The Knowledge Base

Master your Prints

So, you've decided to print tiny plastic people with your complex piece of manufacturing equipment — excellent choice.

This is the go-to page for every beginner and mid-level printer who wants to level up their FDM miniatures. Everything you need, in one place.

Print Settings Library

The profiles below are the result of hundreds of hours of testing, failed prints, and relentless experimentation by some of the most dedicated people in the FDM miniatures community. Each one has been verified with real printed results.

Hall of Fame

These are the living legends who pushed FDM miniature printing forward. They spent countless hours testing nozzle sizes, layer heights, temperatures, retraction values, and support strategies — so you don't have to start from zero.

HOHansen

Pioneered ultra-fine 0.04mm profiles for BambuLab and Creality printers.

Fat Dragon Games

One of the first to publish open miniature profiles for both Bambu Studio and Cura.

ObscuraNox

Created the go-to Orca Slicer profiles with extensive changelog and community support.

Astul89

Proved Creality CR PLA can deliver quality miniatures with the right tuning.

Redmcredbeard

Refined SUNLU PLA 2.0+ settings with paint-ready surface quality.

Fancy_Broccoli_34

Achieved remarkable detail at 0.04mm with stock BambuLab filament.

TotalChaos

Made Ender printers viable for miniatures with accessible Cura profiles.

Painted4Combat

Bridged the gap between 0.2mm and 0.4mm nozzle printing on Neptune.

soldat21

Brought Prusa Core One into the miniature printing conversation.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the community. Your work makes FDM miniatures accessible to everyone.

BambuLab A1 / A1 mini / P1S / X1C

HOHansen's settings v2

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Slicer

Bambu Studio

Nozzle

0.2mm

Layer

0.04mm

Filament

BambuLab PLA Basic gray (custom settings)

Supports

Yes (tree auto)

FDG (Fat Dragon Games)'s settings

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Slicer

Bambu Studio

Nozzle

0.2mm

Layer

0.06mm

Filament

SUNLU PLA 2.0+ gray (custom settings)

Supports

Yes (tree auto)

ObscuraNox's settings v1.1

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Slicer

Orca Slicer

Nozzle

0.2mm

Layer

0.06mm

Filament

SUNLU PLA 2.0+ gray (custom settings)

Supports

No / Yes (tree auto)

Astul89's settings

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Slicer

Bambu Studio

Nozzle

0.2mm

Layer

0.06mm

Filament

Creality CR PLA (custom settings)

Supports

Yes (tree auto)

Redmcredbeard's settings

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Slicer

Bambu Studio

Nozzle

0.2mm

Layer

0.06mm

Filament

SUNLU PLA 2.0+ white (custom settings)

Supports

Yes (tree auto)

Fancy_Broccoli_34's settings

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Slicer

Bambu Studio

Nozzle

0.2mm

Layer

0.04mm

Filament

BambuLab PLA Matte Grey (stock settings)

Supports

Yes (tree auto)

Ender 3 / 5 / CR6 / CR10

FDG (Fat Dragon Games)'s settings

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Slicer

Cura Slicer

Nozzle

0.2mm

Layer

0.06mm

Filament

SUNLU PLA 2.0+ gray (custom settings)

Supports

Yes (tree auto)

TotalChaos's settings

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Slicer

Cura Slicer

Nozzle

0.2mm

Layer

0.06mm

Filament

SUNLU PLA 2.0+ gray (custom settings)

Supports

Yes (tree auto)

Neptune 3 Pro

Painted4Combat's settings

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Slicer

Orca Slicer

Nozzle

0.2mm / 0.4mm

Layer

0.06mm

Filament

Elegoo PLA Basic (custom settings)

Supports

Yes (tree auto)

Creality K2

HOHansen settings (exported by u/dapht)

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Slicer

Creality Slicer (based on Orca)

Nozzle

0.2mm

Layer

0.04mm

Filament

SUNLU PLA 2.0+ gray

Supports

Yes (tree auto)

Prusa Core One +

soldat21's settings

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Slicer

Prusa Slicer

Nozzle

0.25mm

Layer

0.05mm

Filament

PLA+ Grey filament

Supports

No / Yes (tree auto)