So I have made some molds of some custom Space Marine shoulder pads. I have just been doing very basic symbols on the pads, crossed arrows for the Assault Squads, Arrows for the Tactical Squads, and Chevrons for the Devastator Squads.
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| An Example of a Tactical Sgt w/ Laurel to show rank |
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This afternoon I have been casting shoulder pads like it is going out of style! The resin that I am using is a rather fast acting resin it has a working time of about 90 seconds so I have to move rather quick to get the molds set and ready.
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| Here are three of the Molds with the Resin in them |
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The resin only takes about 10 minutes to finish hardening up before it is ready to come out of the Mold. I purchased a kit at the local Hobby Lobby and it came with the everything I needed to make the molds and even the resin. I think if I try to make molds again I'll see if I can get a more flexible rubber for the molds. Each mold makes two shoulder pads.
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| The Sgt Shoulder Pad Mold open with the Pads in it |
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| Here is a Tactical Pad, Look at all the Flash |
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The nice thing is that the flash is paper thin, and is easily cleaned up. This set turned out pretty good if I say so my self.
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| All the shoulder pads out of the molds and waiting to be cleaned |
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| A Number of the pads cleaned up and waiting to get primed |
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Some of the shoulder pads had air bubbles so I'll be adding a little green stuff to fill in the gaps. These shoulder pads ar turning out better than I had thought they would. and I think they will give my Tact, Assault, and Dev Squads a unique look to them. I can't wait to get them primed and painted.
Questions and Comments are welcome
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