{"id":3291,"date":"2014-02-06T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2014-02-05T11:01:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T11:01:36","slug":"a-new-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/02\/a-new-era\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/02\/a-new-era\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>At Brigade, Phil and I have pretty well-defined roles. I do the bulk of the sculpting and design work, handle admin, orders, the post etc while Phil has the vital task of making moulds, both vulcanised ones for the centrifuge and RTV rubber moulds for resin items, and doing all of our resin casting. We share the metal casting duties of an evening.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, however, I finally dipped my toe into the murky waters of mould-making and resin casting &#8211; OK, I realise that in wargames manufacturing terms that&#8217;s about as newsworthy as &#8216;man makes cup of tea&#8217;, I&#8217;m not exactly breaking any new ground here. But I&#8217;m pretty pleased with what I&#8217;ve done, enough to want to share the results. So here they are:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/02\/a-new-era\/octodonut\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OctoDonut.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,409\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OctoDonut\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OctoDonut.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OctoDonut.jpg\" alt=\"OctoDonut\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OctoDonut.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OctoDonut-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No, it&#8217;s not some fancy cake mould ! It&#8217;s a 15mm SF colony base, or at least the first two parts of it (look carefully, there are two different modules in the four that make up this ring). During development I nicknamed it the Octo-Donut for want of a better name, but I&#8217;ll have to come up with something more snappy for the release. The final version will come with metal frames that fit between each part to hide the join, they&#8217;re still waiting to arrive from the printer. The modular design means that we&#8217;ll be able to provide plenty of options &#8211; straight corridors, T-junctions, labs, power modules, garages etc, but for the initial release these two pieces make an ideal self-contained base unit.<\/p>\n<p>Look for a release as soon as the connecting frames arrive (due Friday) and can be thrown in a mould (hopefully not long after).<\/p>\n<p>What this also means is that with a bit of luck I&#8217;ll be able to take over some of the resin moulding and casting duties from Phil and ease his workload a bit, which in turns means that we ought to be able to release many of the backed-up masters that we&#8217;ve not yet been able to get into production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Brigade, Phil and I have pretty well-defined roles. I do the bulk of the sculpting and design work, handle admin, orders, the post etc while Phil has the vital task of making moulds, both vulcanised ones for the centrifuge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/02\/a-new-era\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,14,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-previews","category-updates-and-general-waffle"],"views":3105,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OctoDonut.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-R5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1549,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/11\/out-of-the-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":3291,"position":0},"title":"Out of the melting pot&#8230;.","author":"Phil","date":"November 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"After a busy couple of days mould making I popped along to the workshop to try out two of three of the new master moulds. The castings shown are pretty much as they came out of the casting machine so are a little rough around the edges. I'm more than\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Indonesians-1024x813.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Indonesians-1024x813.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Indonesians-1024x813.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2083,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/01\/minigwal-first-casting\/","url_meta":{"origin":3291,"position":1},"title":"Minigwal first casting","author":"Phil","date":"January 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Well its not actually the first casting since it took a few spins to debug the mould. 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I need to make a couple of production moulds before we release it but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"minigwal","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1397,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/11\/interesting-times\/","url_meta":{"origin":3291,"position":2},"title":"Interesting Times","author":"Tony","date":"November 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"For the last year or so we've been experimenting with 3D printed models in various shapes and forms. We've been playing with different printing materials from different printing houses, different types of mould, different ways of preparing the models before moulding and so on. Some have been successful, such as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BizonBits.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BizonBits.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BizonBits.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1003,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/08\/bored-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":3291,"position":3},"title":"Bored now &#8230;","author":"Tony","date":"August 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Just in case you thought we'd gone quiet on the 15mm Power Armour ... I'm in the middle of cleaning up castings for 58 arms and 18 torsos to make the production moulds. After much debate, we've decided on a solution of torsos with cast-on left arms and separate weapon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Dsc_0436.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Dsc_0436.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Dsc_0436.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2426,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/04\/plans-for-the-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":3291,"position":4},"title":"Plans for the weekend&#8230;&#8230;.","author":"Phil","date":"April 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Its just me (and the cat) in the house the weekend. No children!!!! Just time for me to play catch-up in the final couple of weeks before Salute. And my god I'm going to need the time. The list of jobs seems endless. We're having two full days of casting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mouldmaking and Casting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mouldmaking and Casting","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/mouldmaking-and-casting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"british tins","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/british-tins.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/british-tins.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/british-tins.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/british-tins.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/british-tins.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/british-tins.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3848,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/05\/new-15mm-previews\/","url_meta":{"origin":3291,"position":5},"title":"New 15mm Previews","author":"Tony","date":"May 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The sun is shining again, so I'm out in the palatial gardens here at Brigade Towers doing some more resin casting. 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