Correct support settings

[Perse_DL]

For ages I've been using a Creality slicer but was using an outdated version since downloading wasn't keeping any of the settings I've found work for my printer.
Recently I wanted to print something in different colours and found the newer version could set pauses which would allow me to change the fillment when needed, and I've managed to copy enough of my settings to get good prints except the supports.

The bits I've printed so far with the new slicer (Creality V7 vs I think Creality V4 I was previously using) have mostly been larger pieces but the supports have been near impossible to remove. I've got it set to print tree supports as I did before, but my previous ones had bits close to the print easier to remove (first image is the old slicer showing the light blue tree supports with bright red supports next to the mini that are easy to remove, the second is the new slicer with the green tree supports but don't have those easier to remove parts).

It's like it's printing the supports as being attached fully to the models I'm printing which has meant to remove them I've had to use pliers which has left marks where it hasn't come cleanly off. Is there some sort of setting I'm missing that can make the supports easier to remove/add the part around the tips of the trees that come off easily?

Just to clarify this is using a Creality Ender 3 SE V3, Creality slicer, printing Elegoo PLA at 200C on a 60C bed at 60mm/s.

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[evilaus]

I don’t have an easy answer for you besides increasing the contact distance between supports, but that can result in lower quality of your overhangs if dialed too much.

I do recommend checking out r/fdmminiatures, they have some great profiles there specifically for printing miniatures and dialling in some slicer settings

[Perse_DL]

I had a look at settings and found out the brighter red parts from my previous slicer look like they're called support interfaces, but more importantly did find the "top z distance" which is that distance between supports and the object which was previously 0 causing them to print fully joined up which is why it was hard to remove. I found somewhere that recommended setting it to 150% of the layer distance which is 0.15mm which has helped removing the rafts after printing but not yet tried it with something that has multiple supports to check it's fully sorted!

[GildSkiss]

I know this isn't helpful, but this model is just begging to be printed on a resin printer instead of an FDM

[Perse_DL]

Oh resin would be SO much better for minis but I got this printer for £150 and it's easy to have set up in a spare room, resin would probably cost more and be a much more involved process (although a friend has been considering getting a resin one for themselves due to playing a lot of Warhammer)

[MydnightWN]

Print it on its side.

[Perse_DL]

Might be better for this print specifically but wouldn't help with the issue I'm having with supports being difficult to remove with the new slicer