I am SO glad you are showing your mistakes as well. A lot of people look at these videos and compare their beginning works to those of us who have done it for years and don't realize it is ALWAYS a learning curve. By showing your mistakes and telling what went wrong or you didn't like you help new crafters build their confidence. I may just have to use some of you videos next time I teach a merit badge. Smashing mate.
Wow, thank you so much. I couldn't agree more, knowing what doesn't work and seeing mistakes is definitely an important thing. Really glad you enjoy the vids. Cheers!
Haven't gotten into mold making or pouring myself, but I do have a friend who has. With most resins you get less bubbling by pouring from a greater height so the resin is string-thin by the time it gets to the mold. And to help with mixing too much resin, make a mold of greeblies of various sizes and keep it handy when you do pours. Excess resin goes into the greeblies. Boom, free panels, computer terminals, crates, barrels, etc. Bubbles on the surface is free weathering. Acid or rust damage. Or mix up some texture paste (I like PVA and baking soda) and brown paint and mud it up. Really enjoying your channel. Glad I found you over on Reddit.
Thanks again pal. Glad you're liking the channel. Totally agree with the resin tips, although the bubbles haven't been much of a problem so far. I had the same thoughts to make some small greeble molds, good idea to use excess resin in them!
@@SJsCraftingWorld it's a common tip. Industry Light and Magic ended up with bins full of commonly used Greebles every time they did a Star Wars film because of this. Adam Savage has video called Universal Greeble or something like that where he talks about it.
hi buddy as someone who has worked with molding and casting in this hobby ages ago a little tip for you...when it comes to adding a colour to your resins DONT add any other liquids as they will interfere with curing as you found out instead add pigment powers, they don't really mess with the resin in anyway
Awesome, thanks a lot. Yep, I thought I would share everything, good and bad! Pleased with the finished result though, especially as it is my first time doing any of this.
I am SO glad you are showing your mistakes as well. A lot of people look at these videos and compare their beginning works to those of us who have done it for years and don't realize it is ALWAYS a learning curve. By showing your mistakes and telling what went wrong or you didn't like you help new crafters build their confidence. I may just have to use some of you videos next time I teach a merit badge. Smashing mate.
Wow, thank you so much. I couldn't agree more, knowing what doesn't work and seeing mistakes is definitely an important thing. Really glad you enjoy the vids. Cheers!
Haven't gotten into mold making or pouring myself, but I do have a friend who has. With most resins you get less bubbling by pouring from a greater height so the resin is string-thin by the time it gets to the mold.
And to help with mixing too much resin, make a mold of greeblies of various sizes and keep it handy when you do pours. Excess resin goes into the greeblies. Boom, free panels, computer terminals, crates, barrels, etc.
Bubbles on the surface is free weathering. Acid or rust damage. Or mix up some texture paste (I like PVA and baking soda) and brown paint and mud it up.
Really enjoying your channel. Glad I found you over on Reddit.
Thanks again pal. Glad you're liking the channel. Totally agree with the resin tips, although the bubbles haven't been much of a problem so far. I had the same thoughts to make some small greeble molds, good idea to use excess resin in them!
@@SJsCraftingWorld it's a common tip. Industry Light and Magic ended up with bins full of commonly used Greebles every time they did a Star Wars film because of this. Adam Savage has video called Universal Greeble or something like that where he talks about it.
hi buddy as someone who has worked with molding and casting in this hobby ages ago a little tip for you...when it comes to adding a colour to your resins DONT add any other liquids as they will interfere with curing as you found out instead add pigment powers, they don't really mess with the resin in anyway
Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
They look great. Thanks for sharing what was tricky and went wrong also!
Awesome, thanks a lot. Yep, I thought I would share everything, good and bad! Pleased with the finished result though, especially as it is my first time doing any of this.
Aesome video mate. I will definitly be trying it out myself in the future. Looks great. Thanks for the video 👍
Thanks dude. This was cool to try, definitely pleased with the results
I've considered making molds and casting with plaster of paris. Though I suspect it would end up with less fine detail than the resin.
Not sure how strong it would be either. I would have thought it would be pretty easy to chip.
Hydrostone or dental plaster is far stronger. Friend of mine does Hirst Arts molds and swears by it.
what kind of silicone were you usin? got a good link to it?
Hey dude. It's some kind of cheap silicone rubber. I'm based in china though so can't help with a link. I guess have a look on amazon...
Not sure where you're located, but I was just having a look on ebay, I think that's probably your best bet
@@SJsCraftingWorld i will look for it there, thanks for the try atleast :) have a great day
No worries dude, good luck 👍