3D Printing Miniatures in Resin

Resin printing offers more detail, finer surface finishes, and efficient scaling for rapidly printing large numbers of small parts or miniatures. Resin prints have more heft and take paints and finishes beautifully, making them ideal for artistic figurines or characters and props for TTRPGs like Warhammer 40K, D&D, Pathfinder or Mordheim!

A small cast resin goblin carrying a dead-looking fish and a fishing polt. The goblin is painted a bright green and sitting on a temporary black plasticine handle.
Greenish goblin on a stand
An arrangement of a dozen or so intricate miniature models of Warhammer characters (the Tau Army) printed using a resin printer
The Tau Army, ready to go

In this intermediate course you will learn the advantages, quirks, and challenges or resin printing and the operation of resin 3D printing equipment at Mill Forge Makerspace. We’ll cover basic safety and operation of the printers, selecting and preparing a 3D model for resin, use of software for model slicing and printer management, and detecting and preventing common problems with resin prints.

A plastic miniature figurine of a goblin with a complicated backpack and scaffold with an axe, a dagger, a wand with a mouth and wings, and several other gewegaws standing on a crusty-looking mushroom on a rocky base.
Tons of detail and tiny features on this goblin model.

Basic familiarity with FDM (filament) 3D printing or completion of the Intro to 3D Printing course at Mill Forge is recommended prior to this class.

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