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well that ended badly...

Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by shahryar, Mar 21, 2011.

  1. shahryar
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    got a rock making kit from scene a rama
    www.scenearama.com

    is used to make mountain dioramas but thought I could use the molds to make plaster cliff rocks to have things like my coldones stand on.

    I thiiink they might have misprinted the instructions.
    6 tablespoons of plaster to 2 table spoons of water.

    yeeeaaa.....I made cookie dough.....

    the mold is cool though wonder if there is anything else I can get to use fill it with.
    in fact here is the specific thing I got on a whim
    http://scenearama.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/SP4121/page/1
    you can see the mold if you zoom in on the pic.
    the long ones fit decently on cav bases and most of the rocks fit well on 40mm.

    I could not think of a better way to get the kind of rocks I wanted lol. any other suggestions? maybe a company that makes resin cliff sides for basing? hah
     
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  2. n810
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    Sooo waht was wring with the mixture, It sounds like it was rather think,
    Which is what they wanted you to do. I hope you poured/put it into the mold.
     
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  3. shahryar
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    by the end of the mixing I ended up using like 4 tablespoons of plaster and like 7 table spoons of water to make it thin enough to pour into the mold. however this was the result.

     
    shahryar, Mar 21, 2011
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    Isn't that what they are suposed to look like ?
     
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  5. shahryar
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    yea but instead of 6 tablespoons plaster to 2 table spoons water my recipe was like 4 plaster to 7 water lol


    wonder if pushing green stuff into this would work
     
    shahryar, Mar 21, 2011
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    Yea the 3 parts plaster to 1 part water makes for stronger plaster and a quicker drying time.
     
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