Hey Horacigon! RE: Hirst Moulds! [Pictures, slow load time]

[Scarab]

Yup, I'll buy a few molds when I have the money for it. It's not quite the same using a LEGO dungeon.

 

[LcKedovan]

Me wants...

I have their tower and cottage molds already, I never have any breakage though. Are you shaking them as they set to get the bubbles out? Want to try dental plaster next, not easy to come by...

I do the hammer the slightly raised table thing, as well as run a kebab stick (dull end) through it to get bubbles out. The places where they broke were quite solid and only happened the first time I cast anything. I think the German variant of plaster I have just takes a little longer to set properly. So I left the others another 5-10 mins and everything went great.

-Will

 

[Mark]

I am looking forward to more photos after the weekend!

Horacio- Any pics from you? How heavy are the models once you have finished them? Do you build them so they can open up?

(Thanks )

 

[Horacio]

I am looking forward to more photos after the weekend!

Horacio- Any pics from you? How heavy are the models once you have finished them? Do you build them so they can open up?

(Thanks )

I would love to show my creations, but I have no digital camera (too much expensive the good ones, crap the cheap ones)...

The buildings are strong enough to play D&D (or Warhammer or Mordheim) with them weekly without any problem (if you use dental plaster, it can even fall on the floor without terminal damage).

Edit: my English betrays me again. You did say HEAVY and I read TOUGH. Well, the finished building is heavy, but not too much. Like a plaster of Paris decorative piece, maybe...

I build some of them to be open up, specially those destined to playing, and others without opening. You can choose

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

I can't wait to hear more about this. I'm trying to decide between two or three different hobbies to waste my money on right now and Hirst Molds are in the running.

So many hobbies, so little money.

 

[LcKedovan]

I can't wait to hear more about this. I'm trying to decide between two or three different hobbies to waste my money on right now and Hirst Molds are in the running.

So many hobbies, so little money.

Yeah, I find doing all the hobbies to be the most satisfying... although you may refer to me from henceforth as "The Jolly Pauper"

As for your models Horacio, I'll just have to visit France sometime and take some pics for the others hehe.

I plan on building my models to open up, once I get enough parts built or molds of a building. I'm glad I read this thread it reminded me to bring some lego home from work to build a lego wall to line up the corners and the flagstones straight.

-Will

 

[Horacio]

As for your models Horacio, I'll just have to visit France sometime and take some pics for the others hehe.

That would be great, Will, you're invited!

I plan on building my models to open up, once I get enough parts built or molds of a building. I'm glad I read this thread it reminded me to bring some lego home from work to build a lego wall to line up the corners and the flagstones straight.

-Will

Will, have I read correctly? Do you have Lego at work? Where do you work?

 

[LcKedovan]

Will, have I read correctly? Do you have Lego at work? Where do you work?

Yeah, I'll start another thread in a second and post some of the pictures of my lego creations and setup on my desk.. some of them are old from last year when I moved into a new office.

-Will

 

[LcKedovan]

Ok! As Promised some more pictures from this weekend. I didn't have enough time to make tons of bricks etc. But I took what I had molded and started doing some assembly. For any Germans reading, for glue I used "UHU Alles Kleber" which seems to have worked quite fine. Of course I used a LEGO wall for lining up the parts and the assembly time once molded is quite quick! I had fun doing it and I have much more ambitious plans for the next few batches of molds.

-Will

 

[LcKedovan]

More assembly work!

Here is part of an assembly phase for a corner piece of a hallway, A room, and also a portcullis/grate piece.


-W.