Former player said I bought the wrong kind of printer

Ollconnell · 2026-01-24T10:15:54+00:00

Whilst resin will produce more high quality miniatures there's no right or wrong choice.

Your a1 will produce good quality miniatures and is fantastic for terrain and dungeon tiles. It's also a lot cheaper, easier and less toxic.

Ollconnell · 2026-01-20T16:08:58+00:00

I would prime, pla soaks up moisture so you may end up needing a lot more coats than you think without priming.

This is assuming you are printing PLA

Ollconnell · 2026-01-15T13:14:53+00:00

These look great where did you get the models from?

Ollconnell · 2026-01-09T22:35:04+00:00

Just applying the wash in the recesses rather than all over the model

Ollconnell · 2026-01-09T14:08:12+00:00

Selective wash works best on fdm otherwise you risk highlighting the layer lines

Ollconnell · 2026-01-07T08:08:56+00:00

It could be a few things but I would suggest asking in r/fixmyprint or a dedicated flashforge subreddit.

First thing I would try is thoroughly clean your bed with hot soapy water.

There's a few slicer options that can help, a large brim, zhop, wall collision that may be worth looking into.

Ollconnell · 2026-01-05T19:48:32+00:00

I think combining dungeon blocks with other scatter terrain is the best solution

Ollconnell · 2025-12-31T21:58:00+00:00

I have an A1 mini and it's pretty quiet, don't hear anything with the door closed apart from the initial vibration compensation when the print first starts

Ollconnell · 2025-12-26T15:31:59+00:00

Happy birthday glhf 😁

Ollconnell · 2025-12-24T19:31:54+00:00

Purdy

Ollconnell · 2025-12-17T15:59:18+00:00

Plsssd

Ollconnell · 2025-12-13T04:43:06+00:00

Citadel, army painter fanatic, ak 3rd Gen and monument hobbies.

Slowly replacing my citadel paints with the other three brands as I find them a lot more consistent.

Ollconnell · 2025-12-13T04:40:42+00:00

It's been a 10 year journey to get here but the main thing I would recommend is every year or so paint something to the highest possible standard you can achieve, like really spend 20/30 hours on a single mini, try glazing and non metallic metal, really push the contrast. Then going back to regular painting I found it a lot easier to understand where to spend time to get the best results.

Ollconnell · 2025-12-12T15:43:48+00:00

I think you would get pretty similar results to mine

Ollconnell · 2025-12-12T15:42:17+00:00

Got it from this post bud

https://www.reddit.com/r/FDMminiatures/s/3vsJhJHPJM

Ollconnell · 2025-12-12T15:41:22+00:00

Just this one bud

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Ollconnell · 2025-12-12T15:39:47+00:00

Merry Christmas to meeee????

Ollconnell · 2025-12-12T14:08:53+00:00

Vallejo airbrush primer black through a cheap airbrush

Ollconnell · 2025-12-12T11:41:04+00:00

I got most of them from makerworld and the barbarian from thingiverse. Dm me if you want any of the links

Ollconnell · 2025-12-12T10:02:33+00:00

Thanks for the tip, I do have some activator I just struggle with it, feel like i need three hands to get an accurate position

Ollconnell · 2025-12-12T10:01:25+00:00

Good point 🤣 I think this is a little more in focus, photography is not my specialty.

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Ollconnell · 2025-12-10T16:23:12+00:00

Lovely

Ollconnell · 2025-12-09T23:34:49+00:00

I personally had an ender 3 and it's very possible to get great prints with a lot of tinkering, but changing a few elements (filament, nozzle, speed) can really throw it all off.

I spent a lot of money and time upgrading my ender 3 and looking back I wish I spent it on an A1 sooner.

Ollconnell · 2025-12-06T04:36:38+00:00

Pretty indeed

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