I recently bought a Creality Ender 3 V2 3D printer and decided to use cura for slicing. I've been looking all over for specific cura settings for the standard mini size to make it the best looking possible with the pla printer. I know that resin printers produce better details but i didn't want to go through the hassle with hazardous material.
It doesn't need to look 100% realistic and amazing but i've been trying to print models i found that vaguely resemble my dnd party and i had about 5% success. The other 95% has the weapon missing or looking weird, broke because of tough supports or the printer just made a jumble of them all together. Out of 20 prints i managed to get 1 character that looks maybe passable but the greatsword was dripping off and i had to glue the legs back on.
What i'm looking for is specific settings for quality and supports for the standard size minis that fit in a 2x2cm grid and maybe for monsters too that are bigger so that i can have that for the future.
Also maybe tips on how to position them before slicing so that i get easy to remove supports and better adhesion.
I have watched like 100 videos on the subject and they all say what i should and shouldn't do but i never get specifics. Or when i do it doesn't work.
I'm using gembird pla because thats the only one available in my country that's not going to empty my purse if that makes any difference in the print.
I wanted to surprise my party with models for the game thats scheduled before christmas but i'm starting to give up.
My Paladin came out with a twisted head I guess it can be a monster now lol. I am working on this too trying to get the specs right so please let me known if you learn how to get it right. It has definently been hard getting it to print correctly.
I print quite a bit for a hobby and give aways but never actual minis for DnD. So lemme ask a few questions.
I believe humans are still the "standard" in DnD so a 2cmX2cm grid space would be an areas one human would fill standing?
Did you jump right into mini printing or did you practice a bit on other things?
Have you tried any of the various "torture tests" or calibration prints? By those I mean print in place with moving parts, arcs, angles, holes, cones, ad nauseum.
Have you checked Prusa's website? He uses a Cura based slicer that's free and it has a number of presets for the most common machines.
I used YouTube a lot when starting, and still do, but it can be confusing in the beginning as most assume you are pretty familiar with 3d printing. I reccomend, if you haven't already, to get some of the calibration prints and make changes as you go so you can see how it changes the quality of your prints. Even a simple 25cmX25cm square can tell you a lot about nozzle placement and first layer problems.
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Hi!
I recently bought a Creality Ender 3 V2 3D printer and decided to use cura for slicing. I've been looking all over for specific cura settings for the standard mini size to make it the best looking possible with the pla printer. I know that resin printers produce better details but i didn't want to go through the hassle with hazardous material.
It doesn't need to look 100% realistic and amazing but i've been trying to print models i found that vaguely resemble my dnd party and i had about 5% success. The other 95% has the weapon missing or looking weird, broke because of tough supports or the printer just made a jumble of them all together. Out of 20 prints i managed to get 1 character that looks maybe passable but the greatsword was dripping off and i had to glue the legs back on.
What i'm looking for is specific settings for quality and supports for the standard size minis that fit in a 2x2cm grid and maybe for monsters too that are bigger so that i can have that for the future.
Also maybe tips on how to position them before slicing so that i get easy to remove supports and better adhesion.
I have watched like 100 videos on the subject and they all say what i should and shouldn't do but i never get specifics. Or when i do it doesn't work.
I'm using gembird pla because thats the only one available in my country that's not going to empty my purse if that makes any difference in the print.
I wanted to surprise my party with models for the game thats scheduled before christmas but i'm starting to give up.
Thanks in advance for any help!
My Paladin came out with a twisted head I guess it can be a monster now lol. I am working on this too trying to get the specs right so please let me known if you learn how to get it right. It has definently been hard getting it to print correctly.
I print quite a bit for a hobby and give aways but never actual minis for DnD. So lemme ask a few questions.
I believe humans are still the "standard" in DnD so a 2cmX2cm grid space would be an areas one human would fill standing?
Did you jump right into mini printing or did you practice a bit on other things?
Have you tried any of the various "torture tests" or calibration prints? By those I mean print in place with moving parts, arcs, angles, holes, cones, ad nauseum.
Have you checked Prusa's website? He uses a Cura based slicer that's free and it has a number of presets for the most common machines.
I used YouTube a lot when starting, and still do, but it can be confusing in the beginning as most assume you are pretty familiar with 3d printing. I reccomend, if you haven't already, to get some of the calibration prints and make changes as you go so you can see how it changes the quality of your prints. Even a simple 25cmX25cm square can tell you a lot about nozzle placement and first layer problems.