No Warmaster stuff at this point, but I wanted to post some other items I was working on in December.
I made and cast these climbing holds for my wife:
The blue is blue resin. The white of the eye is white resin. The eyelids are a fleshtone resin. It took a damn long time to cast this, because I had to cast a color, wait for the resin the cure, then cast the next color. It was fun to do, though!
Here's another climbing hold:
I used some fossils that I picked up during my trip to the UK in November. I used some resin-safe clay to hold the fossils together while the silicone mold material cured. The mold required three different pours of silicone before it was done. The granite coloring is due to an additive. I love the look. I plan on making myself one or two of these to use as terrain pieces for Warmaster.
For my mother-in-law, I used some relationship jui-jitsu to make a gift she had to love. Here it is:
These are castings of my children's hands in resin. The castings are mounted on a pre-made canvas. The picture frame is store bought. Grandma loved the gift. Score one for me.
The real fun came from trying to get the castings of the kids hands. I bought skin-safe silicone rubber, then had to find a way for them to rest their hands in the mold box while the RTV cured -- aproximately 25 minutes. I learned some cool things, such as: six year olds can't focus for 25 minutes.
Anyway, I'm making a casting of the hands for my aunt who will love the finished result.
I've mostly been casting using SmoothOn's 305 resin. I'm mostly happy with the 305, but I wanted to try a resin that cures harder. So I bought a batch of the Task 2 resin. It has a longer cure time but sets much harder. Overall, the I don't like the Task 2 resin as much -- some of the mixed batches never set properly, and some remained sticky even after waiting multiple hours past the nominal cure time. The Task2 resin is really hard though -- I had to use a Dremel tool to grind (and I do mean grind) off the sharp edges of the hands.
On the painting table, I finished painting a unit of Lizardman Saurus. I'm not really happy with it, but it is done. The yellow didn't come out the way I wanted. I'm still working on the bases -- I want it to look more jungle-esque.
I started a unit of pikemen for the Dogs of War:
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In one of the above photos, you will see [redacted]. My lovely wife sculpted those for a project she started, and I cast up several copies. The circles are for the Engine of the Frogs. Each circle is its own piece.
I cleaned up the painting area this weekend, and it looks so much better!
Merry Christmas all! Happy New Year!
