So... this week I have had a week off work and have spent it with my wife. We have pottered around, got some chores out of the way and even went to the seaside for a few hours... but mostly, we have been inconvenienced by 'stuff we had to sort out' so it was less of a holiday and more of a week away from the workplace.
That said, I have managed to get a few things done and my little victories include getting my Squat APC to this standard:
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The top pic shows the three current modules sitting where they should and the bottom pic shows them moved so you know what each one looks like. Obviously there is still a long way to go but I actually think that I may be able to finish it.
Another little victory has been something I quickly knocked together for a fun competition (no prizes). It is for Orktober and as you know, I am not a huge fan of Orks but felt that, in the spirit of community, I would get on board and give it a go. There were very loose rules and I knew that I could get away with just a single miniature so that is what I did. Here is Dezmond:
CliK Da PiK!
You may notice that he isn't a green skin. That's because I don't enjoy painting green skin... and it is also the explanation behind Dezmond eating the wrong mushrooms. Not bad for a two day project.
So... onto the dismal defeats.
First up... I have done no sculpting this week. None (gap filling on the APC doesn't count)... so the command squad is still just plastic bits glued together.
The second defeat is this:
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The picture shows a nice little hatch, all ready to have mould rubber poured on it. Well, that's what happened and I learned a very valuable lesson. Now that I have managed to remove the un-set rubber, I know that latex is no good for a block mould. Yes, it has defeated me... but I will now be getting some silicon instead (once I decide where to go for it). Every day is a learning day. I am just glad that I was able to remove all of the latex from the hatch because I really didn't want to have to repeat the build if I could help it (so a little victory from a crushing defeat).
... and for the record, those are NOT Lego bricks so I am not committing any crimes against humanity (they are cheap bricks... although the base IS Lego... but I don't plan on damaging it in any way).
Finally, I am still trying to sell loads of stuff and will be putting more stuff up on EBay tonight. There will be a LOT of old style Howling Banshees, Jain Zar, some heavy weapon crews and two boxed sets of TEN plastic Dire Avengers so if Eldar is your choice of warrior, pop along to my EBay home and have a look (I'll be listing at 18:30 British Summer Time):
Well, that about sums things up for the week. I hope you all have a good week and I will hopefully see you here again next weekend for the next update.
See you from the war-torn surface of Mars!
2 comments:
Inso you can use latex to cast like that, what you have to do is paint it on in thin layers, then let it set, then paint and wait and repeat, once youve got a dozen or so layers on you can pour in latex but no more than 3-5 mm deep at a time, and let set. its slow and the latex mould will shrink an amount when done as well, ive done it for wheels and fuel tanks, if you've time to plan ahead its easy and cheap, if you need it fast go with silicon stuff.
Cheers for the advice, I appreciate it :)
After I got rid of most of the latex, I tried the layer approach and was disappointed at the length of the drying time. I don't think that my patience will allow me to wait for the time required so it looks like silicon will be the best option for me.
I am a bit disappointed... but at least I gave it a go and can now try other avenues :)
Thanks again :)
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