How To Print Resin-Like FDM Minis on $200+ 3D Printers (Printing The Game #3)
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- In this video I show you how to get even your $200, stock FDM printer printing nearly layerless, detailed, miniatures in no time. No, these aren't meant to be a replacement to resin prints - but this is a great alternative until you can afford an SLA/DLP resin printer.
I used a Creality Ender 3 to print the minis in this video, but the profile down below works with other printers in the Creality family as well (like the Ender 2 and CR10/CR10S).
I also share the secrets of this profile for those who don't have a Creality printer so you can make your own profiles and/or adjustments to start getting better quality minis on your FDM printers in no time.
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It's been 3 years , is there an video on buying your first printer for 2021 that's cheap ?. I'm looking got a printer that's not resin as I'm looking for affordable hobby. X
I can't get to the resolution page in the description.
@@christinekellylouisehaylet3724 The Ender 3 Pro is what I got. Its similar, but better. The Ender 3 Pro V2 is the next step up (Roughly $270 at Microcenter for the V2, $200 for the Pro)
When I try to import your profiles I get:
Failed to import profile from E:/Downloads/Ender3TerrainBetav1.3.curaprofile: Quality type 'normal' is not compatible with the current active machine definition 'creality_base'.
@@shaneblake1644 I'm hitting the same error with all the 4.2 and later profiles and have not found a way to solve it. I tried with both 4.12 and 4.2 and I get he same error message. I'd love to try these settings but I've had 0 luck searching for a solution elsewhere.
Hopefully someone can offer some help.
Edit: @desiv 1 posted this solution in another comment. All credit to him/her!
"I know this is a bit older, but just an FYI. If you have a newer version of CURA that won't import the profiles on the website, here's what you can do. This worked for my CR-10... (It might not work for other or non-Creality printers..)
1: (I have 7-zip installed), right click the file and choose 7-zip - Extract files.
2: Rename the directory it created (just to something else, ie. I renamed one of mine to just Siepie) and then go into that directory and there will be two files.
3: Edit each file (I used Notepad++) and change the quality line to this:
quality_type = standard (I believe they are normal before the edit; that line will be in each file..)
4: Right click the directory, select 7-zip - Add to Siepie.zip (or whatever you named it)
5: Rename the file back to .curaprofile (in this example, from Siepie.zip to Siepie.curaprofile
6: Import that profile into Cura.
(Note, I have successfully imported and it looks good, but I haven't printed anything yet.. Also, if this doesn't work for you and you have other profiles you have imported, you can use this procedure to extract the other profiles to see what the quality_type should be; it is not necessarily the same for each printer model. That's what I did with a CHEP profile to find out that "standard" worked for my setup."
Heya, one of the Cura Devs here. The top infill trick works because you treat the entire model as top surface. As for most models you care a whole lot less about the infill, by default, Cura prints the infill faster (and thus, way more ugly).
By " tricking" cura into doing this, what you are actually doing is ensuring that the acceleration / speed values of the infill are ignored (to be replaced by the much lower values of top). So instead of doing the tricking, it's way smarter to just decrease the infill speed / acceleration values. That way you get the result you want, without losing control. Another option would be to set your wall thickness to a high number, although that will make Cura use concentric like filling (which may or may not be what you want).
I've looked at your profile and a few settings don't actually, well, do anything. As i already mentioned, setting your top layers to 9999, means that every bit of material on the inside gets classified as top. As such, nothing is considered to be infill. So changing any infill setting won't actually have an effect (so you can dump the speed infill and infill density setting).
Another weird thing is that with your settings (due to inheritance), your inner wallspeed is 25 (as it inherits from print_speed without modifiers) but your outer wall speed is 12.5 (as it by default inherits wallspeed /2). Interestingly enough, as your infill is replaced by top/bottom speed, that is suddenly printed at 12.5. So you have a single outer wall at 12.5, then a single inner wall (as by default there are 2 walls) printed at 25 and then all other lines printed at 12.5 again.
You also print with rafts, so changing the initial layer doesn't really affect things. The raft already "soaks" up the inital layer (thus preventing any elephants foot).
Hi Jaime! THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT! And thank you for helping make this possible by working on Cura.
Suddenly things get a lot clearer :) Someone suggested that it was just slowing down the entire print, but it looks like it is still printing at different speeds (which is what I would observe when I'd watch a mini print) if I understood you correctly.
In my tests, and some tests with the community, concentric filling caused some issues on a few Ender 3 prints. I'm recommending linear now.
A lot of folks here have asked about getting easier to remove supports. It has been fine for me, but I know a lot of folks in the community would be interested in making that better. I'm going to be running some tests on z distance and using a support interface, but was wondering if you had any suggestions.
Thank you again!
Danny
So yeah, it's printing *some* bits at a different speed, but most of it will be slower. The thing that you actually want to do is changing the infill speed / jerk / acceleration. I think that you do want the infill to be faster than the top/bottom layers, but you do want it slower than the default values. So not using the 9999 top layer trick will mean that you can probably get your prints a bit faster (you are fully correct that it's always a tradeoff, but there is usually a way to mitigate the negative effect of some things while increasing the positive effect).
As for actual quality; I'm personally a big fan of lower infill and more walls. Look at most of the UM profiles; they use 3 walls. This is especially the case for "organic" prints (eg; models without flat surfaces). They get most of their strength from the walls, not the infill. Despite UM machines being bowden machines (and thus a fair bit different) there is a lot to be learned from them. Ultimaker as an entire team working on only tweaking quality profiles into perfection.
Support wise, I'm spoiled. Working for Ultimaker means that I have access to dual extrusion printers with PVA, which removes the need to muck around with "regular" supports. But from my past experience I can give some pointers; Increasing the Z distance will make it easier to remove, but this always comes at a cost of worse prints. You can also underextrude the support interface layers on purpose (eg; That way you get sponge like results, but its real tricky to control). I don't have that much experience with that, but you could also consider messing with the support interface line width (Decreasing the contact area of support with actual model). Future version of Cura will also have a feature that enables you to add a "wall" around support, making it easier to break off entire chunks of support at once.
There is of course also the option to use "anti-overhang-meshes". Sure, it isn't as great as what S3D does with regards to placing supports, but it does let you mark areas as "Don't support this". This is especially nice if someone already did this for one model as from then on you can just share the project file.
Thank you soooo much for the thorough response. Is there a way for me to contact you more directly? I have a few follow-up questions if you don't mind :)
I've sent you an email on the address you have listed on your channel.
In receipt, I'll email you shortly :) Thanks again!
really would love an update for this video! a 2022 version of anything you've learned since :) I'm gearing up to get into 3d printing soon, and I'm having difficulty deciding whether to try out FDM or resin printing first, because I know I want to do both terrain and minis. If I can do both on an FDM, I'd rather just skip the resin printer entirely!
Slow down your print speed to about 15mm/sec. and lower jerk settings. That´s it. It just prints super slow and thus very precise.
Second this!
@@sierraecho884 what are jerksettings?
@@jontay4199 jerk basically means how much your printer can go from stand still so 0mm/s to say 5mm/s. So it that case jerk of 5 would be say 5mm/s, jerk of 10 would be 10mm/s. Then there is acceleration, this works like in a car where you can accelerate say from 5mm/s to 60mm/s in a certain time. Jerk is very important to get sharp corners and or less ringing. Jerk and Acceleration make up 90% of the print speed. So to stay at that example from 0mm/s to 5mm/s your print head movement will be instant (jerk 5) from 5mm/s to 60mm/s your acceleration will kick in.
@@sierraecho884 and it’s a setting in cura? Thank you for the info btw.
These minis look amazing. Also, let's not forget that even as Resin printer prices fall, FDM still always has a place. My son got an Ender 3 for Christmas and it was perfect for him. He can make prints in his room with no toxic liquids, just a clean, mechanical machine to work with. This is by far some of the best results I've seen from FDM.
the FDM process releases toxic particles... PLA and PETG are mostly "safe" but I still would not print them in a room with out good airflow.
I was planning to get a resin printer. but after learning of all the different chemicals plus the washing and curing I decided to stick to FDM
I have been 3d printing for a couple of years now and I have both FDM and Resin printers and I have to say you are the first person who was an absolute delight to listen to and your video provided a lot of great info and help to all printers. Thank you my friend
Props for giving credit.
Least I can do. The community, as a whole, wins and I am simply grateful. Thank you for your comment.
Props to giving credit to.make better props. 😜 Cheers for the vid
Just started watching this and thought "holy crap that guy is high energy!"
Then realized youtube was playing at 1.5 speed. :D
Casey Wagner haha funny. I needed that this morning.
🤣 I thought mine was playing higher, but when I checked it was on normal speed. He definitely is high energy!
It's amazing watching this before you buy a printer and after you buy one. I honestly did not comprehend the magnitude of just how impressive these print results were. Bravo.
After this video I am gonna pull the trigger and get a printer and start printing minis for myself and my friends. Thanks for that final push of inspiration.
You're so welcome! Welcome to the hobby - have fun! :)
no you won´t
Did it work out?
Follow up! :D
Don’t hurt anyone
1. 100% infill via "infinite" top-layers
2. Very small layer height
3. Go slow
4. Plenty of supports
5. Orient to the model, not the base.
Fuck plenty of supports, put the min. on with a simple design so they are easy to come off
You're a hero. All I needed, you're awesome
Hello everyone! I know I'm a bit late with this comment, but figured I'd still pin it for those who are checking it out for the first time: I've gotten a lot of feedback about the length of this video (and that I took a bit too long to get to the actual how-to). Here are links to the key parts of the video along with a tl;dr of these points for those who weren't expecting this much discussion mixed in with a how-to:
01:00 - Introduction, Mini Showcase, & context for the Siepie Profile
07:34 Step 1 - 100% Infill: (9999999 top layers, 0 bottom layers - only works in Cura)
08:29 Step 2 - Layer Height: 0.08mm for newer folks, 0.05mm once more comfortable
10:00 Step 3 - Slow speed: 20-25mm/s
10:45 Step 4 - Supports: Zig zag auto-generated supports in Cura, but use what works for you
13:40 Step 5 - Orientation: Didn't matter in my tests - but consider the model and where support marks might be for positioning.
15:22 - Using other profiles & expectation discussion for newer folks to the hobby
That being said, I appreciate your feedback so much. When I made this video, it was for a small group of people (less than 1,000 subs even) who I felt would have all of these questions, and I thought the context would be helpful. Looking back, I got a little too excited and included way more than I had too.
I learned an important lesson though with your feedback, though. I'll do my best to separate videos where I have longer discussions about different things like settings profiles from the more direct, how-to's with more applicable info and techniques. I've already started to make these changes in my videos, see here: th-cam.com/video/znkbwajT100/w-d-xo.html
Thank you again for caring enough to help me make this channel better, and for your patience as I learn to be a video creator and a TH-camr. I appreciate it so much.
Danny
3D Printed Tabletop still waiting for my ender 3 to arrive. Would these settings work with similar results for larger prints?
On my site, I have a large minis profile. That should work for larger minis, but there are probably better profiles with better support settings for other large non-minis. Hope that helps! :) The Ender 3 group on FB is a great resource BTW. I recommend joining it already :)
Isn't this Printing the Game #3? The one about how much things cost was #2. That makes the one after this #4, not #3.
Hi Waffle - you're right! That was my bad. Just made the change. Thanks for the catch!
Thanx
I love how you give out all the necessary details.
I love how you simply used the stock Ender 3 without mods.
I love how you just used a primer.
I LOVE SIMPLES!
Just wanted to thank you for your videos on this channel, I've found them very helpful. I used your link to pick up my own Creality Ender 3 last week, and so far I'm loving it. After using your recommendations, I got my first successful mini (took 3 tries) last night and I'm really happy with the results. I hope you keep making great videos!
Wow, thank you!!!! For ages I have been a little interested in 3D printing, but not able to learn hands on and sort of assumed that it was beyond me. Channels like yours really open up 3D printing for everyone... I find there isn't too much on the web for those starting out from 0, thank you
I'm glad you're enjoying it, Marty, and appreciate the kind words and support. I decided to start this channel for people like you, and hope I can help. Let me know if you have any questions.
Well I'm glad you did start the channel for us guys... and the web based character creator thing was amazing, gets you excited to try out 3D. What your video actually did was bust the myth that 3D printing was only for the super technical or highly trained person, that it is for everyone.. So I'm looking at a Cr-10, it seems to be a popular machine.
Timestamps
7:45. Tricking Cura top/bottom layers
8:50 layer height 0.05. Mm (stepper motor magic number?)
10:45. Supports. Zig zag
13:42. Orientation yes/no
Great vid mate... just a bit long.
Im going to try on my Prusa Mk2
Id love a more in-depth video on Cura supports.
You say your no expert but I like your honesty and breaking down into basic steps.
I appreciate the timestamps, and I'm sure others will too! I hearted your comment so it can be higher up on the page. They definitely help make the length more manageable. And I'm gonna do my best to keep the video length down moving forward - that feedback has been clear :) I can honestly say I didn't expect this many people to be watching @.@
I'll do a video on Cura supports and how to remove them as well soon. My target is sometime next week if all goes well!
3D Printed Tabletop printed a Halfling gunslinger last night was a lot better that my last attempts.
Im hoping to design a bunch of snottlings for a Bloodbowl Ogre team !!!!
I don't play Bloodbowl, but know lots of folks who love it. That sounds freakin' awesome. I'm OK with ANY orcs, ogres, or goblins being shared :D
Thanks. Jebus. Just cut the first 7:45 of this video off. WTH man!
Well, I watched this video a year ago, and I applied changes to my printing setups.
It has definitely changed how good my prints are.
My prints went from bearely recognizable stuff to truly beautiful minis.
Thanks a lot.
Considering how much improvement in 3D printing has happened in such a relatively short period of time, the quality you were able to get isn't really all that surprising, but still is pretty amazing. Especially from a "cheap" machine. Thanks for sharing the information.
Thank you so much for this video. It wasn't too long. I've been printing terrain for a while and just started out trying to print a few miniatures for an upcoming game where we need a handful of custom creatures.
Hey man, I am thinking of starting on 3D printing. Boy I am glad I found your video before I get an actual machine! Thanks!
You're so welcome! I still recommend the Ender 3. Just ordered a second one even :) Happy printing my friend!
Hey I just wanted to take the time to thank you for your ender 3 profiles. I did ok myself, since finding your profiles I have seen nothing but amazing prints. Keep up the good work.
Wow - im really impressed of the level of detail! I have a creality cr-x 10 s4, and im going to try this as soon as my Groot flower pot is done (about 15 hours)
Thanks a lot for the tips.
Man you absolutely smashed this. 3D printers have felt a bit inaccessible for a good while now but your whole demeanor and presentation here are just great. I hope you keep making videos and introducing more people like me to this great little hobby. Thanks again :)
Thank you so much for the kind words, Floof. They're definitely becoming more affordable, and one of my goals with this channel is to demistify them for our tabletop gaming community. I'm planning on it - and thank YOU! I appreciate your comment so much.
Can I paint these miniatures?
I bet Games Workshop is Furious about people making their own figures! 😂
Time for them to "lobby" against owning them, they got the money and powerful corpo friends.
I just bought a Ender 3 pro specifically for model railroading, creating custom parts and pieces as well specifically posed figurines. I model in HO scale (1/87) so very small models and I am looking forward to trying these settings. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it is people like yourself and others who are willing to share and educate others that ultimately make whatever hobby you’re involved with succeed and flourish.
Thank you again and keep up the good work.
I really respect your thoughtfulness and lack of pretension. That makes you come across as far more intelligent than most people in general.
Like others, I had to poke around a bit in the comments to figure out how to use these settings on current versions of Cura, but WOW. It works great, and I really enjoyed watching this video for this guy's infectious good attitude.
This is a very informative and well-made video. Thank you for the Cura profiles! I am excited to try them out on some of my more detailed models that have failed on my FDM printers in the past. Good of you to attribute some of your info to the original Siepie profile. But you have enhanced that by explaining the settings in detail. Nicely done!
I appreciate the feedback, Steven! Please let me know how your tests go. Wishing you nothing but the best here :) Keep me posted, and happy printing!
I'm BRAND NEW to 3D printing (just got my Ender 3 v2 about 4 days ago) and I wanted to print minis exactly like these show throughout your video and I'm now installing Cura and I'm going to try this profile out and see what happens. The knowledge you've shared here has taught me tons in a very short amount of time.
Ok what... my friends and I recently (12 hours ago) decided we wanted a 3D printer and had all these questions about everything.
12 hours later I’ve watched almost all your videos on everything you need to know and you’ve answered EVERYTHING
Thank you
Hey. Watching this vid actually inspired me to get my first 3d printer (ender 3). I play Gloomhaven with the family and this makes the game more visual. Thanks, keep up the awesome videos.
So did you make cool minis?
@@chaddodson1481 yup. 😁
Hey man! This is an excellent video! I'm going to recommend folks that reach out to me watch this so they have a good idea what to look for. I got this question a lot what to get. You just saved me some time haha
Thank you, Miguel! For pretty much being one of the reasons I'm here today :D
3D Printed Tabletop Hey I do what I do ;-)
You are actually the reason I started with this wonderful hobby. Thank you for your work!
Thanks for the video! I'm getting back into painting minis and have been interested in 3d printing for a while. It's great to see videos that take the mystery out of some of these things so it becomes easier to tackle. Might just pick up a Creality machine soon :D
This one video has achieved your goal for the channel, Daniel. This is just an outstanding episode. I think you've set a high bar for how to provide an unbiased review of 3D print results. My Ender 3 is ready to go and I'm going to try your profile. Will let you know. Anyone looking at buying a 3D printer, this $200 printer was relatively easy to put together and tune. I was surprised... much less time spent on tuning it than my previous printers (4 before this one). I am just blown away by the Ender 3, and channels like yours are going to help convince gamers to give 3DP a try. This $200 printer can be had for the price of 10-20 Hero Forge figures... about $75 more than the cost of a Proxxon foam cutter. It's a solid investment for game crafters, and I look forward to hearing your results from your wizard friend's Cura profile.
James Floyd Kelly So it begins, DM Jim :) You're right - this episode is really the culmination of my wildest dreams and I hope that this wave of really great FDM minis continues.
Your cost analysis is exactly how I see it having come from the crafting world as well - maybe $100 more than a Proxxon, at best. Pretty wild.
Thanks for your support from the beginning, Jim, and for your shoutout when my channel was just at 50 subs. You have an amazing commitment to community, and I appreciate you and your comment so much.
Sir, this is incredible. As someone with kids, I'm really not comfortable having a resin printer in or around the house. Your results are incredible and I hope I can try this on my Prusa. Thank you for your work!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Dan. Thanks for the kind words. I have 2 youngin's myself - I get the reservations. I've had a few folks try the settings on their mk2 and mk3's with much success! I hope you experience the same :) Give it a shot - and please lemme know how it goes!
Will do! I have a model already in mind to try it with that I've printed at 0.05mm in the past (on an old printer, no less) - a small figurine that one of my kids has that broke an ear. Can't wait!
Thanks for a great video. This is just what I need to get going into the world of printing minis. My ender3 has been ordered, and I can't wait to get it and start printing
I can't thank you enough for your tutelage on this topic. Really love your positive attitude and demeanor. Thanks Danny.
Damn. I am blown away by the details on these minis. Wow. Just wow.
Thank you Darren! They aren't perfect, by any means, and I could've done a bit more cleanup on some of them - but I'm still pretty happy with how they came out too. Happy printing - and thank you for the kind words!
I love this channel and the content you put up so much. It's one of the few places I can find someone doing exactly the kind of stuff I'm looking for in a 3D printer, and providing all the resources necessary for me to make my own decision on things
Thank you for putting in the time share this great video. I'm just starting and got the Ender 5 and am excited to start learning. Keep up the amazing work.
Thanks for the tips, gonna try this out soon. For tiny prints I've always just set the shell thickness slightly larger than the nozzle size (e.g. 0.45mm shell thickness for a 0.4mm nozzle), so it's just a single walled shell and set the minimum layer time of 5 to 6 seconds with 100% fan speed at all times. This allows me to use lower infill percentages between 25% to 50% infill and still get nice quality prints but I can still do 100% infill if I want a stronger print. I also use 0.75mm to 0.1mm layers but still get good results up to 0.2mm with this profile.
Awesome video. And such an overwhelming level of enthusiasm. Thanks, man
Really cool video, quality content, and at some points, hilarious! New sub right here.
Thank you for that, 3DPK! I'm so glad you're exploring your hobby and sharing it with the community. Kudos to you for putting yourself out there! You got a sub right back. :)
Worked like a charm doing Greedo with u/siepies settings even without support! Only some artifacts and a wobbly rifel but nothing that's not easy to fix post print!
SUPER MINDBLOW!!!
Holy smokes! Thanks man! I feel like I owe you just for the front-end hard work you did. I'm going to make the jump and finally buy one. I'll use your links then. Thanks again!!
Gorgeous results very impressive now I got to figure out how to make simplify 3D do this :-) and I'm going to have to play with Cura some more keep up the great work it is appreciated
I'm so flattered you think that. I don't have time to watch all of your videos, but I've learned so much about upgrades (mostly that I want to do eventually :D) from your 3DPT show that someone shared with me a few weeks ago.
If you find a way to get this result in S3D before me - I would loooove to know! After improving support removability and increasing speed, making a S3D profile that is comparable is my next priority for this direction.
Have you any updates on S3D settings?
I'd be interest in those too
I'm curious as well ;)
I got great results with S3D. Slow speeds(30mm/s and 40% on outer most perimeter) and small layer heights(0.08mm) combined with enough perimeters (3 or so with enough infill 50+%) and custom-placed supports worked really well. Some models are more difficult than others but I was impressed by the quality my Duplicator i3 was capable of. It takes a while but generally worth the wait. I did have some extruder motor overheating. Some models have many small features and separate supports and thus many start/stops and extrusion. I countered this by fusing supports and by slowing my printing speeds even further for some models. And by reducing my retraction length. Maybe you should try using a separate process(0.2mm layer height) for the base if you want to save time. This is what worked for me. Slow and small layer heights and this way you can push your printer to its limits:)
Whats up man?
Love this and all of your vids. It was this video that got me to purchase my 2nd printer and im eager to get your stl's when the kickstarter is done (I love voting unlocks, super cool idea man!)
Have a question, is there any new profiles for the new versions of cura? Unfortunately the profiles dont work in the current version of cura...
Im sure you are SUPER busy and hope you are keeping your sanity, so please dont rush to update them, just wanted to let you know man.
Keep up the AMAZING work man!
Thank you SOOOOO much! Your videos have been the key to me printing out minis! So grateful for your time and experience shared!
Thank you for your videos. They actually inspired me to get into the hobby, and I’ll be getting my ender 3 within the week!
This video is exactly what I was looking for. My Ender 3 Pro arrives this coming Monday
is the quality good ?
im planning to buy one
This is an awesome video. Just got an Ender 3 and I'm so excited to test this stuff out. Thank you!
How has it been going?!
Man... thank you so mutch for your Infos in all your videos.
I'm new in the hobby and i think you made clear what kind of printer i need first.
Thanks for all your support!! 🙌
Me from Switzerland
They look amazing man! Great job super impressive! Learned a lot. Keep it up 👍🏼
Wow - just saw your channel for the first time and have to say congratulations - you found a tiny niche in a tiny niche market that is 3D printing. That said I like the way you present and subscribed despite the fact I'm not even into miniatures at all. Thanks for sharing - keep up the good work! ;)
Hi JM! When I started this channel, we were maybe 1,000 to 3,000 folks with 3D printers printing things for tabletop gaming. I knew there was way more folks who were into tabletop gaming who might be interested in all of the really neat options that are introduced through 3D printing - so I decided I wanted this channel to be a kind of bridge where a bunch of my hobbies could meet. I appreciate the kind words so very much, and hope you enjoy the rest of things to come on the channel :)
Here is the kicker - I impuls-bought the Ender 3 yesterday after watching your video. Due to the four other printers I have there was (and still is) a little buyers remorse with that purchase. But I just couldn't resist the offer ... paid EUR 172 including insured shipping. That is still EUR 60 more than what I had to pay for my Ender 2 but wow - I'm pretty sure this one will be a keeper.
So ... thank you for that, too ;) ... Now I'll have to find out how to break the news to my wife about the new family member ... *sigh*
Cheers! JM
Throw a housewarming party for her when she arrives - your wife might love her too :) For EUR 60 more than the Ender 2...the difference in build volume will shock you. You should be able to use your Ender 2 profile just fine on the Ender 3 BTW :) Best of luck! Lemme know how it goes - and so excited for you!
Those results are amazing for a 0.4 nozzle ! The top layer trick make sense, the top layer is a finish layer so it is logical that it is making the print look better. With a smaller nozle (0.2/0.3 for exemple) the result could be even better, of course the print will take more time but it's the main tradeof of fdm (speed vs quality). Keep up the good work.
Thanks Lundev! I appreciate it so much. A nozzle size test is definitely on my list :) Just haven't gotten to it yet. Cheers!
Great video! I’ve been looking for information about getting the highest detail for small parts on my Ender 3. Thanks!
Update: your tips have taken my models to the next level! I wish I could show the differences, and your tips work well for larger models also. Thanks again!
hey man love the video! I saw your Kickstarter the other day and it was what got me interested in 3D printing minis. I was doing research on what type of printer to get I came across your video on resin vs FDM printers. Then I saw this one and that's when I saw that the Kickstarter I was interested in was yours and now I totally sold on both the Ender 3 and the Kickstarter. Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing more great content
Humility not something you see everyday subbing just for your character mate keep up the great work
I remember watching this video a while back, before I became more familiar with the in depth settings, and was mostly just using Slic3r. After taking about 5 hours to figure out where the disconnect between my printer and Cura was, I got it working. Luckily I read the comment form the Cura dev and just input all the settings outright. After a bit of tinkering to make it suit my printer and my needs, you have honestly helped me increase my quality by 10x. I never thought this would come out of my dinky Davinci 1.0a, even after the bed replacement and repetier swap. My latest prints are out of a transparent orange, and I've had people actually ask me if I got a resin printer. You see these videos and think, "maybe if I get a little bit of an improvement, it will be worth it, but it's just so far beyond what I expected to actually achieve. Thanks again for bringing attention to this technique and these settings, also thanks for your advice on supports.
Yay! Those are my prints at about 4 minutes in! (He got the wrong name but he is forgiven :P ) and with your settings they work great. I actually printed another heroforge custom today for my brother at .04 layer height and a bit more speed actually and the results were even cleaner! Thanks again for your settings as they have made things amazing!
Im sorry about the typo, Scott! Thank you for your mercy 😌I'm gonna try pushing the speed and working to improve the supports for this profile next. Will keep you posted!
Hello, as someone interested into putting their first steps into 3D-printing, is this still a relevant technique a year later for FDM Minis? I don't have a ventilated space for a resin printer, so I thought FDM would be the safer starter option.
Really impressed by these results. I just watched a video from 2 months ago (I’m commenting in March ‘24-five years later) and he was printing on a Bambu A1 mini and sharing his profile settings using a .2 nozzle but yours look so much better. I had pretty much determined I would start with a resin printing but now I’m intrigued.
Thank you for restoring my faith in the quality my machine could do. I haven't done miniatures yet(2 weeks with a machine). now I know they can be done quite nicely. Thank you.
If you wake up one day and decided you want to print some figures you will be happy for sure.
If you are a war gamer playing,painting,modding figures like Games Workshop that you clear even the mold lines before you prime it then you will be disaponted.
Great video again! Thank you very kindly for sharing everyone’s print results. Sometimes it can be very frustrating when you can’t get it to work! But you sharing that profile has gone a long way to convert to me from a resident printer to a filament printer… As I’ve told you before the only reason I bought one was because I saw that you were able to get these awesome results. There is so much headache and mess associated with resin printers that when you were done cleaning up the miniature you have lost any kind of advantage by printing with resin. We cannot forget that it is a craft. It is a thing that you have to do it is not just push a button and get your product. That’s called buying and if you want to do that that’s why they make hero clicks… Personally I don’t want to do that and I’m sure that most of the people here don’t either that’s why we are trying to create and imagine new things! So again I thank you for sharing all this information with me. I have a resin printer and the amount of failures that I have put out with my resin compared to the filament printer is massive. At this point I really do think that my whole experience with my resin printer was a loss of about $600. To think that I could be running for and her three printers for the amount of money that I have laid out for my resin +1 and her three is staggering. I could have an entire plastic army already! Thank you so much again look forward to more videos!
I'm really glad you're enjoying and getting great results on your printer, man! Thanks for sharing your story with the community. I appreciate you being here, and your support.
Thanks for the vid! Seeing this...I actually went out and bought one and got rid of my TEVO Tarantula...the ENDER 3 is SO much better build quality and I can see how it prints better right off the bat :)
So glad you're getting great results! Thanks for the comment!
It's the first time I come along your channel but after seeing this video I already love it. Gonna try out this new profile as soon as possible. Thanks for sharing and making these great videos.
Just got my e3, can't wait to try these settings to churn some Heroquest. Great work all involved.
More people need to start doing this. Not because I think people should be stealing from Games Workshop but because it will, hopefully, force them to price their ranges more reasonably.
I would LOVE that to be the result. Unfortunately, the actual result will likely be that they hike their prices, blame it on lack of income because of people printing their own minis, and file a lawsuit to crack down on mini pirating. Such is the nature of the corporation. 😥
@@davidrahl240 Then the consumers will just make a legally distinct alternative that ENCOURAGES 3d printing because that's how things like this go.
@@davidrahl240 then they’ll go out of business or get with the program. That’s why capitalism is great. And knowing how people love money, I’d be willing bet they get their crap together and drop prices rather than have no money at all.
@@manapunk3085Oh, dude. I don't want to have to tell you how monopolies work and break your heart. But I want to believe in your dream.
@@aaron1037 that's not how capitalism works my man. no one is forcing you to buy from them, and if we really get fed up with the prices, we'll shop else where forcing them to drop their price or sink. they only survive if we pay them. Hell the king of beers, and target both are hurting for virtue signaling.
Awesome video. Cool setting. Informative compose
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words so much.
im just starting out trying to print minis with a Wanhao i3 and gotta say it's a bit hit or miss. but now i feel so much encouragement after watching this. thank you so much. i know i'm a bit late to the party but so glad i found this channel
Your review solidified my decision to pull the trigger on the Ender 3 v2. Thank you for the content!
could you update your profile setting on cura for the ender 3 for cura 4.2.1 as i cant use the profiles :( i keep getting a error when trying to open them , thanks in advance and keep up the amazing work
When I followed the video and punched in 99999... till the end, I got an error too. Putting in "999999" worked for me and got rid of the error.
I was able to get them to work. You’ll need to edit the profile files directly. A curaprofile is really just a zip file. Change the .curaprofile extension to .zip, then you can edit the two files with a text editor and update the values that are causing the errors. Then zip the two files into a new .zip file, and change the .zip file extension back to .curaprofile.
3D printing DM?
I like it.
Not as fancy as 3D Printing Professor, but I learn from the best :) Thank you for visiting, Joe - and good luck on your Kickstarter! :D
th-cam.com/video/7z9WLASMDDY/w-d-xo.html very fancy indeed, keep your distance from the professor, he might try to waste your time with video edits rather than fixing his machines
Bajicoy, download some manners.
Na, it's all good. See, I got a lemon of a Tevo printer, sunk 80 hours into trying to get it to print, got frustrated, had the gall to tell people that I sunk 80 hours into it and got frustrated.
3DDM’s
Way to go man. I’m super proud to be a subscriber and am excited to try your technique, thank you
I'm struggling to decide between sla and fdm for my first printer. I'd mostly print minis and was inclined to get a ld002r but it feels limited regarding everything else but minis.
This changes everything. I can't thank you enough.
May the Schwartz be with you, my friend!
This is awesome thank you.
Thank you so much. You're very welcome :)
Thanks for sharing. I liked and subbed within 45 seconds. Wish i could like again now that the video is over.
Very grateful for your kind words, William :) Looking forward to seeing you around. Thanks again for the support!
Thanks for posting. This was a great set of tips for someone new to printing, let alone printing minis.
Hi! I just watched your video and wanted to thank you. Your energy and information is top quality. I'm using an Anet A8, but this was still very useful. Well done.
Something all new players to the 3D printing world should remember is to always do preventative maintenance on your printers. Something as simple as checking for loose nuts and screws can mean the difference between a good print and the loss of half a spool for a crappy print because your print started great and you walk away only to come back to spaghetti all over your machine.
Do you think this would work on a Monoprice Select Mini V2?
I know this is nearly 2 years later but this video has been SUPER helpful for my work on my CR-10S
This is an awesome video! Since this video has been published, Cura does have a gyroid support that has made support removal a lot easier, and seems to work quite well. I found that zig zag worked best for me before. I'm glad I watched this video, it's gotten me to play with my settings again and it's cool that some of the things I've been doing other people are too.
Thank you, Danny!
i might be wrong, new cura have "ironing" where it ironing the toplayer to smooth it out, wonder how that would look on a mini :D
do you know how to fix the import for (Cura) Siepie CR10/Ender 3 - Small Minis PLA Base 1.0 to cura 4.8 because keep saying Failed to import profile from C:/Users/default.DESKTOP-LVA6TNU/Downloads/Siepie-CR10-Ender-3-Small-Minis-PLA-Base-1.0.curaprofile: Quality type 'normal' is not compatible with the current active machine definition 'creality_base'
Just ordered the Ender 3 pro from a Woot deal yesterday. Thanks for posting this video, thanks to Siepie! Subscribed.
Great videos DM. Would love to see this topic revisited. I am one that is too scared to get anywhere near resin. Seeing this video made me super optimistic about FDMs and its 4 years old. I'm sure if you share all that new knowledge the result can only get even better
The creality ender 3's z axis has a 0.04 mm step, which means your layer height should be a multiple of 0.04, if it's not layers might end up at different heights, which can warp your mini, or cause it to bud or fail. Minis tend to be small, so these errors will have a fairly low chance to fail in a small mini such as a medium sized player character. 0.04 itself, will have the nozel hit the mini, so 0.08 is recommended if you want a zero% chance to fail, or any sizable mini
Lovely, I don't think you have a horrible accent rather the content is clean. I will surely test on my Ender 2 .
What do you think shall this work on Anet A8 also ?
Well, thank you kindly either way! All that LOTR did me some good ;) The profile won't work on the Anet A8 - but the settings absolutely should. Cura, 100% infill, 9999999 top layers, 0 bottom layers, 20-25mm/s, and 0.08 (ideally 0.05mm or less) layer height. Good luck! Lemme know how it goes!
I am gonna try the setting on anet A8 and see if it can do some wonderful prints, I already tweaked the firmware but can leave a chance to see improvement. I will surely send you some pictures.
MakewithRex I'd be interested if it's better using those settings
the settings "100% infill, 9999999 top layers, 0 bottom layers,25 mm/s, and 0.08" works on my Anet A6 so it should work on your A8
Hey, MakewithRex: A lot of the stuff that is in the video works on my AnetA8. The layer height butter zone is the same as the Ender3, and printing the halo cooling duct is magic. The "all top layers" also works nicely. I drop speeds to 20 on everything except the outer walls, which are 10, but the results are fantastic.
OMG.....tip #1 just blows my mind.....I never thought of trying that and it makes so much sense
Amazing profile settings. Tried myself, work perfectly fine. Thanks uploader👍
Dude, you're freaking wholesome. Loved the vid, loved your vibe, and I'm about to test out the settings.
Cheers! :)
Another very informative video. Danny, you keep dragging me closer and closer to going over the 3D printer cliff! That giant earth elemental is AMAZING.
Do my kids really need to go to college?
Seriously though, you are making a very persuasive case for affordability and versatility, though I am terrible at clean up and prep on regular plastic minis, so I am going to need to watch you video on removing supports and doing clean up a couple of times to convince myself I am not too sloppy to do it.
Keep up the great work!
Take your time, Evan :) We will be here - and so will the printers! I appreciate your support and kind words so very much. Your kids definitely should consider college hahaha. Keep me posted either way - following along your own journey as well!
jeebus! I was exactly looking for this video.. and it came up on my suggestions. I'm so happy
thanks for the video, I bought a 3d printer just as a fun little side hobby and after getting my creality ender 3 v2 together and then seeing the prints vs what I've seen with Resin ones, it made me wish i had gotten a resin one to begin with but this will be great! going to try it out tonight
I have Cura 4.2.1 and when I try to import your settings I get an error saying not compatible with ender base .
Yeah I get this as well. Not sure what’s up.
this profile was made for cura 4.0.0 , in that version there were no creality/ender printers predefined in the software. you can easily just download an older version of cura and import the profile there :)
There's a fix for this in the new video
@@Deelusi what video?
Enjoy my terrible British accent everyone - looking forward to seeing your prints!
3D Printed Tabletop great video dude!
You should hear my Yorkshire one lol
And thanks for the vid btw, always looking for better settings to play with :)
Thank you so much! Really appreciate that :)
The print bed area demo was well done. Nice "banana for scale".
Man, I wish I could afford a 3d printer, I've wanted to get into 3d printing for years and this printer looks amazing 😥 so cool that you got one for reviewing! Congrats
This is absolutely phenomenal. Gorgeous minis! Can't wait to try!
A little frustrating as Cura 4.7 will not import your profiles: "Could not find a quality type high for the current configuration." Not sure how to proceed.
Just go in and manually change the values in Cura; he gives them all during the video.