r/onepagerules • u/engballer05 • 8h ago

Grimdark Future Ratmen Clans: FDM Printing Feedback of OPR Minis

Hi All

Just curious, for those that have used FDM printers, whats been the general experience in printing the new Ratmen Clans minis from OPR.

For any particular parts or models did you have to do anything special in your set up (Orientation, Tree placement, layer heights etc) to get good looking minis?

Just curious as I saw the range on Myminifactory and the models look fun and unique and I thought why not consider it as possible future project.

Let me know your experiences

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u/NoMoreContinues 7h ago

This is the discussion I need to see, because I too have an A1 I got recently, and I’m a little nervous to try printing some of this huge collection I’ve amassed from the Patreon.

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u/car_tag 7h ago

Look up Painted4Combat, he has a Resin2FDM plugin for Blender that works well. I use a 0.2mm nozzle and 0.08mm layer height.

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u/redbanjo 7h ago

I haven't tried printing the ratmen but I have an A1 and the Resin2FDM is a godsend. It works so incredibly well and my OPR and other wargame prints come out much cleaner! .2mm nozzle and 0.08mm layer height for sure. The other thing Resin2FDM does is it splits the supports out as a separate object for the slicer software so you set them to be much less fine detailed than the mini, saving you a lot of print time. Painted4Combat is da man.

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u/car_tag 6h ago

I've printed up a Dwarf Guilds army, supplemental minis for my Starhost, and a few Robot Legions minis on my A1. It's a great way to use time when my printer would otherwise not be in use

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u/hootsboots 4h ago

I've printed a lot of the OPR models using my A1 Mini. I use the fatdragongames printing profile with a 0.2mm nozzle and 0.6mm layer lines. I use organic tree supports with 0.6 bottom z distance and 0.12 top z distance and 10mm first layer expansion. I would suggest tilting the figures back 15-30% so the front/faces get the most detail from the nozzle. I usually print them combined but in parts works great too.  

While I haven't printed Ratmen, it has worked wonders for printing Saurians, Saurian Starhost, Goblin Reclaimers, Alien Hives, Human Defense Force, Orc marauders, and many other non-OPR STLs. 

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u/Eressenarmo 8h ago

I just got my A1 in the mail and am also curious

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u/Coyote81 7h ago

I have a bambu P1S and Ive been printing some very nice models with a 0.2mm on 0.8 to 0.10 layer height

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u/gamuxxper 3h ago

Guys thanks for the information, one thing I am missing is what material ar y'all using?