| jcooley | 30 Jan 2014 7:37 p.m. PST |
Hi all, Does anyone know of companies/individuals providing good moldmaking and casting services in the upper Midwest region in the US (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, etc…)? Preferably Wisconsin or Minnesota. This would be for producing a line of 28mm and/or 54mm military ministures in metal. Also, does anyone know of anywhere in the US that one can obtain good training in the art of making vulcanized rubber molds for this scale of figures? Also casting training. Thanks! |
Richard Brooks  | 30 Jan 2014 9:05 p.m. PST |
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| Ironwolf | 30 Jan 2014 11:43 p.m. PST |
Don Perron on here use to do casting but not sure if he still does?? |
| TheStarRanger | 31 Jan 2014 6:06 a.m. PST |
Valiant Enterprises in Madison, WI.
link |
| jcooley | 31 Jan 2014 7:01 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the info everyone. Does anyone have experience or know anyone that has used any of these services? If so, any recommendations? |
| HistoriFigs | 31 Jan 2014 8:39 a.m. PST |
Jon: If you are close enough (we are in Portage, WI) for a visit, we can show you the mold making and casting process, hands on even. mike at historifigs dot com |
 Miniatureships | 31 Jan 2014 10:41 a.m. PST |
The question is where do you live in the Upper midwest? If close to Mpls, then I would check with GHQ, and Randy from C&C is still making molds. When I started out, I found that working with the Fishing tackle companies really helped. They taught me how to make the molds and let me use their equipment to make the molds when their mold maker was not using the vulcanizer. |
| jcooley | 31 Jan 2014 1:17 p.m. PST |
I live in Eau Claire, WI (about an hour+ from Mpls and 2.5 hours from Portage). It would be great to be able to visit these facilities and talk with the folks involved. Thank you Mike from Historifigs for the invitation to visit. I will be contacting you to see when that might work out. Its really exciting to find out there are people so close that are offering these services! I am sculpting a 28mm line of historical figures right now that I would like to produce and sell, but I have no experience or equipment needed for the moldmaking and casting. I am also interested in learning how to make molds from the greens if anyone offers training in that as Miniatureships mentioned. Miniatureships, could I contact you offline and learn more about your experience with that? Kind regards |
 Saber6   | 31 Jan 2014 1:53 p.m. PST |
Mike is "Very Good People". He walked me through his shop before he moved of into the frontier of Wisconsin |
| Miniatureships | 01 Feb 2014 11:34 a.m. PST |
Yes, the email is miniatureships@gmail.com |
| jcooley | 01 Feb 2014 10:18 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the information everyone! It sounds like I have some very good options. |
| Frederick the Grape | 03 Feb 2014 7:33 a.m. PST |
@ jcooley: could you post your email contact info? I'd like to chat with you off site. Freddie the Grape |
| jcooley | 04 Feb 2014 4:14 p.m. PST |
Hi Freddie, My email address is: jkcooley@sbcglobal.net |
