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 Post subject: Re: Moulding and casting conversion parts.
PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:05 pm 
Ringwraith
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Or you could bend a bit of wire to shape then encase it in putty. A bit more skill required for that though

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 Post subject: Re: Moulding and casting conversion parts.
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army-of-the-dom wrote:
ok thanks for tips and video, will have a little mess when i come to needing mumak parts like tusks... and thanks for video, do you think thank the blue strips will be ok for this?


I have not tried anything like the tusk. I can see a problem if you do not have enough clamps.

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But maybe not. One would have been enough. I used two wooden bases.

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Hand pressure will often be enough. I pressed this a bit thin.

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This would have been better had I not clamped it so thin. This is what I mean by a press book mold. It takes a bit of practice but you should be able to get a good result by practicing a few times.

I do not have any green stuff so I can not go to the next step. Clamping is more important during the green stuff step.
I hope this helps.

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helps alot, thanks a million
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 Post subject: Re: Moulding and casting conversion parts.
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You need to wait for your putty to harden a little before you work with it. The actual amount depends upon the amount of curvature and the thickness of the green stuff. I don't have a good estimate of time but it sounds like the putty hasn't had enough time to harden up enough to hold a shape.
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