Resin printing + workshop essentials
Independent guides covering the full hobby: printer reviews, STL picks, painting technique, and the workshop tools that make it all work. No fluff, no paid rankings.
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Buyer guides · Comparisons · Profiles
Printer roundups, comparisons, and settings profiles for miniature-focused MSLA/DLP printers.
Subscriptions · Marketplaces · Free
Where to find the best miniature STL files: subscription services, marketplaces, and free sources.
Supports · Slicing · Curing
Resin printing technique: support placement, orientation, slicing settings, curing, and troubleshooting.
Priming · Painting · Basing
Priming, painting, basing, sealing, and color schemes for 3D printed miniatures.
Resin · FEP · Safety gear
Resin types, FEP film, wash and cure stations, ventilation, safety gear, and tools.
Evergreen tutorials
IPA is the default, but it's not always the best option. Here's an honest breakdown of every resin cleaning approach, when each makes sense, and what the trade-offs actually cost you.
Size-based resin use estimates for miniatures, with worked cost math and slicer tips for estimating before you hit print.
Walk through hollowing resin miniatures in Lychee and Chitubox. Wall thickness, drain hole placement, infill, and the trade-offs that matter for tabletop printing.
Most resin guides rank by print quality. This one ranks by what happens after: primer adhesion, paint behavior, and how well the finish survives a game night.
Exact Chitubox settings for miniatures: 0.05mm layers, anti-aliasing on, exposure times by resin type, support density, and hollowing thresholds that work.
Resin stuck to FEP, supports detaching, melted detail, warped bases: 10 miniature print failures diagnosed by symptom with exact settings fixes for each.
Latest picks & comparisons
Head-to-head comparison of the three dominant wash and cure stations for resin miniature printing. Mercury Plus 2.0, Phrozen CW3, and Anycubic Wash & Cure 2.0: honest differences for miniature printers.
Citadel, Vallejo, Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0, and Pro Acryl: compared on adhesion to resin, coverage, and price per ml. The buyer's guide for painters choosing their first or second line.
A hobbyist's review of Artisan Guild's monthly STL subscription: print quality on a Saturn, release cadence, pre-support standards, and whether the heroic-fantasy library justifies the cost.
Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra or Anycubic Photon Mono M7 Pro? I print on a Saturn. Here's what the specs actually mean for miniature painters, and where the M7 Pro genuinely wins.
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