Elephant foot isn't a supports problem, and the fixes people try first usually miss the cause. Bottom exposure, FEP tension, and why the first few layers flare wide before the model even gets going.
resinandrolls.com/guides/fix-elephant-foot-resin-prints
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Hot take: an enclosure doesn't fix a ventilation problem, it just moves the fumes into a smaller box you still have to open. If the room smells like resin after a print, you need an exhaust path outside, not a tighter lid.
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Still tweaking the timelapse feature of the Mini Paint Forge digital painting app.
⚔️ Model: Goblin 🗿 Sculpted by: The Beholder Miniatures 🌐 🖌️ Software: Mini Paint Forge on Steam Wishlist #MiniPaintForge on Steam
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🦋 How are you actually supporting delicate stuff, raised weapons, capes, thin horns? Auto-support density cranked up, manual point placement, or tree supports for everything. I want to know what you're doing differently than the slicer default.
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STL file for Free Heads 2 is now on my free Patreon. Get them while you can, they are also included in all physical orders.

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Honest question: are you team hollow or team solid print? I hollow anything bigger than a standard infantry mini to save resin, but the extra drain holes and cleanup add real time. Where do you draw the line?
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A magnetized weapon arm sounds fiddly until you actually do one. Right magnet size for the joint, hand drill only (resin cracks under a power bit), and a polarity trick so you stop gluing magnets in backwards.
resinandrolls.com/guides/magnetize-3d-printed-miniatures
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Last chance to get STL on my free Patreon. Resin version included in all physical orders until the end of the week, and there's discount code at the end of the September Newsletter - also on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/mepmakes

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Tip: if you hollow a mini, put in two drain holes, not one. A single hole traps a pocket of uncured resin that seeps out through the paint weeks later. Second hole on the opposite side and it actually drains while it washes.
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Honest question: how big is your unpainted pile right now? I print considerably faster than I paint and the grey drawer keeps winning. Has anyone actually landed on a ratio that holds, or are we all just printing the next thing.
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Matriarch Caius Eleanor is an Islander, and closely allied to Kuth. But is He using her or is she using Him? Either way, her arrival is bad news for the Misborn tribes of the North Moor.

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Hot take: 12K resolution is not what is holding your minis back. At 28mm the pixel stopped being the limit a couple of panel generations ago. Supports, orientation and exposure are doing all the work. Buy the cheaper screen, spend it on resin.
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Inspector Bristle is Stonegrave's local policeman, he always get's his man... and the village shop always has a healthy supply of delicious pork pies.

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Chased a print failure for a week with exposure times and it was lift speed the whole time. Slowed the pull off the FEP and the same file came off clean first try. I had been adjusting the setting I understood instead of the one that mattered.
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Terminator Sargent almost battle ready. Crackle basing paint just came in, so going to finish up the other 4 and then do a mass basing to finish everything up.

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Tip: clip supports off while the mini is still damp from the wash, before the final cure. Fully cured resin is brittle and takes little divots with it. Soft resin lets the contact points shear clean, and you sand half as much afterward.
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Everyone points you at MyMiniFactory for STLs. Cults3D has been quietly building a catalog the whole time. Where it wins for one-off file buys, where Tribes still beats it, and the license tab to read first.
resinandrolls.com/articles/cults3d-miniatures-review
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Started writing the open date on the bottom of every resin bottle. Turns out the one I had been fighting all week was six months old and thickening. Not a settings problem, not a supports problem. Just old resin I could not see aging.
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Resin does not bend, it snaps clean, usually at the thinnest part of a weapon you picked the model up by. Gluing, when a joint needs a pin, filling the seam, and blending the repair back into the paint.
resinandrolls.com/guides/fix-broken-resin-miniature
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Where do you actually print? Mine lives in the garage, which is great for fumes and terrible in February. Curious how many of you run one in a spare room or a closet, and what you did about the smell.
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