I was perusing Etsy looking at things that have nothing to do with my hobbies, as you do, and found a couple of interesting finds that might work for terrain.
First are a couple of stamp punches. They are for metal working and only put me out about seven pounds a piece. Initially I thought about using them on Foamex.
Some photos.
First, I tried it on Foamex.
As you can see they did not come out so well so I think it will need to be used on either Fimo or some other putty.
The second thing I picked up is a shot plate. They are used to make small pieces out of gold/silver for jewelry. If you are looking to pick one up they will run about twenty pounds for a single item and about ten pounds for each detail past that.
In this instance I used some green stuff though I could use some lead fishing weights. Using some vasiline to keep the green stuff from sticking to the mold I just pressed some into the details. Here are some photos.
A new mint in town.
ReplyDeleteIt certianly felt like it when I was pounding on the punches with a hammer. Found out it works great on 1mm styrene sheet. Good clear impressions.
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