Designed for Dolls: Phrozen’s New BJD Resin Unlocks Powder-Free Articulated Prints
New BJD photopolymer resin offers high scratch resistance and doesn’t powder under friction at articulated joints like regular resins can.
Phrozen has released a new resin this week, designed for a product category I had to Google just to be sure of what I was looking at. Called Phrozen BJD, the resin has characteristics that make it ideal for the world of ball-jointed dolls, which is a big business hobby in some arts of the world, apparently.
The dolls feature ball-joints, obviously, and are posable. If 3D printed, the joints typically pose (ha) a challenge for standard resins that scratch easily and powder at connections and joints subject to friction through movement.
Phrozen BJD resin addresses this, Phrozen says, with a matte finish that’s scratch resistant and gives smooth articulation on parts using such kinds of connection. The practical implications of such a resin goes way beyond just ball-jointed dolls, though, to any kind of decorative print involving moving parts in contact with one another.
A 1kg bottle of Phrozen BJD resin will set you back $44.99 through the Phrozen webstore. It’s currently only available in Ivory White color.
Other characteristics of the resin as printed were detailed during a recent livestream, including that it’s not particularly flexible nor tough like the company’s tabletop-gaming designed RPG resin and engineering resins such as Onyx, but “sturdier” than Phrozen’s standard high resolution Aqua 8K resins. You can find out more on the Phrozen webstore, or dive into the material safety data sheet (PDF)
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