I'd like some Fallout Wasteland Warfare terrain, but I don't own a 3-D printer and am unlikely to every purchase one.
They are getting cheaper and cheaper but yeah still a bit of an investment. I have what is referred to as a "Cadillac" set up. I spent around 800 bucks on everything. I installed an HVAC fan to vent the fumes.
looks great!
It's not the money, though I will admit were I interested space would be a concern, it's more that 3-D printing is its own hobby. I just don't want to mess with it.
3D resin printers are nowhere near as labour intensive as filament printers. Having a filament printer feels like a second job. For resin printers you do a fairly simple initial setup, set your slicing programme of preference to the published settings for whatever resin you're using, and you're pretty much good to go. You can use resins that require alcohol to clean up, but water soluble resins make cleanup a lot easier. Just make sure your printer sits in a high walled pan in order to avoid spillage. I was able to make this with mine, by kit-bashing several different 3D models. The only thing I designed myself was the stand.
Filament is a little more durable than resin, but it cant cant anywhere close tot he detail. I found the water soluble resins to actually not print as well and only marginally easier to clean up. YMMV.
Definitely, on both, to some degree. The 2K+ resin printers do remarkable detail even with water soluble resins, if using the right stuff, and there's better and more durable resin available now. A lot of people will do a mix of the more durable stuff with the more common alcohol clean-up resins, in order to improve durability without breaking the bank. I really wish that I had printed this in grey, rather than white, because the light and slight translucency blows out the detail, which is remarkable. You can still make out the fine detail somewhat.
