3D Printing Articles & Guides

Tips, tutorials, model spotlights, and 3D printing deep dives from the OreKo team. Whether you are just starting out or fine-tuning your setup, there is something here for you.

🆕 Model Spotlights

Deep dives into individual OreKo models. Print settings, assembly tips, filament recommendations, and what makes each design tick.

⚙ How-To Guides

Step-by-step tutorials on slicing, print settings, filament selection, bed adhesion, post-processing, and more. Written for real printers, not perfect conditions.

🎮 Maker Culture

Card game setups, cosplay builds, dollhouse projects, and community prints. We cover the culture around the hobby, not just the hardware.

What Do You Need to Start 3D Printing?

So you want to start 3D printing. Good call. But before you buy anything, it helps to know what you actually need versus what the internet is trying to upsell you on. This guide covers the real starter kit: the printer, filament, slicer software, and a few small extras that will save you a lot…

Colorful 3D printer filament spools on white surface showing PLA color range

How to Print a Multi-Color MTG Deck Box with AMS

A multi-color deck box printed in two or three colors with Bambu Lab’s AMS system looks dramatically better than a single-color print and requires less painting skill than you’d expect. The AMS handles the filament swaps automatically. You paint the colors in Bambu Studio, slice, and print. The result: a clean two-tone or full-color deck…

Bambu Lab H2C

Bambu Lab H2C Review: The Vortek Toolchanger Changes Everything

The Vortek System Changes How Multi-Material Printing Works Announced at Formnext in November 2025 and launched in January 2026, the Bambu Lab H2C is the most technically ambitious printer Bambu has ever built. It is the company’s first toolchanger, and the Vortek system at its core solves a problem that has plagued multi-color FDM printing…

Bambu Lab H2S

Bambu Lab H2S Review: Large Format FDM for Serious Makers

Large Format FDM for Serious Makers Announced in August 2025, the Bambu Lab H2S is the entry point into Bambu’s H2 platform: a family of large-format, high-capability printers designed for makers who have outgrown the compact 256mm cube of the P-series and need something bigger, faster, and more capable. At $1,249 the H2S is a…

Bambu Lab P2S

Bambu Lab P2S Review: The P1S Gets a Major Upgrade

The P1S Gets a Serious Upgrade Released in late 2025, the Bambu Lab P2S is the direct successor to the best-selling P1S. It keeps everything that made the P1S great and fixes the handful of things that experienced users wished were better: a proper touchscreen, smarter AI monitoring, a stronger extruder, a heated chamber, and…

Bambu Lab A1 Combo

Bambu Lab A1 Review: Full-Size Printing Without the Premium

Full-Size Printing, Same Bambu Simplicity The Bambu Lab A1 is the full-size version of the A1 Mini. Same open-frame bedslinger design, same full auto-calibration, same beginner-friendly setup — but with a 256 x 256 x 256mm build volume that covers the vast majority of what home makers actually need to print. If the A1 Mini’s…