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I think whatever happens it will be great
As usual

Wow, go hard to work on a model and I miss a mega wierd convo. I need to keep the phone charged more often......

What the hell is all this cat stuff

I know have been ill but what the hell I return and GIANT cat walking buildings ……… I am going back to bed I think I am delusional


This is Dakka Dakka isn't it

Going back to building the moulds could you not produce separate window moulds to fit the space with alternative design's allowing for a more generic building mould to be produced, then varying styles or period window tiles could be added after.

Just a thought ……… also you could produce a mould of window decor so you can add over the top of the first mould to give depth and design variation.

Well, I am not sorry to be nearly finished with the khorne warhound, but I am sorry it caused me to miss this conversation.....

i like LDD ´s idea to make seperate "inlets" for the window frames... might be tricky to make them fit properly but that would be a most unique idea and would give plenty of variation ideas.... one mold for the basic wallshape...and then additional ones for different settings to match different building ideas...

I think it would be much easier to just make a whole new wall master than to get casted window inserts to fit properly. It would probably take the same amount of RTV to make the mold for the inserts as it would to just mold a new wall master. I dunno. Galorn? your opinion please?

sounds convinicing to me too...but what do i know of such dark arts?^^

Hell, I don't know much either, it's all a learning process.

which we hope to learn form^^

cheers...vik...till later^^

Yep, looking forward to getting into the molding thing. So many ideas...... So little time......


Can't wait to see what you come up with...

dsteingass wrote:I think it would be much easier to just make a whole new wall master than to get casted window inserts to fit properly. It would probably take the same amount of RTV to make the mold for the inserts as it would to just mold a new wall master. I dunno. Galorn? your opinion please?

Similar amount of RTV sillicone yes.
But its also easier to make a single wall blank (like I did) and then make inserts that fit any window holes.
That's what I did for my walls anyway, and yeah getting the initial window spaces, and the inserts to be interchangeable was a little tricky. It helped that I constructed the master for my walls out of strips of a known width arranged vertically, squared to the top and bottom, with a known distance between the top and bottom that formed the window void. I then used Bondo to gap fill then I sanded everything flat. (the "pour seam" in the final panel is due to me clutzing and cracking the master and not taking the time to redo the whole process, including detailing. I was able to glue the sections back together relatively closely, but not perfectly (as you can see in the final mold) it works for that particular panel, and as such falls into the "happy accident" area of model making. the adhesive I used was Zapagap brand Cyanoacrylic (super glue) glue

mxwllmdr wrote:Yep, looking forward to getting into the molding thing. So many ideas...... So little time......


Can't wait to see what you come up with...

I'll do the same deal I did with stien... Make me some tiles/sections, I'll mold em, and send you a Mold of em (if they mold up OK) If you give me the ok to sell the mold I'll split my profits with you 50/50


The masters arrived this morning, I'll be creating the mold in a few moments actually.

Dude, Seriously? Bet, I will get some of the bits I have in mind going IRL. Rules are stay away from IP, right?

Awesome! Can you please take a WIP shot or two?

Dave, you talking to me about WIP shots again? I suck at that...... I gotta get better at that.....

No Galon, I wanted to see his process as he pours liquid goodness over the masters

Oh, I thought there for a second that my inability to post WIP Pjhotos was haunting me again....

mxwllmdr wrote:Dude, Seriously? Bet, I will get some of the bits I have in mind going IRL. Rules are stay away from IP, right?

yep. as much as possible. "generic" things are ok (skulls being skulls, etc)


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dsteingass wrote:Awesome! Can you please take a WIP shot or two?

absolutely.


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AS requested a WIP of the panels Dsteingrass sent me...

WOOT! LEGO Molds! Do your stuff!
This is exciting!


Speaking of....
I get home from work, and look what is on the doorstep!

A Box, from AK Interactive....


Inside the box?...another box.


Inside that box.....the RIVETED, Weapons-Grade BOX!

(Insert angelic chorus sound here)



It's the Badger Renegade Krome detail airbrush!

Look at how tiny that needle is!
one tiny bend can ruin it!


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My first try, no practice!


OMG this thing actually DOES what I want it to do!
And it can make even finer lines, once I find the sweet spots on the air pressure and trigger
This one has the needle limiter, which lets me set the trigger so that it won't go past the sweet spot either.
..not to mention it actually FEELS like it belongs in your hand

It'd probably look like a little person with a little can of spraypaint made a little tiny gangsign...

Ohh, and now you can make little caution stripes!!!

thats why there are some mighty looking protectors on either side, eh?

wow... you are now fully loaded... armed and kicking....

i read the sticker on the upper side... "priority" mail... makes your opening that much more special...as if "Q" has sent you this one^^...so what will be your first victim?^^


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needs more rivets.... that is priceless... and it would make such a nice avatar... not that i then miss your snack machine... but rivtes are rivtes.... nothing sees one better through the week...

HAHAHA


This turned out looking more like the logo for the
League of Extraordinary Polka-dot wearers

But you get the idea.


Yep Vik! And it also came with a different nozzle cover also, one that does not have the protectors, for getting really close to your work. But that scares me a bit.

Darn it, Dave, stop getting better at everything......

mxwllmdr wrote:Darn it, Dave, stop getting better at everything......

I'm not though, it is seriously the difference a quality, precision tool makes.


That's right Vik...Armed.

wow...cheesy L there...


yep that would scare me too... how much did you have to flog for that one... i like how it reflects the light with that chrome hide by the way...


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lol....

Be ace to see what you can do with that bad boy

I am seriously jealous! Nice one! Can't wait to see what you do with it! Besides doodles of course!

It was only $119- My Christmas money had burned a hole in my pocket long enough

Dang! There a lot of other things I need before that happens! Maybe next Christmas!
Actually not a bad price for a quality brush though.