Green stuff sculpture
I'm almost done sculpting one of my Astro Knights. It feels like it has taken forever. Well, it has taken weeks of intermittent work. This is most likely the longest time that I have worked on a single piece. My patience is normally limited to a few hours. I might send it somewhere for casting when it's done'ish.
WIP Thread
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I'm thinking assisted jumping. Hovering around would be boring. Perhaps the jet/jump pack uses fuel, so you have to decide whether you want to spend it on several leaps or a single fly around. Or you can just fly once per game, then you're limited to leaps. I dunno. I haven't thought much about rules for this particular project (many times for other projects though).
Wow, if you want someone to rep your stuff in the 'States we'd love to carry your line. If it gets that far of course. :)
Oh, have you considered using Procreate? It's a grey two-part putty that's not as gummy as greenstuff.
is there an area where you aren't a creative genius? Your work is amazing!
Hmm, says somewhere that white metal might shrink quite a bit, especially since you need to do a master then a production mold. Maybe even upwards 2.5% x 2 totally. That's way too much for the scale I had in mind.
Oh, right, Procreate. Been recommended that by several people now. Guess I'll have to check it out when I get the opportunity.
I don't really know how the shrinking works, maybe it's not equal along all the axises. A different source gave me a 1-6% shrinking figure. 1% is kind of my upper limit. At 5% the figure looks off next to other 28mm heroic stuff.
It seems to us really thin pieces are disproportionately affected by shrinkage in casting. Though it depends on the rubber they use for the moulding.
Finally found the damn link.
http://www.griffinmoulds.com/
Ask these guys, they're in the UK and are supposed to be some of the top notch miniatures casters out there.
Thanks for the link. I was recommended these guys elsewhere:
http://www.miniaturasalemany.com/
I'm not sure if Hasselfree has some casting/selling services too.
Your designs are breathtaking, attractive and very original. they'd be the new miniature wargaming sensation if you ever decided to go into production.
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