TABLETOP PRINTING TOOL

What does each resin miniature really cost?

Turn a slicer estimate into the expected cost of one finished miniature, a squad or a successful build plate—including supports, print failures, consumables, electricity and machine wear.

Currency Miniatures on plateFinished models from a successful plate Resin used by modelsmL before supports Support allowance% added to model resin Resin price / litre Failure rate% of attempted plates Print timeHours per plate Average printer powerWatts while printing Electricity rateCost per kWh Printer + screen wearAllocated cost per printing hour Consumables / plateIPA, gloves, film and cleanup Squad sizeModels in the squad you want to price

EXPECTED COST

Cost per finished miniature——

Successful plate cost—

Selected squad cost—

Resin per attempted plate—

Expected attempts—

Expected cost breakdown

Resin—

Electricity—

Printer + screen wear—

Consumables—

Failure allowance—

This estimates production cost, not selling price. Labour, packaging, postage and marketplace fees belong in the full cost and pricing calculators.

Why cost per miniature is more than bottle price

The material inside a miniature is only one part of its cost. Supports consume extra resin, and failed plates consume material, electricity, machine life and consumables without producing finished models. This calculator spreads the expected cost of those attempts across the successful miniatures.

What should you enter for resin volume?

Use the model-only volume reported by your slicer if it is available, then add a realistic support percentage. If your slicer already includes supports in its resin estimate, enter that total as model resin and set the support allowance to 0%.

How is the failure rate applied?

A 10% failure rate means each successful plate requires 1 ÷ 0.9, or about 1.11 attempts on average. The calculator applies this to the whole attempted-plate cost, because a failed plate still consumes electricity, machine time and consumables as well as resin.

Turning production cost into a selling price

For commissions or marketplace listings, continue with the full resin print cost calculator to add labour and selling costs, then use the pricing and margin calculator to find a break-even or target-margin price.