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Of course. I mean, they're going to look the same pretty much, just, you know, not with fingerprints molded into them.

 Ouze wrote:
Of course. I mean, they're going to look the same pretty much, just, you know, not with fingerprints molded into them.

I don't know... finger prints on asses just... seems... right. The trick is you want those prints smaller... Sorta like your signature on these works of arts!

It shows that you "tapped" them.

LOL whembly. Excellent suggestion.

Ouze, congrats. What a silly and amazing kickstarter!

Can't wait to get my butts.

Congratulations Ouze! Sorry I couldn't pledge.

Once again Ouze i'd just like to say congratulations. A Kickstarter well funded.


Also i did a few quick calculations and incase you're interested you have relased into the world
-323 Flying Assault Butts.
-54 Captain Buttbeards.
-10 Rampaging Rumpagons.
-61 Sir Buttlesons.
-61* bases of Vampire Butts (so 183 total).
-61* Ol' Iron Butts.

For a grand total of 570 Butts.

I sincerely hope you're proud of yourself. I know i sure am!


*I couldn't calculate actual numbers because i can't tell who added extra to their pledge. 61 is a minimum.

I'm still at work so I haven't broken down the numbers yet, but weirdly enough, I don't have exact numbers yet either on the add-ons. You do that with the survey, but I don't want to send the survey until I'm just about ready to ship. I can guesstimate though.

Ouze, congrats!

Also, very curious about how it goes with the casting. I would really like to pick up some tips from you on that, as I may be trying to get some equipment to do vacuum pot casting myself later in the summer. I hope you post up all about your progress and show your setup, etc

I didn't personally pledge as I'm afraid this kind of humor doesn't really do it for me BUT if you continue sculpting / casting and do another project, perhaps for some ork bits or the like that I've seen you make before, I expect I'll be very interested!

 RiTides wrote:
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I'll second what RiTides said, I'd love to see your process on casting, hopefully I can pick up some tips before I take that leap myself.

Are... Are these still available somehow, or are the only people getting them who were able to back it up?

Fair question. Are you going to make a storefront, Ouze?

If the KS faq is accurate then no, but I'm interested as to if the success has changed your mind

Yeah i get the distinct feeling my FABs might get nicked by a friend of mine. She's got a thing for kooky geegaws and these fill that category nicely. So when she saw me looking at the KS page earlier today she freaked out and said she needed some. I truly fear for the safety of my forthcoming sir Reggie.

So, some updates (not meaty enough for an actual KS Update, but enough for Dakka)

1.) I had said earlier ITT somewhere I expected to have the funds in 3 weeks - 2 weeks for Amazon to do it's thing, then a week for it to hit my bank. These are the numbers they provide. That was wrong - well, maybe not wrong, but they were CYA numbers, not real world numbers looks like. The vast bulk of the money, like 90%, was available for withdrawal within a few hours; although Amazon's phrasing on this was a little ambiguous, you can request it immediately. I requested a withdrawal last night and it hit my bank today. So, 3 days, not 3 weeks. That's for all less Amazon & Kickstarters fees, and some transactions that haven't been processed due to issues; they will retry them for a week IIRC and then drop them as backers if they still haven't gone through.

2.) I've already started ordering some supplies (resin's been shipped), and am picking up some additional equipment today.

3.) I have 2 of the actual, production masters just about done. The technique and appearance weren't different; they're just more carefully done and run over with medium to ultra-fine sandpaper to give a nice smooth finish, then cast under pressure.

4.) My week off my actual work (with my schedule, it's actually 10 days) was approved, so that's a go for handling the bulk of the finer work, with some of the less complex work being done by my assistants. That's an unfortunately use of wording for what they'll be casting.

5.) The estimated delivery date is September, so I have some time to polish my technique, experiment with different brands and recipes, and so forth. I hope to ship a lot sooner but I've never promised that and am not doing so here.

6.) So far as selling them later - I haven't decided. I used to sell jewelry on Etsy and that was profitable but eventually it became a boring chore rather than a fun hobby. I don't care to repeat that, so this seemed perfect because it's a one-shot deal with a firm end date. I have other projects I want to do, and will move on to them after this is done. That being said I may change my mind later and sell some on ebay or what have you. The only exception is Sir Reginald, which is a Kickstarter exclusive and the mold for which will be destroyed after fulfillment, as I promised.

Ouze, what resin do you use? I've been seeing a lot of people use smooth on resin. Or are you using Alumilite?

Are they male or female butts?

This is the question of eternity!

 Slarg232 wrote:
Are they male or female butts?

This is the question of eternity!

I have your answer:

Yes.



Eric

 Slarg232 wrote:
Are they male or female butts?

This is the question of eternity!

Neither, they are assault butts.

Alfndrate wrote:Ouze, what resin do you use? I've been seeing a lot of people use smooth on resin. Or are you using Alumilite?

That's TBD, but not Alumilite. Alumilite... is interesting.

I piloted it pretty heavily on my Ork Battlefortress. It cures very, very fast - the pot time on Alumilite White is supposed to be 2 and a half minutes. In practice, I found nowhere near that long - it started to kick within 60, maybe 90 seconds tops and at the 2 minute mark was already mostly gelled and certainly unpourable. I'm not saying that as a complaint. It actually worked out super well for fabbing up all of those individual links in essentially a single night at work, once I got used to pouring carefully to avoid bubbles - but for the current application, where bubbles are a deep concern, I need something with a very long pot (working) time to allow me to get it into the pressure pot and get the PSI cranked up.

Another issue with Alumilite is it's not quite as rigid as the other resins I've used. Even at room temperature, I found some pieces aren't soft, exactly, but large thin pieces are prone to drooping. Again, this isn't a complaint. The amount of flexibility was utterly perfect for a long length of tracks, because the slight droop added realism, and fitting them onto the wheels would probably have broken a more rigid resin over, and over again. If I was making another vehicle, I'd use Alumilite for the tracks over any other product in a heartbeat.

But because I don't want the wings to droop, Alumilite (white) won't work here, and they don't have any other resin lines with the characteristics I'm looking for.

I'm leaning towards Smooth-On's 327. It's got 20 minutes of working time, 2-4 hours to demold, and it's also easily pigmentable; but we'll see how some test runs go.

I'm also going to test out some microspheres. I've never used them before and have long been interested in trying them out.

Going back to Alumilite for a second here - they also make a water clear. It's got all these warnings about how it's industrial use only, but I found it to not be too bad. For clear parts it is aweeeesome. Perfect working time, perfect cast time. The only drawback is sometimes the finished part will be a little soft, but if you heat the mold properly this doesn't usually happen, and if it DOES, you can put it in the over at 150 degrees for a little whole and it finishes the cure.

Slarg232 wrote:Are they male or female butts?

This is the question of eternity!

A gentleman never tells.

That's some interesting info on resin.

And can i say wow. I went and found the thread on your custom battlewagon... yikes. That is amazing looking. I don't believe that i missed such an awesome thread for so long. I'm gonna have to go through it in detail tomorrow.

Well damn. I was late off the KS and Reginald is, ofc, best. I can deal with it, as long as I can get me some Night Lord's butts and some random iron butts...

 Snrub wrote:
That's some interesting info on resin.

And can i say wow. I went and found the thread on your custom battlewagon... yikes. That is amazing looking. I don't believe that i missed such an awesome thread for so long. I'm gonna have to go through it in detail tomorrow.

It went several pages in the DCM boards before moving it to the genpop.

My apologies for the A bit of threadnomancy but it's awesome / hilarious.

Ouze's very own "Flying Assault Butts" have hit the big time.

They got a mention in on the BeastsofWar / Geek and Sundry's partnered show, "On the Table."




We probably all know about beastsofwar. However, GeekAndSundry is becoming quite a big thing now, with 650 000 subscribers and the new home of shows like "The Guild" and Wil Wheaton's Tabletop.

Well done, Ouze!

I'll be waiting for the Attack boobs kickstarter!