Project Hail Mary full resin printed process #3dprinting #smallbusiness #3dprint #resinprinting #po

2026-05-12

Project Hail Mary full resin printed process #3dprinting #smallbusiness #3dprint #resinprinting #po

Channel: Glitches 3D Prints (1280 subscribers)

Note: this batch was unusually weak — nearly every candidate was a hashtag-spammed Short with no real instructional content. This pick is the least bad of the bunch rather than a standout.

This short from Glitches 3D Prints documents the full resin-printing process for a figure tied to Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary — presumably the Rocky character or the Hail Mary ship itself, both of which have become popular subjects for hobbyist resin prints since the book's release.

Resin printing has a steeper workflow than FDM: orienting the model to minimize support scars on visible surfaces, generating the support tree, slicing for the appropriate exposure curve, washing the green print in IPA, and finally UV-curing before sanding and painting. Even in a short-format clip, watching a small-business operator walk through their actual production sequence is more useful than a generic "look what I made" reel — it hints at the choices a maker makes when prints have to be repeatable and customer-ready.

If you've only done FDM and are considering a resin printer (Elegoo Saturn, Anycubic Photon, etc.), clips like this are a useful low-commitment way to see what the post-processing actually looks like before you commit to the mess and the safety gear.

Why watch: A quick window into a small-business resin printing workflow on a recognizable sci-fi subject — useful if you're FDM-curious about resin.

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