Friday, 11 March 2022

Fruits of the loom (well molds)


Got these figures I cast up a couple of weeks ago finally finished , so this gives 'Red' Army two gun crews , this means I have to cast some up for Army 'Blue' to even things up . They are of course Prince August 54mm .


I've also been playing about with the metal mold I got and have managed to get these done . They are 40mm semi-flats and are French Infantry . Found the trick with metal molds is the hotter the mold gets the better the casting , totally different than the rubber molds which start to distort if you don't let them cool down whilst casting . Need to clean these up and based ready for painting .



 

14 comments:

  1. The French infantry have come out really well, nice looking figures.

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    1. Yes I started getting good results once the mold had go very hot - gloves were worn !

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  2. Beautiful paint job on the artillery crew Tony, they look great!
    The French infantry look to be very detailed and should paint up quite nicely!

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  3. Nice figures Tony - great work casting the flats

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  4. A lovely looking gun crew Tony…
    And nice work on the castings…

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thank you , much prefer these larger scale figures nowadays

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  5. Very well done on the 54mm Gun Crew- they look super Tony.

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  6. Tony, the gun crew look very nice, and very traditional.
    Michael

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    1. Got at an antique fair a few years ago - and quite cheaply compared to todays prices .

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  7. That is a lot of detail on those Frenchies!

    Love the crew too.

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    1. Yes they have a surprising amount , looking forward to getting them painted.

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