The Best Resin for 3D Printed Action Figures?

Is this new resin from Siraya Tech the best resin for Resin 3D Printing Action Figures? We are about to find out!

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[sim]

For loose joints, you can put superglue into the joints and by moving them, you don't allow the parts to bond with each other thus making a thin layer of dry glue that will tighten the joint

[ChannelS]

Cool to see you making more content about printing action figures, it's one of the first things that got me interested in the hobby.

[soozafone]

Thanks for including Lucky 13! It is definitely optimized for FDM but it's very cool to see someone trying it out in resin. You've got me wondering what I can do to keep the joints from wearing out so fast.

[DMusketeers]

VERY COOL new resin! I love this idea of making action figures out of resin. The BJD community has been doing this for years, glad to see it running into the mainstream 3DP market! The lack of chalkiness is amazing!

[michipeka]

In "Gunpla" models, for most of the articulations they typically use a combination of a regular hard plastic part (often a ball) inserted into a softer plastic "holder".
That's basically how they deal with tolerance and friction. But of course, it means they need to design more parts with a more complicated assembly and engineering.

[AmmoniteDragon]

What I like about a lot of your videos is that you share your whole exploration process, including how you screwed up! Your videos encourage me to not give up, keep learning, and keep experimenting!

[mockier]

I think going with a very flexible resin will deliver better results than trying a hard resin to try and reduce wear.
Because the flexibility should also help reduce wear, and allow for tighter joints.

[johnmarcgreen]

I tried printing some action figures with my FDM printer and discovered that small pinched-off pieces of Teflon plumbers tape work really well for adding friction and smoothness in the joints if they are too loose. Sometimes I will place 2-3 pieces on top of a ball before pushing it in place and it goes in easier yet keeps it from getting loose; you can always pop it out and add more if it slides out or compresses also.

[evandaniels]

I wonder how the prints would turn out if we treat the mecha as an additive, such as tenacious, to enhance the properties of Obsidian Blu or Onyx Pro 410.

Maybe a 60% Blu, 20% Tenacious, 20% Mecha would be the perfect blend.

[chindie]

My main aim with 3d printing is to make some custom 1/6th scale figures, and the one thing I've struggled to get a good answer on is the type of resin that has the flexibility to 'pop' things like hands onto wrist pegs. It seems to be the holy grail of resin printing.

[IIIRuin]

Really like seeing these videos showing different applications of resin. Would love to see you review more resin types, especially the ones from Resione and that crazy porcelain resin you can fire in a kiln.

[Gunner]

Action figure based resin prints are my pique focus on 3d print rn, thanks for the list of mats!

[DCReviews]

3D printed action figures are so interesting to me. Between this and props, statues, minis I'm very likely to take the plunge!

[evanlindsey]

This video answered most of my questions about this resin, and raised some concerns. However, I am curious how Mecha would work when mixed with Siraya's Blu resin.

Still, there's hope for the possibility of 3d printed articulated action figures.

[Thanos]

I've switched to printing with Elegoo ABS Like resin exclusively. It has some flex to it and it's possible that it may be what you're looking for. I haven't tried printing action figures with it, so it's just a suggestion for your tests.

[hed]

You can brush or rub on some silicon on the joints and it stops the chalkiness as well as helps hold the pose in place . You can also use regular resin, no need for the fancy stuff.

[DJapan]

Mixing in Tenacious is great for action figure parts. One of my regular clients always has me printing action figure heads and other parts for him.

[johnrazvaliaeff]

Hopefully they keep working on that resin to make it more suitable for action figures.

[Voidmonster]

My impression is that the Mecha resin is really best for things like gears and joints that don't have to flex (so, like, held together with a screw, but the two parts ride over each other). I kind of expect Blu Mecha, which should be pretty ideal... But you could always mix up some yourself and see! I should get a bottle and experiment, I just haven't found a project I want to make with it.

[Kyle_Butterfield]

Man we are getting closer and closer to something with perfect application! Thanks for the video!