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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Nic on December 12, 2018, 05:02:30 AM
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This short film shot at Eureka Miniatures in Melbourne, Australia shows the life of a typical toy soldier from birth to death.
(https://abfigures.com/img/cms/life_of_lead.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8MyQRxKStw&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8MyQRxKStw&feature=youtu.be)
Eureka would like to thank Kurtis Lowden for his excellent work. Tell us what you think.
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Super wee film, really enjoyed it, nice to see the processes and lovely figures too! :)
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Lovey stuff.
Edit: Watching it again the tempo and the link to what you see on screen and the music is done very well.
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Nic,
You know, despite your vehement protestations to the contrary, I saw no evidence of Stormy Daniels’ presence in that film. I suppose we have to wait for the sequel.
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"There are no small parts, only small actors." Especially small in this case. ;)
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I enjoyed that, nicely done.
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Good film. Enjoyed it :)
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That was great.
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Lovely work, Nic!
Also, that reminds me that that film crew is on my lead pile... ::) lol
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That was rather fun to watch, good job.
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Oh, I like that!
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I like it too.
Very interesting film showing some process in making figures not easily available.
Well done Nic!
Marco
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It is all thanks to Kurtis, he is going to be a director to keep an eye on.
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That was fun. I imagine all those battle noises myself when my figures play a wargame.
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That was a very nicely made film - enjoyable. Is that a Romanoff casting machine? Looks very like mine with a few differences.
Doug
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Great little film
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Hi Nic;
Long time no see. It was great watching the process. I really enjoyed seeing the other side of the hobby. Music was also a nice touch. Thanks for taking the time to share what many of us take for granted. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Regards,
Hitman
8)
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Very nice and well produced!
Interestingly the first time I saw how casting is done...seems more labour intensive and difficult than I thought.
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Interestingly the first time I saw how casting is done...seems more labour intensive and difficult than I thought.
Interestingly I felt the opposite. "Wait... aren't there more steps to this?" lol
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Great film! I watched it on the the Big Screen (TV) as opposed to my laptop.
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Enjoyed that cheers🤙
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That was really nicely done. 8) 8) 8)
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I enjoyed that :D
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Thank you all. The casting machine was locally made by Global Alloys. Good to see it is both more and less labour intensive than people thought.
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I noticed at the start, the casting circular "sprue" left over from a previous cast was being broken up and dropped into the melting pot. However from a previous thread I started about what to do with casting flash, unwanted figures etc. the consensus was they couldn't be melted down and recycled back into new figures?
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I noticed at the start, the casting circular "sprue" left over from a previous cast was being broken up and dropped into the melting pot. However from a previous thread I started about what to do with casting flash, unwanted figures etc. the consensus was they couldn't be melted down and recycled back into new figures?
No doubt it depends on the particular alloy involved as well as whatever safety measures you have in place.
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I noticed at the start, the casting circular "sprue" left over from a previous cast was being broken up and dropped into the melting pot. However from a previous thread I started about what to do with casting flash, unwanted figures etc. the consensus was they couldn't be melted down and recycled back into new figures?
Never heard that before. All that stuff goes back in the pot😀
Doug
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Never heard that before. All that stuff goes back in the pot😀
Doug
Well this is the thread
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=106472.0
I thought about taking my collected metal to shows to offer to manufacturers but I got the impression most wouldn’t want it.
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For hobby casting (such as Prince August), melting down the "failures" is standard procedure - I'd be surprised if melting down scrap/miscasts isn't standard procedure elsewhere, so long as it's the same material, be it the original blocks or whatever else.
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We always recycle our sprues. Figures would cost an awful lot more if we didn't.
Looking at the previous thread, someone hit on the nail by mentioning that cross contamination is an issue. We only use metal from our supplier. Other manufacturers metal and offcuts, scraps etc, would change the casting properties.