3D Printing: Resin vs PLA comparison

[scapedood]

Originally Posted by White Knight

Can one of you speak on the strength/durability of the FDM prints versus the resin prints?

I can usually drop an FDM figure printed with PLA+ filament off a table onto a tile floor without it breaking. And they hold up well to normal use in a game.

How do the resin prints compare?

I haven't broken a resin model yet, but they definitely are much more brittle than PLA. They are a lot less flexible, and feel like they could break with very little force. However, they are very stiff, so you will never get those saggy spears.

[TREX]

Originally Posted by scapedood

I haven't broken a resin model yet, but they definitely are much more brittle than PLA. They are a lot less flexible, and feel like they could break with very little force. However, they are very stiff, so you will never get those saggy spears.

I have broke both fdm and resin prints. Dropping them from a height of 4 ft or more up onto a hard surface will break any little bits like spears off of either type of model.