There's no forum for 3D printing but since is a a "figure"...

[Edbert]

I am a total noob in 3D printing, but here's a quickie example of the exact same file being sent to a filament printer (left) versus a resin printer (right).

I can see benefits to each. But...and a HUGE but, the "supports" in filament cause problems that resin supports do not.

The warts from the supports are on the backside. And to be honest the filament version ruins it.

 

[urumomo]

can you post a pic of the backs ?
I have no idea what type of print that hill giant is , Tim said it was filament , Chad said it was a resin / UV print .
the print artifacts on that filament one , at left , seem to match more with the hill giant ?
What's the easiest way to tell ?

Thread 'Vote NO on Prop FO'

Dec 24, 2025

I got this thing off Amazon 3 years ago .
shipped in a little zip-loc baggie , thrown into the Amazon envelope , so it arrived with the club snapped in half . Great job !

I came across it early November while organizing stuff and decided I'd repair it and make it a quick , brush painting project to get back to the bench .
Har -- never anything quick around here .
It didn't look too bad clean-up / prep-wise until I put the mag-glasses on and started in .
Covered in that topographic map print artifact .
Either terraced or fields of parallel ridges --- everywhere . Everywhere ...

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[Edbert]

So, yeah...

The filament printer (left) can rival the resin on detail. That surprises me a bit, but this was my 1st ever resin print and I might not be getting the best results since I am so new to it.

But...and it is an overwhelming but at this stage...the supports on the back of the figure pretty much ruined the filament version. They gave the resin version a bad case of chicken-pox, but not insurmountable.

Here's the backside of each.

NOTHING can be done to fix those hands (left) while all the little bumps are visible on the right, the fingers are all there.

I think (advice welcome) I need to experiment with placing the figure on the tray at different angles. Either than or put the figure into a diorama/vignette with his back to a wall.

 

[Edbert]

I did another print of a much smaller item. Most figures come in sizes between 1/8th scale and 1/16th. So having to learn to scale them down to 1/35th.

In the large scale file there was a mic-cord that could not be replicated in small size.