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Seeing the really nice prints followed by really mediocre paintjobs is not going to get you back on track. Personal advice.. keep painted pictures that aren't done by a ..hm.. more professional painter out of your official thread. Maybe start a thread in the modeling and painting area and link to those. The pictures of the prints are really nice and stand on their own very well. If you can't afford a painting service, then watch some videos on youtube on painting miniatures or buy some of the video sets out there. This isn't meant to insult the painter (they are pretty standard tabletop quality) it's just to point out business strategy that plays to your strengths. Painting is unfortunately not one of them.

deadairis wrote:
Can you throw scale photos and (ideally) unpainted pics?

Don't mind the space marine, he is the only miniature I found, cause I'm currently moving to another place to live ^^"




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 MLaw wrote:
Seeing the really nice prints followed by really mediocre paintjobs is not going to get you back on track. Personal advice.. keep painted pictures that aren't done by a ..hm.. more professional painter out of your official thread. Maybe start a thread in the modeling and painting area and link to those. The pictures of the prints are really nice and stand on their own very well. If you can't afford a painting service, then watch some videos on youtube on painting miniatures or buy some of the video sets out there. This isn't meant to insult the painter (they are pretty standard tabletop quality) it's just to point out business strategy that plays to your strengths. Painting is unfortunately not one of them.

Thanks for the advice!

I would agree - I have not seen this thread before but as I read through it - flip flopping between excited and disapointed.......

The 3d models look good (but they always do) and would be somehting I would be intersted in laying down some hard cash for.

The painting is, I am sorry to say just bad - and I am a bad painter hence I get my stuff done by others these days

It would be a good investment I think to get a pro painter to do them justice - people like shiny - so concept pics, models and parts plus nice paintjobs should work well. well they do for me.......

The other reason to post ehre is so i can keep an eye on the thread as I think it has promise.....

 Mr Morden wrote:
I would agree - I have not seen this thread before but as I read through it - flip flopping between excited and disapointed.......

The 3d models look good (but they always do) and would be somehting I would be intersted in laying down some hard cash for.

The painting is, I am sorry to say just bad - and I am a bad painter hence I get my stuff done by others these days

It would be a good investment I think to get a pro painter to do them justice - people like shiny - so concept pics, models and parts plus nice paintjobs should work well. well they do for me.......

The other reason to post ehre is so i can keep an eye on the thread as I think it has promise.....

No worries, no more painted stuff (painted by me that is) ^^"
You can actually order some if you want. I've already received an order for Wolverine and printed him, the one on the scale comparison pic.

Here is the master model of Omnifex kit.

Sorry but how / where do we order and what is the price structure?

thanks

 Mr Morden wrote:
Sorry but how / where do we order and what is the price structure?

thanks

send me a letter here and we will discuss your order =)
lorddisel@gmail.com

Ok, so I made the molds and cast some parts. Here are the results (can't say I'm getting a perfect result)











Before casting I was planning to put a 60$ price on them, but now I'm not so sure, cause as you can see the castings have some imperfections.

Are you using a simple pour and set mold? seems either a pressure or spin mold might be needed.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Are you using a simple pour and set mold? seems either a pressure or spin mold might be needed.

Yup, two part pour and set mold and two part resin are the ones I use ^^"

 disel91 wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Are you using a simple pour and set mold? seems either a pressure or spin mold might be needed.

Yup, two part pour and set mold and two part resin are the ones I use ^^"

You may want to consider investing in a vacuum pump and pressure pot if you're planning on high quality castings. Alternatively, extremely careful mold-making (to offset mould lines and oxygen bottlenecks) on a vibrating table (usually a dental model) would be the cheap(and slightly inferior) option.

Also brush some baby powder on the inside of the mold.

 Cyporiean wrote:
Also brush some baby powder on the inside of the mold.

What for?

 disel91 wrote:

 Cyporiean wrote:
Also brush some baby powder on the inside of the mold.

What for?

Voodoo Magics.

Yeah, I'll not be ordering that beastie until I see some good photos showing a better cast.
The straight prints are appealing though.
I'll be in touch to place an order for those guys

Ok, will try this voodoo practice tomorrow x)

Ok, so baby powder is a "no", because it destroys the model

 disel91 wrote:
Ok, so baby powder is a "no", because it destroys the model

Weird, never had it cause a problem.

Looks like you put a LOT of powder going by that one corner

you only need to dust it lightly.

though it seems like you need better vents. or pressure casting or what not.

the guy that does dark legion on this forum has an amazing handle on casting and mold making

should ask around.

 Desubot wrote:
Looks like you put a LOT of powder going by that one corner

you only need to dust it lightly.

though it seems like you need better vents. or pressure casting or what not.

the guy that does dark legion on this forum has an amazing handle on casting and mold making

should ask around.

Well actually I used a brush to slightly apply it to the mold ^^"

 disel91 wrote:
Ok, so baby powder is a "no", because it destroys the model

To do the pieces you are doing you will need to invest a few hundred dollars to get a vacuum pump and a pressure pot. That will reduce the air bubbles you get to a very small amount if any at all. There really isn't a way around based on the pieces you are doing.

It looks like you did the baby powder incorrectly, you only use a light dusting as shown here 0:09 - 0:54.

Are you using the baby powder in conjunction with mold release spray? I am not sure but I don't think you are supposed to combine the too. Looking at the model it does look like you left excess powder in the mold.

 MLaw wrote:
Are you using the baby powder in conjunction with mold release spray? I am not sure but I don't think you are supposed to combine the too. Looking at the model it does look like you left excess powder in the mold.

That's our method: Mold Release spray, followed by a dusting of powder, and then Pressure.

 MLaw wrote:
Are you using the baby powder in conjunction with mold release spray? I am not sure but I don't think you are supposed to combine the too. Looking at the model it does look like you left excess powder in the mold.

I didn't combine them, the silicon I use doesn't require release spray

 Cyporiean wrote:

 MLaw wrote:
Are you using the baby powder in conjunction with mold release spray? I am not sure but I don't think you are supposed to combine the too. Looking at the model it does look like you left excess powder in the mold.

That's our method: Mold Release spray, followed by a dusting of powder, and then Pressure.

Also, I don't think the chap has a pressure pot.

 Ketara wrote:

 Cyporiean wrote:

 MLaw wrote:
Are you using the baby powder in conjunction with mold release spray? I am not sure but I don't think you are supposed to combine the too. Looking at the model it does look like you left excess powder in the mold.

That's our method: Mold Release spray, followed by a dusting of powder, and then Pressure.

Also, I don't think the chap has a pressure pot.

I don't T_T

I'm starting to think that the best way would be to commission a miniature making company to make casts for me and then run a kickstarter so that you could buy the all in one go.

 Cyporiean wrote:

 MLaw wrote:
Are you using the baby powder in conjunction with mold release spray? I am not sure but I don't think you are supposed to combine the two. Looking at the model it does look like you left excess powder in the mold.

That's our method: Mold Release spray, followed by a dusting of powder, and then Pressure.

Ah.. see.. Diesel, this user is who you need to be chatting up. On the Lamb knows a thing or two about making miniatures

You might also try to get into the resin addicts boards (I think that's what it's called). I've seen a few of the smaller companies that have taken off start there.

First apply the mold release, even if the silicone doesn't require it using it will make your molds last a lot longer. You'll get 2-3 times as many casts out of the molds which is a major cost saver. Just make sure that you don't over due it with too much mold release or the cast will look slightly melted (or blobby if you are using the brush on style release). Let it dry for 5-10 minutes then give it a light dusting of talc/baby powder

When you apply the talc/baby powder brush it on and make sure it gets into the recessed areas, once you do that then you need to knock all the excess powder off so that only a very thin dusting remains behind. I usually give mine a light blast from an air sprayer tool to make sure the clumps are all out. You should only see a very light dust like layer and there shouldn't be any white spots showing.

Check out http://www.resinaddict.com/forum/ and read the tutorials, myself and other forum mods can help answer any questions you have.

(almost everything is already covered so make sure to use the search function for stuff that isn't a stick-ied topic)

Hello everyone!

So I've two good things to share. First of all this:


Our Heavy Assault Suit is being used as a base for an alternative Tau Titan, I'll keep you updated on its modelling progress.

Another thing I wanted to share is that I negotiated to sell the Heavy Assault Suit in a webstore, which does professional castings and I will send you a link once everything is done :3

Hi everyone!

Sorry I was silent for long, but I've got some awesome stuff to show!
I have printed the minimal set for our titan! :3
He is 30 cm high.