Custom Miniature & Figurine Printing: 16K Resin

A tabletop wargame miniature stands 28 mm tall and still needs to show cloak folds, eyes, and studs on a breastplate. No FDM printer can deliver that. That's why figurines and miniatures at AEJaCA sTuDiO are printed exclusively with MSLA resin, on hardware that measures detail in micrometers, not millimeters.

Why resin beats FDM for miniatures

FDM printing builds an object by extruding melted filament through a 0.4 mm nozzle, or 0.2 mm in the fine variant. That's a great technology for enclosures, jigs, and large prototypes, but on a 28 mm figurine the nozzle is simply too thick for facial detail, a sword edge, or fur texture.

MSLA resin printing works differently: an entire layer is cured at once by UV light projected through a mono LCD screen. Resolution is measured in pixels, not nozzle diameter, so detail drops down to fractions of a millimeter.

In short: the smaller the object and the more surface detail it carries, the more MSLA resin printing pays off. Wargame miniatures, collectible busts, and board game terrain pieces are the textbook case for resin, not filament.

Our hardware: Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K

We print miniatures on the Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K, a printer with a 10-inch mono LCD screen at 16384 x 9216 pixel resolution. A single pixel measures 14 x 19 µm, thinner than a human hair. The build volume is 218 x 123 x 250 mm, large enough to hold an entire platform of miniatures at once, not just one piece.

• Heated vat (30°C), stabilizes resin viscosity, fewer failed layers
• Tilt Release, reduces shear force during layer separation, fewer broken supports on delicate parts
• Auto-leveling with AI detection, consistent results between orders, less room for human error

For washing and curing we use the Elegoo Mercury Plus V3.0, compatible with the Saturn 4 Ultra's build platform, so freshly printed figurines go straight into IPA (or water, for water-washable resins) washing and UV curing without manual transfer.

What we print: from wargame squads to board game prototypes

At AEJaCA sTuDiO, miniature and figurine printing is a natural extension of the same workshop where we print jewelry patterns, so 14 µm accuracy isn't a marketing footnote here, it's an everyday standard. Below are the orders we see most often.

Wargame and RPG miniatures

28 mm and 32 mm are the standard scales in tabletop wargaming and RPGs. A 14 µm pixel captures cloth folds, armor scales, and facial expression, detail that would simply disappear on an FDM print.

Collectible figurines

Busts, statuettes, character models from games and films. We print these at larger scale with a smooth surface ready for primer and painting.

Board game prototypes

Game designers commission us for the first prototype run of pawns, tokens, and terrain pieces before committing to serial production.

Modeling and hobby scale

Diorama details, replacement parts for scale models, small pieces you can't buy off the shelf.

We offer standard resins (versatile, good value) and high-precision, ABS-like resins that give higher rigidity and sharper edges, recommended for figurines with fine protruding elements such as swords, spears, or feathers.

Finishing: supports, washing, primer

Every resin print goes through the same post-processing, whether it's a single figurine or a whole squad. After removal from the platform, the model is washed in isopropyl alcohol (or water, for water-washable resins), dried with compressed air, and UV cured. Only then do we remove the supports with jeweler's pliers, from the exact points where they touched the model, and lightly smooth the cut marks. Result: a figurine ready for paint, without lengthy sanding.

Batching: the whole platform for one exposure

A key property of MSLA printing: the entire build platform (218 x 123 mm) cures layer by layer at the same time, whether it holds one figurine or twenty. Print time depends on model height, not piece count.

The exact price depends on model height, support density, and chosen resin. Send your .STL file for a quote within 24h, or check an estimate right away in the sTuDiO calculator.

Practical tip: if you plan to order more than one figurine, send all the files at once. We'll arrange them on a single platform and give you one combined quote, instead of several separate orders spread across multiple days.

Copyright: what we print and what we don't

This is a topic we take seriously and prefer to address directly, before you send a file. The 3D miniature printing world runs largely on copyrighted content: wargame systems, game and film universes, and independent digital sculptors publishing on Patreon or MyMiniFactory.

We print exclusively:

• Your own files (your design, your scan, your digital sculpt)
• Models under a commercial license allowing print-on-demand (e.g. merchant-tier Patreon access, licenses explicitly permitting printing and selling the print)
• Our own CAD designs

We do not print models covered by someone else's copyright without proper licensing, including figures from popular wargame systems downloaded online without commercial printing rights. This isn't a formality: copyright infringement puts both us and you, as the client, at risk. If you're unsure about a file's status, ask before placing the order, we're happy to help clarify it.

Exclusive option: a figurine cast in 925 silver

For figurines that carry special meaning (limited collector editions, keepsakes, premium gifts) we offer an option you won't find at a typical 3D print shop: casting in 925 silver via lost-resin. A figurine printed in castable resin becomes the pattern, which we burn out and cast in precious metal in our own jewelry workshop, exactly as we do with rings.

This is a one-off project: pricing depends on figurine size, detail level, and silver mass. If you want a real, metal collector's object instead of another resin print, write to us with a description of your project.

In practice, this is the same pipeline we use for rings: a resin print as the pattern, kiln burnout, vacuum casting in metal, then surface finishing. A silver figurine follows exactly the same production path as our jewelry, so the finish quality is the same, microscope inspection, magnetic tumbling, and chemical polishing included.