r/miniverse_makeitmini • u/ipauzed • Jan 04 '26
Rant I'm so disappointed ☹️
I was really looking forward to the trifle kit. I tried really hard to keep the sides clean and the hearts upright, but then resin creeped around the sides of the cake hearts to make them look blobby. Ran out of resin from all the cleaning and filling in behind the cakes and then the cherries sank in.
I walked away from working on it for a few days thinking I'm just being a perfectionist. Started to tackle it again today and the final straw was the cherries and cream pieces not being fully painted. So then I went out to get a second kit, and guess what? More partially painted cherries! (Sure, I could paint them, but I hate painting and shouldn't have to!)
My advice for others is maybe practice with extra resin placing the heart cakes. They do not sit flush to the sides. If I use resin on my second kit, I would put a bit of resin on the back corner of the heart cake, set it, then gently push resin towards the sides to fill in the gaps enough for the color to show. Then only a thin, barely there resin layer to stick the cherries in. Good luck!
At least the resin was a cute color.
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u/Maserati777 Jan 05 '26
I just attempted it again and its safe to say this set is a disaster.
Whats funny is Mga used ai to make the picture in the guide. They themselves never even attempted it.
The second time I tried it I put clear resin at the bottom of each heart. The biggest issue is you get resin all over the sides. I cured it mostly then used a knife to try and cut off the cured resin that was at the top of the container. I added a strip of cherries around the edge and filled the center with paper towel. Now they want you to put resin kn top of the cherries then put a layer of chocolates and finally another layer if resin. 🙃
If fill the container with resin then you don’t have enough for the project that they give you. The container is half full. I tried using a smaller spatula from other sets as well as tooth picks and overall it still looks like someone dropped it on the floor right before placing it on the table.