Reddit reviews ANYCUBIC Photon UV LCD 3D Printer Assembled Innovation with 2.8'' Smart Touch Color Screen Off-line Print 4.53"(L) x 2.56"(W) x 6.1"(H) Printing Size

You can find it here on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/ANYCUBIC-Assembled-Innovation-Off-line-Printing/dp/B07D6H83VS

It currently runs at $450. This is far cheaper than most printers out there, though the ENder 3 costs $200. It was cheaper than my Printrbot when I bought it four years ago and printed the majority of my minis with until these past few years. I used resin for a lot of my small ones throughout 2018 and this year. You can pull them off on a regular FDM printer though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDW7g3JOqLA&t=255s

Also resin is much more expensive than PLA. A bottle is $100 usually, and you can get maybe 50 minis out of it. A spool of PLA costs about $25 and you can get 300 minis out of it. So If you do go resin keep it to small showpiece pieces.

This one?

I've heard great things about the Anycubic Photon resin printer

> anycubic photon

So it turns out this one is on sale on amazon for 300 with an additional $30 off coupon. I just picked it up.

https://www.amazon.com/ANYCUBIC-Assembled-Innovation-Off-line-Printing/dp/B07D6H83VS#

If you want to, there are plenty of ways to spruce up prints.

Having a well-tuned machine is the first step towards having presentable prints, though if you are ok with sanding, priming, and coating them you can get away with a less accurate machine. You can also try XTC-3D as an outercoat, it's specifically formulated for filling in layer lines, though it requires a fair bit of skill to apply well in my opinion.

With an accurate printer you can pick up matte filaments to hide the lines. Better yet though, print models with a smaller nozzle at a lower layer height. For instance, here's a keycap I printed with a .25mm nozzle at 50 micron layer height and no post-processing in a harsh light.

If that's still not good enough, you can always get a resin printer. They used to be crazy expensive but with the advent of DLP printers you can trade a tiny bit of accuracy for a much cheaper machine. here's a print off an Anycubic Photon, which costs $300 on Amazon right now, which is fucking bonkers

I used an Anycubic Photon to print these, here's a link. They're a good price right now, I got mine for around $600 a while back. I've heard the Anycubic Photon S is not as good as the og Anycubic Photon.

https://www.amazon.com/ANYCUBIC-Assembled-Innovation-Off-line-Printing/dp/B07D6H83VS

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I also have a Flashforge Creator Pro that I use for larger scenery prints and dice towers.

Photon for $340 https://www.amazon.com/ANYCUBIC-Assembled-Innovation-Off-line-Printing/dp/B07D6H83VS

Photon S for $390 https://www.amazon.com/ANYCUBIC-Printer-Sensitive-Quietly-Off-line/dp/B07RY6NSL8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=anycubic+photon+s&qid=1564090869&s=industrial&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1

Elegoo Mars for $250 https://www.amazon.com/ELEGOO-Photocuring-Printer-Off-line-Printing/dp/B07K33DCNW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pb_opt?ie=UTF8

I will concede that the Mars is currently unavailable because they keep selling like hotcakes. LITERALLY when I sent my last message, there were 2 available for $250, and now they're sold out again. But they sell on Amazon "Sold By: Elegoo, Fulfilled by: Amazon" for $250.

Wow, the detail is great! How tall is it?

Was it printed from this Photon, or another model?