Casting & painting Prince August men at arms
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- Nostalgic post for me reliving my teenage yrs casting and painting fantasy armies.
See Prince August for more tips and moulds.
I really enjoyed doing this post and might do acouple more later in the yr.
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Thanks for casting from our Prince August moulds. You did very well with the fantasy moulds and the painting is wonderful.
Some tips for better casting.
1. Cover the entire surface of both sides with a thin layer of release agent. The air has to escape the mould so if you only put it in the center then the air does not get fully out. That can cause some flashing and missing small areas.
2. When heating the metal, we do offer a digital metal thermometer so you can get the right temperature depending on which alloy you chose.
3. Regularly stir heated metal to avoid separation of different metals when heating it for long periods. Its an alloy.
4. Try to cut the boards flush to the mould, or use the boards in our starter kits. This allows you to rest the ladle on the mould and pour easier into the holes.
5. You can leave a mould about five to six minutes before opening it. Longer if you desire. But flex the mould a little before pulling the figures out to help loosen the figure from the mould. This helps avoid damage to deeply embedded parts and the mould itself.
6. Just a note before painting a figure. Always prime them first to help seal the metal and give the paint more grip.
The fantasy series is a lovely series and I hope we can revisit it one day and make even more detailed figures. Currently we are making 40mm and 54mm scale figure moulds. The most recent is the USA soldiers from before and after 1902. They have interchangeable parts to allow more flexibility in creating figures.
Thank you for your kind words and tips. Always good to learn more. Never thought about striring the metal. I do prime before I paint. Very tempted to get the original 25mm British napoleonic mould as I still have the models and would be good to do a then and now paintjob.
It was a pleasure to cast again and brought back alot of happy memories from building my armies.
Just bought my first Prince August mold, thanks for the great tutorial.
Oh, wow. Thank you. Just wish they would bring back the human archer mould.
Have great fun casting.
Thanks for the great video! I very much appreciated you giving the temperature control advice and especially showing the painted figures (I wish more unboxing videos ended this way).
In my younger years I only had a set for casting reliefs from plaster. Those figures were unable to stand but I enjoyed painting them anyway.
Thank you and that is not a bad idea ref the unboxing and painting 🤔
I remember making a British Napoleonic Army. Loved it
Yeah. I tried getting into Napoleonics but was drawn more to fantasy. Defo want to get the British mould and do a then and now vid. I see on their website they have nee moulds with the soldiers kneeling and standing whilst shooting. They look great
Hello BBW, yeah a great hobby indeed! 😎🤠 I had been casting tin soldiers from when I was 8 years old. Now I am over 50 and for many years “picked up” my old favourite craft again 😎 I could relate what you said about the smell of the rubber (and melted tin on it); a smell that brings back many memories indeed.
But apart of those; for me it is realy a treat to paint the figurines (yes, prime them first) and make diorama’s. Prince August has a wide range of moulds availeble now and one can visit their Toyfactory in Macroon, Ireland. As I did with my girlfriend. There realy friendly people 😎🤠 good luck from Holland
Hello Menno timpo, it was a wave of nostalgia when I cast those knights. I have got another mould but times keeps getting away from me to cast and paint them. Great hobby though
@@bringbattlewargaming8720 hi again, yeah, well I was living in South America, got ill with a fever 😎 and it was then that I felt the sensation again of that smell from melted tin on a rubber mould 😎 funny how the mind works ah..
Later back in Holland I looked up the old moulds in my mother’s home and restarted all over, so to say 😎 now hooked on it (and other toysoldiers as well, also 28mm and 1:72 plastics, etc), probably to never lose this passion again. Subscribed :)
Fantastic, I can see bring and battle miniatures on the shelves soon 😁
Lol. I doubt it
Thanks for making this video. I remember casting up my own Dwarf army using these when I was a kid. This is a real nostalgia trip. I couldn’t remember which company made the moulds. Great stuff!
Great nostalgia trip. Glad you enjoyed the vid
I’m a bit late to the party, as it were. I’ve cast a lot of Prince August figures over the past 30+ years, and I have always loved have the ability to make as many as I needed, when I needed them. Your paint jobs were quite nice, and I’ve always felt that you don’t really want much more detail than that when painting armies, as it all gets lost in the mass of figures on the table.
I agree, mass production would mean less time painting. I would never do an army like that. I just wanted to paint them the best I could compared to when I was a kid making and painting them
This is amazing!! I didn’t even realize this was a thing!
The company has been going for well over 30yrs. There is something really satisfying that comes from making your own model
It’s like a hardcore version of 3D printing!
@@goodbigbadboy lol, that's true. It is alot of fun
@@bringbattlewargaming8720 hi there, actualy they had their 60th years anniversary 😎🤠 great stuff and realy nice people!
I went to the factory in Cork as a kid
I would have lived there as a kid
Hello! First of all thanks for the video, i had the exact same mould when i was a young lad. I recently took it out for a spin but found out that acrylic paint doesnt really stick to the pewter. It has a tendency to chip and you can strip it by just scraping your nail against it. How did you overcome this? Thanks again / Jesse
Thanks for leaving a comment. All I did was spray it with corax white from Games Workshop to at as an undercoat. If I was going to game with these I would spray with a mat varnish. Although alot of people spray with a gloss varnish as it is tougher and then a mat varnish to remove the shine.
@@bringbattlewargaming8720 Hmm i prime with citadel/vallejos black or white and i find that the paint is really easy to chip off. Maybe i just have to be more careful :)