Resin 3d Printing Experiments

This form of making new parts has become much more popular as of late, and I definitely understand why. There is something super satisfying about seeing something being created over time.

My want is to experiment with a mixture of 3d design and 3d printing to try things that aren’t used often or at all in the 3d printing commnunity. Also another want is to create quality compatible or simply re create simple modified lego parts that I can use myself.

I use a resin 3d printer mainly, and love printing with effect powders. These are really fun to use, and give a great cat eye effect to the resin. This is especially lovely in masks with large flat forward faces, or in gems in the orientation you will be seeing them in.

Here are a few examples of that sort of effect I have used before.

You can also use regular casting resin pigments for resin 3d printing, although any powdered pigments will almost always settle to the bottom of your resin vat. It is personally advised that you use the tank clean feature to clean out these instead of wiping off the film and scratching it with the pigments.

Printing with lots of flakes. Probably a little too much.

As you can see, lots of pigments are cleaned up at once with this, and your fep film is saved from lots of scratches. although there is a large loss of pigment, you can stir the resin to recover most of the pigment before tank cleaning. Just be careful to not touch the fep film while doing the stirring.