Orion72
Underboss
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Orion72
Underboss
1917 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 11:28 AM |
| Gummy Bears!
I think they look great [:)] | | | |
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Zaukrie
Underboss
2007 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 11:31 AM |
| | Wow! Those are awesome. How did you do them? | |
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cragger
Sneak
132 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 12:04 PM |
| Epoxy resin pured into silicon molds made from the originals. *disclaimer* these are proxies not to be used in sanctioned tournaments... don't want to get in trouble here...
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 12:09 PM |
| wow! [:D] very nice job! they almost look like glass.
I like both the water elementals...the fire doesn't look like fire but still cool [:D]
The medium air needs to be another color, imho; the large air looks much better in the sense of "air".
Is it possible to drop some sand/dust into the mixture so when it dries the air elemental looks like it is more like a cyclone?
Those are very nice looking [:D] gotta make more and sell of eBay [:)] | |
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Zenako
Commander
3468 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 12:22 PM |
| | or at the least make some nice trades here on the boards for other minis you want but have trouble getting. A few custom elementals for the RPG crowd and you could end up with some good stuff. Someone made a few Gel Cubes last year and did much the same thing. | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 12:24 PM |
| | I really like the large Air, I actually like how its darker at the bottom, gives it a nice effect that I can't really describe. Now lesse what you can do with a Large Fire [)] | |
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cragger
Sneak
132 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 12:28 PM |
| as for suspending things in the plastic, it starts out as viscous as water, then hardens. so anything put in early will sink very quick. if you wait, you get air bubbles in the plastic and it looks like crap and they break easy.
as for EBAY... how much would you pay for a set of 1 of each fire, water air, and large air?
I would like to do it with a large Fire, but I haven't been able to get ahold of one... I would trade a lot of stuff for a large fire so that I could make the molds. even if i borrowed one off of someone and had a master to use for subsequent molds.
and yeah, if anyone is interested, i can make alot more, in a few colors and paint apps. so if the trades are right, i'm up for any requests.
I did make a G-cube.... remember my thread in GD about "what do you want in your g-cube?" yeah. i chopped up a dolgrim... i'll snap some pics although its still not the greatest. | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 12:50 PM |
| Well, If you can get ahold of a Fire Elemental and work one up, I will definately put myself on the list for trade of one of those [:D]
And by the by, im sure with a little work you could use the Swarm of Spiders to make an Ooze mold. | |
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Sean-Khan
Commander
2720 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 4:40 PM |
| Those look really good, WotC should learn from you! [:D]
Fire elemental surely needs some paints, as it looks liquid too, but others might even do it like that. Btw, an idea - have you tried of mixing colours? It might be challenging to do, but pouring clear, red and yellow in thin stripes to that fire elemental (or large air making it fire) might give some interesting results after some experimenting.
Are those resins very smelly and the second component is only catalyst that's mixed to the actual resin? I've never been good with such materials [B)] I don't seem to be able to mix in right amount of catalyst and surface remains sticky.
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Wraith
Warrior
312 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 8:32 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Zenako
or at the least make some nice trades here on the boards for other minis you want but have trouble getting. A few custom elementals for the RPG crowd and you could end up with some good stuff. Someone made a few Gel Cubes last year and did much the same thing.
If you take Zenako's advise I would be very interested in obtain some of these from you. | |
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Mythmere
Sergeant
681 Posts
| | 11/08/2005 9:02 PM |
| | for suspending stuff, pour only half, let dry. then put in bones, whatever, and pour the rest. Won't work for sand, but works for bones in a gel cube. | |
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Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10983 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 11/09/2005 1:12 AM |
| Wow those look very nice. I good friend of mine was experimenting with making resin casts of minis, real learning experience for him. Your's look like you have had a bit of practice however.
Here's what I use for my clear fire elementals.
http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/marvel/figuregallery.asp?unitid=7545 | |
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cragger
Sneak
132 Posts
| | 11/09/2005 7:46 AM |
| mythmere- have you tried to do the multilayer technique? i know thats how people do like flowers and leaves in paperweights, but i tried it and it seemed a little likely to shear. hasn't yet, but just looks like theres a break... doesn't flow as aesthetically.
as for color mixing/ nifty things that you'd think you can do... the stuff goes from liquid to gel to solid. so its more like a colloid hardening than say water freezing, theres a very touchy medium between liquid and solid in which it will tear easily. so you really can't wait for it to kinda harden or it gets all lumpy/tears. otherwise the liquid is too miscible and yellow + red = brown elemental. looks more like something you'd find on your doorstep on mischief night...
If people want to trade and/or custom order some, i'd love to! I figured some ppl would like them [:)]. i kinda need some trades right now as my underdark case was horrible for me. really really not nice and icky (http://www.maxminis.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11198) so hit up my h/w list and see if we can strike a deal.[)] | |
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ilarue
Underboss
1259 Posts
| | 11/09/2005 9:37 AM |
| | Looks great. I really like the large air elemental. I think with a little paint the mediums could look amazing too. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 11/09/2005 11:46 AM |
| Very interesting stuff--not my taste, but still very interesting. I'm curious to see how the "official" clears will work out.
The Water looks the best, IMO. And the Medium Air is a little "dense" for lack of a better word. Perhaps some grey/thinned WAY down black coloring? Just enough to break up the light as it goes through the resin. | |
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The Mighty
jai
Commander
3235 Posts
| | 11/09/2005 12:02 PM |
| O_O
Awesome.
I have a Large Fire i could part with for a short time to help the cause. Send me an email and perhaps we can work something out. | | | |
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cragger
Sneak
132 Posts
| | 11/09/2005 1:01 PM |
| | sent you an email jai. that would rock. problem is the arms may be hard to work with, but i'm sure i can do it. i think the large fire would look rockin! | |
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cragger
Sneak
132 Posts
| | 11/10/2005 3:52 PM |
| And Jai is sending me a Large Fire Elemental. W00t!!
anyway, i'm making up a batch of new ones for a few trades that I've got going, and I've made a Cursed Spirit that ROCKS. The Magmin is coming along nicely, and i'm working on mass producing the spider swarm, maybe modding it to be another type of swarm or ooze. now i just need to get the Ghostly Consort from another incoming trade, and the spectre from another... wooha!
Anyone think that the Efreeti would look good in clear, then painted? allowing the clouds to remain clear, and painting the body? OOOOH! i got it, i can do the top in red, and the base and clouds in clear, then paint the sword and other non flesh parts, leaving them deep red, but also leaving the clouds clear!!!! sweet. now i just need an efreeti... | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 11/11/2005 12:47 AM |
| | Look out we got him started. More power to ya man, can't wait to see the results, maybe you can give the guys over at WotC some pointers. Who knows, you may be doing the Tropies for Gencon 06 | |
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winterwolf
Sneak
50 Posts
| | 11/11/2005 12:04 PM |
| | Have you considered doing the earth elementals? I ran a campaign using gemstone elementals once.... you can imagine how hard (no pun intended) it is to kill a diamond elemental. | |
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cragger
Sneak
132 Posts
| | 11/11/2005 1:38 PM |
| | lol, it is pretty hard to kill a diamond elemental... the process that I use though is not very forgiving with legs. i use a one piece molding step, so open areas like legs are off. look above at the water elementals, their legs are filled in (not that you can really tell) I am working on a bunch new models though, spurred on by everyones good words: flaming flamebrother salamander, ghostly gauth, twighlight wraith, invisible illithid, and burning skeleton. it'll be another few days before i have pics up if they work. SO many minis would look much cooler in clear plastic... its silly that they haven't done it yet. | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 11/11/2005 5:10 PM |
| These are very cool cragger! I like the Large Air Elemental the best.
Here's some ideas for you -
If you can do greens, try doing a flaming skeleton in a yellowish green, then paint in the skeletal parts. Instant witchfire skeleton!
Yellowish brown could make a sweet ochre jelly - if you need one I'd be willing to trade for a couple green skellies.
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pappabear5
Sneak
55 Posts
| | 11/14/2005 7:51 AM |
| Hi,
Those clear plastic elementals are fabulous. I am interested in a couple of specific castings. Please contact me at ukie5@catholic.org. | |
best wishes,
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The Mighty
jai
Commander
3235 Posts
| | 11/16/2005 10:55 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by cragger
sent you an email jai. that would rock. problem is the arms may be hard to work with, but i'm sure i can do it. i think the large fire would look rockin!
Start watching your mail. It was sent out yesterday (after some problems getting to the post office (i work 8-5). Let me know when it arrives! | | | |
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cragger
Sneak
132 Posts
| | 11/16/2005 12:17 PM |
| [/quote]Start watching your mail. [/quote]
nice. and hopefully, I'll get pictures up of some new minis i'm finishing up. (just finished yours shoesan and wraith) I'm getting a little better, so we'll see how the large fire progresses. | |
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Darastrix Maekrix
dariustad
Warlord
6322 Posts
| | 11/16/2005 4:20 PM |
| Wow! those look great!
I do agree with others, though. The color in the LAE feels more like air. | |
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cragger
Sneak
132 Posts
| | 11/18/2005 12:03 AM |
| ok, more big pictures. i'm at home on dialup, so the big one thats up will have to be big until i fix it at work tomorow.
anyway, I think i'm getting a little better. Its really hard to paint them in such a way that doesn't take away from the translucence. its a difficult balance between bringing out the details and allowing light to shine through. Like on the Wraith (which I know really sucks on the paintjob...) I want him to have some color, and the details are so great, but I want him to feel ethereal at the same time... the spirit is the same, though he doesn't need as much color.
I'm really happy with the magmin. I had to do a bit of modification to the mold to make him work, so I added more flames underneath him, and I think they came out ok. I'm also pretty happy with the lemure. He seems more like a magma elemental now, but the mold and coloring suits him well. I've pumped out a few of these, and really want to use them in a game :)
I've also been experimenting with the paints and washes on the large air elementals. I think I actually hit it pretty good on the first try, with too much wash making it look real not-airy and no wash making it seem more like Ice than Air. the Blue wash helps keep it smooth while still bringing out the details on the "face" and such, though the paint on the base still makes the bottom half look too dark.
In the works are (still) burning skeletons, flamebrother slamanders (i think i'll have to lose the weapons), and improving on a few more molds. I'm also trying my hand at making my own models to mold off of. The G-Cube is the easiest to mold, but turns out to be not-too-easy to pour and finish... I'm also working on an invisible stalker and a giant beetle (why we still don't have one, i can't imagine).
enough out of me. it be late. work tomorow... | |
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ilarue
Underboss
1259 Posts
| | 11/18/2005 10:38 AM |
| | Nice work, I like the way the cursed spirit came out. Keep up the amazing work. | |
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Username
Warlord
5687 Posts
| | 11/18/2005 1:37 PM |
| Cragger,
Email me, and we can talk about something.
Also, have you considered casting both of the huge dragons?
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Originally posted by Schooly_D
Username - he deals in minis
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Darastrix Maekrix
dariustad
Warlord
6322 Posts
| | 11/19/2005 4:24 PM |
| | I don't know. I really prefer the LAE on the far left. Probably just me, though. | |
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WakeXX
Warlord
10147 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 11/19/2005 4:37 PM |
| | Wow...really nice work! | | | |
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TruNutral88
Sergeant
522 Posts
| | 11/22/2005 7:53 PM |
| | Though you say the wraith's paint job sucks he is really cool. Definately try the Spectre and his sis the Ghostly Consort. | |
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The Mighty
jai
Commander
3235 Posts
| | 11/23/2005 9:06 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by TruNutral88
Though you say the wraith's paint job sucks he is really cool.
That wraith is outstanding. If you don't want him, i know of a home he can have ... [)] | | | |
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yack
Commander
3254 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 11/23/2005 9:14 AM |
| | Great job !!! I love the elementals and the wraith. Not really much for the magmins and lemurs as i wouldn't want them clear but the others are awesome. | |
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cragger
Sneak
132 Posts
| | 11/23/2005 9:22 AM |
| | wow, thanks guys. i really want to get pictures up, but my fiancee has the camera right now, but i'l try to get them up tonight. Also, to all the people waiting for their elementals in the mail, I'm currently carless and at the mercy of rides, i'll get to the po after thanksgiving. | |
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ShadowLord XT
Commander
2632 Posts
Plane of Shadow
| | 11/23/2005 6:43 PM |
| How do you cast minis? I'd like to try this.
I understand that I have to pour the plastic into a mold, but how do you make the mold? | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 11/23/2005 7:59 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by ShadowLord XT
How do you cast minis? I'd like to try this.
I understand that I have to pour the plastic into a mold, but how do you make the mold?
...in the meantime, while the experts type...try google...*gasp* [)] | |
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maijstral
Underboss
2105 Posts
| | 11/23/2005 8:00 PM |
| These are some really good looking minis I really like the air elementals but the way they are done they look like what I imagined water elementals should look like, a sharp jagged blue wave.
The water elementals look like they would make good proxies for water weirds.
Have you ever thought about selling or trading them? It looks like you might have quite a few customers here.
On another note this process looks like it could be used to make the gelatinous cube we all want. | | | |
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cragger
Sneak
132 Posts
| | 11/24/2005 1:35 PM |
| | yes, i'm in the process of trading some right now. Car in the shop and holidays have gotten in the way lately, dang real life... but I really want to get the pics of my G-Cube up so you can see them... | |
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