Did you print him on his back with a 0.4 layer or what?
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Linuto@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not answering your question exactly, but consider this:
I own both for different reasons. As many will tell you, resin for minis, PLA for terrain.
Here is the best PLA mini I ever printed: Image
Fogle@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Linuto@lemmy.world 7 months ago
On his back, but 0.2mm
Fogle@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Yeah print from bottom to top. That gives you the best resolution
pixeltree@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Microcenter usually has a new customer deal that has an ender 3 pro or v2 for $100 btw
cheeseisdisgusting@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
What nozzle and layer height were you printing with? I’ve printed a few minis with a 0.2mm nozzle and 0.08mm layer height and the results look much smoother than what you had…
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Apepollo11@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Exactly this. I still use a 0.4 nozzle and the results are more than satisfactory.
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These figures were all support-free designs by EC3D, and are a joy to print.
At 0.08mm layers, you can feel the lines with a fingernail, but can’t see the from more than a few cm away.
Linuto@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This was probably 2 or 3 years ago, but I had a .2mm nozzle and .08 layer height as well most likely.
My pla prints have always looked rough, no matter what tutorials or tweaking I do.
sexybenfranklin@ttrpg.network 8 months ago
Dude, that looks rough as hell compared to any resin print. I don’t get why some people just have to cope so hard over this, resin is just better for detail, it’s not a comment on your print skills or whatever.
cheeseisdisgusting@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Oh, I agree, resin prints are much more detailed. I just wanted to provide another point of reference for FDM mini prints, since the parent commenter’s FDM prints looked… rough.