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December 19, 2008 at 6:36 am #3917
ESTEL
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MAE GOVANNEN, my friends,

some “secrets” from my tome of wisdome and metal casting lore I collected after hundreds of experiences. I hope it helps the not so experienced casters:
– The mould needs some temperature to get perfect castings, cold molds are worse than warm/hot ones.
– the metal is quite important, for custom casting, a variant with more lead in it seems fine, the very best metal was always the original Prince August metal (I don’t know why, but the chemical mix must be the perfect one).
– some moulds work better than others, maybe because of the better airvents?
– it seems important to “dust” the mould inside, but not to heavily with Talcum powder

Still als Gavin said, sometimes you cast like Saruman’s smitheries and only get 2 perfect figures out of 10 castings (or even more), maybe something magical or because of the weather, I don’t know.

There will always been more tipps and hints and some say, the hints above are nonsense as everyone has his own experience

NAMARIE
estel
December 19, 2008 at 7:21 am #3918
Barliman
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Gavin wrote:

Ya know, I might be willing to cast you a few, if you want.

That’s a mighty generous and considerate offer, Master Gavin, and if I needed the figures at this very moment I would be sorely tempted to take you up on it. As it is, it would be an awful lot of trouble to put you to at this moment for something I won’t need for a while (my LOTR armies haven’t really expanded as far as Elves yet – I’m currently still bogged down in Gondor and the wizard’s vale). But rest assured, if necessary I may very well seek help – in exchange for outstanding bar tabs, of course – at some future date.

Er, I’m assuming that it wasn’t a subtle attempt to bribe M-range information from my sealed lips…?
December 19, 2008 at 2:01 pm #3919
Gavin
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No sir, I would do no such thing.

Anyway, one day soon I have a PLAN. I shall cast about twenty or so wood elves. I shall then behead them. The heads will be used for a few conversion projects. The bodies will be melted down and recast as needed. The GW plastic wood elves, for example, have badly miscast faces, so I figure The Twins would not object to slightly better faces on their work So if I end up with a bit of extra time during this, I’ll cast you a few and mail them to you.

I’ll shoot you a message sometime over Christmas and tell you how I’m getting on.

Gavin
December 19, 2008 at 5:37 pm #3920
Barliman
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That’s very generous of you indeed. I’m so impressed that I may actually let you have a free drink. Only may, mark you – I don’t want to get carried away. But aren’t the PA heads too large for the GW plastic Elves? They’re very teeny-weeny figures compared to the metals and the more recent plastics.
December 19, 2008 at 5:41 pm #3921
Gavin
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I am going to experiment. The wood elf heads are oddly big, and sort of mush into the figure’s shoulders a lot. A quick eyeball comparison looks like it might work.

I will upload pics of the results.
December 19, 2008 at 8:37 pm #3922
Theobald
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Huoommm … rhuoomm …. shhh … your package’s packed, Master Gavin …. rhuoomm … shh .. there will be some delay … rhuoomm … as I had to be standing around here for quite a while until now … alas … hush … I just wanted to let you know … rhuooomm … ahem … that barkeep, please don’t tell him that I spoke … huoommm … as Christmas Trees do not speak, as we all know … shhhhh!
December 19, 2008 at 10:25 pm #3923
Barliman
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I’m sure I heard something. It can’t have been the tree, so it must have been the wargskin rugs.
December 20, 2008 at 1:38 am #3924
jdbrown55
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It was only me over at the end of the bar! I burped! Sorry.
December 20, 2008 at 7:07 am #3925
Barliman
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Has anyone ever pointed out before that you sound just like a wargskin rug? I think I’ve been selling you too many of my meat pies (and before anyone complains, I never claimed that it was beef; that was just a rumour put about by my bar-snacks menu).
December 20, 2008 at 9:16 am #3926
Theobald
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….. buuuuurph ….
December 20, 2008 at 1:05 pm #3927
Gildor
MMP Elder
time to stop the pony
back in half an hour if everything works well
December 20, 2008 at 1:45 pm #3928
Gavin
Participant
Seems to be grand Master Gildor
December 20, 2008 at 1:46 pm #3929
Gavin
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Seems to be grand Master Gildor
December 20, 2008 at 2:11 pm #3930
Gildor
MMP Elder
so… is everything functionning now? seems ok?

let’s test… it is moved now
December 20, 2008 at 3:16 pm #3931
erchamion
Participant
¡It´s all O.K.!
December 20, 2008 at 3:22 pm #3932
Theobald
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Huuooommmmmmmmrhuooommmmm ……. .hom hom … …. great, Master Gildor. Absolutely perfect as it really took just a few minutes …. Everything is here now again ….
Great job, indeed and professionally done ….. alas … just another thank you from here …

ahem …. did you also take care of them doormats, by the way …. rhuoommm … or do I have to go back and fetch them … hom … I could do so, if it’s necessary …. hom … there might be some time left until our barkeep enters these premises and wants me to be quiet and stand still in one of that corners … huoommm … not moving, of course …. rhuooommm ….
December 20, 2008 at 3:42 pm #3933
Barliman
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The doormats will find their own way here. They’ll just follow the scent of Nob.

Everything seems to be where I left it, even the Tree…
December 20, 2008 at 4:01 pm #3934
Gavin
Participant
Well, I ended up with the double post because there was an error. Only I can’t remember what the message was. (A bunch of other things has come up)
December 21, 2008 at 4:23 pm #3936
Theobald
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Huoommmm … well, what is it that keeps those lads ENTering these nicely decorated premises … huommm … no, I didn’t say anything, Master Barliman … still standing still … hom
December 22, 2008 at 6:55 pm #3945
ddaines
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Well in case I’m not around, or just can’t crawl out from under the table due to excessive consumption of Barli’s ‘best’, I would just like to take the opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas or whatever you celebrate, stay safe, stay drunk, and fill your bellies with good food.

Dave
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