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Im still relatively new to 3D printing, and Ive exclusively printed in resin thus far.
Ive recently bought the official STL files forTrench CrusadesIron Sultanate faction.
Im going to be printing them in 32mm scale, so theyll stand about three centimetres tall.
When printed in resin, this isnt a problem.
But with FDM prints Ive seen, layer lines are often visible.
When your layers are a millimetre or two high, your 32mm miniature may be printed in 16 sections.
Its obvious and unaesthetic.
Sanding, filling, and priming are all ways to counteract layer lines post-printing.
For me, 3D printing was a resin game.
However, when my daughter was born I put my resin printer away.
The one problem was that Id have to relearn everything I thought I knew about 3D printing.
The recommended parameters and pre-installed STL files meant that I could start printing immediately.
I did no tweaking or tinkering, didnt even look into the controls.
I didnt make any changes in Elegoos slicing software.
I dropped the Benchy file onto the printer and pressed go.
Its perfect for assuaging those fears on a big job.
The Benchy printed perfectly.
When tinkering was necessary, it was straightforward and effective.
Printing Problems
My time with the Centauri Carbon wasnt perfect.
This is the nature of 3D printing.
However, every problem I came up against had a simple fix.
Maybe it was following a YouTube tutorial, maybe it was using common sense or Elegoos support.
In one instance, I needed a replacement part, which Elegoos support happily provided.
It works to watch the print in progress, just doesnt save the timelapse.
Going forwards, however, its not a feature Ill miss.
If you have 300 to spend on a 3D printer, look no further.
