mattmcl Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Wow... a whole casting workstation... I wish I had that much space for just my paints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanael Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Well, since Nissiana is at work, I'll pick up the ball here and show pics of our plaster workstation. To be fair, she does most of the casting and building, but I know enough of what goes on here to give the tour. The casting station is built on a small folding table from BB&B. On top of the table is a vibrating platform, made large enough for six or so molds by sticking a computer tower side panel on top. The vibrating platform is great for knocking air bubbles out of the plaster after it's been poured. To the left of the table are the various mixing cups and so forth...although you do have to be fairly precise with Merlin's Magic, Nissiana has put together a set of cups for measuring...there's one cup with markings (fill plaster to the first line, then water to the second), but the markings are accurate only when you put a second cup inside the first...that way, the marked cup never gets plastery and gross, never needs replacing, and so forth. Above the table is a shelf with baskets of molds, then some drawer units from Home Despot full of cast bricks. Out of frame is the food dehydrator we use to accelerate the drying process. On the other side of the room is the building/painting station for plaster (yes, that means there's another paint station for pewter! You can see it in the workstation pictures thread). This is an old IKEA drafting table, dropped to a flat surface (a table with a rake is great for technical drawing, but not so good for building castles), with a variety of fairly self-explanatory objects strewn about...the piece in the middle is a companion for the entryway, a garden courtyard that I'm landscaping right now. The shelving unit to the left is the in-process shelf of shame...there are many, many more bits of pewter with primer or less in drawers elsewhere, but what's here are actual "current" projects, most of which have at least a dab of paint on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outkast Samurai Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 That is just beautiful Niss. I like the different colors and I know from some minor terrain projects how much you put into this one. Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekakt Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 that is simply amazing it looks great! the color scheme works really well, it gives me ideas for my table top game only instead of a guild hall making a bar for the good ol' fashioned bar brawls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castlebuilder Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Very nice! The paint job really makes the trim stand out. When do we get to see the next room? Castlebuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faol Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I've heard the two of you talk about your guild hall project and it was nice to see it excellent work and very nice painting and modeling station set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurityThruFire Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Very impressive! I'd love to fight across terrain that looks that good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Awesome stuff!! Love the green tiles and the wood grain is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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