What's the Best Resin for 3D Printing Miniatures? 

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I feel that Tenacious is not meant to be use alone but to mix as an additive to make your mix of quality/flexibility. It is up to the user to experiment and find out the best mix and use for it. If it were meant to be use as a resin on it's own I would imagine they will give it some color rather than to leave it as clear as it is.

Just wanted to say your video is top 1% tier. Informative, to the point, and with some degree of controlled testing which most videos don't even bother doing with a bit of effort. Really enjoyable video to watch, hopefully you do more printing-help related videos :)

Very informative. I use a mix of ABS-like and Tenacious, but I have been using 9:1. I think a video to try and find the minimum mix which still gives reasonable protection to the minis would be very useful. I have not really abused mine at 9:1 but used it since I knew tenacious mix would lose detail. It would be interesting to see how little tenacious is needed for reasonable durability (some travel abuse plus table height drops) and how much really degrades the visibility. Less tenacious is obviously cheaper but might require more care in measuring.

okay, when you said "I didn't print 5 plates, I actually printed nine" I knew this channel was some good shit. subscribed right then lol

Just unboxed my printer yesterday and have been looking around at what resin to get. This was honestly incredibly informative. Couldnt recemend this enough to anyone just starting out.

Didn’t know that you could mix resins before watching this video, why didn’t I think of that?? Thanks!

I saw a video concerning the Tenacious resin - you can mix (1 part) of tenacious with (9 parts) of regular resin. You get better resolution with slight bendable properties.

And in the shopping basket tenacious goes .... Seriously, great tip with that one. Gonna stir me a nice resin stew 🧙‍♂️

Thanks for the amazing breakdown on these. I’m about to pull the trigger on a Saturn 2 next week and I’m looking for resin for board gaming and this fits the bill! Subbed!

Thanks for this video! Super helpful!

I know I'm late to the game since this is an old video but I didn't care much about #-d printing until now lol. I'm actually looking forward to getting a bottle of the flexible resin and doing a mix to see how much of a difference it makes. Love watching your videos!

Great video thanks so much for reviewing all these! I'd Love to see some information on the inland resin from Microcenter.

Thanks for the great vid! I can't wait to try ABS Like+.

Out of curiosity, I tried the TGM7 by AmeraLabs. And it is expensive for a reason: it is awesome. That being said, I use it like gold for very spindly thin details I don't want to snap off. Otherwise, I use Elegoo 8k Grey + Tenacious Grey at a 60/40 and it has never failed me and costs the same as 1000g of TGM7. The TGM7 has a clear resin I wanna test out for magic effects on minis next, so if you're struggling to find something strong, damage resistant, without compromising transparency, I'd say give that one a try.

nice video man! Keep it going!

I watched this video at 5am when everyone was asleep.. they wasn't asleep after I laughed so hard at you trying to break the tenacious model 😂😂😂😂😂

I never expected a twist ending to a video testing various resins, but here we are.

I absolutely love these videos. Fav resin content maker 👍✌️

i got some tenacious to experiment, but its just easier to use straight from the bottle abs like. someone needs to make the premixed version. and i regularly drop spiky monstrosities when painting, and they've stopped breaking since i switched to ABS like, so it'll do. to do a fair test, need a far longer light off delay, to allow the varying viscosity of the resins to be overcome, and you need to tune each resin to prevent over exposure

Great comparison!

Glad i found this video, have been trying to figure out why my minatures like to break apart at the slightest drop. Thanks for the advice!

I totally agree that the best for my money with the ABS-like resin. :D It is exactly what I needed for miniatures seeing play while maintaining detail for display pieces. I have happily been letting my 4yo+ kids play with toys I've printed with this resin and they have only had small bits come off, like the tail of a small animal, which is expected. The bend on them is good enough to be tossed in a box with other stuff and not break, which is really nice. I would recommend this whole-heartedly. Amazing resin.

Great video - super informative, not to much fluff! Thank you :)

Fantastic video. I just bought a resin printer and was so confused on resin choices until your video. Thank you

Excellent video, thank you good sir!

Fun video, great info. Would love to know what your settings are for mixing 70/30

I know I'm super late on this, but I think you had some pretty glaring holes in your analysis. 1. You tested the worst form of Sirayatech Fast. The color matters a lot for it, mainly because Navy Grey is a higher quality of resin w.r.t detail, and also in my experience with respect to flexibility. 2. You used the same sliced file for each, meaning all your exposure settings were the same. While this in theory could be lined up under fairness, in reality you're going to come up with proper printer settings for the type of resin you are using. I suspect this might be why you didn't use Navy Gray, since it requires ~20% more cure time by the product sheet. This also kind of makes your detail analysis not super important, since you are likely overexposing some to avoid underexposing others. 3. As other have mentioned, use of tenacious in miniatures is part of a mix, i.e. 10 or 15% by volume. Printing a whole miniature in it is not going to get you what you want. This is sort of a surprising thing to see since you said you were a test engineer previously. Why would you not test these materials under their optimal build situation instead of going with a one size fits all solution that doesn't do much to make a meaningful differentiation. From doing a bit of basement testing of stuff myself, I found I get the best detail results with Sirayatech Fast Navy Grey, but to have it really work you are using longer exposure settings along with lower layer height, which really bumps up the print times. That's the kind of analysis you get-- it's not a signular best answer but a bunch of tradeoffs to consider.

Great Video, I love getting nerdy about this stuff! I started using plain Anycubic Craftsmen Resin as my main resin, since about 3 months ago I switched to using a mix of Craftsmen and Tenacious at a 20.80 ratio and can vouch for this S-tier recipe if anyone else wants to test some stuff out

Was using Siraya Navy Grey Fast + 20% Tenacious Black mix. I'll definitely try the ABS-like + Tenacious now.

I laughed out loud when I saw the car. You’re informative and very funny. 5/5

Thank you! When I need flexible, I turn to TPU on my Prusa I3. Durably stands up to Freestyle FPV holding GoPro session to hero 11😎

I have an Anycubic Wash & Cure Plus Print material: Full bottle Sunlu waterwashable with 60ml Sirayatech Tenacious added. I print 1/8 - 1/4 scale statues with a 3mm wall and hollowed. Curing time:: 6 to 7 minutes

Oh you did it, good!!! Thanks for the vid! Might mix with ABS like if I can find 5l container

Very cool video. When you added the Tenacious mix did you have to change your settings for the main resin or did it or it out just fine using the previous settings?

Buddy of mine printed me some Mech minis. First thing I did was drop one from 3 feet and it turned into 5 different parts. Glued together well though as they were super clean breaks. Lol.

Do you have a video on how to make your cleaning/curing stations? I'd love to get into 3d printing but I'm not sure what I need to get started yet!

try the anycubic tough resin, great for miniatures as it has some flex and isn't brittle like the standard resin can be

Mate, brilliant!!! Right ABS resin and mixing it with the stretchy stuff. I'm in the uk going through this very video lol. sorry new to 3D printing.

5 shirts I think? More seriously would like the water washable resins compared given the supposedly easier cleanup

Thanks for this test. One thing to test would be a lower exposure time on tenacious. That might pop back some detail. Perhaps. It looks vastly overexposed on itself.

What is your post print cure process. Some resins need different curing times? Wonder if that could affect things?

I do use the ABS. Like for 15mm AFV’s and must say came to the same conclusion as yourself but will look at mixing the Tenacious. For 15mm Historical figures I use TGM-7 it’s pricey but good

What settings are you using for the ABS? I recently got a mars 3 pro and printed successfully but your details are so crisp!

I got my first resin printer at Christmas (anycubic 4k m3) tbh I'm just using basic resin, bout £15-18 and it prints beautifully

Nice vid! Let us know if you have tried other ratios of Tenacious, e.g. 15% for less cost but still durable enough for tabletop gaming, or 50% for crazy strong but maybe not as bendy?

omg the Halfords gag got me lol thought i was listening to He♡rt for a minute then

Tenacious 10% and 90% elegoo abs like is best, They dont break and you dont lose details.

so which one is best for say well made SW legion? I have a Saturn S

I use Blu and Tenacious or Fast and Tenacious. It's amazing.

I'm fairly new to resin but I feel like if you have to cut the supports maybe you're over curing? I never have any issue removing my supports

ok... you got me by the time you rode on the Tenacious :D

The fact that it took Tenacious getting backed over by a car to break the ankles off the mini makes me want to invest in a bottle of it for any large minis in the future. Nothing hurts more than dropping a dragon.

How was the ABS Like+Tenacious in terms of detail? Did the faces still lose detail?

Tenacious is made to be used for engineering structures or mixed in 1/4-1/5 parts to the Siraya Fast.

I've had alot of good strong prints using siraya tech nylon like resin on my dlp. I will try it on an 8k when printer gets here in 2 days.

What can i use when siraya tech is not available anymore in ym country? So far it has been by far the best resin I've used so are there any alternatives that come at least close?

The irony is that Ministry of Resin Gray is water-washable and comes with all the durability and detail of the resin mixes :D

The glue broke before the tenacious did.

Wait you didn't adjust exposure time for each resin? How can that possibly give decent results?

Thanks, this was exactly the video I was looking for! You did not comment on smelliness and general nastiness. Where there any differences?

Keeping it real G

How are you ventilating?

I mixed flex with normal resin years ago (2020) maybe. Mixed 5l of normal with 1l of flex. All those models developed fractures over time. Like micro fractures all through them. I eventually binned about 3l of the mix. I strongly recommend not mixing flex into your standard resins.

Supig question maybe, how do you mix your resins? in the vat, or in the bottle? I really don't know how to make a 30/70 mix properly

people have known what's best, so this isn't useful unless you figure this out on your own. it's what I started out with and it's perfection =. 80% siraya Fast grey, and 20% Tenacious. You can get a 5L of fast grey from Siraya and a 1L of tenacious, Mix, and boom 6L of perfection for a chunk of cash. Flexible for miniatures, stronger then most molded platic- it's holding my headset strap on my quest 3 - crazy... that's why it's $69 an L - cheers!

nice Mario cart music

So to be clear to now get a true S Tier army we need both an S Tier faction and 3D print it in ABS like and Tenacious in a 70 30 ratio? All other army’s will tremble with fear at this S tier 3D printed monstrosity!

I would like to see the Anycubic Standard and ABS Like, because I am thinking of the Anycubic Photon M3 Plus with the autofill, but only compatible with Anycubic bottles. Maybe the two with the tenacious mix.

Tenacious is meant to be an additive. 1 bottle of tenacious will add to 5 bottles of Fast. It makes my prints way less brittle and breakable. Fast with tenacious is my go to and prints REALLY well.

I've just watched a resin test that l8ke ABS resin was said not to touch it was Terrible!? He was doing the pull snap test with a fish scale hook it was just crumbling! Must have been way over cured aswell then maybe? I'm fairly new to 3D printing I just picked up a second the other day mono2 ots beautiful for prints! Can't fault it such an upgrade from the mono 4k! I'm working on this curing as all I'm hearing it 4 mins is enough for curing anymore it'll just go brittle?

you should try mixing the tenacious into the other bottles and test those results.. i commented this before i finished watching..

The original ABS was also my go-to, but now its changed to ABS 2.0 and is terrible. Im a bit sad, not sure which resin to use now :(

Are you still using abs like + tenacious? I have seen a few comments here and there saying that over time pieces with a mix of any resin + tenacious tend to just crack. Would love your input since you seem to have tested different mixes and rations over time

Where are the locations of this Gummy Suites place?

Must be nice to have a girlfriend so invested in your hobbies :) Loved the alchimy there ! Nice video too, I think you could try some professional resines such as the one from resione as well ;)

the glue broke before the resin does !

So what I'm hearing is that the cheap stuff is surprisingly good.

ameralabs tgm-7 is the most expensive (90USD)and is supposedly made for tabletop miniature gaming

i had the understanding fast was a abslike aswell.

Halfords grey primer now at £10.99 - thats a rise of over £3.00 from last month. Time to find an alternative I think.

And you said nothing about Water Washable Resins. My go to is the Elegoo Water Washable - Black. Once I've cleaned the model and I heat with hot water the supports peel away so easily it's amazing. I've found the Black to be more flexible than the gray which is why I switched. I did need to do some clear prints so I used the Siraya Tech Clear resin, the models were beautiful however the support removal was horrible. The most rigid I have worked with so far. All I'm really trying to say is if you are looking for the best resin you have to consider a lot more parameters. As I've said I prefer Water Washable and have proven all the horror stories about WW resin wrong. When used properly it's the best in my opinion. I have never had a crack, nor have I had any explosions. and the prints are just right, not super flexible but not rigid at all.

Most expensive I worked with for minatures is Ameralabs TGM-7 $90 for 1000kg.

I don't think this is necessarily a fair comparison on the quality of detail that each resin can take if you just used the same printer settings for all of them. One resin might be underexposed at a certain layer cure time, another might be perfect, a third might be overexposed. That's also going to affect the qualities of the end product at least somewhat from what I understand.

Look into Resione

Did you say you cure for 3.5 minutes? Man that seems like a REALLY long time to me. I cure my miniatures for about 30 seconds for 28mm scale. Larger models maybe 20 seconds longer if i need. I find that more than that creates a lot of brittleness, and I have never had a problem with uncured resin

My ABS like prints are almost indestructible 😅

Car sounds like it has an exhaust leak, probably on the manifold - fyi

i gave you a view and a like, because it would wound me deeply to see another ''warhammer killed my channel video''

You wash your minis 3 times... and for 10 min? I'm new, but that seems rather excessive. Correct me if you feel different! Great video though!

On my first bottle of Fast; not overcuring it (as you appear to be - my 2k mono uses 2s@.50 layer height) helps with flexibility, but details on figures are printing much more defined than with ABS-like or standard resins. Next time I decide to create a miniatures collection that I plan on bouncing off the ground instead of using on a tabletop, I'll revisit this video. 😆

So this is a really poor test. Because you didn’t dial in your print to how the resin is supposed to be printed, also Fast has nothing to do with being able to print faster. It actually tends to take longer to print with because of the darker colors. Also comparing clear resins to opaque resins doesn’t really make sense, they are completely different compositions and functions. Also Tenacious is really meant to be mixed. You can print with it alone, but I’ve had great results with it mixed 25/75 tenacious/build from Siraya tech.

what about the wargamer resin?

I get you're trying to remove variables from your test but then to judge quality of the minis with the exact same slice seems ridiculous. The quality and sharpness comes from dialling in your resin. Also over curing can effect how brittle a resin is. I love the concept of this video but I really think it should be done with each resin dialled in to show off their capabilities as best as possible.

You use the same file for each one... Not really good Tenascious, need a really short printing time, maximum 3min in the ipa and 25min in uv for curring...

Very unfair test. I cure translucent minis at half the time of opaque and do not have the brittle problem. I think the same for fast resin. Exposure at 1.5 to 1.7 usual 2.5 is way overexposed.

Sorry if you are using the same exposure time for all the variance in resins this test is completely worthless. I can tell you that Fast Grey vs Navy Grey have different exposure times and I get way better results from Siraya Tech resins than you did.

Costing more does not always mean its better

you can't just use the same sliced file with the same exposures for 5 different resins! they all expose at different rates so of course some are gonna look awful by comparison. i would have dialed in a proper exposure test for each resin type so you could get similar results and then sliced your test file a the appropriate exposure for each resin type/brand and then you compare those.

Just to be annoying I use anycubic craftsmans. Pricy but high detail n has some flex