Using Resin With Hirst Arts Moulds/molds : Basic Casting Tips

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[@matthayward7889]

Not even planning on doing any casting, but still fascinating to watch!

[@7bootzy]

Totally a random observation, but I appreciate your partnership/financial disclosures. Not only is it honest, but as a viewer, it lends HUGE amounts of credibility to you as a content provider. I don't care if you are compensated (in any way) or not by others. I just want to be aware of it. Great vid!

[@Tobikrump]

Lukes Aps is the best I've seen at doing this. He's professional and transparent but wouldnt recommend products he doesnt actually like. It doesn't seem forced. Love this guy.

[@sourpoi3275]

Oopp

[@sourpoi3275]

JorrdKarrd oooooooooo

[@Met4life23]

So glad you made this, i've been watching tons of casting videos as of late and its nice to see a good one finally

[@JPWestmas]

Thanks again for the fine details. Many people don't go over this.

[@MrStingray075]

Never heard of resin casting before. Really glad you posted this as it opens up some possibilities.

[@thomasgross8289]

Didnt find it boring in the least! Very informative and "noob" friendly, the humidity tip alone probably saved me a lot of trouble as I live in a area where humidity is 80-95% thanks!

[@alanrennox7340]

still way better than finecast...lol Brother, your video's are never boring, very informative yes, boring never.

[@Pedro116092]

super helpful as always, many thanks for all the efforts you put into your vids. Love your work

[@kurogiza]

Lots of great information in this video, appreciate it!

[@robertthompson1993]

Great vid. Thank for going into detail about the different resins. Just what I needed to know before giving this a try. Spot on. 👍👍

[@DodgeHowell]

Great job, Luke. This was such great information.

[@krzysztofmathews738]

This is an excellent overview and very well explained. Thank you.

[@ManiacalMiniatures]

Great video. informational as always! Have been eyeing these molds for some years now.. This might sway me towards getting them and using them for projects on my channel! :D Thanks Luke

[@paulhopkins8208]

Great video... very helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge/experience.

[@rejectedautobiography]

CFS are just down the road from me! Awesome video dude :)

[@IDICBeer]

Great share thanks, good to see

[@Godonstilts]

Never have I seen someone clearly more Yorkshire than you... as someone from the Red Rose county i could take a natural offence. However, love your work so keep it up! ;)

[@matrix626]

I believe hirst molds are tin cure, which lasts much much shorter than platinum cure silicone. I have some platinum molds that have lasted hundreds of casts with no issues and a couple of tin cure that degraded after about a dozen. If you make your own molds, put in the extra $ and buy plat cure silicone.

[@wanchaicowboy]

Interesting that I have more luck with putting my molds and resin on the window sill to warm up before I do a pour. Also I have had issues with bubbles so it might be moisture on a colder day!

[@DarrenMalin]

this was useful to me, thank you :)

[@redgreen09]

sound good to me a look in to see as post

[@euansmith3699]

Have you been using your static grass applicator on your hair? That's some impressive lift you got going on there. Oh, and thanks for another interesting and informative video.

[@Allan_Lugia]

So i would love to learn how to use resin, and how to create such mold myself... but i have no idea where to start, material wise... because i live in Denmark, and we dont have the same kind of provider as you do. so much of the stuff you use is harder for me to find "over here". I am specifik looking for a good beginner amount, that´s also not insanely expensive. this counts both for making molds that i can remove and hopefully reuse. but also what kind of resing i should go for?... and what type of materials i might use for color mixing. now i dont know if you have any of these tips for me lukas, but if you did. i would appreciate it. Love your videos... seen a lot of them for inspiration lately. Loved the Wizard tower, and are seriously aiming for that level of detais in my future builds.

[@fraserhardmetal7143]

Good video - have you thought about using some of the more durable casting plasters like Herculite, they don't smell and are much cheaper if you don't require the absolute strength of the polymers.

[@AzraelThanatos]

One thing that is rather cheap to do in order to upgrade your casting with anything there. Buy a large box fan (The big square ones work best, ones without things on the front of back that stick out). Place it facing upwards with supports underneath it (Between chairs, bricks, 2x4s, whatever you have available that would still keep the top level. Set a piece of wood such as plywood or similar that covers most of the top of the fan, you want a rim where air can escape if you place it ontop. You can wrap the wood in wax paper or other things for a nonstick, solid surface. Place your moulds on the platform while the fan is on, you have a good vibration table for the casting and you have even less chance of there being bubbles in the moulds.

[@lewiswilbur9890]

I have the same molds you have and was talking to my previous dentist about how some of bricks have air pockets in them he said he had an old dental vibration machine that he no longer used and gave it to me sure enough it got out all the air pockets, but I am not sure how well it would work for resin casting , I think I will try with resin next time I mold some bricks for my structures. Good video , did you use any mold release for the resin bricks?

[@rafaelw.27]

Thank you for your reference. Have you any preference for a silicone form (material )

[@gamergee88]

Great video man. Any idea where you can buy mould casting silicones in the uk? May have a crack at tgis myself

[@sionmarcsimpson7487]

Luke can you do one on making silicon molds and mold making for spare parts on minis or kits please mate?

[@iamsuperroot]

what abou making molds for small objects (e.g, 2" cube)?

[@ozisnice]

Could you pour your molds in an airbrush spray booth?

[@aaronbono4688]

I did some resin casts this week on the Hirst molds. In one of the pores I ended up having the resin stick to the molds and it pulled pieces of the molds with the resin. This happened to be the only pour that did not have a release agent of talc put down first. It seems to me if you want to extend the life of your mold you need to have a release agent. Thoughts?

[@WelderART]

LUKE pleasy try to make tutorial about ''HOW TU MAKE YOUR OWN STATIC GRASS MAT '' . You know this one with flexible sheet and easy to teare of . I will be wery helpfull :) Thanks

[@WelderART]

But some of brands like POLAK are make mats on some silicone easy to rip or something flexible . Maybe its some glue for carpets , or silocone ? Im asking you because you are smart and know many tricks in making something cheap :)

[@benlolmaugh4256]

Do I start with the incantations or the hand gestures? Oh wrong casting

[@PeninsulaPaintingProjects]

When I watch these videos, I want to cast lmao.

[@karlososborne346]

Hi Luke, do you have a link to where you got the polyurethane grey tint?

[@pawelm7972]

Luke, I ordered fastcast resin off your link and wait for it to be delivered. Do you know if I could use Vallejo Surface Primer (described as acrylic-polyurethane) to tint white fastcast polyurethane resin?

[@andrewpackham8236]

Has anyone got any info on shelf life? How long does this stuff last in its bottle before it goes bad?

[@patrickbateman69420]

Hey Luke, did you ever make the de-gassing video? Can't find it!

[@iamsuperroot]

Live in USA so can't buy resin, can you recommend resin I can get in USA? Thank you. Your channel is the best.

[@arnolfostandolfi9730]

i have a problem... and u might have the solution! i have made some converted miniatures, with some green stuff, and i would like to copy them to make a troop of these converted soldiers, how can it be done? what materials can be used? how could i use the resins u showed to do that job? could they work? to understand the type of miniatures i am talking about they have kinda the complexity of your IG Praetorian metal guards, to get an idea of the ammount and type of gaps and details i would like to replicate... thank you Luke for the great istructional video btw, was really useful!

[@glennward3336]

odd bubble on a stone block you are going to adhere together, not sure where that becomes a issue after painting, if they are looking that close tell them to build their own,or perfection costs 75% more if you are selling them,either way it doesn't make a huge difference to a real gamer playing a tabletop campaign

[@zilla333333]

I'm curious about trying the Hirst molds, but their website is really, really terrible. It's hard to navigate, almost impossible to find what I want. It's like something from 1996 geocities.

[@darrylpardon8013]

Your observation is correct. It has not changed since the early 2000’s. I had not been out there since then and the site has not changed.

[@CanadianPilotYHM]

Don't be put off. I called them and ordered over the phone and Bruce is very pleasant to deal with plus gave me some tips on best moulding clay to use.

[@ROBFACED]

Luke, what's a quick drying clear resin?

[@ROBFACED]

@@GeekGamingScenics Thanks for that Luke, much appreciated. I'll just stick with the 18h lot I've got at home. Simple project needs so don't want to stink the house out. Cheers.

[@maureenmonahan9158]

how to clean silicon molds

[@BuiltNotBoughtUK]

Whats the name of the tint i cant find it on the CFS website Thanks!

[@karlososborne346]

After a little bit of research and contacting the company they sent me this link to CFS.. hope this helps www.cfsnet.co.uk/acatalog/Signal-Grey-Pigment-RAL7004-500gm-SRA7004_05.html#SID=8231

[@garyhart9213]

Where did you get your moulds from

[@lewiswilbur9890]

www.hirstarts.com

[@karstenvonfjellheim5321]

Isn't dental plaster much better to use?

[@ruthmeow4262]

It depends on what molds you are using. Resins work very well on very delicate molds. All the castings he showed would be good with plaster, but some of the Hirst molds are very delicate. The Graveyard Mold has a cast iron fence which is nigh impossible to unmold without breaking it in plaster. The Inn Accessories Mold would be another candidate I would use resins for. I use dental plaster for all other castings.

[@karstenvonfjellheim5321]

@@ruthmeow4262 OK, I try to remember this, thx

[@lpmorgan90]

I've done resin casting in the past... don't forget the mood will degrade over time... most molds will give you 20 good pulls, quality gets worse from then on

[@thefryinallofus]

Kind of funny making resin bricks with resin being so comparably costly. Better used casting elite miniature units.

[@GDaddyChina]

Luke, man... Love your vids, but please get someone to spell check before you post.

[@lewiswilbur9890]

had he been doing an essay then I would be concerned about the spelling , but that is not the case , spelling is not the issue here just casting.