I really want to get back into 40k Painting. I have been considering a 3D printer. Should I get a 3D Printer? Does anyone with one like theirs?

Smaug's Smokey Hole 2 said:
What happens if cat hair gets into the 3D printer?
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Nothing.
Just Some Other Guy said:
As for resins, the "8k resin" is total bullshit. Retards compare high pigment, higher contrast pricey resin against light grey resin and go "oh it's so much more detailed!".

Slap primer on both and suddenly the light grey model looks just as detailed.

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Resin printing is stinky and you need to dedicate an entire room to it.

Filament printing is less stinky and can’t be fucked with by sunlight but way more of a pain in the ass.

The chinks will try to get you to buy a whole new printer instead of actully troubleshooting anything while mouthbreathing retards and psuedointellectuals will just say the equivalent to “did you turn it on/off again”? When you have any problems or questions.

I fucking hated the ender 5 pro. They kept talking as if the ender3/5 were completely interchangable when that is not true beyond a few of the same parts being used.
 
A friend of mine who really likes DnD swears by his 3D printer, uses it for creating most of his props and scenery.
 
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They are having a political argument over in the 40k thread now and it is scrolling so fast I doubt anyone will see my picture, so I figured I would update this with my contrast-and-metallic-only painted Deathshroud Bodyguard.

Contrast paints RULE hard. The photo is pre-edge highlighting. The primer layer was black matte with apple barrel white splotched on messily (but purposefully)

This was done so fast you guys
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Anyway. I purchased some 3D printed resin minis off Etsy to experiment with the more higher-rated printer/sellers. I will come back with results to share soon. The models I got were allegedly highly detailed and extremely cheap. Let's see how they turn out...the printers have already shipped them. A chaos Terminator proxy and a quote "walking tank" proxy for some kind of Dreadnought or w/e, 90mm tall, 60mm base. I am excited
 
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They are having a political argument over in the 40k thread now and it is scrolling so fast I doubt anyone will see my picture, so I figured I would update this with my contrast-and-metallic-only painted Deathshroud Bodyguard.

Contrast paints RULE hard. The photo is pre-edge highlighting. The primer layer was black matte with apple barrel white splotched on messily (but purposefully)

This was done so fast you guys
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Anyway. I purchased some 3D printed resin minis off Etsy to experiment with the more higher-rated printer/sellers. I will come back with results to share soon. The models I got were allegedly highly detailed and extremely cheap. Let's see how they turn out...the printers have already shipped them. A chaos Terminator proxy and a quote "walking tank" proxy for some kind of Dreadnought or w/e, 90mm tall, 60mm base. I am excited
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I went to reply and couldn't find your post. I like the scythes, they look very good.
 
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Yeah I took it down, didn't want to derail the conversation. Thanks! They look so much better in person. My phone isn't the best. I will see if I can get a better shot in the sunlight, and edit this post in a minute.

EDIT: yeah here, much better pics. This is nothing but primer, white apple barrel paint, and contrasts. And tesseract glow+metallics of course. Very fast speed painting recipe that looks pretty decent

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Going to edge highlight with light green, silvers, and white for the bones next and see where that takes me. A few pieces still need to picked out, like the wood on the bells holder, the feet touched up, and PIPES everywhere done properly.

Oh, and Chaos/Nurgle style bases. I ordered these:
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I also have a bottle of Nurgle's Rot and a few hatchlings* (including the sassy nurgling with the helmet and his flipper on his hip) coming in the mail soon too, to add a nice finishing touch

*(idk why I called nurglings "hatchlings" before this edit lmao)
 
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Yeah after finding so much success with these contrasts I am really curious how the other company speed paints hold up. It almost feels like cheating, though the technique definitely seems like it wants to lean heavily into the grimdark style. I'm sure a clean, vibrant paintjob can be achieved through contrasts, but these Nurgle dudes painted so easily into the dark and dingy with the blotchy gray primer coat that I'm probably just going to paint all my deathguard like this.

Very curious to try the black Contrast (cant remember the name) over a matte black primed+drybrushed metallic mini and see what results that gives, for Black Legion stuff. I am painting the Abbadon I am working on right now more in the traditional style, also converting him to a helmet with a really nice longtusk terminator head bit.
 
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