Casting with instant mold

[grimcrazy]

Yeah, a friend of mine was setting up quests last year, but I was too busy with work.

And a few weeks ago I got my old heroquest out – its near 20 years old and had gone mouldy!

So I was trying to fix up the figures and a lot were broken. I didn’t know there was so much stuff online or that the U.S. had all its own quests and figures…

… I’ll just post the address thing till I get the status to put on pics

http://s1173.photobucket.com/albums/r59 ... cccccc.png

that’s my mould for bases. I tried using green stuff and miliput, but results were poor.
The best stuff is the resin plastic because it pours into the mould like a milkshake and keeps a lot of detail.

[ken]

Yeah, a friend of mine was setting up quests last year, but I was too busy with work.

And a few weeks ago I got my old heroquest out – its near 20 years old and had gone mouldy!

So I was trying to fix up the figures and a lot were broken. I didn’t know there was so much stuff online or that the U.S. had all its own quests and figures…

… I’ll just post the address thing till I get the status to put on pics

http://s1173.photobucket.com/albums/r59 ... cccccc.png

that’s my mould for bases. I tried using green stuff and miliput, but results were poor.
The best stuff is the resin plastic because it pours into the mould like a milkshake and keeps a lot of detail.

Keep posting, you will soon catch up. Check out the Food thread & tell us what you eat & drink when Questing, I guess not Guinness all the time? I have made some bases from plywood of the correct thickness, when the edges are sanded, and then painted, they look ok.

[grimcrazy]

Coffee! and that counts as another post!

[Sjeng]

http://s1173.photobucket.com/albums/r598/grimcrazy/?action=view&current=cccccc.png

that’s my mould for bases. I tried using green stuff and miliput, but results were poor.
The best stuff is the resin plastic because it pours into the mould like a milkshake and keeps a lot of detail.

when using photobucket, click the "share" button, then "more option" and then "get link code" and copy the forum code:

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What exactly is resin? is it expensive?

[grimcrazy]

I’m using easyflo-120 which can bought on ebay for about £18

It comes in two parts (thick liquids stored in containers that are just a little smaller than coke bottles). You mix the two parts together and pour them into the mould where it sets into a dense plastic-like stuff in about an hour.

And I think I may be using the wrong grade of material – easyflo-60 is recommended for small and detailed moulds – but the 120 stuff is working well and is very dense and hard to break

[grimcrazy]

the easyflo sets white, but i added some dye to the mix to create the blue base in that photo...

[ken]

Coffee! and that counts as another post!

Just coffee? Man, you need to get out & put yourself about a bit. Get the taste for Cocktails, and Beernuts' Jumbalaya.

[Techzilla]

Thanks for the casting information. I may have to try this sometime.

[Nephew of Mentor]

I was wondering if instant mold and resin worked well. Where did you get the dye and how much of it did it take?