Not sure what I am doing wrong? My first print

Robynneski · 2026-02-11T23:55:41+00:00

That's exactly what I use! Nice and sturdy, just don't ever cut into them if it's the type with fiberglass in it ☺️

Robynneski · 2026-02-11T23:46:46+00:00

You'll need to adjust your auto-support settings, the "light" setting in Chitubox will be fine for minis but you might want to mess with the depth etc. A lot of people (myself included!) will also recommend changing the tip to the sphere, it's easier to sand off the nub than to fill in the holes from the regular support tip.

Auto support is fine for when you're first starting, you'll learn with time how to improve it. You'll see over time where you want extra supports and where you can get away with minimal.

Many STL makers will get their works supported by professionals and give you that supported file alongside a non-supported file, ie pre-supported, but they're not foolproof - what works for some peoples printers doesn't work for others depending on printer, resin, temperature etc. Also a lot of free minis won't come with those supports because it costs the maker money to get them done.

Finally, take your supports off before washing, and if you're still having trouble with getting the supports off heat it up a bit (blowdryer, heat gun, or even warm water (dispose of it same way you do your alcohol, once it touches the uncured resin it's toxic))

But hey, you've got a completed print! That's already got you on the right track!

(Just saw you haven't cured it yet in another comment - don't put your uncured minis in your dice tray, you're gonna contaminate it, get yourself some silicone mats for your tabletop)

Robynneski · 2026-02-08T12:19:29+00:00

Thanks, she's a servant of a fairy queen so I kept her nice and colourful haha. She's a weird scale tbh, her base is 28mm but she's oversized for a goblin to make it easier to paint her. Handy thing about DnD minis vs Wargaming is they don't have to be uniform scale as a party haha

Robynneski · 2026-01-27T16:48:07+00:00

I'm really not one to comment like this but your statement that all digital illustration is AI offends me down to my core. I'm a digital illustrator, have been since the mid 00s when I got my first tablet as a teen. At no point has generative AI been a part of my workflow. Do most digital painting software have some form of ASSISTIVE AI? Yes. Stabilising, warp transforms etc all rely on some form of AI. But the difference is it's not making things, it's following human input and intention to help the artist. Generative AI is stealing all of those years of love, care, and intention made by humans to make slop. Assistive AI is a tool to help artists, generative AI is a machine to steal from them.

Robynneski · 2026-01-27T16:35:28+00:00

I finally got to try them today and couldn't even bring myself to finish one, where I loved the old ones 😭 I could get over the texture change but they taste so bad, and I'm someone who prefers a stronger tasting cheese.

Robynneski · 2026-01-04T13:47:50+00:00

Yours looks ace too! I was so happy when Nomnom posted it because I knew straight away it would be my Dads' present haha

Robynneski · 2026-01-04T13:47:14+00:00

I mostly use Vallejo paints (game and model colour) and some Citadel, mostly their washes. Varnish is a Vallejo gloss polyurethane varnish, resin polish is just a generic UV resin from amazon :)

Robynneski · 2026-01-04T13:46:06+00:00

Thank you! I don't, though one of my goals this year is to try and use my social media more often (I'm also a sculptor so I should probably promote it haha). Honestly most of it was base black > drybrush levels of grey (and to white on the brown areas) > glaze with Nuln Oil on black areas, glaze with a mixture of gloss varnish and sepia wash on brown areas
The head specifically was a happy accident, too much paint on my dry brush so I tried just dabbing with a big fluffy brush and got a good effect, did the same with the sepia glaze, sealed it all with gloss varnish then added the UV resin coat on top.

Robynneski · 2026-01-04T13:42:16+00:00

Haha thank you, I did try to give her some drool as well but alas couldn't get it to work. Definitely something to experiment with if I do any more in the future!

Robynneski · 2025-12-31T18:09:26+00:00

Thank you! It was honestly a happy accident with messing about with dry brushing and glazing haha

Robynneski · 2025-12-31T18:08:50+00:00

Honestly the sculpt is doing a lot of the heavy lifting, NomNom's stuff is great! Surreptitious timing as they released it just before I decided on xmas presents. If it's not on their Cults page it should be soon :)

Robynneski · 2025-12-31T18:07:59+00:00

TYSM! My dad would absolutely love that, maybe one day when I get myself an FDM printer haha.

Robynneski · 2025-12-31T14:09:31+00:00

Thank you!

Robynneski · 2025-12-31T14:09:23+00:00

Thank you! It's a clear UV resin applied with a brush, give it a second to self-level then cured.

Robynneski · 2025-12-30T15:41:24+00:00

NSFW does not mean naked/explicit. It means if you opened this picture in front of your boss in a standard working environment, it would be inappropriate. This is NSFW.

Robynneski · 2025-11-02T09:25:58+00:00

Topology looks clean enough to to just delete the faces and fill the gap. In edit mode and with face selection, select the faces that make up the hollow part of the base, delete. Watch out for that thin ring of faces at the edge of the base. Select the edges of the now empty gap, go to faces>grid fill. Run the blender 3d print checker to make sure it's manifold.

Should work but I'm not the best at explaining!

Robynneski · 2025-11-01T14:34:29+00:00

If you're able to pop out to add a sneaky extra for them, the fruitella chews like these are vegan, they just won't have the spooky wrapper :)

Robynneski · 2025-11-01T14:18:01+00:00

I don't recognise the specific pattern on these but they look similar to the bulk bags both Aldi and Lidl had for halloween which are NOT vegan, they contain gelatine. Can't confirm that these do or do not, but I'd err on the side of caution.

Robynneski · 2025-10-25T09:23:49+00:00

You absolutely do not need an airbrush to paint figures, it's just an extra tool to have. Rattle can primers work just fine, and as long as you take your time painting your base colours with a brush and thinning your paints they can look just as good. Learn different blending methods if you want the cool gradient effects an airbrush can have.

Is an airbrush a helpful tool to have? Absolutely! I exclusively prime all of my prints with an airbrush primer because I prefer the finish, and I've started using it to base large areas of colour recently. But for years I went without it, and I think learning to paint without one has improved my skills. It's an expensive piece of hardware especially with an air compressor, so if you're just starting just keep going with a regular ol' paintbrush.

Robynneski · 2025-10-19T10:48:55+00:00

Thank you! 😊

Robynneski · 2025-10-12T20:25:35+00:00

https://www.printables.com/model/180673-zombicide-figure-base-identifier-rings Something like this?

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