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OOMOO???

Which of their 10,000 products do I want?

OOMOO 30 from what I've just looked up, as it's high strength with little to no tear value to it.

Has anyone used OOMOO Sooth-cast 300 liquid plastic? if so whats your thoughts?

Indepth mold making tutorials with photos and hints ahead.

Mold making, smooth on 25
http://warfrog.blogspot.com/2011/11/two-part-mold-making-tutorial-resin.html

Resin casting
either Smooth cast 305 or 65D (which is what Forgeworld uses)
http://warfrog.blogspot.com/2011/11/resin-casting-tutorial.html

Bummer Dave. Trail and error are a frustrating part of any new endeavour! Kudos for trying and I love the cake columns. They are used for multi level cakes. Also a standard 25mm base fits perfectly in the top hole.

I can't use 305 due to needing a degasser... and I don't have a spare £500 lols

So i'd have to use 300 or smooth-cast onyx fast.


Also, does anyone know how far 0.9kg goes for casting with?

I don't degass my 305


this was poured with out degassing

Heh, fair enough... V-useful blogs cheers for those, they will be very helpfull when I sculpt and cast my mycetic spore pod.




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You don't have any air bubble problems with the 305??

very few bubble issues most are avoided by powdering the mold with talc powder. Also I use a syringe to inject and to pull resin through the mold usually gets most bubbles out. You can't degass 305 under most circumstances because it will start to boil and then it hardens and becomes very porous/brittle. Its designed to be very thin and to self degass most resins that get degassed have a much longer set time.

Fair enough, thanks again for the helpful info!!! This is going to be very hand as I said ^_^

@ Childe.

They are very close to the size of the space marine drop pods.

Also pics of most of my bug hoard are on this post
http://warfrog.blogspot.com/2011/11/hoarding-tyranids.html

It is said in prophecy of old that I will die when the last one is painted.

lmfao... I just started my Hive fleet (see my sig)

I like the chapterhouse ones, but, I want my own to look like the one in the 5th ed codex, which has the 'fex being "birthed" from it.

What is the difference between 305 and 320?

setting time and consistency.

320 is gonna set up real fast. a 3min pot life barely leaves time to mix and pour in my opinion.

Also... Dave, your buying a GALLON OF THE STUFF??? WTF??? you have more money than sense

I used "Mold Star 25" to make my molds. Similar to the OOmOO stuff. Also doesn't need degassing.

Hey dave! Sorry to read bout the moulds arsing up - must be insanely frustrating. Not sure I'd have the patience (or space!) for mouldmaking myself, but impressed that you're still powering ahead. It does seem to be the next step forward for people who create a lot of original stuff, so I'm sure it'll be worth the effort!

Realise it wouldn't work for complex stuff like what you're casting, but in case you haven't heard of it, instantmold is ace for press moulding. Could save you some time for little things!

Dave nothing I can say can take away your loss a project gone bad is a real annoyance especially after the amount of time invested.

However take away from it what you have learnt and proceed to achieve greater things.

Now stop moaning and get back to it LOL


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AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:Heh, fair enough... V-useful blogs cheers for those, they will be very helpfull when I sculpt and cast my mycetic spore pod.




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You don't have any air bubble problems with the 305??

Where do you get this product in the UK sick of using the resin I have as I wanted something more along the lines of that finish.

If you know please share

Scarper wrote:
Realise it wouldn't work for complex stuff like what you're casting, but in case you haven't heard of it, instantmold is ace for press moulding. Could save you some time for little things!

Thanks man, but I WAS using instamold here. Even the pressmolds were more bubbly than champagne, and It REALLY didn't work for a 2-part. The only good news is that I don't have to rebuild the LEGO boxes

@Childe I haven't ordered anything yet, but you may have missed the "I CAN'T GET IT LOCALLY" part. What would you suggest? I order just enough to half-ass something and run out mid-mold?


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@Unicorn, thanks for the super-useful tips man, I appreciate it. It appears I have most of the techniques down, I was just using the wrong stuff.

Insantmold is a different product! It's some rubbery stuff you put in boiling water to go soft then just press onto things. You didn't use instamold because of me did you? :O

I'm really sorry!

theunicorn wrote:320 is gonna set up real fast. a 3min pot life barely leaves time to mix and pour in my opinion.

Sorry had to do it

LOOOOOOLL

the crossed eyes are by far the best detail...on second thought that tongue too^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:LOOOOOOLL

the crossed eyes are by far the best detail...on second thought that tongue too^^

Great aint it I found it the other day and was waiting for a time to use it, I could wait no longer

lol... i know that feeling... it was the same for me with the facepalm one i showed with tomy lee jones earlier on...^^ (dunno which thread tho^^)

Yeah Scarper...I'm just used to everyone misspelling things and assumed you meant instamold (since my local store carried it)
$20 wasted.....meh...I guess I've wasted more money on lesser things before....

..edited my whiney bitching out of this post.

@ LDD


here you go


http://shop.shopatcuretime.co.uk/Smooth-Cast-300-09Kg

You can find OOMOO 30 there as well.

I'm really sorry man, I feel terrible. Didn't realise instamold was even a product :(
Don't let people force you into doing stuff you don't want to do, man. If you don't enjoy the moulding stuff, sod it and get back to the stuff you do like! No one on the internet really matters anyway (unless they're inadvertently recommending terrible products that is )

dave...pmed you...i am soon off...but would be nice to hear your thoughts about my thoughts...

keep well mate...and if you threaten to fall apart on this one...you know...what plastic glue dosn´t solve...there is always super glue for

PM returned. Thanks buddy, always appreciated.


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@scarper- yeah, it behaves like a 1:1 rubber mold, but it is temporary, when it dries out it is no good anymore. Not your fault that I assumed man. I wouldn't mind having something around for pressmolding little bits like the aquillas.