More scratch built russian cossacks (1 Viewer)

[fishead19690]

I finally got around to finishing up some of my castings of my scratch built Cossack. I cast these in resin and converted them into different poses with different weapons and even scratch built a Russian guitar(balakia????) on one figure.
The swords and pistols were taken from plastic figures, the lances are just wire.
Here is my sculpt first in the ruff in stages. He was sculpted from 2 part green stuff.

Here is the first finished casting I painted up from the mold.

And here are the Conversions!!!

 

[fishead19690]

Here are more pictures of the conversions!

Some close ups of each figure!

 

[fishead19690]

The rest!

 

[fishead19690]

 

[mikemiller1955]

Tim...

these are really nice...

you're the King when it comes to manipulating those plastic figures...

love the shading on the horses...and the striped pants...and especially the Cossack riding into battle with the kobza strapped to his back...hehehe...outstanding...

great work!!!

 

[fishead19690]

Tim...

these are really nice...

you're the King when it comes to manipulating those plastic figures...

love the shading on the horses...and the striped pants...and especially the Cossack riding into battle with the kobza strapped to his back...hehehe...outstanding...

great work!!!

Thanks Mike! I think I,ll have to make another pose with the guy with the Kobza as you call it doing a Pete Townsend with his Ax over a Frenchies head!{eek3}:tongue: You call it a Kobza! I call it a Coss-AX!:tongue:
I believe its called a balalaika??? Not sure if I have enough a+l in there??? lets just call it a russkie gitar!:tongue:
That was scratch built with 2 part putty and has fishing line for strings.

 

[TomB]

I finally got around to finishing up some of my castings of my scratch built Cossack. I cast these in resin and converted them into different poses with different weapons and even scratch built a Russian guitar(balakia????) on one figure.
The swords and pistols were taken from plastic figures, the lances are just wire.
Here is my sculpt first in the ruff in stages. He was sculpted from 2 part green stuff.

Here is the first finished casting I painted up from the mold.

And here are the Conversions!!!

Like your "green Stuff " figures...look good painted up and mounted....make quiet a fierce looking cavalry attack... I ...like the horseman with the banjo or whatever on his back....was that Nelson Eddy ?...just joking...how do you cast the figures ..I am pretty hopeless at casting ...I am trying flat casting at the moment with limited success .. cheers Tom....

 

[aujj65]

You have become a dab hand at this sculpting lark over the years! These are most impressive! {bravo}}

Jeff

 

[fishead19690]

Like your "green Stuff " figures...look good painted up and mounted....make quiet a fierce looking cavalry attack... I ...like the horseman with the banjo or whatever on his back....was that Nelson Eddy ?...just joking...how do you cast the figures ..I am pretty hopeless at casting ...I am trying flat casting at the moment with limited success .. cheers Tom....

Tom, some one like you could really benifit from learning to cast your own pieces, with your sculpting skills this would be a big plus. you could then copy and sell your sculpts and you could sculpt just once things like weapons and back packs and gear for other figures and mold things like basic body dollies for faster sculpts ect.. This is really something for you to look into!

Its a bit tricky getting started and is a trial and era process for sure but, its worth it!^&cool

I don,t know how your sculpty clay???( not sure what you use???) would work with the molding process but I guess if you bake it it should work?
I cast these in resin, its a 2 part one to one mix. The mold is like a latex rubber 10 to 1 mix to make but its not a high tempature mold so I can,t pour metal. I don,t think it can take that kind of heat so I have not tried metal yet. They do sell high temp latex for mold making but I was never good at it when I tried casting lead figures in the past. I may give it a shot again in the future. The good thing about resin though is it is easy to convert the figure though like plastic and that I like!



Here is a link to a video where I learned to make my mold. I really like the lego method, its easy to build and get the size you want for the mold and also easy to take apart. There are many other videos on YouTube also on mold making and pouring plastic, do a searh.
The video is 2 part but there should be a link to the second half at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvC5BjhOb-A


Here is the stuff I used to make mine.

 

[TomB]

Tom, some one like you could really benifit from learning to cast your own pieces, with your sculpting skills this would be a big plus. you could then copy and sell your sculpts and you could sculpt just once things like weapons and back packs and gear for other figures and mold things like basic body dollies for faster sculpts ect.. This is really something for you to look into!

Its a bit tricky getting started and is a trial and era process for sure but, its worth it!^&cool

I don,t know how your sculpty clay???( not sure what you use???) would work with the molding process but I guess if you bake it it should work?
I cast these in resin, its a 2 part one to one mix. The mold is like a latex rubber 10 to 1 mix to make but its not a high tempature mold so I can,t pour metal. I don,t think it can take that kind of heat so I have not tried metal yet. They do sell high temp latex for mold making but I was never good at it when I tried casting lead figures in the past. I may give it a shot again in the future. The good thing about resin though is it is easy to convert the figure though like plastic and that I like!



Here is a link to a video where I learned to make my mold. I really like the lego method, its easy to build and get the size you want for the mold and also easy to take apart. There are many other videos on YouTube also on mold making and pouring plastic, do a searh.
The video is 2 part but there should be a link to the second half at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvC5BjhOb-A


Here is the stuff I used to make mine.

Thanks for the info.....The Lego idea is great....I am using plasticine to make molds at the momen (couple of elephants)t...works okay but you destroy the mold removing the figure (Flat)...I will try some 3d stuff one day.....cannot get the rubber molding stuff here in Perth......I use sculprey for my figures...it bakes hard as rock....strong as metal figs....much like the plastic figures but it paints well....give it a try...it is easy to use and reasonably cheap....if your interested in using sculpey and would like a few clues, let me know, I would be glad to pass on what I have learnt...cheers Tom

 

[Martin Tabony]

I'm sure one company or another could send you some silicone but if not, you could try a realy old method and make a two piece "Plaster of Paris" mould. Obviously the mould has no give, so you have to make sure there are no under cuts in the master pattern. Also the mould takes a long time for the plaster to set. When I made cake decorations for a living (including the wedding cake pillars for the Duke of York) we allowed the Plaster of Paris to cure at 21c for a week. this gives the crystaline structure a chance to grow in the gypsum. Of course when it has cured you should then oven dry at quite a high temperature in order to drive out any remaining water before you pour moulten metal in !!!!!!!

Another very old method is very quick for small pieces. Simply use the cuttlefish that is sold in pet shops for budgies to wear their beaks on. Cut the cuttlefish down the widest part and them, place the piece to be moulded between the two halves and press gently but firmly. When you take them apart you will find an impression, cut your runners and risers fom this impession. As there was no water involved you can cast straight away.

Martin

 

[TomB]

I'm sure one company or another could send you some silicone but if not, you could try a realy old method and make a two piece "Plaster of Paris" mould. Obviously the mould has no give, so you have to make sure there are no under cuts in the master pattern. Also the mould takes a long time for the plaster to set. When I made cake decorations for a living (including the wedding cake pillars for the Duke of York) we allowed the Plaster of Paris to cure at 21c for a week. this gives the crystaline structure a chance to grow in the gypsum. Of course when it has cured you should then oven dry at quite a high temperature in order to drive out any remaining water before you pour moulten metal in !!!!!!!

Another very old method is very quick for small pieces. Simply use the cuttlefish that is sold in pet shops for budgies to wear their beaks on. Cut the cuttlefish down the widest part and them, place the piece to be moulded between the two halves and press gently but firmly. When you take them apart you will find an impression, cut your runners and risers fom this impession. As there was no water involved you can cast straight away.

Martin

Hi Martin.....I dont know if the above was intended for me or not,but thanks for the info.....cuttle fish bit is amazing....amazing what you learn on this site.....I fiddled around with Plaster of Paris when I was a kid....we made things out of plasticine and tried to mould them...usually ended up using the P of P as chalk .....I am playing around at the moment using plasticine as a mold and using a instant setting resin ...working okay,but the resin is too expensive....and I can make the simpler figures quicker by hand.....thanks for the info...cheers Tom

 

[fishead19690]

Here are more conversions of my Cossack sculpt in the rough stages.

 

[fishead19690]

I sculpted a new dead Cossack figure and molded it. Here are a couple of pics! The green one is the master green stuff sculpt and the other 2 are resin casts.

 

[kilted vampire]

Tim really nice work. One of these days I am going to have to jump into the mold making aspect. One of these days.....