Casting: Take Two

Back in, oh, I don't know, 2008 or so, I tried resin casting some Space Marine bits. I was fourteen at the time, so it didn't go very well. Here I am, twelve years later, older, wiser, sadder, and trying again. Hopefully, it'll go more smoothly this time... Without getting resin all over Mom's sink. That stuff set like Gorilla Glue, and man, she was not happy about that one...

Mold kit from Hobby Lobby: the same stuff I tried last decade.

Rather than trying to cast an entire model, I'll start out with some bits. I need Kasrkin backpacks, and dozens of them. And Kasrkin helmets. Later one, I'll experiment with some partial models. For now, a set of three two Kasrkin packs.


Mold box. Initial concept was a box made from Legos, but I'm impatient at the best of times, so I went with a Tupperware lid and gluing the packs to a plastic base as seen.

That didn't work, the lid I was using was too shallow and would have left holes in the bottom of the mold. So I just glued the packs into the mold box and used some electrical tape to give the mold some extra depth.

The mold is set! It took all night, I went to work, came home, and popped it out.

Time to pour in the resin...

5ml of resin was too much...

Finished product! The antennas need some shaving, but overall, not bad! Now I just need to make another thirty-six, plus however many more Storm Troopers I'm going to make...

Photo credit goes to my Lady -my pic was straight up veggie quality. Squash plant, even...

Next project will be to replicate this mold a couple of times so I can make more than two packs at a time, and then maybe later, full-up Kasrkin.

Maybe later?

It'll need a two-part cast, and I don't quite have my head around how that will work. Maybe just the torso, so I can add kneeling legs easier.

-Six out.