You should consider antiquing it with some dark brown or black paint. You just brush it across the dragon and it will settle in the recesses. Then when you start buffing the brass for the shine only the paint inside the grooves stays. It really deepens the texture and once you polish the brass it really helps the shine pop.
I've never cold cast anything, but I recall reading that some people dust the interior of the mold with the metal powder before pouring, which is supposed to help with the metallic finish once polished.
...I did it with bronze powder as an anniversary gift for my wife...actually very easy and it my first experience with resin...if you're interested, give it a shot...👍 Matt
Ideea for a new video: "Venom Egg" 1. Iron powder / iron fillings 2. Neodymium magnet Put the iron powder on the bottom of a cup, magnet under it, pour the resin, then straight in the pressure pot! :D Make an egg out of it! Heart my comment if you will do it, I bet that would look super awesome! Love your vids!
Oh no... is this the next experiment in the "liquid encapsulated in an egg" saga? A hollow egg filled with magnetic goo then sealed into a larger sculpt with a magnet to interact with it? That sounds cool!
So cool! I really love that dragon! Tip for demolding something like that. Spray a little rubbing alcohol inside the mold. It really helps. Those new eggs of yours are fantastic!
Hey Ben, great video. Next time you have a mold your unsure of the amount of liquid to make for it first fill the mold with water and then empty the water into a measuring cup or the mixing cup to mark the amount or get the exact numbers.
I wanted to know how much silicon I needed to make a mold. Because the original I was molding was made out of plaster, water would not have been a good idea, so I used fine sand instead. Just make sure you clean all the sand out later.
I'd love to see him use the egg molds to make more of the dragon eggs in a sort of nest inside of an egg style. And tip buy some mold release it makes it easier to remove them and it stops the mold from tearing when you try to remove the resin.
If you want a cool project idea: embedding LEDs in resin. Wire up some tiny 3mm LEDs as part of a model before doing the pour (test the LEDs first!), with the wires sticking out of the resin so you can power it.
Hi Ben!! Got a little idea for you if you want. You should hit that dragon up with a black or dark ochre oil wash to "age" the little dragon a bit and bring out the details! Just get a little oil paint, mix spirits in until watery and give that dragon a sponge bath! You can wipe it away from the raised surfaces with spirits on a cotton ball or pad to clean him up and make all his scales and smile really stand out!
That turned out awesome!!! I think an antiquing wash on that would also be a nice look! I’ve only done smaller pieces in cold cast, but for jewelry uses I do about 1:1 by eye, with very decent results!
This is why we love your channel Ben you aren't afraid to try new things. It came out awesome great job as always. I have to say puff for the dragon but that's cuz I'm old
Hey Ben! What a awesome brass dragon and egg, they turned out so cool. With molds like that, spraying some alcohol between the mold and resin, then kind of massaging it around will make the piece just slide out. He should be named "Woolie" since the wool really brought him to life. Lol He would be so cool if you coated the mold with some of the amazing holographic/color changing Chameleon powders and then make a "HUGE EGG" with him and the little egg inside! What a conversation piece that would be. You could have that "HUGE Master EGG" as your "mascot" or either just him as he is now. The possibilities are endless....great job!! Big ((Hugs)) from Texas!! ; )
next time you try this you should try dusting the inside of the mold with the powder before adding the metal and resin combo also if you add some black pigment to the resin you will end up with a richer metal color when finished
ugh I ADORE the shark egg in your shop! lol SO CUTE! ... if shipping wasn't ridiculous to the US I'd be all over it! lol this recent batch of eggs is juts stunning! :)
The dragon really came out well. Great job! I was really amazed at the Mars Rover! Before you said what it was I couldn't quite tell, but as soon as you said Mars Rover, it all clicked! Keep it up!
When demoulding, spray some alcohol down into the mould and squish the mould and alcohol around. This should break the bond between the mould and model. That Rubix cube is my all time favourite ❤️ Name for dragon, Chorgon.
Great vid, that came out great. The most cost effective way of cold casting is to pour some powder into the mold, seal up the open area, shake it to coat all the surfaces, pour the excess back into the container. That stuff is very expensive. Then fill the mold with resin colored with mica powder or dyes to match, (mica is much cheaper and you only need a little bit to color the resin). Then buff lightly with #0000 steel wool (extra fine). The upside is how much money you will save in powdered metal, the down side is you can very easily buff through the outer dust layer if you are not careful. You could also use liver of sulfur over that to darken it.
He's a cute little guy and I would call him "Frank The Mighty Defender of the Worx Shed" 😄 The eggs are cool, the Rover one is awesome. Thank you and hope your feeling better 👍
Love it! How about making a little crown to turn your brassy drag into a drag queen? Call her Priscilla! (I know that was the bus’s name but “Priscilla, Queen of the Workshop” has such a ring to it.)
Little tip for future demouling, a little bit of water or isypropyl alcoholic between the mold & cured resin, squish it around and itll pop right out 😊
Love the metal powder, i used it with clear polymer clay and sculpted my own little dragon. I used bronze and now i wonder if I can make it shine like yours.
Another cool experiment, nice one mate. Could you do a cast with red leds in his eyes, just glowing kind'a thing ? Kicked a goal with the Mars rover egg👍it's out'a this world😆 Ben, thats a cool name for a dragon... ;)
You could ask another crafty UA-camr like Zan Von Zed or Miscast, who are also Aussies, to sculpt you dragons for molding and casting! I would love to see that collab!
Ben you had to go and put my favorite animal in an egg so cute! Loved this video because it’s always fun when you try new things and he is cute! Brassgon? Brassy? Ben jr? Lol whatever his name it’ll be cute ❤
Looks cool! A little contrast on the dragon would look good. Like, brush it with black stain and wipe it off right away. The black will stay in the crevasses. Kind of like antiquing. It'll make the scales pop more.
Awesome job it looks great! I've been resting casting for several years but you got me into the wood and resin stuff. Have you considered using aquarium rocks in your molds that make some really heavy and doesn't use near as much resin
Add pigment in the colour of a natural patina to the resin. So for brass a brownish colour, almost black for bronze, rusty red for iron etc. Your piece will look horrible when you take it out of the mold but once you bring out the metal powder with steel wool it will look like an antique.
Looks like a charming hatchling, barely out of the egg! It would be fun to combine the little fella with some resin eggshell bits, to really make him shine! By the way...what color would a dragon's egg be? I see a chance here to go wild with color and sparkly bits!
I wonder whether brass wool would be better than steel wool as it rubs off a little bit of brass onto the surface which might make it eve more metallic.
Thanks for stopping by, If you have time you can check out my new range of Eggs here www.etsy.com/shop/bensworx
I don't see the rubix ball in the store
I was looking for the Rubix cube for my nephew. Is it already sold out? 🥺
You should consider antiquing it with some dark brown or black paint. You just brush it across the dragon and it will settle in the recesses. Then when you start buffing the brass for the shine only the paint inside the grooves stays. It really deepens the texture and once you polish the brass it really helps the shine pop.
Games work shop makes inks for painting their miniatures and this technique is exactly what they're made for.
Or you could electroplate it, with some zink, copper, nickel, or gold! A golden dragon would be kind of cool!
Iron face .. agree with you on this. It would bring out all the details. Or he could use a rub n buff type wax to hit the high spots.. lazy way 😂
The dragon and the eggs are really beautiful. Nice job.
I like the name Elliot for the Dragon.
Pete's dragon fan too?? I was just coming to suggest that his name Be Elliot!!😂😂
I've never cold cast anything, but I recall reading that some people dust the interior of the mold with the metal powder before pouring, which is supposed to help with the metallic finish once polished.
...I did it with bronze powder as an anniversary gift for my wife...actually very easy and it my first experience with resin...if you're interested, give it a shot...👍
Matt
He looks like he should be called Spaghetti Pete. Love your channel by the way.
Ideea for a new video: "Venom Egg"
1. Iron powder / iron fillings
2. Neodymium magnet
Put the iron powder on the bottom of a cup, magnet under it, pour the resin, then straight in the pressure pot! :D
Make an egg out of it!
Heart my comment if you will do it, I bet that would look super awesome! Love your vids!
Oh no... is this the next experiment in the "liquid encapsulated in an egg" saga?
A hollow egg filled with magnetic goo then sealed into a larger sculpt with a magnet to interact with it?
That sounds cool!
So cool! I really love that dragon! Tip for demolding something like that. Spray a little rubbing alcohol inside the mold. It really helps. Those new eggs of yours are fantastic!
Hey Ben, great video. Next time you have a mold your unsure of the amount of liquid to make for it first fill the mold with water and then empty the water into a measuring cup or the mixing cup to mark the amount or get the exact numbers.
Oh wow. Thats a fantastic idea
I wanted to know how much silicon I needed to make a mold.
Because the original I was molding was made out of plaster, water would not have been a good idea, so I used fine sand instead.
Just make sure you clean all the sand out later.
You can also use rice to estimate volume if you don’t want to get your mold wet 🙂
Rice...
I’ve never heard of cold casting. Very interesting. The dragon mold is perfect for you! 🩷❤️
I'd love to see him use the egg molds to make more of the dragon eggs in a sort of nest inside of an egg style. And tip buy some mold release it makes it easier to remove them and it stops the mold from tearing when you try to remove the resin.
That dragons name is definitely flame 🔥 !!
If you want a cool project idea: embedding LEDs in resin. Wire up some tiny 3mm LEDs as part of a model before doing the pour (test the LEDs first!), with the wires sticking out of the resin so you can power it.
Amazing Craftsmanship 👍🏻👍👍🏽
Hi Ben!! Got a little idea for you if you want. You should hit that dragon up with a black or dark ochre oil wash to "age" the little dragon a bit and bring out the details! Just get a little oil paint, mix spirits in until watery and give that dragon a sponge bath! You can wipe it away from the raised surfaces with spirits on a cotton ball or pad to clean him up and make all his scales and smile really stand out!
I like the varied content, and I really like that red egg
That dragon is so cute! And The Mars rover looks so cool!
That turned out awesome!!! I think an antiquing wash on that would also be a nice look! I’ve only done smaller pieces in cold cast, but for jewelry uses I do about 1:1 by eye, with very decent results!
This is why we love your channel Ben you aren't afraid to try new things. It came out awesome great job as always. I have to say puff for the dragon but that's cuz I'm old
That turned out amazing! I to like the name Elliott! I can't wait to see what you think of next!!!
Hey Ben! What a awesome brass dragon and egg, they turned out so cool. With molds like that, spraying some alcohol between the mold and resin, then kind of massaging it around will make the piece just slide out. He should be named "Woolie" since the wool really brought him to life. Lol He would be so cool if you coated the mold with some of the amazing holographic/color changing Chameleon powders and then make a "HUGE EGG" with him and the little egg inside! What a conversation piece that would be. You could have that "HUGE Master EGG" as your "mascot" or either just him as he is now. The possibilities are endless....great job!! Big ((Hugs)) from Texas!! ; )
Turned out brilliant mate! How about Elliot for the Dragons name!😊❤
next time you try this you should try dusting the inside of the mold with the powder before adding the metal and resin combo also if you add some black pigment to the resin you will end up with a richer metal color when finished
You call the Little Dragon Sir Turn about. Due to the your projects have a lot of layth work. Looks great. 👍😎great.
Daniel the Dragon! Looks good Ben!😜👍
Always fun watching you try some new angle on your craft.
ugh I ADORE the shark egg in your shop! lol SO CUTE! ... if shipping wasn't ridiculous to the US I'd be all over it! lol this recent batch of eggs is juts stunning! :)
It's nice to see you doing something different and to see you doing a dragon my favourite thing love the video 👍
Great video. The dragon and eggs are brilliant. Thanks for showing.
The dragon really came out well. Great job!
I was really amazed at the Mars Rover! Before you said what it was I couldn't quite tell, but as soon as you said Mars Rover, it all clicked!
Keep it up!
That’s really neat! Now I want to see rybonator do a cold cast set of dice 😁
So cool ! I love the little cow 🐄 egg !
I like the name Worxeth... sounds medieval and fantastical, and it's an ode to your channel name!
Now I know where your cute dragon came from! This is a thoroughly enjoyable video.
The little cow is so cute. I’d love to see you make a highland cow 🥰
When demoulding, spray some alcohol down into the mould and squish the mould and alcohol around. This should break the bond between the mould and model. That Rubix cube is my all time favourite ❤️
Name for dragon, Chorgon.
Awww! This would be a beautiful complement to the eggs! Maybe you could make eggs with a baby dragon casting inside, or a Momma to guard the eggs.
Love the little olive!
That dragon looks awesome totally enjoyed the video that mini-egg turned out awesome as well
Great vid, that came out great. The most cost effective way of cold casting is to pour some powder into the mold, seal up the open area, shake it to coat all the surfaces, pour the excess back into the container. That stuff is very expensive. Then fill the mold with resin colored with mica powder or dyes to match, (mica is much cheaper and you only need a little bit to color the resin). Then buff lightly with #0000 steel wool (extra fine). The upside is how much money you will save in powdered metal, the down side is you can very easily buff through the outer dust layer if you are not careful. You could also use liver of sulfur over that to darken it.
He's a cute little guy and I would call him "Frank The Mighty Defender of the Worx Shed" 😄 The eggs are cool, the Rover one is awesome. Thank you and hope your feeling better 👍
oh wow the new eggs look great
Turned out great. I like dragons too.
digby dragon so cool i look forward to your videos every week, hope your feeling better
Kind of a neat change of pace. Very cool little dragon.
It turned out so well! I think Goldie is a good name. 😁
Thanks for another great episode Ben
Thanks Sas 😊
Name the dragon Smorx! Also I think he'd look good with some washes, maybe a little blue-green to simulate verdigris in the details?
Love that name! 👍
Cold casting brass is exactly what I'm looking for
inmates also
"Bingus." That's a great name.
I like the little eggs at the end too. Those where cool
Love the vibe the music is giving in this video
Your creativity is infectious, lots of love ❤
Now I have to look for that mold thanks lol
Love it! How about making a little crown to turn your brassy drag into a drag queen? Call her Priscilla! (I know that was the bus’s name but “Priscilla, Queen of the Workshop” has such a ring to it.)
can't wait to see a painted drag in an egg protecting it eggs with fire or steam coming out of his/her nose Looks Awesome🐲🐉
I love the little egg!
Your new little buddy should be named spike I think that would be very cool.
Little tip for future demouling, a little bit of water or isypropyl alcoholic between the mold & cured resin, squish it around and itll pop right out 😊
Put the dragon into a resin egg, that would be pretty cool!
He's a wee baby dragon! ❤❤ So cute!
I know I'm late and you may have named him already, but if not, I suggest Poxy!
Love the metal powder, i used it with clear polymer clay and sculpted my own little dragon. I used bronze and now i wonder if I can make it shine like yours.
The dragon is so cool 😍
Hehe, the gloves... You heard me thinking. 😊
All are very awesome Ben.
Another cool experiment, nice one mate.
Could you do a cast with red leds in his eyes, just glowing kind'a thing ?
Kicked a goal with the Mars rover egg👍it's out'a this world😆
Ben, thats a cool name for a dragon...
;)
I wonder if you could add an egg to the statue? Like under his paw!
❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That egg almost looks like an olive just needs a pimento hee hee . They both look amazing. O Ben wan dragon
omg the cow egg!!
Hoping the dragons show up on your shop some day. The little Buddha Dragon is adorable.
You could ask another crafty UA-camr like Zan Von Zed or Miscast, who are also Aussies, to sculpt you dragons for molding and casting! I would love to see that collab!
Great little dragon i think you should call him dinki. I think he would look amazing inside a clear egg. Keep up the good work ben 💪🏼
Ben you had to go and put my favorite animal in an egg so cute!
Loved this video because it’s always fun when you try new things and he is cute! Brassgon? Brassy? Ben jr? Lol whatever his name it’ll be cute ❤
Soon as i saw the scale I knew tgis was a hobby meant for me
What a delightful little dragon!❤️ Maybe he could be "Huff"...? Great video 😃
Crafsman did a great video on this technique. He dusts his mold with the powder before pouring, so that he can burnish or patina it after.
Can't wait to do some bronze animals. Loved the video
He reminds me of Bowser from Super Mario. It looks awesome.
Looks cool! A little contrast on the dragon would look good. Like, brush it with black stain and wipe it off right away. The black will stay in the crevasses. Kind of like antiquing. It'll make the scales pop more.
Awesome job it looks great! I've been resting casting for several years but you got me into the wood and resin stuff. Have you considered using aquarium rocks in your molds that make some really heavy and doesn't use near as much resin
Looks like the dragon version of Chunk from The Goonies
Absolutely adorable
That was an absolutely Awesome video Ben worx hope you are all well
Neb the dragon! Awesome as always!
Craig is a good name for the dragon
He looks like a, Reggie, to me. Love all of your content!
Add pigment in the colour of a natural patina to the resin. So for brass a brownish colour, almost black for bronze, rusty red for iron etc. Your piece will look horrible when you take it out of the mold but once you bring out the metal powder with steel wool it will look like an antique.
I loved watching this one. What a cool mold
Thanks Mate 😊
awesome hope you get a few different set of dragon molds they would all make great projects
Great work as always 👏👏
Awesome job Ben ! I will be trying this soon . Just ordered the cold casting set
That came out so nice!
Cool, thanks.
Cute little chonky derg.
Those eggs are sooooooo damn cool! Skills! I want to see you make one of those! ❤
Call the dragon Brian 😂
Looks like a charming hatchling, barely out of the egg! It would be fun to combine the little fella with some resin eggshell bits, to really make him shine!
By the way...what color would a dragon's egg be? I see a chance here to go wild with color and sparkly bits!
Man, i want the cow and shark egg ❤
Sweet, ordered the rubix cube!
Thankyou! 😊
I wonder whether brass wool would be better than steel wool as it rubs off a little bit of brass onto the surface which might make it eve more metallic.
Hey Ben
Cool project
Take care
I am late to the video, but love the piece made and the music choice.
Please consider some weathering/ageing with some watered down black or dark brown acrylic paint or ink or something similar