files? desperately want to print some old warhammer fantasy models who are not in production anymore

@woodstock7063 2 года назад

@@jagttiger447 I don't think GW has ever officially released any stl files. Your best bet might be trying to find a way to import game files from any GW video game into blender or something. I much preffer proxy pieces to official GW minis half of the time.

@StrengthScholar0 Год назад

Lol just sell a third of what you made for the price of the bottles and you're getting them for free.

@biffa2987 2 года назад

For me I do find it alot cheaper than buying models. The main bonus for me tho is the variety and ease of finding models I like. I can find a set and if I only want 1 model I only print that rather than buying a box full. Also love being to print multiple of the same to test painting etc rather than ruining my expensive GW models

@HellstormWargaming 2 года назад

IT is defintiely cheaper overall!

@jerometruitt2731 Год назад

That's mainly what I want to do. Print stormsurge and riptide to perfect the paint scheme I want before painting the real thing.

@thelousygitarist6830 Год назад

But do you need all the other stuff next to the printer? Or could you wash it yourself? (miniature and light after printing).

@CriccaDelMana Год назад

Yes but where do you find free hq models?

@m0rtez713 Год назад

I will definetely get a printer in the future myself. Upfront costs have become bearable for resin printers and the possible quality and aviability of models you could print is unrivalled. There really is just GW stuff in the stores where I live and ordering minis online can get even pricier because of the shipping costs. Don't get me wrong, GW makes some good models, some of which I have, but they are on the expensive side and their stuff is really stylised and focused on their games. I like my generic fantasy for my D&D though. Oh I want it. I NEED IT! Gotta have patience.

@andylake9793 2 года назад

The per miniature cost should include the support cost as well. yet still be cheaper as the machine is reusable Time is also only wasted if you sit and watch.

@Naeron66 2 года назад

Agreed. If the bottle of Resin Costs £30 then those miniatures cost just under £26 of resin to print. Just the weight of resin used is what matters so 862g of resin (if the bottle contains 1kg of resin rather than the full bottle weighing 1kg in total). Printing the big models was stupid, it throws off any accurate calculation of how much a 32mm model will cost on average. If we take them as the equivalent of 3 models then those models would have an average resin cost of £1 per model to print plus running costs of the printer. £1 per model in resin is not bad compared to the cost of resins or plastics from GW, for example. But it does affect how many minis you would need to print to cover the costs of the printer itself.

@janeblogs324 2 года назад

@@Naeron66 whoa some common sense

@FrstSpctr88 2 года назад

And you could think of the time spend as putting your order to GW, till they're shipped and then get them from GW store. Then compare to time spent on getting supplies for 3D printer and add that to printing time.

@Naeron66 2 года назад

@@FrstSpctr88 I don''t order from GW so I don't know how quick they are but the way I look at it is that as long as it prints them faster than I can paint them then its fast enough.

@Cpt.Str4ng3 2 года назад

Ive googled a bit and you could"melt" down the supports with alcohol into a kind of resin glue, so you can "reuse" it in some kind of way.

@rogdog5047 2 года назад

Please continue the 3D printer content. I have been considering getting one for a while so any guides would be beyond helpful! Please could you expand on the cleaning and curing from last video? Thank you!

@HellstormWargaming 2 года назад

That's the plan! NExt video will be just about cleaning and curing and how to do it :D

@GaleRazorwind 2 года назад

Cleaning and curing is super simple when you have a wash and cure station that goes with your printer (e.g. anycubic photon mono and the anycubic wash and cure 2.0). You remove the build plate from your machine, put it in the wash station, start it up, then use the scraper to separate the models from the plate. Use warm water to peel off the supports. Give the models one last dip in isopropal alcohol to clean up any last resin revealed from removing the supports and any flaky bits (i like to run a toothbrush over them at this point), then swap from washing station to curing station. Cure for 3-4 minutes on each side and you are done.

@kkouuy 2 года назад

Your 3D printing videos are my favourite housing investing videos of yours! I think it's also worth mentioning, personally when first starting out I wasted so much resin, cleaning products, cluelessly supports etc; just trying to learn how to use it. The intial cost is great but eventually over time the cost decreases as you become more efficient .

@mattfazio997 2 года назад

Thanks for having a solid, informative video describing the ups and downs of 3D printing.

@ausfoodgarden 2 года назад

I'm not into wargaming or particularly miniatures like these but those Daybreak miniatures look excellent and seeing how much you printed with one bottle of resin was very useful. Nice info mate and 👍👍

@minorharmonicscale 2 года назад

GW price: 800£ for similar model count in aos or 40K 😏

@B1-997 2 года назад

And that’s unpainted too lol.

@eldritchsheep6801 2 года назад

fuck, that's more than the printer costs

@ShayVidas 2 года назад

no no.. how did you get to 800 pounds ?! it should be around 200 USD or so for a box set for similar items as he shows here what is that 800pounds price ? how did u get it ?

@minorharmonicscale 2 года назад

@@ShayVidas the number is not based on anything really. Just a point that GW-models is just overpriced :)

@ShayVidas 2 года назад

@@minorharmonicscale they always have been but in recent years they are a lot cheaper then whst they used to be... also i dont thinkcthey are over priced..nowdays you can find a set for 25usd or so...considering the matirial quality packaging store import shipping prices.... thats nit bad at all. they were 50-60 usd before that was crazy and obvi if you print like 40,50 or more of them its worth investing in a resin printer..

@MrCombfoot 2 года назад

Entry cost is also somewhat cheaper if you want to be thrifty. I got myself a mars 2 for $220 aud on amazon. They are much cheaper and more than detailed enough for figure printing. I use water washable, I dont use IPA to wash just water. I didn't buy a curing station. If you have sunlight, you have UV and can cure. Even if it's overcast or cold raining weather, there's still UV and still cures. I didn't need to buy any additional tools. The printer came with plastic and metal scrapers, clippers, strainers, 5 extra FEP, brushes, gloves and masks. I used an old ice cream container for washing. So my initial cost was 220 + 60 for the resin, 280 AUD all up. And 'made back' the cost of the printer in the first 3 days printing some 'Space Mace 69'

@ginjasteve4435 2 года назад

I am on holiday shade-bathing and yet I’m still watching your video. That is dedication Michael.

@HellstormWargaming 2 года назад

That’s why you’re the best!

@ZK-sz8vs 2 года назад

i've been able to get an average of around 100-120 28mm human sized infantry models per 1 liter bottle. dont forget printers, never trust the auto supports lol

@terrainaholic 2 года назад

skeletons are even cheaper!!! Pesky flesh:)!!!!

@jackmcfetridge 2 года назад

I’ve actually never had a problem with autosupports, I’ve printed probably 100 minis at this point

@polartest122 2 года назад

the auto supports i think would have use less weight in resin the supports he had were super thicc. but the auto ones do add alot of redundant supports. if you had the time and wanted to really save can go through them and remove all the extra stuff

@RonaldOlszewski 2 года назад

Comparing to Games Workshop: at best (using box sets or start collecting sets) you are paying a minimum of $5 per mini. So that means you save $4 per mini. (taking a very general big-picture overview here). Mars 2 Pro + bottle of resin about $350. Assuming 35 minis printed per bottle, each print yields 35 x $5 = $175 per bottle in minis in GW prices. Each subsequent print run adds $40 to cost (bottle of resin). So bottle two is 350+40=390, and yields $350 in minis. You can see by bottle 3 it has paid for itself, very roughly. I know there are many more factors, like gloves, failed prints, etc, but even so bottle 3 we are up to $525 in GW dollars vs 350+40+40 = $430 invested dollars.

@TacDyne 2 года назад

And electricity...

@angryvaultboy4932 2 года назад

@@TacDyne Variables.

@blackg0076 2 года назад

by printing your own you wont run the risk of GW being out of stock . That you only print what you want , and custom mods as well , you save a bit . If your only ever going to have one army then its a moot point but if you want a different army then the printer is the way to go. Then there are all the terrain props you can print , trees , buildings and scrap heaps . If your a D&D player then you can print out all the monsters and pc's you will ever need and there are plenty of designs to choose from, even making over size prints just because you can is a great option especially when your 5 foot elf is the same size as your 7 foot half orc. I havnt brought a printer yet , but when I convince my wife that I, err, we need this it will happen. That and when we get let out of covid lockdown.

@Fenrasulfr 2 года назад

@@blackg0076 You forget the price of the model files.

@blackg0076 2 года назад

@@Fenrasulfr I ve had a hunt around there are free files and , others that cost $5 to $8 and up depending on how big the figure is mostly, some for more. Also its a lot easier than making them out of lead in silicon molds , and they were heavy too. The important thing is that you can choose your figures rather than have exactly the same figure as your opponent . I think it is worth the cost of the files .

@kleaflab 2 года назад

I love the variety of your channel, all your video are put together so nicely and are always fun to watch!!

@johnbattyll6874 2 года назад

Awesome video Mikey! Enjoying your 3d print series. Really like the dwarves. Cool to see a breakdown of the costs involved. Lool forward to the wash station setup.

@Boomer3k 2 года назад

I'd like to add a little personal experience when it comes to water washable resin. Other than the more than valid points mentioned in the video already, if you actually decide to use water in your wash station, depending on the design of the station, what can happen is that the ball bearings may rust rather quickly. Which does not happen with alcohol. I learned that the hard way... maybe someone finds this helpful. In addition, if you want to cure and then dispose of the resin safely from the liquid after it evaporated outside, alcohol evaporates MUCH quicker.

@BrillBill2 2 года назад

A lot of these videos are sponsored by 3D art studios but the cost of the files never gets included in these round ups... The Dwarfs set is $25 for example, so why not add another £2.50 to your figure making the minis more like £3.50 a pop…

@ClayMann 2 года назад

I think that part is so variable. You can go from completely free to OMG how much?

@tims5298 2 года назад

We have solar power and live in Australia so little to none running costs here

@bartholen 2 года назад

But don't you pay for that only once? If you buy the dwarf set and print let's say 4 of them, you won't have to pay £100 for the files. Right?

@crossmr 2 года назад

@@bartholen Exactly if you're printing larger armies, you may print the same mini several times. That's a cost that is reduced every single time you reprint that mini. Also 2.50 a figure is a little bit on the high side. With most patreons you're paying way less than that per figure.

@jimbobjones9330 2 года назад

If he got them through the patreon, he would have gotten all of the vampires for $10, all of the dwarves for $10 (the patreon price). Plus, remember the flexibility. If he were to try and buy the "big" figures, he couldn't. And if he could, they would be extremely costly. Just for comparison, to buy a couple of D&D miniatures at Miniature Market would be about $22 for "Curse of Strahd" unpainted plastic minis... one on foot, one on a horse. Obviously that's at the high end, but in most cases, you're looking at $3-5 per normal figure at a game store with zero ability to customize.

@SumFlyyyGuy Год назад

I love the sequence you did for the "advertising" of daybreak miniatures starting around 2:31 - Absolutely Neon

@yipyipyipi 2 года назад

If you are worried about time, a savvy printer can put all the horses (or whatever tall items) in the same print, and do them together since the number of models doesn't matter. That said, what you did more accurately displays the average user, printing a few things here and there.

@ECHOFOXTROT289 2 года назад

Incredibly helpful and honest video. The best I've found regarding 3d printing so far ngl.

@TheBauwssss 2 года назад

That montage at the beginning really cracked me up good, nice one there, thanks for making me smile! 🤣 I was cringing real hard before and already mentally preparing myself for one of those super tacky sponsor spots or something, with my finger hovering the dislike button, and then the montage started playing and I couldn't help myself but burst out laughter. Good work dude, thanks for the laugh. One thing though, you should have washed figurines after weighing them. Though small, I reckon a significant portion of the 'used up' resin was sticking to the outside of the models before you submerged them, instead of being incorporated in the structure of the model itself. I recommend that next time you're tracking the actual amount of spent resin you weigh the models immediately after releasing them from the build plate instead of weighing them afterwards when you've already washed them. (and preferably, if at all possible, you should use a precision scale capable of weighing in sub-gram gradations/increments 😁

@timlong7289 2 года назад

The blue food colouring made me chuckle. I discovered at an early age that people are repelled by blue food when I made a fun blue sponge cake and no-one would eat it. Later when I was a student in a shared house, we had a "fridge pirate" and I would put a drop of blue colour into my milk, it worked like a charm! My milk never went missing.

@chrisfossum1499 2 года назад

Your daybreak minis promo was grand. Love it!

@seanc8054 2 года назад

what i liked about 3d printing the most was how personalized it could be, if you know an artist, or you can hire one, they can sculpt you a model that did not exist right before you print it, it's exactly what you want, how you want it and it looks amazing, and it's unique and yours, really yours, it was pretty amazing, if i still played mini wargaming games i would have liked to 3d print stuff like that too, but ultimately i gave up on it, i keep waiting for whatever got me into it in the first place to kick back in and i'll start up once more, but so far it's been over a year and hasnt happened yet

@dougiedog998 Год назад

Took 10 years for the bug to kick back in for me!

@D3cyTH3r 2 года назад

Those supports look really thick (2.0+?). I've been using 0.2/0.3 supports on the Mars 3 without any issues (-for light bits like antennas. For the rest I mostly use 0.9's/1.0's, with a couple of 1.5 "heavies" to anchor the model). Do you get the Chitu project files when buying mini files, or just the STL's?

@shinjofarsight3146 2 года назад

Just about to start printing, this video REALLY helped! Thanks!

@HellstormWargaming 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@thelonelybolter8245 2 года назад

Such a cool idea for a video! Dig it. Also, those minis are UNREAL. Still getting used to my airbrush, when I'm ready for the next big purchase/project ;)

@ThePickleJar 2 года назад

This was such a good video. Just started printing myself and can confirm, the hidden cost is gloves and kitchen role! Nice work bud, keep up the good work

@gibsonsimpson 2 года назад

This is a good overview of the cost structure to print. Thank you!

@HellstormWargaming 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@sullivangilbert1406 2 года назад

Really watchable and informative. Thank you! And we’ll done at No Retreat Legends! Looks like you all had fun!

@Xzenoangel_ Год назад

Hey! I am new to 3d resin printing, I have this exact setup (mars 3 and water washable resin) I was wondering what exposure times you used to achieve such great looking results, also how long did you cure the models for? I also have the mercury plus =) Thanks for the awesome videos by the way!

@victoryavar 2 года назад

Really good, clean and entertaining video! You got a new subscriber!

@justarandomname420 2 года назад

Holy heck! Just picked up that dwarf of the deep with the staff and lantern from my FLGS. First time I've bought a mini someone resin printed. So glad to know what he's from!

@HellstormWargaming 2 года назад

Eyyy!

@AndrewSink 2 года назад

Such a cool idea for a video, awesome work!

@HellstormWargaming 2 года назад

Thanks man, appreciate you checking it out!

@turbosnowy Год назад

Thanks for this, a very useful video - it's the obvious question most people I think would have but seen anyone else actually address it.

@bartenz4307 2 года назад

Has any one thought about duel purpose supports? Could the supports be terrain, spears, bushes.. It would cut down on the waist. Personally I would print trim pieces for converting square sheet basing to GW edges. (My preference for gaming minis)

@inoroth2001 Год назад

I had this exact thought -- those supports would make really cool alien/robot trees, or could be separated and used as gribbles on other terrain by acting like pipes and wires, or even cut into chunks and made into piles of rubble or loose stones!

@BlackJackalGaming 4 месяца назад

The supports are designed to be easy to remove. If you create them into something useful, then removing them would be a nightmare

@katana2665 Год назад

Beautiful character designs. Thanks for sharing your assessment.

@bigarmydave 2 года назад

Great vid 😊 How much time is spent on each model? (From finished print, till its displayed)

@TheTerrynor 2 года назад

Nice video mate, thanks for spend the time and shared it!

@HellstormWargaming 2 года назад

No problem 👍

@Wimpypumpkin 2 года назад

What layer height and settings are you using if you dont mind me asking? Your detail on the prints are great. Ive printed a few but there not even close to what yours look like. Iv also only printed small stuff so that could be why.

@swiftdetecting 2 года назад

also what is the plastic blade scapper could and cost and do u always take the prints of the plate ? straight away and never put the plate in the station to clean ?

@RaZziYoutuber 2 года назад

You seem to have a lot of fun while doing these videos, constantly giggling. It's great!

@bonogiamboni4830 2 года назад

Is the cost (both in terms of upfront cost for the machine and other equipment and the long term cost of printing material) similar for the filament printers? I know resin printers are much better for printing lots of small minis because of time but are they also better cost wise or are filament ones cheaper?

@swiftdetecting 2 года назад

have u a video with using this resin with only water and if so would u still use the mercury water x machine if you clean with water only? also u ever used any other colour or just the grey one ?

@gladiatormechs5574 Год назад

Can this resin be poured into a mold cavity, and wait until it cures ? i am wondering if it is cheaper to buy then polyurathane resin.

@notreallydavid 2 года назад

Really informative - thanks for posting. I don't print, so I know nothing - what's the proper way to dispose of resin-y washwater? Would that incur any cost?

@Cpt.Str4ng3 2 года назад

Just from your vid(btw. amazing) ive looked up on a way to recycle the supports, have you thought about melting them with alcohol and turn them this way into "resin glue" / material to fill up gaps or just to glue the minis onto the bases? Would basically lower the loss and give you the bonus of not having to use glue for bigger multipart printed minis? not sure how good this works but definitly something to look into. Small warning: the resin glue should be only used outside at best, because the vapors could be toxic as frick. :D

@AsbestosMuffins 2 года назад

not sure this type of plastic melts like that

@mitchwilliamson5552 2 года назад

@@AsbestosMuffins it melts in acetone not alcohol.

@alexfrantz8389 2 года назад

Cute idea, but it doesnt work that way. supports are lost resin, unless you use them for terrain or basing.

@chrisking1334 2 года назад

Fascinating and really helpful - thank you very much!

@adventcrown214 2 года назад

Wow. I haven't even checked the cost of these printers in a long time. I remember back when it was $2k easy just to get a basic resin printer. And it cost just about $100 to get 1000g of the resin. The only printers back when that you'd be able to get at that price range would be a cruddy filament printer with inconsistent prints and you had to put it together yourself. Amazing to really see how accessible it's become. Didn't actually think it would ever happen.

@syrakoulisantonis3143 8 месяцев назад

Hi, can you tell what settings (exposure times, AA and more) you are using for your 3D prints with whaterwashable resin? your results seemed realy good and i would love to try it out.

@PapaBadger823 2 года назад

I have never watched your Videos before, But I subbed just because of the Intro. Thank you for that :P

@NoSkillsNoFun 2 года назад

In the end it all depends, but I look at the Halot One printer right now, for 169€, a bottle of eco resin for 20€ and it seems juicy. The cost drops significantly the cheaper the resin is, your bottle would be roughly 38€ here, the resin I look at is almost "half" the price, which would halve the cost per miniature as well. Geedubs will be in for a rough awakening.

@nrgspike 2 года назад

While Chitubox is my preferred slicer, it's predictions for how much resin will be used are never even close to the reality - usually under estimated by a good 20%. I always weigh prints (including supports) and keep a record of what each one actually cost.

@warmak4576 2 года назад

Do you hollow and put a hole in them so that the liquid resin doesn't remain in the model?

@wolfjarlgrbane5771 2 года назад

Is there a way to brake down resin prints like instead of curing it to add something yhat can reduce it to a usable resin again?

@PhantomGun4 2 года назад

some of that support stuff could be very useful to people that kit bash and scratch build models and dioramas. the post could be like pipes or cables. the base could be like liquids and melted acid damage.

@Andulvar 2 года назад

I would use the sprew's as sprew glue for covering up cracks in models and even in some terrain builds. I would also check and see if it sticks to silicon molds so you can make rocks out of it. This way nothing goes to waste.

@CaptainFettCosplay Год назад

Resin doesn't work that way. You can't melt it like ABS or styrene

@NoadiArt 7 месяцев назад

I have worked out a system for dealing with water. The wash and cure station for the cleanest water, when it gets too cloudy it goes into a small bucket that I use for the intitial rinse and cleaning the build plate and spatula, when that gets too dirty it gets poured off into gallon milk jugs that then get set out in the sun to evaporate off. Is it more tedious than alcohol? Yes. However I find water easier to deal with for cleaning prints that I'm willing to deal with the hassle of disposing of it. If I ever start printing enough that I have larger quantities to dispose of that might change things

@dancingrook8553 Год назад

I have my first 3d printer on the way, you say you find contaminated water harder to dispose of than alcohol, how? what is it that you do with the alcohol and why can't you do the same with the water? Thanks

@felixchappell1366 2 года назад

Does mikey need a 3D printing intervention?? 🤣 Great vid mate :)

@HellstormWargaming 2 года назад

Thansk for watching mate :D

@janosszaboszepesi5094 Год назад

😲Hey, question: I am also considering the elegoo mars 3 pro. I have heard that there is no point buying a printer in this cost category because at first they work fine but then after some thime they start acting up and misbehave... up until they are more trouble than worth. So how durable is the elegoo mars 3 pro? How long lifecycle should I expect. ?

@DukePipeGG 2 года назад

Dude I got all my models parts but I dont know how to set them all in the same printing area, you got any tutorials or say?

@shiniCheese 2 года назад

Hey man! Great video. Could you share your print settings? Exposure, layer height, etc. appreciated

@VincentGroenewold 2 года назад

Really good one, often not talked about at all with printing!

@bobh9492 9 месяцев назад

lyshee slicer has a add supports feature that is literally a second or two to press a button and its done, great time saver.

@Aphaedon Год назад

Great video, I'm ready to take the plunge into 3d printing now. I had figured it was an initial short term cost but long term pay off printing proxies vs buying GW/Reaper/DnD/pathfinder miniatures. Also the fact people will pay me to print stuff for them will help offset the cost as well

@Morganistalking 2 года назад

Loved the Dr Hibert laugh around the 2 min mark.

@timonix2 2 года назад

The alcohol, gloves, paper and everything disposable comes out to be about the same price as the resin for the last 5 liters. I have improved my routines so the costs have dropped between the first and last bottle. Also the resin price have plummeted. I used to buy bottles for $60 and now I can get them at $25

@seekkyle4230 2 года назад

Where did you get the Mars 3? I've been trying to get one and Elegoo don't ship to the UK. Thanks

@Zedrart 8 месяцев назад

could u tell me what an average poly count for the models usually are when you get them, im just wondering if they have to be low polys or does it not actually matter

@Pacman8907 2 года назад

Hellstorm continues to crank out top tier content. Alogrithms.

@HellstormWargaming 2 года назад

Thanks Evan 😍

@ragathielcross2179 2 года назад

so how many miniatures round about does 1 bottle create? i know size varies that number but on average for normal minis not big ones

@7kortos7 Год назад

that is absolutley wicked. knowing how much people spend on miniatures at the comic store. 3D printers are a table top players dream. I just learned from your video that the print time of resin printers is not dependent on complexity but solely on height. It seems so obvious now that you have explained it.

@pauljohnson3442 2 года назад

Wow, I randomly stumbled onto your video. I don't play Warhammer or any of the other strategy games, but I love the model printing. Do you have any video for complete and utter newbies with no knowledge or experience in this? Really enjoy the video and thank you

@philippetaylor78 2 года назад

Hey, thx that’s a nice video! Have you taken into account electricity usage ? I don’t really know about the electricity consumption for one batch.

@Vaasref 2 года назад

The cost of electricity is negligible, a resin 3d printer that size is around

@theevasivevegetable9529 6 месяцев назад

whats your print setting my dude? ive got the same printer but im using elegoo abslike resin and i printed a necron lychguard to scale and it took 3.5 hours...

@MosBaked 14 дней назад

Great video, was always curious how far resin went in minis

@klumaverik 2 года назад

Sorry if I missed it but what size are these?

@Blazphemyful 2 года назад

I am curious what your printer settings are for this batch?

@oxylepy2 Год назад

I love that my chitubox is like "yeah this print costs 1.5 dollars" I got maybe 5 of those prints in a 50 dollar bottle of resin

@Epiphalactic Год назад

Is it possible to print things either hollow or with some sort of infill and then maybe put a tiny hole in the top and a tiny hole in the bottom to allow any resin to drain out that you can then maybe use a drop of resin to cover up after work?

@letsgetto1millwithoutvids 9 месяцев назад

Could you rotate the prints to lay as close to the plate to minimise print times

@wadekothmann431 2 года назад

That montage was an instant subscribe 😂

@Akromathia 4 месяца назад

What angle do you use with the bases?

@tomasmurphy9888 10 месяцев назад

I'verecently started collecting 40k minis, and one of the first things that i realized was i was having way more fun than i thought I might painting. Im planning on moving anyway, so when i do having a good idea how much it would cost to print minis if any kind to paint is amazing

@krinkrin5982 2 года назад

So, how do you get rid of the waste water/alcohol from washing your 3D prints?

@mieko74 11 месяцев назад

Just wondering do these costs include the electricity used or just the resin?

@alwaysmohawk Год назад

how many ml of models did you get out of 1kg of resin? how many ml of supports were required?

@monogramadikt5971 2 года назад

how do you dispose of the dirty wash water when it gets to gunky ?

@Sparky5 2 года назад

I can get a few dozen parts out of a bottle of resin that costs me $30 versus $500 for the parts themselves from a manufacturer. We use the printer at least once a week at work to make parts for animated movie props.