• The forum software have been upgraded to the latest version.

    If you notice anything that looks off, or does not work, please let us know.

    For more information, click here.

New molding tool

strewart
OldBlood

strewart

Well-Known Member
Messages
4,508
Likes Received
73
Trophy Points
48
CMONs latest newsletter mentions this, a new product that allows you to very easily duplicate small pieces. Basically it is a type of polymer that is very soft when hot, but hard when cold, so you heat it up, push some plastic in to make a mold in it, let it cool, then use GS to make duplicates. When you have enough, you can heat it up again to use it for something else. Check out the video on the linked page.

I haven't tried it obviously, and I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has, but it looks like a really cool little kit. Fairly cheap too, I think I will buy some.
 
strewart said:
CMONs latest newsletter mentions this, a new product that allows you to very easily duplicate small pieces. Basically it is a type of polymer that is very soft when hot, but hard when cold, so you heat it up, push some plastic in to make a mold in it, let it cool, then use GS to make duplicates. When you have enough, you can heat it up again to use it for something else. Check out the video on the linked page.

I haven't tried it obviously, and I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has, but it looks like a really cool little kit. Fairly cheap too, I think I will buy some.
Click to expand...
Ohhh that looks good, (steals awsome converted models of frineds and makes mold's of them) I really want to try this out, looks awsome! I dont know hwo GW will react if people can actually make some fairly durable models with this stuff, but definatley worth it for the spare bits idea.
 
GW can't or won't do anything. People can easily make molds without this, it just takes a little bit more effort and they can't be reused. This simplifies the process. Yes, if you started pumping out GW models that you cast yourself they will not be happy, and probably try to do something, but just having it for personal use.. Hell, I don't think they could even complain if for example you duplicated a skull of theirs, and replicated 50 of them for a base.

Just thought some people might find it useful for their projects.
 
All very well, and forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't Green Stuff when hard not that durable? I can't imagine it standing up to the kinds of hardships most models can get into, can you?
 
Larinus said:
All very well, and forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't Green Stuff when hard not that durable? I can't imagine it standing up to the kinds of hardships most models can get into, can you?
Click to expand...
Some people told me that greenstuff is almost as tough as Citadel Resin, it itself being a resin, im really lazy and never actually done much painting or conversion so i really dont know :/ im just getting into it now since i quit wow.
 
Larinus said:
All very well, and forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't Green Stuff when hard not that durable? I can't imagine it standing up to the kinds of hardships most models can get into, can you?
Click to expand...

Yeah its not as hard as plastic, and will warp if a lot of force is applied to it... But isn't that bad, or people wouldn't use it to convert large sections of models. And I am sure you can use other materials in it if you wanted, probably anything that didn't require heat to set or react.

Also you can control the final hardness of greenstuff by controlling the ratio of yellow to blue. More blue, it turns out a lot harder (would be harder to work with though), more yellow and its softer.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top