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I've got a terrain project which involves a lot of replication of details using Instant Mold molds. (like 50 per terrain piece... yes, I'm insane.)

However, the time waiting for green stuff to cure as well as cost has just hit me.

Any advice on what to use instead that would be cheaper/cure faster/etc?

Green stuff world do blues stuff for moulds and resin powder. I have the powder and and waiting for my blue stuff so haven’t tried it but apparently blue stuff is really good (which is why I ordered some).

Other wise I have no idea and I don’t know how long the reading takes to set

What brand of Resin Powder?

I've done Blue Stuff before and the molds are equivalent, but I don't want the expense of green stuff, or wating hours for it to cure.

Any fast-curing putty or resins out there which become solid in minutes rather than hours and don't heat up while curing like plaster?

check out SmoothOn products, they make a ton of casting stuff and FW uses one of their resins.

https://www.smooth-on.com/?pk_campaign=6485697993&pk_kwd=smoothon&pk_source=google&pk_medium=cpc&pk_content=381355750769&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-af6BRC5ARIsAALPIlUOrCUI1cM-H00tG9vLPgxhlj2Hicu-PY1Lpja0kkCCSGOJEGn818gaAoQZEALw_wcB

Milliput can work if you know how to use, and you can get it for <$10 at hobby lobby (which should tell you how easy it is to get), and there are a few types, but the standard yellow-grey should be good for details as long as you have practice, and there is probably a type that is better for details, but you can do your own research on that.

 Frowbakk wrote:
What brand of Resin Powder?

I've done Blue Stuff before and the molds are equivalent, but I don't want the expense of green stuff, or wating hours for it to cure.

Any fast-curing putty or resins out there which become solid in minutes rather than hours and don't heat up while curing like plaster?

Perhaps I am a noob at resins but arn't the (heat and cure time) are two opposite things?
If you want fast cure there will be heat, and if you want longer cure time you get to enjoy benefits of no heat.

A sculpting putty would be useless if it dries in minutes. Because no one sculpts that fast.

The only thing that fits your description is 2Part-Epoxy like JBWeld quick for automotive repair Epoxy with aluminum. But 2partEpoxy aint cheap.

Lolz, you want it cheap fast and no heat that reminds me of:




Why not use pour resin molds?
Like, I tried to do a project, and realised that the cost of clear resin is way too high for what I was trying to do. And putties are more expensive than resins.

You could use UV resin. It's dries in seconds if you use a UV torch.

Even slow-cure resins give off heat.
It's a curve. Temperature over time. The longer the duration, the flatter the curve, and the more readily dissipated the heat is.

Fast-cure resins just dump all their heat over a shorter duration, so the spike is more readily apparent.

You can also get fast-set low-shrinkage resins.

Your best bet is to make a mould (or multiple moulds) of what you want done, then once that mould is made, mixing up the resin (this is where multiple moulds come in) and casting away.

Working with almost any resin will give off heat.

The closest I can get to no heat, cheaper and faster than GS is milliput superfine.
About 3 hours cure time, good detail, no heat.
It’s also considerably cheaper than GS is.

The main issue though is that you want a substance that has all the positive properties but no negative ones, which really don’t exist.
Sadly you’ll have to take one or another.

Honestly you'd be better to make a few master models then use a silicone rubber that is heat resistant.

As for casting material, there is a product called 'alumilite'. It is a casting plastic similar to resin but it sets in 3 minutes, and can be painted straight away without a primer or washing with detergent first. During the 3 minute cure time it does create a very intense heat but so long as the silicone is resistant then you won't have a problem. The only downside is that you will get bubbles, but are easily fixed with green stuff!

The outlay depends very much on the size of the molds. A small pot of silicone cost me about £22 pounds, the alumilite cost about £32 . I got three molds consisting of six 25mm bases,and casted well over a 100 of them in 2 days. I didn't use much alumilite and had about half a bottle left, although I should point you actually get two bottles; one which is the alumilite and the other is the curing agent. You can also get colouring agents for it pretty cheap.

I dont think its cheaper or faster but magic sculpt has such smooth beautiful properties it makes me all happy n gak

 Frowbakk wrote:
What brand of Resin Powder?

I've done Blue Stuff before and the molds are equivalent, but I don't want the expense of green stuff, or wating hours for it to cure.

Any fast-curing putty or resins out there which become solid in minutes rather than hours and don't heat up while curing like plaster?

This is the one I have- sets in 30 mins. As I said, waiting for my blue stuff to try it

http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/mold-making/718-acrylic-resin.html

Did some looking around.

Perhaps this is what you are looking for?
https://www.amazon.com/vdp/6869c961791b4e93a1274361faea192c?ref=dp_vse_rvc_1

I don’t think this is what you want but it popped up in my insta as an advert and I thought it might be interesting to people on this thread. Looks a bit OTT for the average gamer haha

https://www.siocast.com/