Anyone experience in making molds?

Tojurub · Post by **Tojurub** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:50 am

Hello,

I was wondering if anybody has made molds before (for sceneries). I bought some silikon molds to make bricks and stuff (forgot the name, but it should be well-known). Unfortunatelly if you want to make larger things, like walls along a pitch, etc, it can take forever to mold every single brick. So I was thinking about building one larger piece of wall and use some kind of silikon to make a mold and use that instead of the small pieces.

Anybodz any ideas or comments?

RollD6 · Post by **RollD6** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:46 am

Hirst Arts has a tutorial on how to make molds, including materials needed. Here is the link.
http://www.hirstarts.com/moldmake/moldmaking.html

Good luck!

TTFN,
John

Tojurub · Post by **Tojurub** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:09 pm

Hirst Art!!!!! That's the company I got the molds from....I just couldn't remember the name

....thanks for the link

Nathaniel · Post by **Nathaniel** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:54 am

I've made a ton of moulds for a ton of different applications (everything from pewter casting to ceramic slip casting to concrete casting). The hirst arts site really does have pretty much all the info you need. There's also an excellent yahoogroup dedicated to casting-- you'll find some zany ideas on there but also a lot of help.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/casting/

Galis · Post by **Galis** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:20 am

IÂ´m trying to make molds with red silicone. Solution in a few days

dwarfcoach · Post by **dwarfcoach** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:19 pm

Galis wrote:IÂ´m trying to make molds with red silicone.

Yep, worked pretty well for me. I did manage to makle one hell of a mess, but the models that came out were pretty damn cool...

Chairface · Post by **Chairface** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:57 pm

Is that mold made out of lego, Galis?

Mootaz · Post by **Mootaz** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:05 pm

Chairface wrote:Is that mold made out of lego, Galis?

The best box for molds is LEGO. Sturdy an arrangeable in a variety of sizes.

Hias · Post by **Hias** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:21 pm

And it's a nice reminiscence to long passed youth. When I visited my parents last christmas, I asked for my old LEGO exactly for this purose. Well, they seemd to be a little bit irritated for the first moment ....

Galis · Post by **Galis** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:55 pm

ItÂ´s a simillar kind of blocks called TENTE, rescued from my old toys vault.

I used this manual to make my molds. itÂ´s only in spanish but has a lot of pics.

Miniature molds

Gandhi · Post by **Gandhi** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:56 pm

Cool manual. I don't speak a single word spanish but the Picture explain ALL I wanted to know

Galis · Post by **Galis** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:21 pm

Just a little (but very important) point. DonÂ´t forget to give a fine varnish cover on plastilin (purple stuff at my picture). retire (if not) could be difficult.