Beautiful work!

Have you kept track of Wargames Factory, Otterman?   My impression from their website is that they are pretty forward-looking, and use similar design technology, though in plastic.

They won't make something so obviously IP infringing.

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I know that Prince August in Ireland was offering to make metal-compatible molds for around $80 each.  That was five or six years ago, so I'm not sure if that's still their going rate.

Beautiful work, though!  Which CAD program are you using to design these?

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Black Rubber Mould (METAL MASTERS):

   * The process involves vulcanising rubber at 150 degrees centigrade around the master figure under 40tons of pressure.
   * A metal master has to be used and we would recommend our 5 star metal, tin, aluminium, bronze or iron.
   * Material of the master: metal, tin/lead with a melting point over 180.
   * Size of master: height max 100mm (4’)
   * Thickness max: 26mm (1’)
   * Shrinkage: approximately 2-3% in length and 5-7% in thickness.
   * Restrictions: No paint or glued parts allowed and restrictive use of Milliput.
   * Price per mould: 88 Euro

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Thanks for the info.

Javelin98, I use Moment of Inspiration (MoI). See www.moi3d.com.

It's a NURBS modeller that can output to STL format, it's cheap and easy ($200), and the programmer monitors his forums and provides rapid assistance.

Hmmm... 88 euros is about $110.  If a dozen of us chipped in $10, then Otterman could make some basic metal-friendly molds, and then sell us all a couple of pylons.  Call it buying shares or something.

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i dont even play necrons and i want some. im getting a good supply of tomb spyders from the throw ins you give me when i buy stuff from ya.

Fantastic work.

I really have to learn how to do this sort of stuff.

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Epic- A version of the game with even smaller models that is often dominated by titans which are vehicles the size of a large building and have the ability to pwn...everything. There is also infantry, whose only function in Epic is to provide valuable traction to Titans walking across snowy paths.

My thoughts also. Count me in.  

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Ditto.

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Not sure the 88€ offer works for multiparts minis and the new €uro symbol is a 18 parts miniature.

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Now there's a solid investment.  The returns may not be financial, but they would certainly be outstanding and consistant.

I'd be in for 2 or 3 shares.

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I would estimate 5 molds for this thing, so don't get too excited. A "How many do you want" poll estimated 75 purchases, which would be about 50 in real life. At $15 a pop, that's a total income of $750.

For now I'm planning on 'sticking to' resin for this model.

Well, the euro emblem MkII is a beautiful model and I could do with having two of them for my army. Infact must have one but would like two.
Monoliths/Obelisks however, would be something I could use a lot more of, say ten to twenty assorted...

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it would be helpful O-man if you had a single thread with all your stuff. because its quite hard to keep up

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