POLL: Did You Ever Try Home-Casting Figures?

84 votes were cast.

jefritrout writes:

When I was ten, my dad and some of his gaming buddies bought a casting machine, a bunch of molds and a vulcanizer and ended up setting up a casting company. As a result, I have definitely cast my own figures, for 3 years the equipment was stored in my garage. I have a couple of armies that I "home" cast.

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VOTING RESULTS
Answer	Votes	%	Chart
not my cup of tea	0	0%
this is ridiculous	0	0%
other (explain)	1	1%
yes, I have tried home casting of figures	33	39%
none of these/no opinion	0	0%
no, I have never tried home casting of figures	50	60%

POLL IS CLOSED

POLL DESCRIPTION

John the OFM writes:

Prince August casting is legitimate. They make the molds, which obviously deals adequately with the IP and copyright issue.

But, way back in the formative days of the hobby, the hobby press somewhat advocated home casting. There were even articles in the Courier, and even Strategy and Tactics. Scruby? I think so but I'm not sure.

So I bought the Dow RTV sets and mold clamps and ladles from those advertisements. I found the RTV to be incredibly messy to mix the two parts. And I wasn't very good at making the molds. I never got any good results. Bad castings, etc. so I decided I didn't need another hobby and quit.

As I noted in the other thread, the moral outrage came later. That's when the term "piracy" came into vogue. And I could see the justice in that.

So, the question is, "Did you ever try home casting?" Either legitimately via Prince August, or hoisting the Jolly Roger?

3Dprinting is a whole different matter.

Poll set up by Editor in Chief Bill , based on this pre-poll discussion.