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Calibration and first prints, in the right order.
Most beginner resin printing problems are calibration problems wearing other costumes. The four articles below are the path from printer powered on to clean miniature ready for paint, in the order that lets each step actually inform the next. Read them in sequence the first time and the loose ends close as you go.
New to resin printing entirely? Start with the Resin 3D Printing for Miniatures for the wider picture, then come back here for the practical sequence.
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Get the build plate truly level
Unboxing and Levelling a New Resin Printer
Every other calibration step assumes a level plate. Get this wrong and the rest of the work below either misleads you or wastes resin.
What to check the moment your new resin printer arrives, which included supplies are worth keeping, and how to level the build plate with the paper method.
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Run the calibration prints that actually matter
How to Use Resin Printer Calibration Tools
The Cones of Calibration plus a single exposure test cover almost all of what most miniature printers actually need. Skip the rest of the genre.
Every printer and resin combination needs its own calibration. Here is what to calibrate, why borrowed settings fail, and why the Cones of Calibration is the right starting point.
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Pick a first print that proves the calibration
What to Print on a New Resin Printer
The first proper print after calibration is a confidence test for the settings, not a showcase piece. The right model has features that fail loudly when something is still wrong.
Calibration print done, machine working. Now what? A tour of the indie creator scene, the model categories, and the side projects that make resin printing genuinely worthwhile.
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Lock the workflow with CRISP
The CRISP Method for Resin Printing
Once a clean print lands, the next job is making it repeatable. CRISP is the framework the rest of the course is built on: Consistent, Razor-sharp, Improving, Safe, Painless.
The five-letter framework that underpins a reliable resin printing workflow, explained in order: Consistent, Razor sharp, Improving, Safe, Painless.
Want this whole sequence on video?
The free beginner course covers calibration end to end as the second half of Section 2, with the same four articles linked as written companions to each lesson. The course is ungated; sign up only if you want the new lessons in your inbox.