Comments on: Hirst Arts Cathedral Update II http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/hirst-arts-cathedral-update-ii/ War Gaming and Modeling for Pulp, Warhammer, Mordheim and Flames of War Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:37:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stu http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/hirst-arts-cathedral-update-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-6414 Stu Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:10:28 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/#comment-6414 Gerrie, I cast all my Hirst Arts pieces in a US Gypsum product called 'Ultracal 30' which is a blend of plaster and Portland cement that works well to capture the details of Mr Hirst's molds as well as have a high strength once dry. I don't really know why some blocks are a different colour, however the pieces that are being used to build the Cathedral were cast over a period of months using several different batches of Ultracal 30. So possibly it's because the plaster used was slightly different. I'm also quite lazy and mix my plasters 'by eye' so it's also possible some mixes are thicker than others. At any rate it's all going to get painted over at some stage! Gerrie, I cast all my Hirst Arts pieces in a US Gypsum product called ‘Ultracal 30′ which is a blend of plaster and Portland cement that works well to capture the details of Mr Hirst’s molds as well as have a high strength once dry.

I don’t really know why some blocks are a different colour, however the pieces that are being used to build the Cathedral were cast over a period of months using several different batches of Ultracal 30. So possibly it’s because the plaster used was slightly different. I’m also quite lazy and mix my plasters ‘by eye’ so it’s also possible some mixes are thicker than others.

At any rate it’s all going to get painted over at some stage!

]]> By: Gerrie http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/hirst-arts-cathedral-update-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-6412 Gerrie Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:42:43 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/#comment-6412 What did you use to cast the blocks? Regular plaster? Why are there some blocks with a different color? Anyway, good luck on this! :) Gerrie <a href="http://blog.pendragonstudios.be" rel="nofollow">blog.pendragonstudios.be</a> What did you use to cast the blocks? Regular plaster? Why are there some blocks with a different color?

Anyway, good luck on this! :)

Gerrie
blog.pendragonstudios.be

]]> By: Dustan http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/hirst-arts-cathedral-update-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-6410 Dustan Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:26:22 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/#comment-6410 9mm of mdf is pretty sturdy and if the glue holds the blocks better than PVA which I am sure it will then is should be fine. If you used Square dowel on the corners and architrave on the straights that would avoid the miter joint and with a little decorative use of plasticard you could make the corners look realy nice. This could let you tap little holes and inplant magnets into the corners for interchangable logos to represent various church factions (which is a looney Idea when generic religous symbols would work just as well) Another option could be to build the riser with HA blocks and again hidden slats to support the stucture. 9mm of mdf is pretty sturdy and if the glue holds the blocks better than PVA which I am sure it will then is should be fine.

If you used Square dowel on the corners and architrave on the straights that would avoid the miter joint and with a little decorative use of plasticard you could make the corners look realy nice. This could let you tap little holes and inplant magnets into the corners for interchangable logos to represent various church factions (which is a looney Idea when generic religous symbols would work just as well)

Another option could be to build the riser with HA blocks and again hidden slats to support the stucture.

]]> By: Stu http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/hirst-arts-cathedral-update-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-6408 Stu Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:21:31 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/#comment-6408 I like your architrave suggestion there Dustan, unfortunately my miter joining skills aren't that good. I was thinking of building a simple riser using three layers of 3mm MDF for a 9mm thick base. That should be sufficiently rigid to support the Cathedral I believe. I like your architrave suggestion there Dustan, unfortunately my miter joining skills aren’t that good.

I was thinking of building a simple riser using three layers of 3mm MDF for a 9mm thick base. That should be sufficiently rigid to support the Cathedral I believe.

]]> By: Dustan http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/hirst-arts-cathedral-update-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-6402 Dustan Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:08:56 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/11/14/832/#comment-6402 You could mount it on a polystyrene riser and build steps up to it... so when the canal floods in the rainy season it doesnt flood the cathedral or, just to ake it more imposing. you could even use architrave moldings for a decorative riser and brace it underneith with a bit of wood work You could mount it on a polystyrene riser and build steps up to it… so when the canal floods in the rainy season it doesnt flood the cathedral or, just to ake it more imposing.

you could even use architrave moldings for a decorative riser and brace it underneith with a bit of wood work

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