No, Hirst Arts. Just...no.

Deset Gled

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• Apr 13, 2011

• #71

frankthedm said:

The massager helped reduce the bubbles when i cast the quick set concrete.

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A better method than vibration is to work in a vacuum. You can make yourself a decent vacuum chamber using a fish tank and a shop vac. It's most important to maintain the vacuum during curing and mixing.

Note that this experience comes from working with industrial encapsulation compounds, not concrete or plaster. YMMV.

 

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WizarDru

Adventurer

• Apr 13, 2011

• #72

Great Stuff. I'd love to give you XP for it, but I need to spread some more around, apparently.

 

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Ourph

First Post

• Apr 13, 2011

• #73

H.M.Gimlord said:

Yes. A grim reality, but unfortunate for those of us who wish to reproduce 4E maps :sigh:.

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If you want a little more room to play with, Hirst Arts also makes 1.5 inch floor tile molds.

 

H.M.Gimlord

Explorer

• Apr 14, 2011

• #74

Ourph said:

If you want a little more room to play with, Hirst Arts also makes 1.5 inch floor tile molds.

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I might try this with my Inn Cellar Idea. For now, I'll continue with the 4E scale to keep this set consistent. [sblock=Reading this might spoils the fun for anyone who actually hasn't seen this adventure]OK. So who hasn't looked at the last few pages of the DMG, but I just had to make sure.

A problem is that when I get to the dragon lair, I'll have to invest another $100.00 or so in the cavern molds, but I guess I'll be ready for it by then. I imagine it will be late June to mid July by the time I do that.[/sblock]Does anyone have any ideas for a rope and support structure for the Skull-Skull game (Room #3). I've been beating my brain out trying to think of something, but I'm not too confident about the ideas I've come up with.

 

Mark CMG

Creative Mountain Games

• Apr 14, 2011

• #75

Spoiler

Caverns are pretty easy to make from styrofoam, put it on top of a grid drawn on black foamcore, and remember that many spray paints will melt styrofoam so you'll want to pick up some cheap gray latex paint to coat the cavern walls.

Just a simple alternative.

 

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WereSteve

First Post

• Apr 14, 2011

• #76

Well ... if someone wants to add outdoor elements, my recommendation would be to check out Woodland Scenics - Model Layouts, Scenery, Buildings and Figures since they have a variety of rock molds, trees, grass, etc.

Steve

 

frankthedm

First Post

• Apr 16, 2011

• #77

Ice cube trays make grand molds for concrete barriers & tank traps.

Ice cube trays, WD40 as mold release & quick setting concrete. Should have let cure for a few more days, but I wanted to see the results.

Chaos Tank traps from a novelty tray I ought at a Jewel food store.
Tank traps slight bigger than an inch wide made from a tray found at a garage sale.
Jersey barriers made with the bottom of "Progressive International Set of 2 Ice Sticks Flexible Ice Trays"
1/2" cube-ish blocks from a Bed Bath and Beyond tray. Cubette Mini Ice Cube Tray
Columns still curing were from a Walmart "Ice tubes" tray.

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1987/inchplussquaretopdown.jpg
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5382/jerseytopdownc.jpg
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/8093/pillarscuring.jpg
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/8070/smallcubishtopdown.jpg
http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/637/chaostopdownc.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2748/smallcubish.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4964/chaost.jpg
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4593/choascuring.jpg
http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/8046/cubewip.jpg

 

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Holy Bovine

First Post

• Apr 17, 2011

• #78

frankthedm said:

Ice cube trays make grand molds for concrete barriers & tank traps.

Ice cube trays, WD40 as mold release & quick setting concrete. Should have let cure for a few more days, but I wanted to see the results.

Chaos Tank traps from a novelty tray I ought at a Jewel food store.
Tank traps slight bigger than an inch wide made from a tray found at a garage sale.

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Very nice!

One question - why is there a black bar around the groin area of that Chaos Warrior in the photos? That seems...odd?

 

frankthedm

First Post

• Apr 17, 2011

• #79

Holy Bovine said:

Very nice!

One question - why is there a black bar around the groin area of that Chaos Warrior in the photos? That seems...odd?

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Because those pics were being posted at a few different places, I decided to black bar that chaos warrior's codpiece spike.

 

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frankthedm

First Post

• Apr 18, 2011

• #80

This is cool. How'd you make the thin ones?

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[MENTION=79440]H.M.Gimlord[/MENTION] You mean the ones that look like a Jersey barricade?

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-International-Sticks-Flexible-Trays/dp/B00150O1KY/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1303096864&sr=8-7"]This is the mold i used for that one.[/ame] Normally it makes nice thick low walls, but flipped upside down it is great for Jersey barricades. This pic shows the underside.

• Cleaned ice cube tray
• Flipped it upside down
• Sprayed with wd40 for release agent
• Mixed fast dry concrete.
• poured concrete
• Used vibro massager to work out air bubbles
• Let set for 2 days, occasionally rewetting concrete with spray bottle
• CAREFULLY extracted from mold, ( 3 of 14 broke into rubble because i was impatient )

I'm thinking about trying a plaster & white glue mix next since concrete is trying my patience.

EDIT: Seemed to work well enough, added in a bunch of fish tank gravel as aggregate. Made the pouring difficult, but I'm still to used to using concrete so it was par for the coarse. Will have to try using sand as aggregate next time with the plaster.

 

Last edited: Apr 18, 2011