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'''Casting''' is the process by which a model is made. It is commonly done in polyurethanes, pewter, or resins. In the olden days of [[Wargames|wargaming]], models were often cast in mostly lead-metal mixes. That doesn't happen anymore because lead gives you [[/b/|cancer]]. | '''Casting''' is the process by which a model is made. It is commonly done in polyurethanes, pewter, or resins. In the olden days of [[Wargames|wargaming]], models were often cast in mostly lead-metal mixes. That doesn't happen anymore because lead gives you [[/b/|cancer]]. | ||
==Zee Process== | |||
Casting happens nearly 100% of the time in this manner: | |||
* Someone has an idea for a model, and so he sculpts it in a resin. This is called the "parent model". | |||
* Next, he waits for the model to harden. Once it has, he places the model in a box and fills the box with a different, molten material. | |||
* Once that hardens into a block of hard stuff around the precious "parent," he carefully cracks the block along the flanks of the model, creating a two-halved imprint of the model. This is the mold. | |||
* From there, he drills holes in the mold so that the actual models can have their materials injected directly into the mold as it is being held together. | |||
* Then, the injection may commence, and models will soon be in abundance. | |||
==Model [[Rip and Tear|Wear and Tear]]== | |||
==Geims Werkshoop and You== | |||
[[Fa/tg/uy]]s who are enraged by [[Games_Workshop]]'s shitty marketing ploys can turn to home casting to get their model fix, at next to zero cost. | [[Fa/tg/uy]]s who are enraged by [[Games_Workshop]]'s shitty marketing ploys can turn to home casting to get their model fix, at next to zero cost. | ||
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Casting is the process by which a model is made. It is commonly done in polyurethanes, pewter, or resins. In the olden days of wargaming, models were often cast in mostly lead-metal mixes. That doesn't happen anymore because lead gives you cancer.
Zee Process
Casting happens nearly 100% of the time in this manner:
- Someone has an idea for a model, and so he sculpts it in a resin. This is called the "parent model".
- Next, he waits for the model to harden. Once it has, he places the model in a box and fills the box with a different, molten material.
- Once that hardens into a block of hard stuff around the precious "parent," he carefully cracks the block along the flanks of the model, creating a two-halved imprint of the model. This is the mold.
- From there, he drills holes in the mold so that the actual models can have their materials injected directly into the mold as it is being held together.
- Then, the injection may commence, and models will soon be in abundance.
Model Wear and Tear
Geims Werkshoop and You
Fa/tg/uys who are enraged by Games_Workshop's shitty marketing ploys can turn to home casting to get their model fix, at next to zero cost.
Casting can be expensive or cheap, depending on how you do it.
A guide on casting has recently been written and can be found at: [1]