"Marcus' casting adventures. A blog" Topic

Hi guys. So recently I got into casting figures with Prince August molds. I'm working on bolstering my undead forces with these miniatures.

The following pictures are of A) the two good casts I got out of 6 tries. I am chocking this up to learning experience. And B) an issue I am having where some of my metal is refusing to pop off of the bottom of the ladel. Anyone have any ideas about how to fix or what I did wrong?

Also, best way to cut a lead/tin/ Bismuth alloy so I can get small enough pieces to melt in my ladel? I bought a full bar.

a small bullet caster/ drop pot gravity caster is your best bet.

I would recommend not using a bismuth alloy. Too brittle.
Try using a good steel saucepan and a very small ladle like they use for sauces at restaurants.(almost hemi spherical)

martin

I think it's something like a 1 – 2% bismuth.

I'm guessing that its not quite hot enough? Years ago when I used PA molds, I used a little ladle about 2.5" dia and just enough metal to do maybe two or three castings. My success rate increased when I gave the mold a quick shake immediately after the pour to shake any air bubbles out (remember, be careful – its red hot metal). Also, some molds needed to have a small channel cut where there were fine features to allow the metal to flow right through. Hope this helps.

That was the ticket ghecko.

I'm up to 8 casts fully formed. One more for my first bar of model metal to be finished. Then I have one more. Then it's the big bar of alloy metal