JOURNAL
Notes from the print bed.
Material choices, why prints fail, how to finish a bare bust, and what's actually inside a custom quote.
PLA, PETG or resin: how I actually pick
Three materials, one question that decides between them: where is this piece going to live? Heat, handling and detail, in that order.
Why prints fail, and which failures are mine
Layer separation, warped bases, missed supports and stringing — what each one means, and where the line sits between a defect I reprint and normal print texture.
Finishing a bare bust without ruining it
Busts ship bare or primed grey because paint is the part you should own. Here's the priming and first-coat routine that avoids the two mistakes everyone makes.
What's actually in a custom quote
Machine hours, material, hand-finishing time and risk. Why a piece twice as tall costs more than twice as much, and how to make a quote come back cheaper.