Elegoo ABS Like Resin Review

When I first started 3D Printing miniatures, I wasn’t overly impressed with their durability. Sure, they looked fantastic, but if you dropped them it was game over. Even the slightest bit of pressure would sometimes spell doom for a weapon, so I decided to try something new.

There are plenty of resins out there and I’ll be sure to try them out, but the first one I went with is Elegoo ABS Like Resin. I wasn’t expecting much of a difference, but boy was I wrong.

During the buying process I saw mixed reviews. They were mostly positive, but there were a lot of reports about the stuff causing more failed prints than usual, and some people couldn’t get it to work at all. This set alarm bells ringing, but with very little tweaking to my settings I managed to get it working just fine.

The resin is easy to work with, at least in my experience. I’ve used it on my original Elegoo Mars Pro, Elegoo Saturn, and my Elegoo Mars 3. All of these machines handled the resin fine, which you’d expect.

As my first prints came off the printer, the first thing that struck me was the smell. It’s not the worst thing in the world, the clean up process still smells worse, but it was certainly a stronger smell than my usual Elegoo Grey I’d been using.

Smell aside, everything else was great.

The models didn’t lose any details, at least from what I could see, and the durability had definitely increased. I’ve been using the resin for about two months now and the difference between it and the standard Elegoo resin I’d been using before is huge.

Weapons can now flex without snapping, and if I do drop anything, it doesn’t just shatter like before. Some of the more fragile models from Highlands Miniatures are now easy to clean up, whereas before, their weapons would often snap off during the clean up process.

Even though there’s a lot more durability, the 3D prints are still not quite as strong as your standard stuff you’d pick up from somewhere like Gamesworkshop. I’ll try mixing it in the future, and experiment with other resins.

If you want to see some examples, then check out my video.

Also, if you’re interested in trying it yourself, you can find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3q8id0n