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Build Your Own SLA/SLS • Best resin for miniatures
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Best resin for miniatures

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:32 pm
by mcguinnessdr
Hello, I am trying to decide what resin I should get to print miniatures for gaming. I need something that will bend without breaking, as there will be thin parts, such as swords. The miniatures will be handled a lot, and probably dropped a lot. I have been using maker juice sub g (not g+), which breaks too easily. Thank you for any help!

Re: Best resin for miniatures

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:03 pm
by kimvellore
Have you considered casting your models. That will be best of both worlds, in terms of details and strength.

Re: Best resin for miniatures

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:08 am
by mcguinnessdr
It would be too much work for what I'm trying to do.

Re: Best resin for miniatures

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:26 pm
by mcguinnessdr
Could someone give me a comparison of sub g+ and fun to do standard? My last print had a sword that is about 1mm x 3mm, which broke very easily. I need pieces of this size to be able to withstand bring handled regularly. Any info is very much appreciated!

Re: Best resin for miniatures

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:47 am
by PomeroyB
Unfortunately, I've only ever used MakerJuice G+, so I can't give you a comparison of resins... but I can give your topic a bump!

Re: Best resin for miniatures

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:02 pm
by mcguinnessdr
Have you used G+ for this kind of thing? If you could give me an idea of how strong a sword of the size I described is, I would be very grateful.

Re: Best resin for miniatures

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:48 pm
by Craig Turley
Hi Mcguinnessdr

Im the US distributor for the Fun To Do resins, I definitely recommend the Industrial blend for your miniatures, its quite strong and durable. Feel free to send me a pm.

Re: Best resin for miniatures

Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:08 pm
by mcguinnessdr
Thanks, was looking at your site anyway ;). Will probably be buying some pretty soon.

Re: Best resin for miniatures

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:01 pm
by Scatterplot
I made a few minis with Makerjuice SF, which has a bit of give to it (SF stands for Snap Fit, I think). It seems OK so far, but I'm not very rough on them.

Re: Best resin for miniatures

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 3:49 am
by mcguinnessdr
Thanks. I'm not sure how well paint would hold up on flexible models. Anyway, I bought the FunToDo Industrial blend, so I'll see how that works. I'll post back here with my findings, incase anyone else is interested.