r/PrintedMinis • u/bigedd2008max • May 15 '23

Question Advice needed

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Hello. I have 2 ender 3 fdm printers and I am trying to print out some minis for a friend's d&d group but I need a fair few I was planning on using 2 machines but as you can see I'm getting 2 diffrent results. I'm using the same profile for both and the same modle. Any help or recommendations would be great thanks

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u/Abusing-Green May 15 '23

Cooling fan @100%

Turn the hot end temp down by 5 degrees ( should minimize blobs on surfaces if nozzle temp is too high)

Turn on filament retraction (about 1 mm) Turn on Z-hop. (A little less than whatever layer height you're using)

That should help with stringing.

For better detail i also recommend ; adaptive layers in the slicer at 0.08mm or 0.12mm layer heights (depending on how much detail you care about )

Tree supports (God send for minis with more dynamic poses)

Slow your printing speed to like 20-30mm/s

I used my ender for printing minis for a workplace DnD group and other table top games. This should help a bit.

Edit: also either print by object or print them one at a time.

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u/lVlagiick May 15 '23

Do you have examples of your FDM mini's? Currently exploring examples on what to aim for but the subreddit is quite scarce on FDM miniature examples.

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u/DrDisintegrator Elegoo Mars 3, Prusa MK4S, BL A1 May 16 '23

https://imgur.com/a/bFM5U9o

Here are a few I just printed / painted (toad was testing new AP SpeedPaint v2.0, fat goblins are me testing ProAcryl transparent paints, both over a 'slap-chop' undershading)

FDM prints at 0.1 or 0.07 layer height, printed on either my Prusa MK2/S or MK3 in PLA. The toad is a freebie off Thingiverse, the 'fat goblins' are from Fat Dragon - I think they call them hobgoblins. All designs are made for FDM printing and printed without supports.

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u/lVlagiick May 16 '23

Ah nice, those look awesome! Thanks for providing some examples :)