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Post by nangwaya on Jul 19, 2020 19:48:57 GMT
One of the recommendations yotube provided, based on my viewing habits:
It is the first time I have ever seen someone working on making an actual miniature.
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Post by mark leslie on Jul 20, 2020 4:21:16 GMT
My back aches just looking at the height of that table.
My parents gave me a toy soldier tin casting set back in the 70's and I happily cast away. I suspect attitudes to children working with molten metal have changed since.
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Post by Cromwell on Jul 20, 2020 7:06:13 GMT
I had a set for casting as well. I think the figures were about 30mm. All the casts were of 18th century soldiers.
I think the company making these was Prince August. Not sure if they are about now.
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Post by kaiphranos on Jul 20, 2020 10:53:11 GMT
I had a set for casting as well. I think the figures were about 30mm. All the casts were of 18th century soldiers. I think the company making these was Prince August. Not sure if they are about now. They are!My father has been casting some of their 25mm fantasy and historical ranges this summer. If you poke around his blog a bit, you'll probably see some of their 40mm 18th century range as well, as "Not Quite The Seven Years War."
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Post by sheffmark on Jul 20, 2020 12:47:31 GMT
Yes I remember Prince August as well and tried casting 25mm figures, but it wasn't as easy as they made out.
First you had to add powder to help the casting come away cleanly, and then the temperature of both the metal and environment seemed critical. The number of times I cast some figures only to find half a leg missing when I opened them up and getting bayonets to cast properly was a nightmare, in the end I gave up and decided it was easier to get a paper round and buy the figures I wanted!
I also remember buying a bargain bag of 25mm Napoleonics and finding some, what I'm pretty sure were, home made copies of Minfigs Prussian Grenadiers in there!
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Post by Cromwell on Jul 21, 2020 7:09:50 GMT
I think back in the 70's quite a bit of piracy went on with people trying to home cast figures using commercial ones as a model.
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Post by sheffmark on Jul 21, 2020 12:22:32 GMT
Yes, don't see them about now-a-days though. Presumably the quality of castings improved so much that it's too difficult to replicate using anything but industrial equipment, or have people just become more honest?!
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Post by redrob on Jul 21, 2020 15:26:46 GMT
Watch the film. I never knew that they were made using solder. Perhaps goes a long way to explain why Minifigs were the way they were. Actually I am impressed.
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Post by Baldie on Jul 21, 2020 16:05:47 GMT
Yes, don't see them about now-a-days though. Presumably the quality of castings improved so much that it's too difficult to replicate using anything but industrial equipment, or have people just become more honest?! I dont know, resin moulds seem seem to be all the rage
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Post by sheffmark on Jul 23, 2020 12:49:39 GMT
Yes, don't see them about now-a-days though. Presumably the quality of castings improved so much that it's too difficult to replicate using anything but industrial equipment, or have people just become more honest?! I dont know, resin moulds seem seem to be all the rage I meant that you very rarely see home cast figures now-a-days.
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