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I don't have epoxy putty in my house right now so I just used some air drying polymer clay. Curious how it will look tomorrow when it is cured.

I also haven't tested two part molds yet. Maybe tomorrow.

But I did try and make a mold of a painted spare Saurus shield (not pictured) to try if it damages the paint job. It didn't as far as I could tell.

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Aginor said:
I don't have epoxy putty in my house right now so I just used some air drying polymer clay. Curious how it will look tomorrow when it is cured.

I also haven't tested two part molds yet. Maybe tomorrow.

But I did try and make a mold of a painted spare Saurus shield (not pictured) to try if it damages the paint job. It didn't as far as I could tell.

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Can't wait to hear the results ! Would be really useful for some special old blood heads for leaders !
 
I personally would like to make me some cheap Razordons but I fear the spikes make it impossible. I would need a very liquid resin to fill the shape I guess.

But especially for terrain it could be very cool. Making myself decorations.
 
Aginor said:
I personally would like to make me some cheap Razordons but I fear the spikes make it impossible. I would need a very liquid resin to fill the shape I guess.

But especially for terrain it could be very cool. Making myself decorations.
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Oh and also I would like your opinion after you complete some of your tests :
I am thinking of making an Iron Hands army at some point. Not really into 40k. spear and axe will always be the thing for me. Not tanks but still, Iron Hands is a project that I might consider.
It is also an expensive one as hell. So for example, I hope that I can make the "hand" symbol for the shoulders via this way. Looking forward to your opinion !
 
Here are my results!
I'd say there is no reason for GW to panic yet, but keep in mind this was only my first simple test using oyumaru and air drying clay.

It was super simple. And rather quick. No bad smell you can do it easily in your living room. No waste or anything either.

I will do more tests soon. I'd say it is perfect for terrain already but I think I can improve quality a bit by using other material and or practising a bit.

The minimum size of structures that you can reproduce is probably worse than what is possible with plastic as GW does it, but comparable to finecast resin models, at least if you use something like milliput.
But even with air drying clay you can probably still improve it. I saw a video lately that explained you can mix PVA and air drying clay to make it smoother to use it like epoxy putty while still being non toxic and way cheaper.
Will try that as well.

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Crowsfoot said:
I'm defo getting some now, I can see it being used alot for 40k items.
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Agreed, the casting quality is really good. I am curious to see how reusable it is?

It certainly looks good enough for small or even larger parts, especially when the individual cast pieces will be lost in the group/regiment/horde of other models surrounding them. Or of course as extra bling on other models!
 
Update - I've chucked the stuff back into hot water several times over and it's pretty much the same every time - I will say you're looking for it to be stringy when you try pull - that should give you a good indication of when it's ready - also if it starts sticking to your pot don't worry because you can reclaim it later when you push more of the stuff back into itself :). So I'd recommend allocating yourself a specific pot to use or you may loose bits here and there along the way. Finally I will say you have a limited time from when you boil the water to how easy the stuff will absorb the heat, I made a mistake and wanted to re-do the blue stuff but the water had cooled a little (this will vary with ur volume of water etc so you may find yourself that you can chuck it back in for a do over if necessary)
 
Slannta's Little Helper said:
Update - I've chucked the stuff back into hot water several times over and it's pretty much the same every time - I will say you're looking for it to be stringy when you try pull - that should give you a good indication of when it's ready - also if it starts sticking to your pot don't worry because you can reclaim it later when you push more of the stuff back into itself :). So I'd recommend allocating yourself a specific pot to use or you may loose bits here and there along the way. Finally I will say you have a limited time from when you boil the water to how easy the stuff will absorb the heat, I made a mistake and wanted to re-do the blue stuff but the water had cooled a little (this will vary with ur volume of water etc so you may find yourself that you can chuck it back in for a do over if necessary)
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Exactly my observations.
 
While we are on the subject I thought I'd experiment with the stuff since the video I watched and I think everyone watched about the stuff the guy says it didn't stick to glass plastics etc - so I tried using a two part epoxy resin from pound land on it - the cheap stuff people use for water effects - the good news is it dries really quickly and doesn't stick to the blue stuff. Might be a usefull way of making water features like spouting water from a pond etc. I'd pre mix it fast somewhere though I didn't mix it well enough and the bits that remain one part of the epoxy are still sticky - I haven't tried In a mould I should add just on a flat piece of the bluestuff after it had been heated and flattened.
 
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