If you paint miniatures, you already know the pain: you spend $600–$900 on a “good” resin printer, only to waste weeks dialing in exposure, failing prints, sanding support scars, and cursing at another cracked sword tip.
I did that dance for three years… until the HeyGears Reflex RS Turbo showed up.
Buy: HeyGears Reflex RS Turbo: $789 with REDMONDPIE code | Original price: $999
This is the first resin printer that feels like it was actually designed for tabletop gamers, miniature painters, and small studios — not for engineers who enjoy pain.
Who Is HeyGears?
Founded in 2015, HeyGears has spent the last decade quietly building an end-to-end 3D printing ecosystem (hardware + software + materials + post-processing) instead of just selling another mono-screen box. The Reflex RS Turbo is their latest “just make it work” machine, and it’s aimed squarely at people who want perfect 32 mm heroes without a spreadsheet.
Why the RS Turbo Feels Like Magic for Miniatures
One-Click Slicing That Actually Succeeds (Every Time)
Drop any STL into Blueprint Studio → choose your resin → hit “Slice”. 45–90 seconds later it’s done. No exposure times, lift speeds, anti-aliasing — everything is pre-tuned. I have literally printed 60+ plates in a row with zero failures. Not exaggeration — zero.
Supports You Can Remove With Your Fingers
HeyGears’ scaffold supports use microscopic contact points. Most break off by hand; the rest flick off with flush cutters and leave almost no marks. Even heavily pre-supported Patreon files print perfectly without touching the support settings.
Insane Detail + Zero Layer Lines
Buy: HeyGears Reflex RS Turbo: $789 with REDMONDPIE code | Original price: $999
- C5-grade ballscrew Z-axis (±2 μm repeatability)
- 8K Amber monochrome screen with 60-zone calibration (<3 % light variance corner-to-corner)
- Adaptive Z-compensation for each resin
Result: 50 μm layers that look injection-molded. You can read the script on a Space Marine shoulder pad at 18 mm height.
Automation That Saves Your Sanity
- Auto-leveling before every print (floating screen, no paper method)
- Auto resin top-off from a huge bottle
- Optional heated + pulsing tank (10 °C → 22 °C in 20 min)
- Force sensors detect 0.2 mm residue and emergency-stop the print
- One-button wash & cure station integration — drop the whole platform in and walk away
Which Resin Do You Actually Need? (HeyGears Official Guide, Simplified)
| Model Height | Want Razor-Sharp Detail? | Want Toughness? | Want Cheap & Smooth? | My Recommendation |
| 10–28 mm (heroic 28 mm) | PAP10 (Ultra-Detail) | — | — | PAP10 |
| 28–54 mm (32–75 mm scale) | PAP10 | PAF10 (flexible | PAS10 | PAP10 for characters, PAS10 for monsters |
| 54 mm+ busts / display | — | PAF10 | PAS10 (cheapest) | PAS10 + primer = perfect skin |
| Terrain & vehicles | — | PAF10 (tracks | PAS10 | PAS10 (saves a fortune) |
| Swords, wings, antennas | — | PAF10 | — | PAF10 (no more crying) |
Bonus: PAWW10 water-washable is basically the same price as the others now and cleans in warm water. I use it daily.
Real-World Example Plates I’ve Printed This Month
- 10× 32 mm pre-supported Archvillain adventurers → 100 % success, supports snapped off in 3 minutes
- 75 mm dragon bust in PAS10 → buttery smooth, primed straight off the plate
- 10× Epic-scale 8 mm Space Marines in PAP10 → you can see individual boltgun rivets
- Chimera tank with PAF10 tracks → drove it across the table, nothing broke
Who This Printer Is Perfect For
- Absolute beginners who are scared of resin
- Veteran painters who are tired of failures
- Etsy sellers / small studios needing 95 %+ yield (GCT Studios in the UK runs farms of these at 95 % success)
- Anyone who values their time more than $50 worth of “tinkering pride”
The Honest Downsides (Yes, There Are Two)
- You’re heavily encouraged to use HeyGears resins (third-party works but warranty is void and success rate drops).
- You can only use their Blueprint slicer (no Chitubox/Lychee). For 99 % of users this is a feature, not a bug.
Final Verdict
The HeyGears Reflex RS Turbo is the resin printer I would buy for my best friend who just wants to print and paint — not fight settings for a month.
It costs a little more up front, but you’ll save that money in wasted resin, failed prints, and most importantly — your own time and sanity — within the first two weeks.
If you’re ready to go from “resin printing is stressful” to “I can’t stop hitting print,” this is the machine.
Buy: HeyGears Reflex RS Turbo: $789 with REDMONDPIE code | Original price: $999
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