Part of the “Makers’ Guild Chronicles” series

Let’s be honest—every 3D printer has been baptized in failure. Mine sure was. When I started working with resin printing, I imagined sleek, smooth miniatures rolling out like a divine assembly line. Instead, I got shattered nightmares and half-baked horrors.

And I loved every second of it.

⚠️ The Layer That Never Bonded

My first few prints looked promising… until they didn’t. Each miniature began to crack apart mid-print like it had seen some unspeakable truth from beyond the slicer. I’d come back after a few hours expecting victory—only to find detached arms, warped details, or models that simply collapsed from the inside out.

The problem?

💀 Layer separation.

The resin wasn’t curing properly between layers, which meant every model was a ticking time bomb.

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🔬 Diagnosis: Exposure & Calibration Woes

I went deep into test print hell. I calibrated exposure times. I tried various resin brands, shook bottles like mad, tweaked layer heights and lift speeds.

Eventually, I ran a resin calibration print (those lovely towers of sacrifice), and there it was:

• My bottom layers were fine.
• But mid and upper layers? Ghosts.

Turns out my exposure times were way too low, and the resin simply wasn’t bonding layer to layer. Once I dialed it in, things clicked. Prints came out solid. Clean. Survivable.

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📣 Your Turn: Tell Me Your Worst Fail

Now it’s your moment—what was your first printing failure?

• Did your supports betray you?
• Did your miniature melt like a candle?
• Did your slicer eat your soul?

👁 Drop your war story in the comments and let’s build the Printfail Hall of Shame.

(And yes, I’ll feature the best one in a future post. Bonus points if it involves sticky gloves and late-night screaming.)

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🔍 Poll:

Vote below & see what the Adeptus Printicus community is struggling with most!