I mentioned
a few posts ago that I was creating a new mold in order to drop-cast a new spaceship miniature in metal. Well, I finished the mold a week ago and it was a total failure. I tried conserving expensive silicone by bulking out the majority of the mold with chopped up pieces of old molds. Unfortunately this made the finished mold too flexible and therefore the inner cavity collapsed when I put the clamps on to make the casts. Oh well, lesson learned. These cheaper molds would work fine however for one-sided molds.
I returned to the
tried and true method of mold-making and made a second attempt. I de-molded tonight and made four casts. Overall I'm satisfied enough to keep the ships and paint them up, but they will require a lot of work. I had far more flash on these miniatures compared to my previous designs, and the port wing structure turned out all wonky and deformed. I think I was too ambitious and had too many thin protruding surfaces on this ship design. I think once the flash is cleaned off and I add some wing-like radiators to hide some of the blemishes the miniatures will look OK.
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| Lots of flash, but lots of detail to exploit with dry-brush and wash |
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| Side view highlighting underside detail |
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