Manufacturing Process

      We start our 3D printing process first by choosing the best resins to create high quality miniatures. We chose a plant-based resin to be more environmentally conscious and we mix in a little bit of a flexible resin to make the models more resilient in falls and small parts like swords, spears, or arrows would just bend and not break off.

      Our 3D printer we chose for our workhorse is the Elegoo Saturn 12k. This 3D printer is capable of producing incredibly detailed and high-resolution prints with exceptional precision. It’s large build volume allows us to print larger models and offer the Big Bad Evil Guys at the end of your campaigns.

      Before every print we drain the vat and strain the resin to reuse it for the next print. The build plate gets cleaned with isopropyl alcohol that has been through a recycling process of its own to remove resin from the solvent. Then the resin gets lightly shaken and heated up to increase reactivity and lower the amount of energy needed to cure.

      During the print, we occasionally check on it to ensure it hasn’t failed. When the print finishes, we flip the build plate and allow the print to drain into the vat. Then we carefully remove the prints from the build plate and rigorously clean them before removing the supports and after removing the supports. We then cure the prints in a curing chamber and after the model is cured it goes into a different cleaning process where we remove any “tags” from supports. We meticulously prep the models for you so that when you receive the model, it is ready for primer and paint.

      The isopropyl alcohol goes through a filtering process after every print wash. The alcohol runs through two micron filters filtering 1 micron in the first one and 0.5 micron in the second filter. This cleans the alcohol making it usable for much longer.

      The models then go into our curing chamber which cures the resin making it safe for handling. After the models are cured, they then go through a rigorous cleaning process making them free from support remnants and flaying ends from knife cuts so that when you, the customer, receives your model it is ready for you to prime and paint!