One of my brothers was kind enough to give me his "old" Mac computer (it's about 6 years old), allowing me to get back on line. A big thanks to my brother, Mike.
I bought some new rubber and made a mold of one of my sculpts. I wanted to see if the green stuff would handle being pressed into the clay I use. The figure held up to the abuse, and I am happy with the end result. Unfortunately, I ran out of metal after 3 figures. Unlike in the past, I ordered new metal instead of melting down old figures or using scrap metal. The new metal came in yesterday, however, right now I don't see myself casting anymore of the figures, as I don't think I will have use for them.
Little else has been done with wargaming, except a few games and trying to get motivated on some project; so far little luck.
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| Finished casting of my original sculpt. |
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| Figures painted as cavemen. |
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| I added a spear to one of the figures. |
Nice work... what process did you use for mould making? I have been meaning to try it out for years, and this may be the year I do it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should do a post on how I make my molds. I think you should give making your own mold. It adds much to the hobby and it is fun using figures you cast yourself.
DeleteThat would be very helpful. I like the idea of casting my own armies up, and have exhausted all the Prince August range. Look forward to a tutorial.
DeleteI melt down pewter cups. I pick them up from garage (yard) sales and op (charity) shops.
ReplyDeleteGood idea, and for rubber?
DeleteI used to use different scrap metals. Of course there's no way of knowing what's in those metals. The rubber I use can't handle too high temperatures so I use a low melt metal, which actually works well with my molds. I use Aeromarine 125 RTV rubber. It mixes 1:1, which cuts down on trying to figures out fractions in measuring, which I'm bad at.
DeleteGood to have you back blogging again, John, now that your tech hitch is over. Interesting and versatile figures which work really well as cavemen or tribal figures. They remind me of your Papua New Guinea Dani tribal fight games last year.
ReplyDeleteOddly by sheer coincidence I have been looking at some simple self confessed “silly” rules from Miniature Wargames 11 (that I tried out when the mag was published in 1984) on Stone Age Wargames by Andy Callan, based on these PNG Dani tribal fights. There are also some fun Miniature Wargames or Wargames Illustrated article rules by Howard Ugg’s Whitehouse called “Caveman!” I shall post about these rules including Andy’s Caveman / tribal figures on bottle tops version of tribal Subbuteo in the next few weeks.
I have the Stone Age Wargames by Andy Callan, which is one of the inspirations for my games. I haven't seen the the article on Caveman! I look forward to your posts on the rules.
DeleteThese came out nicely!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm pleased with the results; more for the fact everything worked out as I hoped. Now I see why people actually think out their sculpts, as I don't see me using these figures any time soon.
DeleteI think these are really nice. I quite like the caveman tribal fight idea. I did make a start a few years ago, but the available figures were far too detailed and fantasy looking for my taste. Yours look great.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I find the figure I made too large for my liking. I might try to sculpt one or two smaller figures for tribe wargames, or try to use the Airfix indian with spear figure for a mold.
DeleteGlad you got your computer up issues resolved and I really like those ‘cavemen’
ReplyDeleteIt's good to be back up and running. I think having the blog motivates me to do more work on the hobby. By the way, thank you for the Christmas card. I sent you an email, but I have 5 addresses for you!
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ReplyDeleteGlad the card arrived okay. The best email to contact me on is the hotmail one
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting me know that. I will have to get rid of some of the others.
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