Prussian Hussar (1 Viewer)

[fishead19690]

Nice job. Once you start making rubber molds the pose possibilities are almost limitless, plus you can just cut the vent out of the rubber instead of casting it. Two part plastics are unpredictable. I have a mold for a two piece set and I poured the plastic in both cavities. One turned out perfectly, the other was a gooey mess that never cured and it took forever to get the gunk out of my mold.

That,s what happens when you eye out your one to one instead of getting a good solid 1 to 1 mix with some type of measureing cup.
I,ve done that before also where I had the mix a bit off and it took forever to cure.
If you know which one of 2 parts is the hardner you can play a bit with how the plastic will come out.
To much hardner and you get a real hard brittle plastic, cut it back a bit and you,ll get a more softer flexable, but be carfull doing this or you,ll end up with a mess in your mold that won,t cure.
If that happens and you have that sticky mess in there you could pour a bit more hardner onto it then let it cure and pull it out to save the mold.
The more hardner the quicker it,ll kick also and if not enough it,ll take forever! Tempatures will effect the cure time also.
Its best to just stick to mixing this stuff right on 1 to 1 though.

 

[fishead19690]

Hi Tim,

Really nice stuff there. To answer the question about Magic Sculpt and ProCreate. ProCreate is the same type of clay as Green Stuff, just less sticky and easier to mix and push around. Also less expensive. Magic Sculpt is a two part resin and hardener. You mix equal parts by volume and then mix. It is like working with pottery clay. Waster makes it very smooth and blends seams well. The cured product is hard like concrete. I use it instead of armature wire and for weapons and equipment.

I noticed that you used some green stuff to make the pour spout on the mold. Is this something you use over again, or do you make it new every time? We always made the vents out of the plastic / wax type clays like what you used as the bottom of your mold.

I'll try to post later today when to get the putties I am talking about, but you probably can google them and find where they are sold near you.

Again, thanks for the great photos.

Matthew

Yes I made the pour spout from green putty just for that figure but, I have also re-used old pour spouts also. I keep a few of the cast pour spouts after I cut them off the figure for future molds but It was just quicker and easier in this case to make a new one.

As far as venting I prefer to cut them out after the mold is poured now and see where the problems are.
I tried casting the vents into the mold before with pieces of old moldel sprue but its so easy to cut a vent into this stuff why bother???

Thanks again I,m going to have to try and find some of that putty which of the 2 do you prefer????

 

[fishead19690]

Can ceramic powder be used in making these??! I don't know how easy or hard they are to work with.. but was just wondering!

I have no clue???? never used ceramic powder, what it it???? A putty, an addative???

 

[fishead19690]

Tim, you are talking toy soldiers which boasts an unlimited of sculpt styles and figure types. Your figure is well done and would make for a super TS offering all painted up. I would be proud to have it in my collection, which already hosts a large number of homecast and homemade soldiers. Michael

Michael, I was thinking of sending this figure over to Fubar to make a mold so he could send me a couple cast in metal. If he does he is free to use the figure as he wishes so he might be able to hook you up with one????
Lets see what happens?
Maybe if I get any good at sculpting? I can sculpt and Fubar cast and he can add them to the Black cat line? I have a long way to go with my sculpting skills, I,m not under any illusions, I know there not that great, but over time maybe I,ll improve?
Till then maybe one or two might turn out allright and Harold can cast a few?

 

[fishead19690]

Here are a couple of the castings painted up!

 

[theBaron]

The finished product is really great! And this is precisely why I'm trying to teach myself to sculpt--to make figures that no one else has made, to fill holes in my collection.

Well done!

Prost!
Brad

 

[fishead19690]

I did a little more work on those other scratch build figures. I,m going to make them into Austrian artillery figures fighting off a cavalry attack. The mounted figure I decided to make him into a Russian Cossack.
there still in the very ruff stages but here are a few pics with a bit more detail added.

 

[fishead19690]

A few more pics.

 

[Martin Tabony]

Can I suggest that if you were to make the shako and sabretache seperately, then you could make different nationalities of hussar.

Martin

 

[fishead19690]

Another progress report on the other scratch built figures. The Russian Cossack figure is getting close to being complete but still needs a bit of work still.

 

[fishead19690]

I did a bit more work on my Russian Cossack and have him just about ready to try making a mold. I added a pistol in his belt and finished the ties on his coat. I also took the arms back off again and made a new head. I plan on making a couple more separate arms with sword,pistol and maybe carbine? If the sculpt comes out any good? I still need to add his sword to his side but I think that,ll be a separate piece also. I might try a few more heads with different Cossack style caps and head gear?
Here are a couple more photos!

 

[fishead19690]

Here is a resin casting of the finished Cossack from the mold I made all painted up.

 

[45thdiv]

Great Job on that Cossack, he came out very nice. I have been busy between the last post on this thread and now. Excellent. I do enjoy watching the work that you are doing.

Matthew

 

[fishead19690]

Great Job on that Cossack, he came out very nice. I have been busy between the last post on this thread and now. Excellent. I do enjoy watching the work that you are doing.

Matthew

Thank you Matthew! He was a fun project and now a have a base figure to convert more from.