Molds and Signs! BTS #103 (Patreon)

Last week saw me diving into the world of mold creation with my latest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SiJei3jALQ

 I won't repeat anything I said in the video for the sake of brevity, but I figured I mention extra details. 

Another reason I thought it was clever to use cobalt keep bases to sculpt on top of was because when I was going to make a mold initially, I thought I would suspend the models over the mold box. I've seen people make molds like this before, and I was interested in trying it out. I would place a metal ruler on top of the mold box so it was flush with the surface and then magnetically connect the bases on the underside of the ruler so they were dipping down into the volume of the box. This, of course, is way more complicated than what I did and wholly unnecessary, so I skipped it. 

The reason I use PVA glue to attach the dirt to my bases v.s. super glue which I use pretty religiously is because PVA glue can be spread thin. Once you've applied super glue to a base, it's stuck there. You can use a brush to spread it out, but that brush will be destroyed after 1 use (and might not even make it through that one use). Because PVA glue is spreadable, I was able to add texture to the surface of the milliput w/o losing more detail than I wanted to on my sculpted windswept sand. 

Sea shells are actually quite fragile! I broke one while trying to glue it down to a base. It just shattered into a bunch of small pieces. It was fun trying to remove shell fragments mixed with super glue, haha. 

I've been chatting with a carpenter about making up a Trapped Under Plastic sign for the new office space to sit behind Jon and myself. We're sending chicken scratch drawings back and forth to figure out what works. He has a large CNC router so he can cut out complex shapes and maybe attach some LEDs as well! It'll be an awesome sign for the background. 

In other TUP news, Jon and I met with a writer. He's doing a trial episode with us for free so we can test how it is to work with a writer and if our audience likes the result. There are some ideas we have for episodes that require a ton of research, which is where he can help. Episode 2 of the podcast will feature his work and it's about the top 5 most profitable kickstarter campaigns in several minipainting related categories. Hope you like it!

That's all for now, don't forget to PAINT MORE MINIS!