Advice for a first printer? (6 replies)

I dont even know if this is appropriate forum to post on, but for a couple months now ive been seriously looking and really dont know how to make a final call.

This printer would be used for printing characters rather than mechanical parts, so I dont know if there are particular printers that are better/worse at printing more organic models than others. Right now I like the Idea of the leapfrog Creatr or the makergear printer for the simplicity of use. Id like something fully assembled and my budget is around 2k, but I could go higher if it would really be worth it. (so if you know of a great printer for 3k please name/link it anyways)

it seems like the resin printers are more accurate but seem to cost a lot more and the resin itself seems quite expensive, so ive been mostly looking at PLA/ABS printing, but if anyone has other suggestions please feel free to post.

Last but not least if Like the build volume to be 8inx8inx8in or larger simply because id be printing sculpts/figures and id like them to be a reasonable size for a desktop showpiece.

Thanks in advance and hopefully somone can help point me in the right direction before droping 2K on something that I "hope" will do what I want.