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The details are going to be pretty "small".
i.e. it's going to be a crater on the first mouse button.
Then i'm actually going to make a flat "pond" of acid in it with body parts from a old warhammer figure i hadn't assembled :)
Gotta start working on reteaching myself how to blend/feather the paint in a good way before i finish things up though.
Check out http://www.smoothon.com/ They carry evrything you need to mold and cast resin (or sevral other products). To start I'd pick up one of their starter kits. They are reasonablely priced, and Molding is pretty easy to do just read the tuts on their site, and you should make a good first pull.
Good luck, sounds like a neat Idea. (the acid pooled melted warhammer fig).
Crazybillybob
Oh, and some of the Regulars here are fighting Dead lines (MML is only 3 weeks away!), on top of crazy work schedules....So We miss things or are slow to post.
Thanks for the welcome.
I totally understand that a lot of people have a pressured time.
We have a different schedule here in sweden, so we're already done with all this :)
Thank you for all the fine tips :D
I hope i can order some model from germany or the UK, it would be costly,
But having my vision realised is priceless.
WHAT!? HUH!? Lucky you...Quote:
Originally Posted by BuzzerMan
Dead lines are based on what you do... I'm a Swede and my schedule is still filled until mid-August, then a short break and then it's all work and no play again... :(
I hate this thesis writing... it distracts me from the essential parts of life. :mad:
anyway, smoothon have european retailers that is where the expensive freight come in. Anyway, good luck on the moulding bit.
-.erik
I'll admit that my funds are pretty limited so i guess i'll have to wait before making molded models :p
If weight isn't a major issue, might I suggest using polymer clay? It'd be a cheaper alternative. Sculpey is the most popular brand of the stuff. You work with it like you would any moulding clay, it doesn't harden in the air you need to bake it but unlike most clay you don't need a kiln to fire it, it will bake in a standard oven at 275deg F. at 15m per 1" of thickness. I used it to build an entire computer, including mouse and keyboard, so I know it works. :)
Well, the only limitation i have is financial.
But something that isn't too stiff would be perfect, or else it could snap when the button bends.
Wouldn't baking the plastic mouse melt it?
Or is that just some strange experience only i got from putting plastic on hot stuff :p
Buzzer,
Sorry I didn't know you were in the EU. I'm sure there are places onver there that stock and Sell Plastic Resin molding supplies. Try doing a google search for a supplier (or check smooth on's website they have a list of distributors...maybe one's close :) )
Good Luck,
Crazybillybob
Nah, i'm sure i can find something.
It's just that the mold making is pretty much a fog to me right now :p
If you know any good sites with help for beginners in this area it would be much appreciated.
Edut: Sry, for the miss-spelling
Hahaha, yes, baking the mouse would melt it and it'd release toxic fumes. What I did to my mouse was create the "shell" that'd go around it out of polymer clay and then remove the shell in sections and bake it then while it was still warm and somewhat maliable, adhered it to the mouse. The mouse button sections being seperate so it didn't matter if the substance it was moulded in was flexible or not.