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You could keep going with even more weathering IMHO..but they look fantastic!

That Shotgun rocks!! Cast those up man!!

Nice work noodle the moulds are turning out nicely lets just see how the pours turn out now

Nice weapon conversions nothing worst when you cant get the dam thing you want again

I am interested to see how those molds work for you. I have done a few like that with the L shaped channel to fill from the bottom. I had mixed results. Are you pouring or using a syringe to inject the resin? I prefer the syringe but then I have a 2 minute cure time on the resin I use.

Thanks dsteingass, already done

@ LDD: tell me about it, its ok if you only want one thing but if you want lots ...

@ Depraved: The bottom filling technique seems to work pretty well for me, there are issues with adding channels to allow air to escape on parts like my rifle scopes and I think its a mold technique better suited to basic or pressure casting (like it seems everything is ...). I've been using both pouring and syringe and think they both take about the same time, the syringe is quicker to fill the voids in the molds but you've got to get the resin in the syringe first. The resin I've been using has about a 3 minuite pot life and 30min cure time, out of interest what are you using? and what problems are you having with your casts?

I've done some casts using the new molds using 2 types of resin. there is alot of flash on the weapons sprue but thats not much of an issue

The top 2 casts are using a fast casting polyurethane resin from a UK company, the lower 2 using a smooth-cast resin that turns to foam unless you live in the Mojave.

Otherwise I realized I was missing a key weapon for my genswick.

I'll give you 2 guesses and no its not "the element of supprise" or "a fanatical devotion to the pope" emperor". Its quite a bit smaller than the marine equivalent that is more or less the only other option so much more guardsman friendly.

Thanks
N.

Melta gun?

Ok that is a freakin cool melta conversion.

I was using smooth-cast 300 with no vacuum or pressure. The main issue I had was air bubbles on fine tipped features like spikes (I think this would be solved by vacuum/pressure casting). Another issue was detaching the cast from the thick square channel on the bottom. The resin was hard to cut on such a big contact point. I solved this by making a smaller channel leading from the bottom channel to the cast. The L shaped mold requires more resin and I have found that the more mixed resin you have in a container the faster it cures. Finally it just seemed like I was using a lot of extra silicon rubber and resin with the L-shaped molds. Of course in hindsight I still have massive quantities of both left over. The last molds I did I injected straight down into each cast part, keeping the mold loose so that it would not get trapped on the finer points and then tightening it up after. It creates a lot of flash but seems to preserve the details better.

Your casts are looking very good, so perhaps I will fire up the vacuum chamber and pull out those older L-shaped molds.

yep melta gun, glad you like it 40kFSU

@ Depraved: I know the feeling, I have a lot of problems with small bits as well. I think the L-molds are a bit more suitable to pressure casting, but if you are going to vacuum you need to make sure your molds are suitable for it you basically need a reservoir to hold the resin as it is forced out by expanding air bubbles and then that resin be drawn into the gaps left once pressure is re-applied.
If you can, give smooth-cast 305 a try it has a 7 minute pot life which is usually enough to fill a mold and do whatever needs to be done.
I've heard that you can use a type non-silicate talcum powder to "draw" resin into details by capillary action, I've not tried this myself but I might give it a shot.

Nice melta like the end nozzle shame more don't look like that as for the casting using talc I have made some basic moulds myself with some success using this method.

I made a couple of simple pour mould's and a split mould and it worked reasonably well, the way I applied talc was by using a small make up brush which you can gently dust the moulds without creating clumping it the mould.

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 OneManNoodles wrote:

If you can, give smooth-cast 305 a try it has a 7 minute pot life which is usually enough to fill a mold and do whatever needs to be done.
I've heard that you can use a type non-silicate talcum powder to "draw" resin into details by capillary action, I've not tried this myself but I might give it a shot.

Yes I definately want something with a longer working life once I run out of my current supply.

I apply johnson and johnson baby powder to my molds with a feather brush before each cast(carefully shaking/blowing away the excess). It does seem to improve details and gives it a nice matte finish for painting. I also heard it is good to store your molds with a liberal coat of powder to prevent sticking.

I'll have to give the talk a try.

@ LDD: thanks mate.

@ Depraved: I've not had any problems with my molds sticking yet, but thanks for the tip . Also I think you are right larger amounts of resin do cure quicker, annoyingly. I suspect its because the reaction is exothermic, you can try keeping the resin cooler than it says on the pot to extend it, if you haven't already.

I've been working on the basilisk, I've got most of the gun built and I'm nearly done riveting the entire thing.

In the mean time, some more genswick


"some men just want to watch the world burn"

These will give me something easy to paint, I've got another 30 or so infantry lined up (mostl in my head) so there will be more. I'm starting to sculpt my own greatcoats over cadian legs, since I've got a few lying around, pics to come.

Thanks everyone
N.

Good luck with the talc and moulding talking of which a small package arrived today

Had a quick look most look pretty good only a few minor air bubbles easily sorted, mind you white resin is nightmare to see the detail on

Thought I had gone snow blind will have a better look this weekend and give some a wash to bring out the detail more.

However the ones I can see the detail look great, some real nice detail thanks again and will be using the masked head this weekend fingers crossed

Time for what seems like is becoming my monthly update.

@LDD: good to know, the white resin is a pain I agree, I would have bought something to colour it but I doubt I would be buying more so I'd probably be wasted money. Love to see what you do with the bits .


I thought I would try making a plasmagun to do with the meltagun, that would fit better with IG, the kneeling greatcoats will be the last I make (with luck).


Also got around to making a cast of that Gothic buttress I posted a while back

I'm using another type of resin, this one more flexible and coloured black, apart from it smelling of paraffin, I'm really impressed with how it turned out for a first cast, I've not even cleaned it up yet apart from snapping the pour point off.
So I might just cast up 20-30 of them and put them up on ebay for a month. If they sell then that should get back the costs for them, if not I'm sure I can find a use for them broken up as base decorations at least.

Now for something a bit different, I thought my Imperial fists could do with an upgraded captain, so between mold making and casting I threw this guy together from my bits-box, It's something I'd had planned for a year but not had the will power to make.





Anyway, thanks for reading.

N.

Thats a seriously good Captain !

sweet pose and all!

Worth the wait for the monthly update in every way.

Subbed.

Thanks everyone, that Captain will probably be sitting in a box for another year, still got purity seals and scrolling to add. I've got so many half finished things knocking around, its not fun.

Time for a bit more terrain that I've half heartedly been making.

After playing far too much fallout I had to make something inspired by it.



Metal boxes. Even when they say "empty" you have to search through them anyway These are about 20mm cubed, as you can guess I didn't want to make anything too fancy... yet.

Also I started making some more terrain bits from offcuts, botched builds and failed casts. Nothing too special just a rubble heap on the left and a ... something on the right



and there was me throwing out any botched bits...

Thanks again everyone

You have been busy nice great coat legs by the way and loving the weapon conversions

Buttress turned out well sure you can shift a few on eBay like the rubble base shame you have unfinished projects

Nice boxes but lost on me never got into that game I am afraid, will let you know how I get on with the bits after I get back from me holiday.

Love the Metal Boxes! The thing on the right could easily be a store window awning

Thanks guys.

@dsteingass: Thanks, Initially I was thinking of something like that or maybe a curved roof between two levels of a building, but atm its heading to some sort of locker

@LDD: I'll finish it all eventually ... or sell it.

Here is the guy that captain will be replacing
my current stand in




Greatcoats


from left to right:
2 commissars, an officer, ammo carrying grunt and 2 veterans with demo charges.
The left most commissar's hat is my own work, not bad for the second attempt and it seems the second commissars arm is falling off hmm.

At least with resin casting I have no shortage of basing materials,

thanks all

Dam you are getting good and the great coats have turned out really well, just loving the look I really must get to the bits and have ago at a couple of things myself.

Although I have been side tracked by this dam badass comp, my brain is full of ideas now but need to stay focused

Arches and boxes and Captains, oh my!

Excellent scratch builds, all of it.

Looking good! mix of the new and old as one would expect from Genswick!

Been a while
Finally finished my first commission I was working on that has been giving me a headache.
yes ... its another metal box.






The images are minus the rivets and some other surface details that I've since added, I also have a mind to make my own rear and side hatches and my own hull bottom giving me a complete kit .

For my own use I'd like to add sponsons and make up my own rules for it, just have to finish making the molds for it first.

Let me know what you think

General shape and design follows usual aesthetics of similar formats so spot on, but would rather see the finer detail as mentioned to get a better feel for the model.

You have done most of the model so why not the doors and hatch

my thoughts exactly!
I'll try and get some images of the sides tomorrow (the rest is in silicone) It's pretty plain as the client requested... also fits in with the general aesthetic of like vehicles.

Hey those greatcoats are really cool. Tank is looking good too.

i often heard bad talk about the emperors chosen hero model...but for my own sins...i love that model...i own it twice for that reason even...

and that yellow looks really warm and lovley noodles!

also...mate i think you need to show us your range of bitz you are able to market... really... i am currently replanning my rennaisance steampunk army look...and your selfmade stuff could be right up their alley...

oh...and i even overlooked your lovley terrain pieces...noodles...you are a busy man...and a splendid modeler!!!

Some images of the side details




the parallel grooves are for IG like tracks to slot in (which they do quite nicely), the interior is basically non-existent...
I'm going to go over it once more to make sure its cleaned up nicely then I've got to figure out how to mold the damn things, the detailing I've tried to be restrained on.


@ 40kFSU: Thanks, the great coats are actually pretty easy to do.

@ vik: It is pretty cliche , I preferred the older version of the model holding the sword with both hands, I think it was a "limited edition" model or something. I keep forgetting to post up my Fists

I'll have to see what I can do with bits, the weapons and some of the torsos and heads are a no-no, it'd have to re-make them from scratch but some of the things are OK or just need a bit of modification when I have time. I'll see what I can do, If you see anything that peeks your interest let me know.

Thanks
N..