Furniture Conversions

[ampersand]

look forwards to seeing what else you do dude. your already way ahead of me.
im looking into resin casting as ive started doing a bit of sculpting here and there and ive got a beefy generic minotaur id love to have duplicates of.
any tips? ive looked on the net on how to do it. lego pieces to form the mold shape. resin and silicone molds. but have no idea what to purchase in terms of the silicone for the molds or what resin to buy. it seems pretty pricey stuff so ive held back till I have strong enough back up on what im buying.

oh and 1 night on those? the shares in coffee must have gone through the roof!

[chaoticprime]

look forwards to seeing what else you do dude. your already way ahead of me.
im looking into resin casting as ive started doing a bit of sculpting here and there and ive got a beefy generic minotaur id love to have duplicates of.
any tips? ive looked on the net on how to do it. lego pieces to form the mold shape. resin and silicone molds. but have no idea what to purchase in terms of the silicone for the molds or what resin to buy. it seems pretty pricey stuff so ive held back till I have strong enough back up on what im buying.

oh and 1 night on those? the shares in coffee must have gone through the roof!

Molds: http://alumilite.com/ProdDetail.cfm?Cat ... rength%202
Resin: http://alumilite.com/ProdDetail.cfm?Cat ... %20Regular
You want the tan (or black, apparently) resin. Do not buy the Amazing type or the White type. They are *lemony goodness* for miniatures.

Just assume that the first batch of these products that you buy will be pissed away learning how to do it all correctly. Its sad, but true. Learning from mistakes is the second best way to learn how to do things correctly (just behind taking apart a completed example--reverse engineering).

Here is Gospel for making two-part molds: http://www.hirstarts.com/moldmake/moldmaking.html#torch

EDIT: BUY NITRILE GLOVES. WEAR THEM WHEN WORKING WITH RESIN. You know what's not fun? Having your hands laminated by plastic.

[ampersand]

ill move this discussion to pm as I don't want to hijack your thread

[chaoticprime]

Halloween Decorations with new porpoise. I will probably make some more of these to be sold to whomever



Single and Double Blocked-Squares made from Hirst Arts' *lemony goodness* (unfinished--I have made eight of them)


Heroquest riflecape that my brother built for me (unfinished)


Heroquest Tomb conversion of the Hirst Arts' Gothic tomb (unfinished)


Custom Heroquest Spiral Staircase built from Hirst Arts' Gothic stair pieces


Mage Knight altar alteration (unfinished)
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Another Hirst Arts' Gothic tomb--its lid is custom-built (unfinished)


Hirst Arts' Small Brick Fireplace with custom minotaur's head (unfinished)


Marshland Temple and Place of Sacrifice Location Model. Mostly foam-built. It's also covered by a shitload of dust.


Hirst Arts' Dungeon Decor that I made for Torilen and keep forgetting to mail out


New Object for Heroquest, the Cistern. Made from Hirst Arts' bricks, GW skeletons and clear epoxy


The contents of my dungeon decor box


Salt Marsh modular landform tiles. These are the only two I finished--there are two more, but they're not shown
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The Tomb of Horrors (unfinished) Its all been built, just not detailed.


Heroquest Board built with resin tiles (unfinished WIP)


Heroquest Box #2: Object Storage


New Object for Heroquest, the Sculpture. Its Thor with a sword.


Heroquest Cupboard my brother made using pieces I assembled

[ampersand]

some nice stuff in there man. liking the fireplace with the minotaurs head above it, and both tombs, and thor with a sword!! genious

[knightkrawler]

Love the skulls. And the cistern. Wanna make me 3D blocked squares, too.

[chaoticprime]

Love the skulls. And the cistern. Wanna make me 3D blocked squares, too.

Use styro-foam. You can simply cut out a piece in the right shape, draw on the lines between the bricks using a ball-point pen, and then drybrush the fraggle out of them.