# Diving into MSLA 3D printing

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**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/diving-into-msla-3d-printing/322558 "2020-06-16T21:36:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/diving-into-msla-3d-printing/322558/1 "2020-06-16T21:36:59Z")

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So I bought an Elegoo Mars Pro resin printer and just finished my first prints.

This is my first attempt at making my own 25mm miniature figure, a Starship Troopers command figure that I modeled myself many years ago. I don’t have any fine detail sanding tools at the moment, so there are lots of support nubs poking out here and there. Moreover, I think that had I used normal resin (I used water-washable resin for this) and an ultrasonic cleaner, more fine details would be visible/clearer. But all in all, I’d say it came out pretty well, especially for a first attempt by a complete resin-printing newbie.

 ![IMG_0959](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/6/0/c60e4b7c508f70ed02d12199fe1bed9e519af3a8.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![gregoryfromearth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregoryfromearth/32/46140_2.png) [@gregoryfromearth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gregoryfromearth)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/diving-into-msla-3d-printing/322558/2 "2020-06-17T01:14:08Z")

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What a fantastic model! Much better than anything I’ve done. I have an Elegoo Mars at school, and I like it. I prefer the eSun resin to the Elegoo stuff. I’ve not used water washable resins. (Mine is set up in a fume hood, so IPA is easy to clean with.)

Awesome print!

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**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/diving-into-msla-3d-printing/322558/3 "2020-06-17T01:37:05Z")

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The original purpose behind this model, and many dozens of others that go with it, was to render using a toon shader and use the resulting renders as graphics for wargame counters, like this:

![ssthendrix](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/c/5/1c5491cbdae7a8a14926462b360d9e8456c56681.jpeg)

It was never modeled to be suitable for 3D printing, so I had to add some support structure to the model here and there before printing it on my Elegoo Mars Pro.

I did, however, render a scene showing what it might look like if it was a HeroClix figure (this render is circa 2003):

 ![sstclix](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/d/8/dd880828cb6f0488bc3195b4b7d06f3b64934cb1.jpeg)