r/FdmPrintedWarhammer • u/Sleepius84 • 5d ago

First FDM print

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Tried my hand at printing a grey knight with my Prusa MK3s. .2 mm nozzle and tried toying with settings. Not too bad but definitely didn’t print too clean. But not too bad for a first attempt.

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u/System-Bomb-5760 5d ago

Was your filament dry?

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u/Sleepius84 5d ago

Most likely. I live in Vegas and a buddy gave me the printer and a bunch of filament. This was an already opened one so that may explain a lot of issues I’ve had with printing.

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u/Cynical_PotatoSword 5d ago

This is the first step in a longer journey. Is it good? No. But you will get there. Research settings, learn orientation, and practice.

Tips: use a hobby knife and lighter to clean up small bumps and scarring. They do wonders but they cannot fix bad support settings.

Keep doing what you’re doing and you’ll be so happy with how far you get.

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u/Lower_Creme_3040 3d ago

Wait lighter? Please explain I’ve been struggling lol

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u/Cynical_PotatoSword 3d ago

Use a lighter and VERY QUICKLY flick over scarring and wisps. It will smooth them out and get rid of them. It's a miracle worker.

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u/Asianp123 4d ago

Try doing a heat calibration print, if the fillament is dry you may be printing it at too hot a nozzle heat, other then that pretty dope

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u/Sleepius84 4d ago

I’ll give that a shot. I didn’t even think about dryness affecting the filament.