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<blockquote data-quote="Olaf the Stout" data-source="post: 7683323" data-attributes="member: 13703"><p>As someone who owns over a dozen Hirst Arts molds, I can definitely tell you that it is a time-intensive and labour-intensive process (good fun though!).</p><p></p><p>Yes, you can cast a mold in 15 minutes, but you can generally only cast 2-4 molds at a time due to the fact that the plaster starts setting. After that the molds need a couple of hours to set before you can remove them, so you can't just take the casts out and go again.</p><p></p><p>Plus there is time needed to clean up to get ready for the next cast and to take the castings out of the mold once they've set and sort them (trust me, you'll need to sort your castings!).</p><p></p><p>Each mold will give you about 10 one inch squares. Most people won't own multiples of most molds, so you'll be casting for quite a while to get enough squares to build a dungeon. That's just the floor. Once you start building walls you find you need a lot of more casts to build stuff than you think!</p><p></p><p>So the biggest advantage I see with the 3d printed terrain is that you don't have to stick around while the 3D printer does its magic. You can set it going and come back a couple of hours later to see the finished product. I guess it depends how much you enjoy the casting and building process of Hirst Arts molds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Olaf the Stout, post: 7683323, member: 13703"] As someone who owns over a dozen Hirst Arts molds, I can definitely tell you that it is a time-intensive and labour-intensive process (good fun though!). Yes, you can cast a mold in 15 minutes, but you can generally only cast 2-4 molds at a time due to the fact that the plaster starts setting. After that the molds need a couple of hours to set before you can remove them, so you can't just take the casts out and go again. Plus there is time needed to clean up to get ready for the next cast and to take the castings out of the mold once they've set and sort them (trust me, you'll need to sort your castings!). Each mold will give you about 10 one inch squares. Most people won't own multiples of most molds, so you'll be casting for quite a while to get enough squares to build a dungeon. That's just the floor. Once you start building walls you find you need a lot of more casts to build stuff than you think! So the biggest advantage I see with the 3d printed terrain is that you don't have to stick around while the 3D printer does its magic. You can set it going and come back a couple of hours later to see the finished product. I guess it depends how much you enjoy the casting and building process of Hirst Arts molds. [/QUOTE]
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