RE: ISO sci-fi terrain and random rambling

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did anyone else notice that this traffic has all been from FireDrake?

 
 
Michael Brown
mwsaber6@msn.com




> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 01:44:29 +0100
> To: gzg@firedrake.org
> From: Tamsin@tamsinpiper.demon.co.uk
> Subject: Re: ISO sci-fi terrain and random rambling
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> >For building 25-28mm vehicles (for casting), what sort of material is
best
> >for the bulk body of the vehicle? I've wondered about wood blocks or
UHD
> >plastic (but I don't think many adhesives will stick to this stuff to
adhere
> >the details)... but I really don't know.
> >
> >They'd be larger bulky pieces, to which detail would be affixed, but
they'd
> >need to be able to be at least grossly shaped and seems like you'd
use huge
> >piles of sculpy (more than seems sensible) if you went that route for
the
> >main shape component of a 28mm vehicle (it's bad enough how much
resin you'd
> >use to cast them - I'm looking at interior block insertion to reduce
resin
> >use and maybe even adding Alumalite microbaloons to cut the resin
volume).
> >
> >Any tips or thoughts on these fronts appreciated.
> >
> >Tom
> 
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> A possible cheap option for the filler on your masters would be to 
> cut a slightly undersized styrofoam block (or several in the basic 
> shape of the vehicle and do the sculpty/green stuff over that for the 
> detailing.
> 
> If you are making several variants on the same basic hull shape, it 
> may be worth getting the styrofoam CNC milled at a local model 
> supplies store or engineer.
> 
> Another alternative - if you are good with 3D modeling software - 
> would be to do your designs on your 'puter then upload them to 
> Shapeways and get the prototypes 3D-printed by them. An advantage of 
> doing this is that you can do the design once at say 25/28mm then 
> just adjust the scaling for 15mm or 5/6 mm. Hmmm, I wonder if we 
> could persuade the T-man to do something like that so we can get the 
> 15mm range as 25mm?
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