Drop Ship I

So, finally I found the time to begin work on my Grymn Drop Ship modelled from the mouth wash bottle in my earlier post. I am a complete resin casting newbie so this is a learning experience for me, and I've taken plenty of pictures along the way for reference. I bought the rubber molding compound and the resin casting material from Tomps Mould Making and Casting Supplies on ebay and can thoroughly recommend both their service and their products and the indespensible information sheets for beginners! I also had some good suggestions and hints from Geronimo Jones of Fenris Games on the Forum of Doom






I wanted to make my final model thicker than the bottle so that it can be hollow and perhaps accomodate my grymn troops within the interior with a fold down rear door, or maybe side openings for door gunners. So I cast the bottle in two halves, each half more than half the thickness of the bottle (it makes sense to me!).

You can see from the pictures above that I have problems with air bubbles - these are in the rubber mould itself and not the resin, so I have to take more care with that in the future.

My intent is to detail two halves of the resin casting, add swivel engines to the sides and a front cockpit section where the bottle neck is, add a rear door, and then make a mould for the complete model so that I can cast a number of them. Who knows, I may even put a few on ebay and see if they sell!

Grymn Grav Bike...

Right, that's it, no more "Mr Nice Guy".

I warned him, but would he listen.... ?

It's been months now and I've been polite, persuasive, patient (and a number of other good things beginning with P (but not pizza as thats a baked dough product with a primarily tomato and cheese based topping)) but that hasn't made Kev White from Hasslefree Miniatures finish the awesome Grymn Grav Bike thats been on his WIP page since Adam was potty training.



So, its gloves off time... I'm entering the world of politics, mass demonstrations, civil disobedience and organised riots the like of which has never been seen outside of a G8 summit protest or a JK Rowling book signing.

Oh, and i've launched a petition... (that'll teach him... if he doesn't give in soon there'll be a poster campaign and possibly badges!!)

So feast thine eyes on the mighty Grymn Grav Bike (and click on it), and when you've finished drooling and have stopped feeling guilty for those tiny twinges of lust brought about by naked green stuff... leave a comment demanding this model is finished !!

Plastikote is a swear word.

So, today after many months of abject laziness and slothfulness I prepped and based 31 Grymn.

Fondly washed and dried them then glued them to their likkle slotta bases, used greenstuff to fill the slot and give some relief to the flatness of the base, I glued ikkle magnets under the bases so that they would stick to the metal lined draws i shall use them to transport them...

... then I went to the garage with a trusty can of black spray paint... (plastikote flat black fast dry spray enamel to be precise). PLastikote is a common brand here in the Uk, and widely available, I've heard horror stories but not had a problem despite using it for a number of years.

Never had this happen before, but i've heard of others complaining, but the paint was grainy - very grainy... and it has hardly stuck to the metal (or the couple of pieces of resin scenery) it kind of smudges off even though dry! Tried a sample from 2 other cans and the same effect!!

More to the point how do I rescue my Grymn without having to strip them and do the whole base thing again? Yeah, deep down I know they can't be rescued, but the little plopping noise they make as you drop them into paint stripper is soul destroying.

Anyone practiced in the art of stripping paint from resin?