Tips And Tricks For Making Miniatures
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- Miniature sculptures have the same issues and problems as larger works: bubbles and parting lines can be just as tricky when working on a small scale.
Thanks to Gergö for sending in these models. Character design by Dick Poelen.
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Hi! Small edit to the credits: while Dick Poelen did the 3D modeling of these characters, they're unofficial replicas of the minis from the board game Root. Character design should be attributed to Kyle Ferrin, the original artist of the characters.
Thanks for the clarification. Here is a link to a Kyle Ferrin’s website: lightgreyartlab.com/kyle-ferrin
The more relevant question is... where can we buy these minis!!!? =D I'd love to print some for myself.
@@BEdmonson85 Google Dick Poelen. He has the up on myminifactory.com
the bubble on the ear of that second mouse kinda gives it some nice personality, he has more battle scars than the other ones.
A large part of my career was in automated manufacturing, and one of the first mantras was "it might be the best product in the world, but is not worth a dime if it isn't manufacturable".
I continue to learn from your videos - much appreciated!
Robert, your channel has almost single handedly made it possible for me to move from selling my sculptures as one-off's to molding and casting them to sell multiples at festivals. Thanks so much for what you do. Just learned a new trick from you today. I never thought of fixing the little bubbles with the actual resin. GENIUS!
Glad you find my videos helpful!
I wish you were my Grandpa
I never subscribed to a channel faster, amazing fountain of entertainment and knowledge for a veteran in the hobby biz.
Fantastic!!! Thanks for covering miniatures
There's just something wonderful about watching a master artisan at work
More to come, miniatures are a big world!
@@RobertTolone Excelent, we will wait patiently for more on the topic. Keep up the great work
Robert’s amazing to learn from, isn’t he Trent? Your stuff is awesome too.
Hi Trent, I just subbed your channel. Great stuff!
Living Legend. I appreciate you sharing your wisdom with so much patience and room for us to learn.
Thank you💐
I have seen a few people reference your channel when talking about molds, and now I know exactly why. You are a true expert in your craft, a master. I have just subscribed and have become one of your new apprentices on this channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise. Saludos y bendiciones desde Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico!
One of the charms of old toys, trinkets, eraser figures, etc. are that they had to be sculpted to work in a mold, usually an injection mold. So they don’t look quite right… and that’s the charm.
So I definitely love doing small, highly detailed figures, which I 3D print as is. But I also like doing the old style… where the mold dictates the shape to a degree.
It gives a very sentimental feeling to the toy. ❤
"Look at these parting lines"
*literally invisible*
XD
I’m only just beginning making molds. (Have not done one yet) I feel comfortable getting going thanks to your channel. I love your attention to detail and the way you explain. My lady and I really enjoy watching you work. Thank you!
so, in short, you just need a 3d software to fix all the problems from an already done sculpt, or do it the old way with wax, you are a genius
So much wisdom in a single video. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video, so helpful! I create miniatures but had never given any thought to design with casting in mind, have been using two piece moulds with poor results, cannot wait to do some redesign and try the method you just showed us. Thank yo Robert, you have an awesome teaching style, it is very much appreciated 👍
Really like that this video covered it all up from making molds to casting and seeing the results. Thanks as always!
Thank you for this detailed video. I knew about undercuts and venting, but seeing the way you've described recognizing those problem areas and the ways to solve them is very nice.
You’re an absolute artist. Thanks for being such a good teacher.
I appreciate it Rory. Thanks!
Amazing! I have been trying to figure out how to cast my 1” wooden carved fairies and how I can carve them for ease of casting. Now I get it. Brilliant chunkies too. I’m gonna try it again. Thanks so much!
Robert, I hope you know just how much we appreciate you.
I'm so incredibly happy I found this channel, you've answered a lot of mold questions I've been scratching my head at for the past year, thank you for making this content Robert!!
Glad you found my channel. Thanks for watching!
I would love a video where you design a miniature from scratch to go through the process of how to design for casting. Anyway, I love this one, too. ^^
Tom Mason and the Mini Sculpting Super Show here on TH-cam has tutorials on making minis from scratch. He's a professional sculptor that's worked with a lot of different companies over the years, including WizKids and Reaper. He has to take casting into consideration on almost all his projects because he knows they're going to be mass produced.
Cutting a small vent into the mold will solve that issue quick as a bunny. I've cut vents into a mold after the fact on several occasions. Nice work as always 😊
Yes, cutting a vent works but I hate doing it! Every time I make a casting the cut vent reminds me I failed to vent the mold properly in the first place!
Awesome work. Lovely molds 👌
This dude plays Root
And is VERY serious about it.
Thank you, Mr. Tolone. Your videos and lessons are as amazing as your molds.
Thanks Eric!
another masterpiece! Thank You!!!
You Sir are master of the craft. Amazing job as always
Great stuff and really helpful thank you Robert 👍
I only find myself casting about once a year, and every time I do, I come to your channel to watch you problem solve and connect sprues. I've never found anyone else who does such good, replicable processes! thank you so much for this and all the others
Glad you find the videos useful Tony!
very nicely done. you are a master at your craft!
aww these guys are adorable!
Wow those are some great miniatures. I know nothing about this process but was fun to watch.
absolutely brilliant explanations of what you’re doing and WHY
Glad you found it useful, thanks!
Love the channel, thank you!
Consistently awesome since I first seen you over a year ago!
Oooh this was so helpful! Thank you!
"invisible....thats what we want to see" lol.. Awesome video!
printed these this week! nice timing
I never thought I would say this, "shove in the chunkys" is a GREAT idea that had not even occurred to me before your video!
Works like a champ, just don’t mix rubber types! Many rubbers don’t play nice with each other.
Great video as usual .. thank you
Yeeeeessss! Thank you! Loved the episode
Very helpful!! :) Thank you for taking the time to share!! :)
Wooo! I learn a lot, Thank you!!
very insightful and educational. thanks.
Coming here thanks to SteadyCraftin and looking forwards to watcing more of your videos, this was great!
Thank you for making this
I cast my own model tanks I scratch build so I learned a lot from this tutorial. I still have bubbles but now I know how to fix and repair them. Thanks for sharing this.
Glad it helped John!
Sir, you’re video introduced me to whole new ideas. Thank you
Thank You!!! Great videos!
Thank you. I love this video. You're easy to listen to. You must have been a teacher at some point... I sure learned a lot in this short little video.😊😊
Steady hand of a master crafter
Amazing detail
The TH-cam algorithm has blessed me with this amazing video
Thanks for watching!
I'm here because of the Crafsman aka Steady Craftin's video. You have a great channel with a tremendous amount of info! Thanks for sharing.
Same
Great Job! Another Winner!
Thanks Albert!
Always impressive, sir.
Finally found a place in my city that sells resins, and I'm dying to try casting some stuff.
Definitely give it a go!
Super cool thank you for sharing
I love watching your channel
Thank you for the great videos! Do you have a video where you explain how, when and where to add vents?
Functional dice (polyhedral set of 7) next please! Would like to see how you would vent those.
Super tricky because of the embossed numbers. There’s just nowhere to place the inlet sprue. And if you put a vent at the logical top of the die you will have a tedious cleanup on each casting. In theory you could use injection just so the sprue and vent would be really thin. Or use the two-part smoosh mold technique.
You sir deserve a billion Subscribers.
A billion would be nice of course, but I might have to settle for a couple hundred million.
I really appreciate your videos! What silicone do you recommend for candle molds?
CHUNKIES! brilliant! the small things you learn.
hit the like button rob?? NO!! ill smash it!!! great video!!!!
Thanks!
Toy prototype sculptor... and subscribed. I was already interested because I do weapon casting for figures as a hobby. So this video and channel was right up my alley, but having done toy prototyping for a living? I am ready to learn.
I'm so glad you finally found someone for this! Looking forward to more. Minis like this which are multipart might be next on the list?
People find me; spread the word I’m looking to cast miniatures for games like Warhammer, etc.
@@RobertTolone shared it on the 'eavier metal fb group (main group for creativity in the hobby)
@@ikkiiiieee Thanks for sharing!
Some great characters. Remind me of the Redwall books by Brian Jacques
Amazing channel. Just stumbled on it.
Welcome! Glad you like the videos.
Perfect
I WILL do this one day... Great video.
Love your channel! If you want to do a collaboration I’ll make some parts for you. That would be a lot of fun.
@@RobertTolone that sounds great, let's talk more about it
Robert is the Bob Ross of reproductions. Thanks for all the info my friend I finally set up my first cut mold to do 4 pieces at a time. Super excited thanks again.
Bob Ross did easy work. It’s like calling him the McDonald’s drive-through employee of reproductions. Robert is a 1000x better than Bob Ross.
@@DisgruntledPigumon Thanks Pigumon but I have to confess that I love Bob Ross. You know who I love even more? Bill Alexander. He was Bob Ross‘s teacher and mentor. Bob basically learned and copied everything he did - to the point where Bill became very bitter by Bob’s greater fame and success. It’s a fascinating story and I get a huge kick out of watching them both.
Nice job
Thank you so much for these videos. I'm getting close to completing my first set of castable models. Bubbles got me nervous.
Bubbles make me crazy!
You are the Bob Ross of Molds
Very informative video! I was wondering if you could give me some advice. I'm currently trying to mold a 4 legged dog that has a base, in a 2 part mold. I can remove the first half, but the other half wraps around the legs of the miniature and I have a hard time releasing it without destroying the mold. I have a picture but I'm not able to post it..could you shed some light on what I'm doing wrong?
Great!
i got lucky and came to your channel. very cool stuff
Him: "Look at that parting line. Admire it!"
Me: *actually died laughing
I would love to be able to get miniatures like this
Another great video. Thanks Robert. I'm curious, under what circumstance would you advise separating a figure like that from it's base and casting in two pieces? Or maybe hinging a piece to avoid holes / simplify a mold?
I would do that any time it makes the casting process simpler. It’s often helpful to take a character apart and cast it in pieces.
@@RobertTolone Have you done/will you do a video on how to do that with sculpts like this? Especially the hinging option? I've not seen that before.
@@sonipitts Not sure what you mean by hinging a piece.
@@RobertTolone Whatever Allen was talking about in his original content. I don't know what he was referring to, that's why I'm curious. :-)
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Thanks for the tutorials!! Do you paint miniatures as well? I would love to see that!
I paint all my sculptures but my channel is focused on molding and casting. Maybe one day I’ll expand my horizons.
Love the videos I would love to see how you would make molds to recast warhammer model parts
Any specific part you have in mind?
thank you for the tips!! could you solve those " bubbles" with a slower set resin?
Possibly. Most of the time I can get rid of the bubbles by using good techniques after a couple of tries.
Amazing as always, i was wondering if there is any method for casting chains
I would also love to know this!
The technique you would use depends on the size of the chain and the shape of the links. It’s usually easier to cast a tight chain because then you can just treat it like casting any thin, straight object - except for the holes. Your parting lines have to cut through the holes. If a chain is not tight your only option is to cast the links separately and assemble them. Which is hugely tedious.
Wow. This gives me hope. But the next thing I want to cast are tiny wheel covers. 😣
I've just found my new Bob Ross!
tHANKS FOR THESE VIDEOS! Where can I buy those wax heating tools, wax rods and sticky wax?
The waxer is a Foredom Wax Carving Pen. The waxes are from www.freemanwax.com
Very cool.
I'm getting into a board game Axis and Allies with massive customization unit scale is 1/72.
Question how would I go about making a mold for large Scale production of units.. say make 20 to 50 at once without destroying the mold for reuse.
Thank you
Awesome Video, what kind of Cast Material would you recommend for big figures up to 25cm tall?
After making a cast, what stuff would you use in the mold (I believe the term is release agent?) before making a second one? Or isn't that necessary with these small characters?
Great video! I am curious if you have to do anything special to prepare 3D prints for casting with them? I recently tried to do this and the silicone didn't cure around the model for me.
Again great video. These are super helpful for beginners like me.
3-D prints are notorious for causing cure inhibition in silicone rubber. Especially if you are using platinum rubber. Always test your rubber against the print before you make the final mold.
@@RobertTolone Thanks for the information. You'd be surprised how difficult this is to find online.
New to the channel. Great content. Question; was the big tank a de-airing chamber? A vacuum chamber?
Hello thank you for your video :)
Little question for me. I don't have a pressure pot. At the junction between my piece and the air vent / the funnel, I reveal lots of air bubbles in my resin when I sandpaper the air vent and the funnel (just under the suface. Am I doing something wrong?
Maybe my flow si too slow of too high and I should modify the diameters?
I have a perfect 90° edge between my piece and the vent. Maybe a curved fillet on the edges of junction could help ?
Thank you in advance
It sounds as though your bubbles are rising up to that spot and the resin is gelling before they can escape. Either that or your resin might be foaming.
How did you get the matte finish? I'm looking to get a non-shiny finish but can't find any info in how to?
Hey great video, but I would love to know, how you cut the bids mold. I can´t get my head aroud the bow. Greetings
Love seeing this. Question. If you were in fact doing a run of 100/ea. How many molds would you create?
10 of each character. That is more for casting speed than it is about mold wear. I would expect to get 15 or 20 good copies out of each mold.
Can I ask why the molds don’t last longer? Do they loose detail or is it because the splits grow until the mould is no longer a single price?
Hi, awesome tutorials! I plan to cast my own sculpted miniatures in this scale first time. Could you share which shore density you are using for the rubber mold? Not sure if it was mentioned in the video. Have a nice day!
It is Shore A 25
Robert, could you do a video for molding and casting cement?
I have almost zero experience casting cement but it would be fun. I have cast things in hydro stone and had better results using urethane rubber molds than silicone.