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hivetrygon

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Originally posted by XenosMini
Hi hive!

For your cast in resin you are using a vacuum machine o another machine? How do you made the cast, thanks!

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I use a pressure pot for casting resin but a vacuum chamber for the molds.
 
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XenosMini

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Hmmmm... Hive, you know (or have try) if with a vacuum machine i can cast with resin? I hear that is used in the jewelry cast with metals like gold or silver, in resin can be possible make cast?

I want to buy a vacuum machine like this one:

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Thanks for your attention and patience!.
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hivetrygon

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Originally posted by XenosMini
Hmmmm... Hive, you know (or have try) if with a vacuum machine i can cast with resin? I hear that is used in the jewelry cast with metals like gold or silver, in resin can be possible make cast?

I want to buy a vacuum machine like this one:

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Thanks for your attention and patience!.
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I\'m not sure that would work. Those are used for investment plaster with wax burnout\'s. The investment plaster is poreous and allows the machine to suck air through the plaster helping the metal parts cast. I use sillicon rubber and pour the resin directly into them. Now if you did wax castings then made them in investment and poured metal it would be fine but very time consumeing and costly I imagine.
 
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hivetrygon

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Well with the new site up and running I have a few new WIP. Worked real hard to get this right. The best miniature I will have done to date when finished. Armor additions and heads optional. 2-3 possible weapon choices depending. I\'m leaning toward sword and shield, two weapons one under hand the other normal grip, and a flail if I can figure that bugger out. Lots of heads and helm options.
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dwarf update, looking good as well I think. Now that I have been trying to be exact with proportions this one has been very tough form me:
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hivetrygon

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Some eye candy. A guy by the name of Gareth painted these and he is painting 2 of my orcs as well, just shows them off to their quality I think. His painting is so crisp and sharp, fantastic work. Love what he did with the Troll.

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hivetrygon

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Originally posted by freakinacage
cool you should get him to paint all your stuff. love the bug-y thing
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Wish I could, he is fantastic. I have a few more painters trying out some minis as well. I like to give a few people a try as not everyone has time to paint solely for me, and these were things he planed to get I think.
 
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hivetrygon

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I think these updates are worth sharing, I feel I\'m improving quite a bit. When I get these two done I plan to push well beyond my comfort zone with the demon and elf kit.

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Notice the veins? 3-4 times larger than the mini mind you. :bouncy:

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Eyes still needed in all 3 heads, should make them ace when done. I love the final helmet design, hope everyone else does. I still have quite a bit of work to do with it yet.
 
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Bill

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Looking absolutely great. Your sculpting style is fantastic! Nice to see some painted examples too, those look very nice.
 
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hivetrygon

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first attempt at the French sculpting style on my shield, love those guy\'s and girl\'s work. Barbarian armor option one, evil. I want to try for evil, good, neutral. Think this is going to work, or just do heads?

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demonherald

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I\'m actually enjoying seeing these develop and your stle is indeed unique.. must pick one of those trolls up he is great....

keep up the good workand keep improving...
 
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hivetrygon

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Here is the final evil armor options 99.9% done. I still have to blend the horns into the helmet. I think it is well beyond what I was going to be able to do. I also included my fingers in the pic so you can see how small this is:

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here are the dwarf heads with eyes in them. I\'m still not ace at eyes and lids but a lot better.

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hivetrygon

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Originally posted by freakinacage
i like the guy with fur on his shoulders
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I do to. He was sort of inspired by the good old fashion witch doctor look in mind. The hair looks much bushier in life for some reason? :(
 
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