Is 3D printing FINALLY easy enough to print Warhammer at home? Uniformation GKTwo! 

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for those watching, water washable resin dosen't mean the water used to wash is safe and can be flushed or rinsed away - u still have to treat it as contaminated and dispose of it correctly. just a small but crucial point, since it's not always made apparant.

You don't need a 3d printer at home. You need a friend with 3d printer at home. It's the best solution :)

Your honesty is why you're my favourite hobby channel. Highlighting both the good and the bad, with 3D printing in particular, I feel people gloss over the safety issues a little, or they have setups that allow for better ventilation or separation from the rest of their home so it's not an issue. I've got respiratory problems and even using my airbrush with protection gives me anxiety. So the fact you straight up show how the air quality changes in this video is really valuable to someone like me. That and I think spilling resin on my carpet would implode my soul so I'm happy to leave it to others 😅

watching you remove prints from the build plate without removing the plate from the machine drove me insane. Talk about the hardest possible way to retrieve your prints. With that said I am glad you have now found an appreciation of the 3d print!

Thanks for the honest review including the toxic vapors. That had been my main concern about whether or not to try 3d printing myself. I currently don't have a dedicate, safe space for it.

You never forget your first carpet resin spill! Looking forward to seeing how well everything else went!

Thank you for NOT having a typical RU-vidr overreaction! Great video 😊

I hadn't realised temperature made such a difference! Maybe the unheated utility room wasn't the best place, huh... Thanks for the tips!

This feels like the most honest and genuine 3D printing review from a real world perspective as a concerned father. Thank you for your honesty.

Your old Anycubic did sterling service for my school Warhammer club and when I upgraded it went to a group of schools in Scotland where it is still going strong. Feels like Old World will cause a few massed ranks converts to 3D printing.

Few remarks: 1. You should wear mask when handling resin and spirits/alcohol, even though you have the air cleaner, as well as handling uncured and wet prints. 2. It is easier to take the print plate from the printer and remove the models on some kind tray 3. For ease of use I'd say Lychee slicer is much better than Chitubox 4. Increasing size of prints with supports already in stl may not always work

I have been resin 3D printing for nearly 3 years and it has been the best thing that I did for my hobby. It can definitely be difficult, though.

Just want to point out that the methylated spirits itself is the VOC your detector is picking up (you get enough evaporation at room temperature for alot to be in the air). Methylated spirits vapor isn't too hazardous unless you're going to spend hours huffing it, opening the window to let it ventilate was a good way to help deal with it. Also, just keeping some kind of lid closed over the containers when you're not actively using the solution for the rinse/clean will help reduce the amount evaporating into the room 👍

I really like the idea that you can create or re-create miniatures with 3d printing. I agree with all of the health concerns , especially with children and pets around. One thing I have noticed is that some people have started setting up "mom and pop" 3d printing businesses which let you supply the files for them to print, and that may be the way to go, like maybe a few people in every local community have their own 3d printer set up, or hobby shops have their own 3d printing service, and people use those services for alternative supplies of minis instead of getting their own printers.

I'm glad you're up front about the dangers. They're very real. I dove headfirst into resin printing and it was extremely fun and I was able to build a whole army of Traitor Guard out of it, but the fume build-up started causing me severe irritation around my eyes. It can be done safely, but there are probably thousands of people like me who weren't doing it safely. You bringing light to that is important.

you have absolutely no idea how convenient this is to see considering I'm getting the last part of my printing setup tomorrow.

When I started 3D printing, I was for minis. And not to fine a point on it, D&D style minis. I grew up on D&D and 3D printing then painting my own was like Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Then of course came all the cosplay and everything else. But my first printers were resin, solely for the detail! Resin remains my go to, I say I print 80/20 resin to FDM. The mess and effort, worth it to me, solely for that detail. I live alone, I am home-bound disabled, my apartment is basically my 3D printing & painting studio that I happen to live in. The majority of room is taken with machines, workbench, painting area and so on. While the kitchen & bedroom is where I live. Many may shake their heads at this, go ahead, but this is my zen. This is what brings joy and zen to me. This is what helps me forget, at least for moments, the pain I endure all day.

one of the most in depth and informative videos i've seen to de-mystify resin printing... well done.

Really loved your objectivity. As usual. A true tutorial to this side of the hobby. Warm thanks

Besides the issues you've mentioned, the major thing that keeps me from actually using my printer is doing supports. It's long, tedious, and if done wrong causes failed prints that you only discover many hours later when the printer is finally finished.

Your honestly is really refreshing to see, generally speaking you / your channel has an amazing attitude!

My mate and I gifted ourselves an Elegoo Mars 4 (6k) for christmas. After the initial setup and some massive pains leveling the thing, it's now standing in his boiler room, where it's a) always nice and cozy and b) noone's usually in there. The amount of awesome nurgly armour bits to put on his Knights almost single-handedly reinvigorated his love for the Death Guard (and to a larger extent the hobby). To this day I still think your "Landrussy" is one of the most awesome Nurgle vehicle videos I've seen here, but for someone not as confident in his/her sculpting, printing seems like a real godsend for individualising your army.

air brush, compressor, spray booth, spray booth ventilation solution. Everything associated with a hobby takes up space and can have various, potential, health issues.

Took it up in one of the later lockdown of 2020. It's been great for both miniatures and useful little tools. I think being an engineer did help jumping into it without hiccoughs. It's also nice to become the goto guy in your player group providing cool bloodbowl teams and things.

i recently got the anycubic mono m5s, truly a beast of a printer, its been tough getting it running but it has revolutionised my hobby ability - im a 3D design student so ive been creating my own models!

i use both an FDM and resin printer and work in the room i have them both in. toxic fumes were a huge concern for me. my biggest recommendation is to not rely on filters. they can only take you so far. VENTILATION IS KEY!!! i house my resin printer and wash station inside a fireproof ventilation chamber (kind of like a square tent you put the printer in) and run ducting out of my window. i also have an in-line fan in the ducting to suck and the toxins out better. Since i started using this method my air quality has improved to a point of complete safety. i also run a couple of rechargable carbon filters inside the chamber too but WORD OF WARNING! carbon filters do litte against toxic vapours and mainly just deal with smells i just use them to take away any rsidual smell from the chamber. I also use, gloves, an apron and a filter mask at all times when handling/cleaning prints and any used disposibles like paper towels and so on get bagged and binned in my outside bin. i also often run my prints overnight since i wont be in the room while they work. I've taken a lot of precautions to make it perfectly safe to be in the room while printing but an extra layer of caution will never go amis! That being said, this all sounds like printing is a massive pain, but once you have set up your station properly, as long as you stick to the basic safety principles it becomes a very easy and methodical process that gives you some really cool prints and i do still recommend getting into it. but only if you can do it properly!

Personally I hate how many people advocate 3D Printing as being the perfect alternative to buying the original kits. There are many reasons why 3D Printing your own models could not be for you. Things like unsuitable workspaces, not enough time or not wanting to buy gear that far outprices the kits you want, these get glossed over almost always when people talk about 3D printing. Not only that, the amount of effort it takes to perfectly set up your printer to get you the results you want or the tedious cleanup work get sweeped under the rug too. Lets also not forget that not every model you want has a free STL to download. Personally as someone who has a 3d printer I advice others to first consider what and how much they want to print and if all the extra work is worth the savings you might have after printing enough. I usually only print big models that are far too expensive, like the Hierophant, and get the regular kits whenever I want them really badly. I just love the assembly process and feel less connected to models I printed.

considering how many youtube painters use 3d printers and make it look far too easy its really nice to see someone not gloss over the issues with it. I'm seriously contemplating getting a cheaper anycubic but this has made me think that maybe I'll wait a bit more :)

Started with an Anycubic Photon M3 a few months ago. I've had less than a handful of failures and most of those were my fault as I put something too close to something else on the build plate. In that case the both items kinda merged so they were unusable. The other items on the plate printed fine though. I didn't print any calibration stuff...just used the recommended settings from the website. I've even mixed different resins that people said will "be unpredictable" and even those parts printed fine. I do print in my garage so the VOCs aren't an issue.

Ey up Guy, I used to have my printer set up in the basement, but the smell it produced was quite strong. Even now, if I bring the isopropyl alcohol I use for cleaning indoors for daft reasons of mad science, the odour is quite noticeable. My solution was to relocate my printer to my outdoor shed, which isn’t airtight but can be locked. It’s not as convenient as having it indoors or in a hobby room, but it keeps me from being affected by VOCs. My printer is a bit older and doesn’t come with a built-in heater, which is crucial in the UK and for printers located outside the house. So, I had to improvise a heating solution, which thankfully works. Your printer, however, should be ready to use without any modifications!

I just want to say THANK YOU so much for giving an honest and thorough opinion instead of forcing yourself to pick a side on the subject.

I appreciate the conclusion of this video. 3D printing is definitely not for everyone. I don't blanket recommend it to everyone. The concern of kids and pets being exposed to the toxic chemicals is absolutely a huge concern. I'm fortunate to have a garage I can set everything up in where I can control who goes out there. The wash station I have has an airtight lid and I wear glasses, gloves, apron, and a respirator whenever I'm doing anything with uncured resin. Folks need to see videos like yours before diving into 3D printing. Its a lot more than just having a corner in a room to set up a printing station. Yeah, I was able to get a printer, computer, all of the stls, resin, and alcohol I needed to print an imperial guard army for what it would have cost to buy one from GW, but there are definitely other costs and concerns to consider.

for continuing your mini printing journey, I would HIGHLY recommend Once in a Six Side he is the goat for this kind of stuff

I so very much appreciate your honesty, level headed explanations, and candid opinion about potential hazards and necessity of resin printing. So many "getting into 3d printing" videos feel misleading, because of course you're going to have a positive opinion after getting handed a $900 printer, hundreds of dollars of post processing equipment, and a professional person on-hand to walk you through the process and solve for your unique problems, all for free.

I think 3d printing has a lot of things that could work if you are in the right conditions. I don't a 3d printer and... This video helped out a lot. I'll keep buying 3d printed minis in my local hobby store for now, but if I am able to, I'll buy one and put it in a place where no danger can be presented. Lovely video, thank you for that

I for one definitely think 3D printers definitely have a place in the miniature hobby. I personally run 2 FDM printers but am looking at getting a Resin printer to print my own miniatures in the future. Also having 2 young children, the safety side of things is definitely something high on my list to mitigate for my childrens safety. Education is definitely the key for young kids and not hiding the fact that the resin could kill them if they drank it.

3D is great, but it is a whole other hobby/job on its own. They have really improved these last 2 years and I don't just mean in quality but ease of use. After helping me to relearn how to write (yes, I am serious) they allowed me to get back into the wargaming hobby since my hand movement is not what it was.

I think your honesty about the downsides of 3D printing is so refreshing, and important. I've had to rethink the whole idea of getting into 3D printing because the only spaces I could use to print in, would be my bedroom or the kitchen. Toxic fumes and resin alongside kitchen counters, food etc, just doesn't seem feasible or advisable, and nor does sleeping with the VOC's. Though my kids are grown up and not at home, visits from my granddaughters also make it a no go. So, without the dreamed of Lottery win and my own studio, it's a nope from me 😂 Great video, thank you. Subscribed )O(

If anything it’s a massive success in resin technology that the major VOC production stems from spirits and not the resin itself (at least for the most part) given that it’s well protected and filtered inside the printer. Water washing would fix my largest issue at that point!

What this video highlights, is that while 3D printing is technically cheaper than buying stuff normally, the money saved is offset by the cost of tedious and (potentially hazardous) work and effort of doing the whole process yourself + needing dedicated space. For some people that is an easy price to pay, but for others (like me) the space to set-up a printer is simply not there and I'd much rather pay extra to have all the tedious work done for me by the company.

Getting Fauxhammer in, very nice - and I didn't realise he lives around the corner from me! I'll be sure to drop by with a thousand 3D printing questions. Also Jay was referenced, yay! EoB is awesome.

I am an avid 3d printer. I've printed tyranids in resin. But then i bought leviathan because I couldn't print any longer. HOLY CRAP models are so much better! None of my termagants survived without broken tongues, tails, etc. Hormagants' claws all broken. I might give up on resin printing! Models are so much easier!

Great to see your perspective on the 3D printing trend and great to see Fauxhammer on the channel, what a great dude! I think the point you raise at the end of the video (spoilers I guess) about space, toxins and investment price are always what has prevented me from getting into 3D printing myself. It has never primarily been about the definition of models or ease of use of the machines though that does play a part. The fact is most people are hobbying out of the corner of a room or in a room they use for other things like home office or bedroom, 3D printing does require a dedicated ventilated (i.e not a cupboard) separate work space, hard to tout something as the budget solution to Warhammer when you need that to safely get to grips with it. But that's just my two cents, I have loved seeing the technology improve and it will continue to do so exponentially I'm sure, I look forward to printing a new liver in 2066. Great stuff guys!

What with having bought one just before Christmas after a couple of comments on Fauxhammer's video asking various questions and also using that resin too, I feel like this video that shows the process and all the bits in between the steps was perfect for me, almost tailor made. As this is my first video of yours I've seen, I will watch your career with great interest.

Thank you! A real 'how do I do and keep this' video. I've been wanting one for years, but don't have the space (storage and safety) and don't need MORE backlog of things to paint/ accomplish. Like an airbrush, it's a tool (that takes a significant amount of space, like you said), but not a needed asset. Great in a pinch for your channel though, should you need that missing weapon or shoulder pad, but not needed, just a luxury. Hope you keep at it as you can and find uses.

I've gotten the science of resin printing down I think. Got my Lion El Jonson, Azrael, Dreadnought Bastillus, etc files from here and there online, and have already made up for the price of my printer with what I've found. Believe me. It's worth it. My favorite part of printing is making stuff for my buddies and surprising them with nice gifts.

Well done video. Recommendation from a 3D printing enthusiast: Never peel the finished print from the plate when is attached to the printer as the falling parts might damage your screen or vat, always remove the printing plate, then remove the prints.

Thanks for this, its really... REAL and realistic about what I should expect if I tried this myself. 😊

Awesome vid, but Guy... the GK2 has a little flat lever above the build plate where it attaches to the Z-shaft. Flip the lid up, flip that flat lever and the plate will come off. You can then pop the prints off without the risk of them falling into the vat. Clean the plate after, then reattach securely and you're good to go. It's also designed to fit into the cleaning machine if you wanted. Also, highly recommend a P3 filter mask and safety goggles. Sometimes print supports will flick around and I've had a few occasions where they'd go into my eye had I not been wearing them. Good luck and enjoy the machine

Once in a six side has an amazing pre flight check list for printing that's all work checking out

Great video and this is a big subject Guy, you raise a few good points whist also not covering some important ones. Ross covers a lot on his channel and I love watching his videos. With regards to the use in a house and VOCs, a grow bag - used by many for plants that people like to smoke - are an excellent solution as they not only allow you maintain a steady temp without having to buy a printer with an in-built vat warmer, but they contain the VOCs and you can fit a carbon extractor. The KEY point you didn't cover is that IPA or Meths are HIGHLY flammable and should not be stored in a house. Now on to the environment. The water used to wash water washable resins is toxic. It needs to be treated like the IPA you use for washing and disposed of correctly... at your local recycling plant. That water will harm the environment. Equally, the supports you pulled off before curing - and I agree that is the best time, though you can do it afterwards, just soak the models in luke warm water to soften them first, are uncured resin and should be fully cured before sending them to landfill. As to your earlier failures with printing, this could be many things, but first suspect would be settings and each manufacturer provides tables for their printer and different resins - check support pages. These are starting points and you need to adjust for room temp, humidity, layer height (how much fine detail) and speed of printing. There are test models like the 3DRS spaceship which help you dial these settings in. BUT THEN - you need to look at what you are printing, the size , the density, the detail and you need to orientate accordingly, then adjust supports to suit. Pre-supported models are fine, but unless you are using the exact same settings, resin, printer etc, they may not work. The printer head pulls the cured layer away from a screen that stretches slightly as it does so. It stretches more in the middle than the outside, this means you get differing forces across a model, which can cause partial failures so you need to look at what you are printing and on what machine. Ross explains the difference in screen resolutions brilliantly and this is why I print figures and small items on my Mars 3, then big models like tanks and titans on my Saturn S. Each of these perform brilliantly at a fraction of the the cost of the GKTwo. As to why I 3D print ... I want something different than the GW stuff, I want to modify and 3D printing offers me this without the need to spend hours with greenstuff. I might spend the same time initially as I build the file, but then you can print loads. I also prefer some of the other artist's work. Then there is the whole "immediate" thing. Just like music downloads, I now no longer have to wait to get my stuff in the post, I buy an STL and I have the model as fast as my printer can produce it. The final point you didn't cover and it is just as important, once you have bought the kit you still need to buy supplies. Resin is anything from £25 per Kg to £100 per Kg depending on what properties you want. Standard resin is fragile. ABS like resins help this and Nylon ones are better, but costs go up. Then you need to buy IPA or Meths unless you are happy with the results from water washable resins. As an example, if you buy a printer to build a Warlord titan then, allowing for some failures (there is always a learning curve) you are looking at 10Kgs of resin and you can't just use the standard polymer resin as the weight on the legs will warp them, if not break them so you need ABS like or you need to strengthen them with rods. - And then you are into the issue of resin dust!

It's a VERY affordable way to get miniatures to paint, especially with full on 3d printing wargame systems such as One page rules. For those who's wallet is hurting from GW prices or others, this is a wonderful alternative and a great supplement for custom bits and terrain.

Thorough and honest... I love this video! Happy printing, happy painting, happy playing!

its very interesting and very much something I can see what you mean. space and a area is one of the reason why I dont have a 3d printer myself. great video

A year and a half printing using eSun water washable resin. Great, easy, consistent printing. Few to no failures. Ever. And then, over summer, when the weather was warm and humid, every single print I had done developed surface cracks ranging from tiny to catastrophic. That's hundreds of dollars of resin and hundreds of hours of prep and painting etc. I didn't make mistakes in the printing, supporting, hollowing, etc process. Exposure times were optimal. I wasn't over washing. I wasn't over or under curing. I was extensively drying models before curing. Cracks appeared in small models and large models. Hollowed models and unhollowed models. Thin sections of a print and thick sections of a print. So I switched to Elegoo water washable resin. Frustrating, time-wasting, futile attempts at printing. Consistent failures. I've leveled and re-leveled the build plate, checked the FEP, the room is constantly at or around optimal temperature, the exposure settings are optimal. I've adjusted all the print parameters to try and prevent bed adhesion issues, and spent countless hours liaising with Elegoo support. The subset of models that have printed properly look good, but I'm scared to invest any more time into prepping or painting them because I don't know if these models, like those printed with eSun resin, won't crack during a warm humid summer. Non water-washable resins are out of the question for the toxic fumes evolved during washing with alcohol.

Guy, I had the same experiences and concerns about resin printing. The best advice I can give BY FAR is to lose the mentholated-spirits as your cleaning agent (mineral-spirits or paint-thinner in the US.) I started painting models with enamels (and lacquers,) in the 1960s and that stuff WILL eventually mess you up. I use acrylics now. To clean my resin parts I use alcohol, with ventilation, or better, water soluble resin and LA's Totally Awesome Cleaner, the stuff eBay Miniatures Rescues, and I, use for ultrasonic paint stripping. You'll find an equivalent in the UK--Some all-purpose cleaner that comes in jugs. Having a good printer like yours is a must. I upgraded to a Photon D2 with the DLP technology and it's made a huge difference for me. I've been a subscriber for a long time. I marathon the Blackstone Fortress series now and again. It has an uplifting, relaxing vibe. Now, Please get on with the HeroQuest series!

If I may interject here with 3D Printing. I don't think it's designed for people who don't have a proper dedicated space (even outside like a pop up shed, insulated and heated) and I feel it's not worth it for the gamers. The ones who want to play and fight the battles more than any other part. I think it's more for people like myself and people who like to make games / campaigns or sell figures / painted figures. I am a painter, I love painting and I love options and the ability to repaint the same mini with new schemes. I do not play the games so I have no use for those over priced boxes of plastics because they have some kind of special power level for their respective games. So I want to add I never heard of you. So I am subscribing now not only because I am a FauxHammer fan but because I like your mild manor in all of this. This video is relaxing to listen to and the outcome is the best blend of honesty.

Thanks for being honest and showing the negatives. Im sick of people talking about 3D printing as if its magic thats easy to jump into and ignoring the bad stuff

This printer is bloody amazing!

I backed a 3D printer on kickstarter for half the current retail price including shipping, read up on everything as much as possible. I'm also a professional 3D artist so that helped a lot as well. But honestly I have the same feeling when it comes to 3D printing. It's fairly obvious that the 99.9% IPA isn't fantastic for your health, nor is the resin and the fumes themselves, you really need to have the space for it, trouble shooting can be a B. Leveling it was fairly easy with the printer I have as well. It's basically a very cool suplementary tool, but way more expensive, way worse for your health and take so much more space. Yet I can't put to words how much it has improved my hobby at the same time. I use it because my 3D sculpting skills are way way above my real sculpting skills and it's much easier to sculpt my own bits, support and print them than it is for me to sculpt the same thing out of greenstuff or miliput. When I printed my first bits, that I had made myself there was an immense satisfaction, but I feel like I wanted to like the whole thing a bit more, and it's absolutely not a replacement for buying minis in my opinion, not by a longshot.

Awesome video, and I get it. I'm a resin caster, but 3d printer, very interested but intimidated. My daughter gave me a Photon Mono 4k Christmas before last, and it sat in my basement until this last weekend. I'm 4 days into this world and scrubbing RU-vid for advice. Thank you for sharing your experience and perspective.

My wife jusy got me a Phrozen Mighty 8k for my birthday and I am very excited to try. Also a bit nervous because I have struggled plenty to learn on my FDM printer. Thanks for doing this!!!

Hey, nice vid, just a quick reminder that the when using water washable resins, the water used for cleaning them becomes contaminated and mist be disposed of safety, not down the drain! Like you I shudder at the idea of thousands of people having to work with these toxic materials at home with little to no industry guidance.

If the slicer software doesn't recognise the supports as supports, scaling can cause issues. You might be better to scale then add the supports. And I'd buy a ventilator mask which handles organic vapour. My GkTwo arrives on Tuesday. Temps with the window open in Scotland have been my issue with failures on bigger models on my current printer. Fingers crossed. Water wash is great. I'm trying ABS-like resin next. Good you got Ross to help. Surprised he didn't get you to do the cones of calibration. I called those on his stream the other day there.

I'ver got my Uniformation GK this Cristmas and did my first steps into 3D printing with nothing more than some RU-vid videos. I'd say that a GK2 is really easy to use, quite self explanatory and so on. But, as you've aöready said, it's another (big) hobby.

In my personal opinion, if you’re playing at a LGS, that LGS is obligated to having some form of compensation for giving you a place to play at. If you’re dead set on 3D printing, then please still consider supporting your LGS… A box of intercessors now and then. Paints. Brushes.. that kind of stuff.

amazing video and discussion.. thanks a lot, mate

3D printing, wargaming, prop making, painting and 3d modelling are by far the best hobbies to get into. You can literally make anything you put your mind to. You want a mini, you can make one from concept to finished mini in 3 days. You want a prop from a video game .. bang. same thing, model, print, paint. best thing ever. My desk is filled with props from Baldur's gate Warframe and Path of exile, Terrain and a hand full of minis I made. Epic and fulfilling as fek. + you can make some money on the side too.

A lot of those extras from that printer are still not a thing for the budget printers (

Wow, never heard of that printer, but it seems good.

Time to implement that oldest and nobelist British tradition, set it up in the shed.

If you're worrying about VOCs. Get a hydroponics tent. an in-line duct fan with hosing. Put all your printer stuff in there. Print in there and have the fan suck out all the fumes and deposit them out the window.

My kids have those same Halloween pajamas

I've had trouble putting my reluctance to use 3D printing into words before, but something Guy said in this video explained exactly what I have been wanting to tell friends of mine whenever they asked me if I was going to get a 3D printer or not. I'm not into that kind of hobby. For me, the majority of the creativity and joy I get from the modeling side of the hobby is assembling and kitbashing minis, and it's just not the same with 3D modeling different minis to print.

Small thing, but while I wouldn't recommend the mini air purifiers sold by the 3d printing companies for purifying the air due to it just being a carbon brick. They due an amazing job and neutralizing the smell missed by the HEPA air purifiers. If you can splurge for both, i'd recommend it.

Setting up you resin printer, wash and curing station over plush carpet? Hey - What could possibly go wrong 😂

I could not agree more with your sentiment. Unless one has dedicated workshop / hobby room that has great ventilation or even a ventilation system, i cannot recommend getting into resin printing. Sold my Mars 3 after realizing that the whole cleanup is just not for me. I think people underestimate this part, e.g. the resin-stained gloves, paper towel all release the resin fumes. Such a shame, there are so many amazing stls out there.

I have 2 kids, 2 dogs, and 2 carpet cleaners. Enough said. Great video btw.

Yes. It has been for nearly 2 years now. I have an entire 2000pt retro ork army. I started at 14 lol.

To minimize the VOC you can place the wash station in a garage or shed and keep the printer and curing station in the house. You could even do the wash out on a balcony.

You HAVE to purify, whether you smell it or not you MUST Protect yourself. Run a hose out to the window and seal it... The Printer companies hardly mention it. It is a toss up between buying Prints like on ETSY, Take the steps be thorough... That's a nice Printer! I picked up a Saturn Pro, and then I realized I need to secure the air...so I won't use it until all the gear is here. Thanks! When you start printing armies then, you'll get the bug! It Is the future here now. 👍👍

Once you get used to the process of 3D printing and managing the toxic chemicals, it does get much better. I was completely put off the first time printing as well. I use wash water and dispose of it either by boiling it or letting it evaporate outside (depending on the weather). I use a fabric printer enclosure and inline vent fan to exhaust the air outside. Both my combo cleaning/curing station and printer fit in the enclosure. Whenever the enclosure is opened, I turn the vent fan to maximum and turn it down during printing with the zipper open a few inches to assist with the negative pressure (flow-through). There are no perceivable odours from the printing with this setup.

Loved this. I think 3D resin printing is SO COOL, but it's so much to do in a hobby that's already time consuming (maybe that's cuz I"m a slow painter...). Having said that, I love finding 3D prints on Etsy and other sites to snazz up minis or get more.

Is this zoom function on your camera broken?

If you ever do tests on water washing I'd love to see a video (or even just read a write up) on what you found out. I also don't love being around that much open spirit, and this seems super cool.

Thanks for the detailed explanation and demonstration of the process! I've been thinking about a resin printer for a while and this has been a great and transparent video of the process. Very well made video

It's good that you also highlighted a crucial point many in the wargaming community forgets or ignores: 3D printing is NOT a tool for your wargaming hobby; it's a hobby all in itself (which can incidentally produce results you can use in your wargaming hobby, but still)

I scored that Photon printer you showed from someone at work for $100. His wife wanted him to clean out his hobby space. It's been in my basement for almost two years now, unopened and unused because I don't have the time or the proper space/ventilation to actually use it. Like you, I have pets, and like you, i'm worried about all the extra bits that come with this hobby that go a bit unmentioned. I do not have a dedicated wash station or curing thing, either. I've a feeling I"ll end up reselling the 3D printer, or giving it away to someone who will actually use it.

Honestly great vid! I started my 3d printing journey just before Christmas it's helped my self along with loads of people in my gaming community just to save money on games we love to play with out the expensive price tag that comes with it

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For removing the supports, I recommend a hair dryer set to warm, or submerging the mini in warm water to soften them up. They pop off super easy that way, with no worries of them breaking in half, or taking something off with them!

I have Creality Halot One, probably the cheapest printer money can buy. It’s great! …now But it wasn’t always. It took about two years for me to get to a point where every print is a success. There was a lot of frustration along the way, but I’ve only now got to a point where I find the experience worth while. Also, for anyone thinking about getting started, good gracious, buy a proper P3 mask and ALWAYS wear Nitrile gloves. Blue gloves are not good enough!

This video and fauxhammer is what spurred me on to get a 3d printer, even though im a combustion engine mechanic im also a bit of an eco warrior and was in 2 minds about resin or fdm , I would prefer to make things out of something that's recyclable materials, I know melting plastic can also create fumes over certain temperatures,it would be interesting to test the voc's from fdm filaments in the same environment as resin printing. ❤ The channel tim,hattie 😊😊

Undoubtedly, getting this $800+ printer, plus however much the curing and washing stations are, would save me money in the long run VS only buying official GW kits. But that's only **if** I ended up using it as often as I could, which does incur its own other costs. Plus, not to mention, that's an **ENORMOUS** upfront cost.

Let's put a flammable volatile solvent in an ultrasonic cleaner that generates heat. What could go wrong? Seriously guys, there's a reason why many of the solutions on the market is a washing machine with a swirling mechanism. And yes, while everybody is giving you warnings about the toxicity of the resins, the most VOC you'll inhale come from cleaning solvents.

That pickle jar is an instant buy, I own the saturn 2 printer and the mercury x wash and cure machines, and the water gets clouded so fast, can only use it once or twice after the first wash before decanting it and cleaning it out.

I wish I could have your Awesome setup!

I got into 3D printing about a year ago, though I've never done tabletop games. I love being able to scale up models to create figures rather than minis, though I only scale to around 60mm. I'd say the biggest learning curve was learning to do supports that don't fail but also don't leave a lot of bits to clean up. Supporting a model before printing is probably the biggest drag for me. I've kind of fallen into printing in the warm months out in my garage and painting in the cold months. I do have a Fungoo enclosure for each of my printers. They have fans and hoses so you can run a hose out your window to pump the air in the enclosure directly outside. For those without super nice heated vats, you can get small personal space heaters and a temperature regulator often used in tabletop greenhouses to maintain the temp inside the enclosure. I believe a small heater that fits inside the cover of most 3D printers was recently released as well.

As an Australian, my experience is that resin can be too cold, but rarely too hot. I print in a shed at up to 40 degrees C with no issues.