Instant Mold

[CubertFarnsworth]

The question is: Is this stuff good for the detailed stuff?

I know it is good to make base inserts. (Those always look a little rough anyways.) But how about items with detail on them?

Like a bit with a hand grasping a sword, or the sword hilt, or the jewels/ accessories on a sword.

Thanks

[Mr_Smigs]

double sided parts are a little annoying as you either have to make a 2-part mold and lose seam-line detail, or wrap the entire piece and hope you can cut it free without destroying detail...

in my experience, you lose about 15-30% of the detail, particularly fine lines...

obviously, the more complicated the piece, the more you have to massage the plastic to get it into place... and having only 10 seconds or so to do it means multiple tries before you get a workable mold...

[Gomez Addams]

Strange, just answered a question similar to this on warseer

Its pretty good - better then a green stuff cast but not as good as a proper rubber cast. Jewels and sword hilts yes, hands.. hmm.. I've some difficulty making a two part mold but I do know it can be done.

Theres a cheaper version called Oyumaru - exactly the same product, its just been repackaged for the wargaming market

[mistycalla71]

And yet another kind called "friendly plastic"-it comes in palet form so you can create much larger molds than the little strips by instamold but it cools just as fast so the item to be copied needs to be ready forthe squeeze. I just made some small thumb size molds from patterns inlaid on a large Spawn Fig. and than made empressions with sculptey clay and use them for an ancient monument maker .