@hopper1999 I’ve access to both resin and PLA printers, and while resin has a couple of extra steps compared to PLA, I wouldn’t consider it painful. I’ve come to appreciate resin’s ability to show detail even in very small scale. For me its worth the extra steps to clean and cure, for those results. What’s great is there are so many free units available, with some simple editing/converting you can quickly build cool armies.
As for casting, while I haven’t casted any A&A parts yet (still building my unit library), I have casted a lot of 3.75 action figure parts. I’ve gotten best results using a syringe and pressure pot. (I converted a old paint pressure tank). You inject your mold, and then put it under pressure, I’d do around 30psi, to help the resin into the thinner parts of the mold and prevent bubbles. It also helps, when making your mold to put it under pressure as well. I’ve found it helps prevents bubbles in the silicone and between the silicone and the part being cast.
I plan on using casting to duplicate units I already have, that I can’t find stl files for.
DM making a comeback
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Topsy, seriously, what a name for a plane….
Ritas
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These are really awesome as well. Great job on all these planes. :-)
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Kikkas
all of them
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What i learned from these, always double check the mold lines before painting.
I thought i cleaned them all up but after the primer went on the mold lines really stick out. -
What i learned from these, always double check the mold lines before painting.
I thought i cleaned them all up but after the primer went on the mold lines really stick out.Thanks DM, that is always good to know.
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FMG italian infantry, african uniform
FMG italian infantry, europe uniform
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FMG italian artillery
Armoured cars
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FMG italian tanks
heavy tanks
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A small Italian land force
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Wow, those look so real, DM!
Did you ink wash and dry brush these?
Amazing job on these! :-D
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Nice work! I really love those infantry. You got the gray and khaki spot on.
May I ask why you decided to highlight/drybrush the vehicles with gray?
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Thanks for comments. Yes, these are brown-washed and then dry-brushed. I chose a gray for the dry-brush thinking that when metal is out in the elements the paintwork fades and flakes off, also from lots of use. I have over done it on a couple of the pieces, brush wasn’t quite dry enough but overall i think it turned out ok. It has given them a weathered look i think.
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Thanks for comments. Yes, these are brown-washed and then dry-brushed. I chose a gray for the dry-brush thinking that when metal is out in the elements the paintwork fades and flakes off, also from lots of use. I have over done it on a couple of the pieces, brush wasn’t quite dry enough but overall i think it turned out ok. It has given them a weathered look i think.
Well, you got the effect you wanted, because they definitely look weathered. Thanks for showing the pictures. :-D
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wow DM your Italian infranty are simply amazing! the color blending and highlights… superburb! Really like the detail in your mech vehicles … the tire rims look so carefully painted!
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Thanks for comments. Yes, these are brown-washed and then dry-brushed. I chose a gray for the dry-brush thinking that when metal is out in the elements the paintwork fades and flakes off, also from lots of use. I have over done it on a couple of the pieces, brush wasn’t quite dry enough but overall i think it turned out ok. It has given them a weathered look i think.
Yeah, the grey does give it a nice flaking look! And if you think it was too heavy, then you can just dry the brush a bit more the next time as you mentioned.
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Excellent job! I love your weathering effect. The tanks and inf are incredible.
Im going to be finishing mine up tonight. I have a gaming session tomorrow and will need them to be ready.
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Thanks for comments guys, cyanight, look forward to seeing some pics of yours.
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Painting has been on hold for the past week, work has been extremely busy, hopefully get back to it next week.
Disaster struck a couple weeks back with my fave rc plane, gust of wind took away my control and turned it into the trees. Most of the wing survived but the front was crushed and torn apart by the motor and battery. A week later my spitfire also lost control, the damage to that wasn’t so severe, just tore the wing mounts off and busted the prop.
I spent most of yesterday piecing my jet back together, had to reconstruct the front and put some reinforcing in the sides and cracks in the wing. Went out for a test flight, a few minutes in and it ejected bits off it and stopped. The motor mount had come adrift. So, new motor mount, new prop and more holes filled, try again tonight after work…… -
Painting has been on hold for the past week, work has been extremely busy, hopefully get back to it next week.
  Disaster struck a couple weeks back with my fave rc plane, gust of wind took away my control and turned it into the trees. Most of the wing survived but the front was crushed and torn apart by the motor and battery. A week later my spitfire also lost control, the damage to that wasn’t so severe, just tore the wing mounts off and busted the prop.
 I spent most of yesterday piecing my jet back together, had to reconstruct the front and put some reinforcing in the sides and cracks in the wing. Went out for a test flight, a few minutes in and it ejected bits off it and stopped. The motor mount had come adrift. So, new motor mount, new prop and more holes filled, try again tonight after work……Sorry about your RC planes, but hopefully you’ll get them back to flying shape. :-)
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