Recently I came across a few cool pieces of terrain that features large exposed skeletons. It reminded me of something from Star Wars or the bone yard from Pitch Black. I wanted to build some terrain that features large bones.
I was planning on going local to pick up something at Michaels. Before I did I hit the internet, and came across the following item:
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B013DISYEE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
$10.99... Canadian. Free shipping? I gave them a shot and they arrived quickly.
I haven't built anything with them yet, but I thought I would post a few photos so you could all see them in scale with a 15mm as well as see how they take paint.
Overall for a random bunch of plastic bones for $11, I am pretty happy with the product. If you are looking to incorporate a long dead monster in your sci-fi or even fantasy terrain, I think these are a pretty decent place to start.
'Barbarism is the natural state of mankind,' the borderer said, still staring somberly at the Cimmerian. 'Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph.'
-Robert E. Howard
Beyond The Black River
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Sunday, November 1, 2015
Monday, December 8, 2014
Smooth Cast 300
All of my castings had been with Alumilite's Super Plastic. It was readily available at my hobby store and I was anxious to start casting starships so I could work on a simple ruleset for ship to ship combat.
Over this weekend I went down to my local plastic store and picked up a $27 set of Smooth-on's Smooth Cast 300 on the advice of the great guys at https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/Stargrunt2/. It has a pretty similar working and set time when compared with Super Plastic.
However the A and B part of Smoothcast are less viscous which allows it to take finer detail in the molds that are being cast. That is a win.
I haven't seen a compareable size of Smoothcast vs Superplastic in the stores. But I know from the small bottles of Super Plastic I got in a kit, that the $27 set of Smooth Cast will last me a lot of castings.
I also suspect the lower viscosity of this resin will allow air bubbles to be removed easier, although I haven't personally had an issue with it.
In the end Smooth Cast was easily worth the purchase price.
Thumbs up on this product.
Over this weekend I went down to my local plastic store and picked up a $27 set of Smooth-on's Smooth Cast 300 on the advice of the great guys at https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/Stargrunt2/. It has a pretty similar working and set time when compared with Super Plastic.
However the A and B part of Smoothcast are less viscous which allows it to take finer detail in the molds that are being cast. That is a win.
I haven't seen a compareable size of Smoothcast vs Superplastic in the stores. But I know from the small bottles of Super Plastic I got in a kit, that the $27 set of Smooth Cast will last me a lot of castings.
I also suspect the lower viscosity of this resin will allow air bubbles to be removed easier, although I haven't personally had an issue with it.
In the end Smooth Cast was easily worth the purchase price.
Thumbs up on this product.
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