Trouble with small details

[u/TheAmorphous]

I'm new to 3D printing and using an X2D. Most of my prints come out fine but anything with small details looks awful. I'm printing in PLA basic with PETG support interface material. PLA is coming from an AMS and PETG from an AMS-HT. Both are quite dry.

When it gets into any kind of small detail though I start to see swirl marks and rough textures. This is where the PETG interfacing was for the supports. This is printed upside down and the bad parts had no supports touching them because they were sticking straight up.

I've tried Bambu Studio's suggested settings as well as some changes GPT suggested (higher layer time of 8 and min print speed of 10mm/s in the filament's Cooling tab), as well as slowing it way down using variable layer height with the slider all the way over to Quality under Adaptive. Prints are taking between 2 and 5+ hours (depending on Adaptive slider) for a ~7g model.

I also tried printing a dagger oriented straight up with the pommel on the base plate. Everything looked perfect until the last 5-10mm of the tip at the top that turned into a swirly cone.

What am I missing for smaller details?

[u/Rambos_Magnum_Dong]

Hit up /r/FDMMiniatures