>>10890451I have both a resin and FDM printer. Resin gets you extremely high detail but it's extremely annoying to handle, resin is toxic so you need to handle it with protective gear, prints require an alcohol wash, water washable resins exist but are too brittle for articulated figures, there's special resin formulas that are better for making action figures but they're more expensive, they also need to be cured in UV light after printing, if you make them hollow then you need to make sure to cure the insides otherwise the figure will start to crack and melt from the inside out, not to mention 3D printing is sensitive to temperature and most resin printers still don't have basic QOL features like heaters or at the very least air filters cause you know resin fumes are fucking toxic. Resin print failures are also the worst, you need to clear the build plate and clean out the vat, and the screens have limited life spans. Finally you need to properly dispose resin because it's an environmental hazard, you need to cure it inside a container by leaving it out in the sunlight then drain the liquid dispose both the cured resin and contaminated liquid properly.
FDM is much easier to deal with, the filaments are mostly non toxic, there's a wide variety of colors and materials, you just need to keep them dry. Disposal is much easier and there's even ways to recycle used filament and recycled plastic into PETG. If a print fails just pop it off and start over, or in some cases you can resume and repair failed prints. The only downside is the distinct layered look that prints made with FDM have like pic related. If you're willing to do some sanding and use filler you can reduce the visibility of the layer lines. FDM printers also get updated more regularly with new features whereas resin printing tech feels stagnant with the only thing really changing over time is the resolution of the screens.
