Ancient Ruins

[Wolf Girl]

Right now we’re working on bricks for ancient ruins and things like that. For the molds we’re using Durham’s Water Putty and got the directions off of Hirst Molds website (what dad calls the "interweb"  ). Right now we’re just experimenting so we can’t recommend anything.

Here's the first picture.


Just have to wait awhile to let you know how it turns out.


Wolf out

[Wolf Girl]

This is the mold after scraping the extra Water Putty off, it is now in the spoon to the left of the picture. At first the putty was really watery but it is hardening and is now about the consistency of toothpaste. I’ll be posting again after I pull them out.



Wolf out

[archangel1]

I like the HirstArts stuff (I have most of the Egyptian molds) but they're a lot of work.  From my experience with Durham's, you might want to consider an alternative.  It's pretty dense when it's dry, particularly in those thicknesses.  I'm using dental plaster at the moment and it's great to work with.  I just hope I can easily source some more when it's gone.  Don't use Woodland Scenics' lightweight plaster, though.  Nice material, but it's a bit too 'insubstantial' for this type of modelling - too 'airy'.  Works fine for their own rock molds, otherwise.

[d phipps]

Here she is inspecting her first mold --
 



For motivation on this picture I said, “Okay, now pretend this isn’t slave labor!” –



Thanks for the suggestion, archangel1.


Thanks –
Dave

[voltan]

For motivation on this picture I said, “Okay, now pretend this isn’t slave labor!” –

[d phipps]

Okay, here is the rough layout for a tomb idea --

[Wirelizard]

Nice - looks like a 12"x12" floor tile as a base?

HA molds & blocks are an enourmous amount of fun to play and build with, but also a lot of work to get enough cast to have usable amounts! The end result is always worth it, though.

[Dewbakuk]

Okay, here is the rough layout for a tomb idea --

I love building tombs and labyrinths with this stuff

Just as a quick aside, if you're intending to have more than one tile (I'm assuming that's 1' square?) next to each other at any point, be aware of the friction walls of that size will have against each other. If you try and lift it straight up it will pull against any ajacent walls. My layouts have mulitples all around so I've taken to setting my walls half a block in from the tile edge and only the 'doors' go to the edge.

[magokiron]

Aaaaah!

Hirst Arts molds.

You just love 'em or hate 'em!

They produce some of the MOST BEAUTIFUL finished products for the miniature scenery maker, but yep, it's slavery work.

And the finished buildings usually weight a ton!

Anyhow, your first attemps look pretty good, and regarding your previous post, I'm sure this tomb will end up being a beautiful and playable model.

Please show us how it develops.

Best wishes.