Resin Casting: Red Gobbo Conversion

Third Side of the Moon.

Throughout May, I have been doing a lot of mold making and resin casting, including creating some casts for Nemessos Miniatures and creating a casting gate for future molds. Having recently converted the Red Gobbo, they were the perfect opportunity to create a new mold using one of the gates we created with the frog skull logo. I attached the Red Gobbo conversion to one of the gates, along with adding some pins to different points on the gobbo to ensure all of the details would fill with resin properly. The mold turned out quite well, although some of the very fine details, like the barrel of the gun, can easily be damaged when pulling the model from the mold. Ultimately, I was able to make a variety of casts of the Red Gobbo. Each will need a little cleaning, but it is relatively minimal, and much less than would be needed for an original metal GorkaMorka model. I hope we can paint a copy of the model soon!

Resin Casting: Between the Bolter and Me Casting Gate

We created a gate for attaching to future resin casting projects!

We started creating silicone molds and doing some small scale resin casting recently for our friend Nemessos Miniatures. One of the most important parts of creating a successful and consistent silicone mold is to attach the piece you are casting to a substantial gate, ensuring that enough resin is poured to completely fill the mold. In the past, we have used discarded gates from Forge World models we had in our collection. We realized it would be fun if we created our own gate that had our logo on it for future casting projects. To do this, Adam created a wedge of modeling putty and sculpted our logo onto it. We were able to create a simple one-piece mold to make copies of the new gate, and quickly made a series of copies that we plan to use in future casting projects.

Dragged into Turbolasers Episode 131: A major disappointment - Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon Space Orks

What happened to the necks of orks over the years?

We talk with our friend Brad about all of the newly revealed Warhammer 40k Armageddon Space Ork models. We discuss how disappointed we are with the new models and how the initial reveals got our hopes up, only to be dashed by the complete reveal of the Armageddon box.

Resin Casting: Molds for Nemessos Miniatures

I am back to silicone mold making!

Over the years, we have experimented with creating silicone molds to create resin copies of some of our conversions. Eventually, we shifted to creating single-piece molds due to their simplicity and have used them to create copies of some of the tiny firearms we have converted in the past. Recently, our friend Brian of Nemessos Miniatures inquired whether we could help him create resin casts of a series of heads he designed for an antiquity-inspired elf army, which he could use across various game systems. Having always been impressed with his careful conversion work and attention to detail and scale, I enthusiastically agreed to help. It would prove to be a great way to dust off my casting equipment and start creating resin copies of conversions again!