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Lamp
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Best Overall
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Best Budget
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Best Mobile
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Most Versatile
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Primary Rating:
4.5
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Primary Rating:
3.8
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Primary Rating:
4.0
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Primary Rating:
3.9
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$220
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$135.95
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£98.61
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$169.00
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- Insanely accurate colour rendering
- Works well for minimizing shadows
- Surprisingly mobile
- Superbly designed quality lamp
- A pricey option
- No ability to tune colour temperature
- Great bright light coverage
- Sturdy and high quality
- On the cheaper side
- Lacks colour accuracy
- Not possible to tune the Kelvin down in the yellow range
- Bulky and a bit ugly
- Sturdy and Highly Rated by users
- Mobile and light design
- Provides good light coverage for many use cases
- USB powered
- Limited amount of LED's will lead to some shadows when painting
- Limited light settings
- Clamp can be a bit fiddly
- Poor CRI for painting
- No battery option
- Accurate colour rendering
- Nice bright light area to work under
- Versatile light for lots of different uses
- Too many unnecessary electronic components
- Flexible, but sometimes not
- Foot is badly designed (so get the clamp
Mid-sized 3D Resin 3D Printers
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Screen Resolution (px):
7680 x 4320
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Screen Resolution (px):
7680 x 4320
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Screen Resolution (px):
7680 x 4320
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Screen Resolution (px):
7680 x 4320
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Screen Resolution (px):
5760 x 3600
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Screen Resolution (px):
5760 x 3600
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Screen Size (Inch):
10
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Screen Size (Inch):
10
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Screen Size (Inch):
10
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Screen Size (Inch):
10
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Screen Size (Inch):
9.25
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Screen Size (Inch):
9.25
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
881
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
881
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
881
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
881
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
734
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
734
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XY resolution (μm):
28.5
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XY resolution (μm):
28.5
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XY resolution (μm):
28
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XY resolution (μm):
28.5
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XY resolution (μm):
34
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XY resolution (μm):
34
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Build Volume (LWH):
219 x 123 x 250
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Build Volume (LWH):
219 x 123 x 250
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Build Volume (LWH):
218 x 123 x 235
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Build Volume (LWH):
219 x 123 x 210
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Build Volume (LWH):
245 x 197 x 122
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Build Volume (LWH):
194 x 122 x 245
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$352.97
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$279.97
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Entry-level Resin 3D Printers
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Screen Resolution (px):
4096 x 2560
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Screen Resolution (px):
4098 x 2560
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Screen Resolution (px):
3840 x 2400
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Screen Resolution (px):
4098 x 2560
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Screen Resolution (px):
3840 x 2160
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Screen Resolution (px):
4096 x 2560
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Screen Resolution (px):
1620 x 2560
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Screen Size (Inch):
6.6
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Screen Size (Inch):
6.6
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Screen Size (Inch):
6.23
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Screen Size (Inch):
6.6
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Screen Size (Inch):
6.1
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Screen Size (Inch):
7.6
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Screen Size (Inch):
4
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
732
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
732
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
727
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
732
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
724
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
635
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PPI (Pixel Per Inch):
498
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XY resolution (μm):
34
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XY resolution (μm):
35
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XY resolution (μm):
35
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XY resolution (μm):
35
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XY resolution (μm):
35
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XY resolution (μm):
40
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XY resolution (μm):
49
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Build Volume (LWH):
143 x 89 x 165
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Build Volume (LWH):
143 x 89 x 175
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Build Volume (LWH):
132 x 80 x 165
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Build Volume (LWH):
143 x 89 x 175
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Build Volume (LWH):
135 x 75 x 130
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Build Volume (LWH):
164 x 102 x 180
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Build Volume (LWH):
129 x 80 x 160
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$223.99
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$223.99
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Best Price Seen ($):
198
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209
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159
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Best Price Seen ($):
285
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Best Price Seen ($):
280
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Best Price Seen ($):
240
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Best Price Seen ($):
134
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Release Year:
2023
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Release Year:
2022
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Release Year:
2021
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Release Year:
2022
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Release Year:
2020
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Release Year:
2022
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Release Year:
2020
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40k Value Added Boxes
Best Resin
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Best Though Resin
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Best Quality Resin
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Best Cheap Resin
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$23.99
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$64.99
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$37.49
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$15.99
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$36.99
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$18.99
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$30.99
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$24.99
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$30.99
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$89.00
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Best Printer for Terrain
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Best Resin Tools
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Best Cheap Resin
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Best Quality Resin
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Best Tough Resin
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Description: If you want to print a ton of miniatures, changes are you do not want to blow $40 pr. liter. The cheap resin market is very crowded, but Sunlu is the best of those I have tested |
Description: If you want good detail, this is one of the best value resins I have found. It prints amazing and is quite durable out of the box. Also, it is not the most expensive option. |
Description: I would never print anything with only this, but I mix in about 10% in almost all of my resins. Why? Because it makes it that the print that much durable without adding a ton to the cost. |
If you want to print a ton of miniatures, changes are you do not want to blow $40 pr. liter.
The cheap resin market is very crowded, but Sunlu is the best of those I have tested
If you want good detail, this is one of the best value resins I have found.
It prints amazing and is quite durable out of the box. Also, it is not the most expensive option.
I would never print anything with only this, but I mix in about 10% in almost all of my resins. Why? Because it makes it that the print that much durable without adding a ton to the cost.
Best 3D Printer for Miniatures
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Best Printer for Beginner's
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Best Printer for Large Models
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Printer with Highest Resolution
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The Mars 4 DLP is a great printer for beginners. It uses a projector instead of an LCD screen, so there is no fear of bricking an expensive screen (and for beginners this is big) For the price you pay the quality is surprisingly good because of the DLP technology. |
While not the greatest of the greatest in terms of print quality (that is how it is with big printers), it is extrmely useful to be able to print big models and fill the build plate with tons of miniatures. That is what you get with the Saturn 3. One of my all time favorite machines. |
f you are just looking to print the best miniatures you possible can, the Mars 4 with an XY resolution of 18 microns is your best bet. Overall just a great package with the best quality you can get. Also, great price, but slightly feature bare (compared to more expensive printers) |
The Mars 4 DLP is a great printer for beginners. It uses a projector instead of an LCD screen, so there is no fear of bricking an expensive screen (and for beginners this is big)
For the price you pay the quality is surprisingly good because of the DLP technology.
While not the greatest of the greatest in terms of print quality (that is how it is with big printers), it is extrmely useful to be able to print big models and fill the build plate with tons of miniatures.
That is what you get with the Saturn 3. One of my all time favorite machines.
f you are just looking to print the best miniatures you possible can, the Mars 4 with an XY resolution of 18 microns is your best bet.
Overall just a great package with the best quality you can get. Also, great price, but slightly feature bare (compared to more expensive printers)