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(I've been informed that I had been told complete BS by the person trying to tell me that resin printing 1:72 wargame minis would be stupidly expensive. As such, my question here is no longer relevant.)

I am considering the option to get back into miniature painting by starting with 3D printing my own custom figures.

Given the price difference, it would have to be plastic (I read PLA is a good option), and for my purposes it would mostly be 1:72 scale figures.

The deciding factor is whether at such a small scale PLA can achieve a level of detail that doesn't look completely terrible. I'm used to 1:72 injection mold figures, and my previous paint work in the past was always so thick that much of the detail present on those would disappear anyway. So I'm really not looking for much.

But looking for existing images of such prints is very much not search engine friendly and I mostly just come up with Chinese soldier figures made out of some mystery material or figures of unknown scale.

Can anyone help me to find some reference pictures of 1:72 PLA figures so I can take a look if this level of detail is acceptable for me?

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[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you print him on his back with a 0.4 layer or what?

[–] Linuto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah print from bottom to top. That gives you the best resolution

[–] Linuto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what I typically do. This was an odd case where I had failed half a dozen prints already, and ended up getting a successful print with a different orientation.

[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah fdm is not always the best or the easiest to get successful prints with. It takes a lot of supports and patience. Also try dropping layer height to .12