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Jrnyfan's Custom plastic "Playsets"
jrnyfan@nc.rr.com:
Thanks! I would buy them, too --- if Hasbro would give me some playsets to buy! The Ewok village took about 12 hours total. Instamorph sticks to some things, but not to others -- so it's tricky trying to find things I can use for patterns or to cast shapes. The trees were shaped around a cardboard papertowel roll. The hut was cast out of a steel bowl in my kitchen. The roof i simply used pinestraw smushed into the Instamorph to create the texture. The floor was tricky. I taped together a bunch of tiny wood craft "logs" - then created an Instamorph mold from that, and then cast the floor parts from the mold. The floor is about 9 cast pieces cut out and then reapplied together (to stick Instamorph together all you have to do is reheat the edges - no glue required!
I color the plastic using pigment ink stamp pads. You can see how it's done on the Instamorph website.
Best part of this stuff --- if I decide I don't like it, I can melt it all down and start again (though the color stays in the plastic).
Now building the "base" around the Ewok Village for the rest of Endor.
jrnyfan@nc.rr.com:
jrnyfan@nc.rr.com:
Put it on the shelf to give it time to rest until I have time to continue! Wow I need more room --- this Endor shelf is now way too cramped!
R5Don4:
Cool dios. I can't believe Hasbro never put any out, missed opportunity Hasbro!
CHEWIE:
Hasbro is clueless.
Nice looking stuff, by the way. I especially like the Endor one... of course, the cantina is awesome too.
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