Sunday, September 23, 2012

More Hirst Arts Scenery

With the summer winding down, and autumn arriving, we come to the end of the Hirst Arts casting season in Canada.  Good weather is required for plaster casting, as the heat is needed for the plaster to set up.  It gets too cold in the autumn and winter to do much casting.


Most of the Hirst Arts molds have been put away, as well as the plaster and the related paraphernalia.  A couple of days have already been spent on scenery building.  The above columned chamber will serve as a "throne room of the gods" in an on-going campaign.

The second piece of Hirst Arts scenery is a traveller's bridge, useful as a choke point over a raging river.  This will be brought to bear once we return to our Lord Of the Rings tabletop battle games.


I've got my eye on a couple of additional Hirst Arts molds, but there's no hurry buying them, since I won't be getting back to casting until next summer.  Hopefully the Canadian Dollar continues to ride high, making the molds more economical to purchase.

7 comments:

Tom said...

very nice I use dental plaster for mine although Ifind it makes them pretty sturdy they are prone to chipping and break if I accidentially drop them. What material do you use for your construction?

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Aaron E. Steele said...

I now use excalibur dental plaster. I used to use a different brand, but the supplier closed down their warehouse in Calgary.

Kiltedyaksman said...

If you can only cast in the garage, then the season is over. I just occupy the kitchen. Squatters rights.

Lead Legion said...

Every time you make one of these posts you leave me wanting to invest in Hirst. But I just KNOW I don't have the patience.

Aaron E. Steele said...

Kiltedyaksman said...
If you can only cast in the garage, then the season is over. I just occupy the kitchen. Squatters rights.

I am notoriously messy when it comes to my casting. My spouse would never allow me to cast in the house!

Aaron E. Steele said...

Lead Legion said...
Every time you make one of these posts you leave me wanting to invest in Hirst. But I just KNOW I don't have the patience.

Find someone in your neck-of-the-woods that already has some molds, and lend your labour and some plaster money towards casting in exchange for the a share of the output.