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Omg, I nearly wasted 75% of this video wondering why there are so many complaints when I realized he's talking about last years model. Weird they sent you a Mars 4 when every other video made in the past month or two has been about the Mars 5 that helps with at least half of these complaints.

I thin with Golden's High Flow Medium no problems yet and it works great with acrylic craft prints. Will try this method too.

I have an airbrush and compressor that i bought off amazon but only really use it for priming. i have the super crappy airbrush that came with it (fengda??) so its not up to much more than that. i was looking to upgrade to a better airbrush that i an actually learn and use properly. I was looking for something in the £100-£150 range like a Patriot-105 or Iwata Eclipse, however I saw a H&S Infinity CRplus (the 2 in 1 needle bundle) on sale for only £20 more than an Eclipse. But then saw the Ultra 2024 for less than half the price of that! This vid has put me in a real quandary, whether to have a blow out and buy the Infinity, an "investment for the future" or save a lot of money and get an airbrush that is designed to teach people how to use one!

FDM has come a long way, Bambu Labs has one of the easiest to use systems, albeit it's still FDM, though their .2mm hotend definitely produces some of the nicest quality miniatures you can find in the FDM arena.

Getting to the point of successful prints was really fun for me. But I like a challenge and a learning curve. I understand it’s not everybody’s cup of tea.

I live in Arizona, a cold day in Phoenix in winter is like 65 degrees (18C) whereas summer can hit 115 easily (46C). I do usually print in the house, because I wasn't sure what 110+ would do to my prints, but I guess dying of lung cancer without smoking sucks, too. Great video, I love your take and your production, even if I do avoid GW like the plague. Can you avoid a plague? Can you avoid GW...? Regardless, keep up the great work!

I got a printer for free from a friend, and it was... annoying, at first. Once I bothered to take the time to ACTUALLY set it up correctly, it was a blast. That isn't to say the cons are completely without merit, but I think they are both over-played a bit and also out of date... a bit. I think it is worth looking into, but I don't blame people at all for not wanting to mess with them. They do have a learning curve.

A most honest and balanced take on 3D printing. I too long for the day where you just pick what you want and press print. I do understand that for some it is a hobby in and of itself but I just want nice models. I have gone down that very same rabbit hole only to discover I had to go just that 'little' bit further, first a flexible plate to make removal easier, then an enclosure and a heater. Ireland also not known for its high temperatures.

I made my own wet palette, but my paper keeps curling up a bit so it doesn't make contact with the wet sponge. Any tips for this problem?

What software do you make these figures

Thank you so much for making this video. I had such a horrible experience with resin printers that I almost wanted to make a youtube video myself, but you've covered most of it here. One final death knell you missed in this video though is that most STL's arn't actually free. Sure you can find plenty of fancy free ones out there that youtubers love to showcase, but if you're actually planning on building an army you're probably going to want something specific, and unless you want some awful low poly sculpt you're gonna be paying somewhere in the region of 10-20 quid for it. Sure you can print as many as you like, but unless its your standard infantry unit how many duplicate models does the average person want anyway? Oh, and I also just wanted to note that you absolutely are not being overkill with safety. I did about half of the measures you did but skimped on some others, and I ended up getting severe resin burns within a month.

Who washes their build plate? Swipe with paper towel to remove resin chipped during model removal and put it back in. Heating can be solved with brewing belt, or dedicated printer heater instead of that pointless filter inside. Enclosure can literally be a cardboard and duct tape with plastic window on the side too check the print. Ventilation system is needed, so that's fair, but on the other hand, 12v pc fan, some weak 12v power supply and flexible conduit are not expensive. That's what I did, looks a bit scuffed, but who cares if it sits somewhere out of sight. About the printer itself, pixel size is super nice, I'd personally throw that ACF film in the garbage where it belongs tho. Overall good small machine with potential for excellent prints

Awesome video. I was very much like you were on the whole resin 3D printing venture. Your insights and learnings have been very valuable and cover some valid and common issues associated with 3D printing. As someone who currently uses FDM printers and who has lived the nightmare of poor QC and the cost of adding more and more parts and accessories to my old 3D printer, I wasn't keen on this journey with resin printing. Hopefully the whole process will be made easier and less messy in the coming years where I can purchase a machine that is consistent and easy to operate and has very little clean up.

Ive done everything i can and gave myself every reason not to buy a 3d printer, all i want is a nice set of terrain that matches the wtc sizes without it being wood. Nice texture so i can paint it up. Gw pieces will cost me £600/£700 and still not be absolutely correct so this is the only way to achieve it! Elegoo mars 4 ultra and the wash station for half that and ill print all the forge world models too 🤷

You don't have to clean your build plate, at least not very often. I haven't cleaned my build plate for the last 2 bottles of resin.

This was a great video, you answered all the questions about the current state of tech. I don't want another hobby, I just want to print models of SciFi/movie ships that aren't available and spend time on the modelling. So I will continue to whittle away at my stockpile instead. I subscribed a few months ago, and based on the standard of your videos (and sharing a similar sensibility and age) I look forward to your RUclips success. Please don't start adding stupid reaction faces to your thumbnails!

"you dont even want to know how many times i've missed the hole in the past because my eyes no longer work properly" we can all relate...

Wow. So well explained!

That trigger column is genius.

I want a 3d printer, but the fiddlyness of the settings, smell, and wet resin being hazardous put me off as I have a toddler/child who cosplays as a Kuiju often and I worry for her safety. Plus I get frustrated easy. I am lucky as I have a friends who prints for me. Great to see hobby videos from a fellow parent.

Yeaaaahhh this absolutely put me off, I was considering buying the Mars 5 ultra which comes out tomorrow as my first printer, but it just looks like a faff. I just want to take it out the box, grab a model file and say print. In my room, not caring about temperature. Wait a while and come back to a good quality figure. I'll wait another 10 years 😂

YES WE ARE THERE IN 2024, the brand is Bambú Lab and they are basically plug and play any of the models, I recommend you take a look at the A1 Mini, Bambú Lab Printers are tools, for resin printes check the HeyGears Ultraceaft Reflex or the Uniformation GK2 those are top tech resin printers that are as close as click and print as you can get, on the lower end check the Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra which is an affordable and good printer as well

There IS some non toxic resin which doesn't have smell nor irritation! But it's russian made and its hard to buy overseas, its called Gorky Liquid.

I’m using Saturn 4 ultra inside a small form factor enclosure w vent fan hose to my office window. Wash n cure station def a plus. This setup has been my easiest and safest method and amazed how fast I’m getting my prints.

HEY, im new to model painting and was wondering how well the army paints go through an air brush?..... being my first paint set because of the rang of colours and tri colours. ...or do i save the headach and just go for airbrush paints???

A useful and entertaiment video as always. I'm not into 3 d printers and after watching your video I can't be less interested. I think I'm still buying plastic models from GW and 3d printed minis from professional printers. I have the space and the money, but I don't have the time and the interest to jump in another time consuming hobby.☺️👍

I think I am less inclined to print models, as much, as I am wanting to print my own detail pieces for wargaming terrain. Things that would be fiddly and tough at small 28mm scale. Window frames, stair railings, pitchers, tankards and cups, packs, bags, and bundles. Things to dress up terrain that are rounded and detailed in ways the laser cutter or hobby knife can't replicate. That being said, the models of commoners and NPC every day people and live stock for your campaign from various sellers are getting really, really good.

@thestateofplay2023 Would there happen to be a link or download for the 24 color chart references? We would d love to be able to print it and reference the drops etc. at our family hobby area.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! The first video, that tells me, man, you are far to lazy for a second hobby, just don't do it! Wait another 10 years, safe money and time and order your 10mm minis online like you did the last ten years. It worked wonderful, still does. And I can stop watching "3d printer videos". That's a lot of time I will have for painting. So, this video helped me a lot. Thx, wish you the best, greetings from Germany

I started this recently too, and it's all so true! I think if you just print and don't design it doesn't make any sense other than saving the cost of figures or printing things that aren't found in plastic or metal castings. However, STL designers are generating a business model where the files are not cheap enough to be worth all the inconvenience of having to print them yourself, I understand that their work has to be paid for.... But I think the trend is to release a lot of products because they are not going to sell many of each, and expensive enough to amortise them in a very short time, because pirated files will be circulating quickly. The last straw is that I found a brand that sells STL or the same figures already finished in metal. Excellent figures. The thing is that STLs are more expensive than metal figures! Well, at least the STLs allow us to avoid all the inconveniences that we have on the continent when importing from the other side of Brexit.

There is a certain irony to watching this video and seeing a few hundred bottles of paint in the background.

If i wanted to mimic the fanatic "triad" ranges with your cmykixong method, would I want to play with tone or value?

That was fascinating, thank you Will.

You dont need iso alcohol tho. You can, at least here in Denmark get denatured alcohol much much much cheaper. And after probably 200± prints I have yet to see it not work for rinsing or cleaning. Yes 3d printint is a bit expensive up front, but with the vast community you can easily find models for anything and often free - so price per figure goes down real quick. Especially because GW keeps increasing their prices and 3d printers and resin goes down (keep an eye out for holidays, especially the chinese ones) and you can get deals for something like 5 or 10kg resin for something like 100 british pounds - and thats from Elegoo or Anycubic. Sunlu is a great resin brand and is even cheaper. In regards to the used alcohol: you can use it several times, like probably 50+ times, with that build plate size, before you need to clean it. And that part is easy - leave the container outside so the suns UV sorts out the resin. Pour the alcohol into another container and you can reuse it. If you want to get rid of all of it, pour it into any sort of container and bring that to your local landfil/reuse center/garbage disposal area and ask them - they will have system for it.

Can't find the L shape extruded polystyrene rods anywhere.

I recently got my first ever resin printer. I've very much of the same opinion. Plug and play. But I caved since at the time the Anycubic photon mono 2 was on sale on amazon. I figured if I was going to give this a shot, a good sale was a nice starting point. And I don't regret my purchase. Anycubic has a great exposure time finder that lets you test 8? (I think 8) exposures at once. So I was able to do a single cones of calibration test using it and there I had it. Done. And yee. I'm with ya on Presupported models. I stuck to it a lot. And I printed a lot of things I've enjoyed. The number of models I have right now outweigh the cost I would have spent purchasing them. And that's awesome. More recently I've finally printed a model I had to support. The presupported version failed me and I desperately wanted this model printed. I prayed and used autosupport, using the medium option with the large option's base. And it worked out. Oh and I also recently had to tune the tolerance setting so parts would fit together smoothly. Aside from that I do not change settings and never intend too. I couldn't care if it takes 5 hours to print or not. It prints and that's what matters to me.

I bought The art of .... Tommie soule, it has helped my painting come on leaps and bounds.

These look great, along with a Spacehulk they could be assembled as a decent Fallout vault interior

When you use the pro acryl glaze and wash medium, is that similar to the liquitex glazing medium?

The monument mold line cleaner is better than the citadel 1x10,000 times and it actually has kind of an edge. It's not going to cut you kind of an edge but it has an edge. As far as filling holes.... Sprue goo, for even bigger holes you can get putty. I feel like filling holes has the exact same problem as sanding which is if it's in a really inconvenient place you can damage details or screw up the look somehow.

Bought it on this recomendation and glad I did. Allowed me to paint my knight army quicly !

Brilliant! Thank you!

Cut the big building out yesterday at the local University Maker’s Lab. The staff loved your .AI files.

I really like those stairs. Where did you get the digital file for them?

oh man, why do all guys do reviews and tests with worst possible resin? you should use phrozen 8k or hyper fine resin - better results are day and night

Garage in Florida ;) I used to print in Buffalo so I understand.

I was vaguely considering buying a 3d printer. You've now convinced me not to, too much of a hassle.

Really nice video 👌

Are stronghold walls and platforms just painted like the cladding on columns and walls?

Those images are now the background for my laptop. Finally knowing how much of each ink to use will save me soooooooo much time. The only hang up with this is they don't have a straight magenta, there is a pink and red is available both are magenta adjacent, I'd say go with another brand for pure magenta though.