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Sat, 05/17/2003 - 12:49
Anonymous

I am wondering if anyone has tried to reproduce their custom made pieces (clay, whittled, modified existing pieces?) by creating a latex mold (I found the material in art store), and then using plastic Resin with a hardener to make exact copies.

I talked to a guy who knows plastics (though not specifically for games etc.) who said that one could add food coloring to the resin before pouring it into the mold.

My main problem so far has been making the originals (cuz I did them by myself in clay, and they aren

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Fri, 04/25/2003 - 15:48
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Krakit
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I

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Fri, 04/25/2003 - 22:49
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I see the following scene unfolding ... {fuzzy dream-sequency border forms around the outer edges of the vision}

My wife looks at me strangely as I seem almost overly-enthusiastic to join her in a trip to the local arts & crafts store. "What?" I ask, shrugging and acting like it should be a normal thing. She just rolls here eyes, shakes her head and walks on ahead of me into the store.

While she heads toward the yarn and crochet patterns, I take a left-hand turn and head towards the unsuspecting store employee manning the plastic-molding/glue-gun area of the store. She seems a bit weary as I approach her, questions ready to come flowing from my mouth.

Fifteen minutes later, I notice my wife touching my elbow. She looks very sympathetic toward the clerk. "Geeking out again?" she asks. The clerk nods slowly and carefully, keeping her eyes on me the whole time.

"What?" I ask as my wife leads me toward the check-out so she can pay for her 2 scains of yarn and a booklet about mittens ... {fade to black}

;-) :-D

-Bryk[ This message was edited by: Brykovian on 25-04-2003 19:50 ]

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Sat, 04/26/2003 - 19:29
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Anonymous
Making custom bits

hello my name is christopher and I represent Daedalus Games. we can reproduce any custom bit you have made in a variety of effects in plastic and pewter. For more information go to www.gameconsultation.com or for a quote email contact@gameconsultation.com

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Mon, 04/28/2003 - 12:10
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Anonymous
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Christopher/Shipyards, instead of JUST telling me there is a service available (though helpful) telling me what your PROCESS for making custom bits or ideas on how to do it myself would be Great! IE tell me latex isn

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Mon, 04/28/2003 - 14:19
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Quote:
26-04-2003 at 16:29, Shipyards wrote:
hello my name is christopher and I represent Daedalus Games. we can reproduce any custom bit you have made in a variety of effects in plastic and pewter. For more information go to www.gameconsultation.com or for a quote email contact@gameconsultation.com

Hi Christopher,

I was wondering if there

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Mon, 04/28/2003 - 18:34
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Christopher has posted just such an analysis. See the first post on this page.

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Fri, 05/02/2003 - 20:21
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Anonymous
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in response to jjacy, a good start on casting would be to get a book on it at your local library, if that fails go online, Laytex is a waste of time, the only mold material worth anything is RTV silicon, I cast masters in a plastic
www.alumilite.com is a good place to start. the stuff isnt cheap but the results are worth it. As for how to make a mold, that comes from experience the hard way, lots of practice. I use clay to make a line pour silicon then repeat as needed, using abotu 10 different realeases in addition to casting mediums to achieve the desired effect.

a side note to jeff using other peoples pieces is a violation of trade marks. you are nto allowed to cast your own from thiers, though in practicality this is often done by many people, and then the casting modified to make a piece that is different from the original, and MB lincensing you thier pieces, good luck.
Christopher
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www.gameconsultation.com

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Sat, 05/03/2003 - 04:24
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It would likely be a copyright violation, but it

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Mon, 05/05/2003 - 07:29
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I just remembered this cool article about Constructing a 3D Settles of Catan Board that goes into quite a bit of detail about creating latex molds and casting resin. Very cool stuff, and perhaps it will help.

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Mon, 05/05/2003 - 20:05
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Wow, that

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Tue, 05/06/2003 - 13:55
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Anonymous
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Wow, thanks for both the modeling article, and the pro-advice from Shipyards.

I finally had one of the molds I made out of latex dry and pulled the original piece out of it. I

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Sat, 05/17/2003 - 12:49
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Anonymous
Making custom bits

Hello. Over the last two years I

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Sun, 11/09/2003 - 17:12
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Anonymous
Making custom bits

Hello, My name is Christopher with Daedalus Games, I can tell you the proces you are using is a primitive version of the one I use to make prototypes for persons. For starters, in small piece runs, laytex provides an acceptable shrink rate, as do polyestor resin, you are going to get air bubbles as I am guess you do not have access to a pressure chamber.

As for the masters, I make mine in one of 4hree sources.
1. An artist sculpting bake hardening polymer clay
2. An artist Carving one out of a chunk of plastic
3. A machinist cutting one of out aluminium
4. I draw a part in 3D and send it to a 3D printer to be printed

Check out
www.artstuf.com
you want to use mold rubber (RTV silicon) and urethane. It will run about
25-50 dollars, but it will be what you need, Make sure you have a modeling clay that doesnt shrink as it cools to form mold lines. use mixed vasoline and naptha to prevent the two halves of the mold from stick together

Good Luck, molding and casting is part art and part science.

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