Tips And Tricks For Making Miniatures

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Miniature sculptures have the same issues and problems as larger works: bubbles and parting lines can be just as tricky when working on a small scale.
Thanks to Gergö for sending in these models. Character design by Dick Poelen.
Special thanks to these companies for their support of the channel:
The waxes I use on the channel are provided by www.freemanwax.com
I buy my rubber and resin from www.silpak.com
If you love miniatures check out this blog by Hayk. This video is featured along with lots of other good info:
www.hayksaakian.com/how-to-ma...
Here is a list of suppliers for the materials I use in my videos:
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Do you have a project to suggest for the channel?
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@MrQuickLine 2 года назад

Hi! Small edit to the credits: while Dick Poelen did the 3D modeling of these characters, they're unofficial replicas of the minis from the board game Root. Character design should be attributed to Kyle Ferrin, the original artist of the characters.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Thanks for the clarification. Here is a link to a Kyle Ferrin’s website: lightgreyartlab.com/kyle-ferrin

@BEdmonson85 2 года назад

The more relevant question is... where can we buy these minis!!!? =D I'd love to print some for myself.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

@@BEdmonson85 Google Dick Poelen. He has the up on myminifactory.com

@k3lvinbr 2 года назад

the bubble on the ear of that second mouse kinda gives it some nice personality, he has more battle scars than the other ones.

@funclaysculptures3758 2 года назад

Robert, your channel has almost single handedly made it possible for me to move from selling my sculptures as one-off's to molding and casting them to sell multiples at festivals. Thanks so much for what you do. Just learned a new trick from you today. I never thought of fixing the little bubbles with the actual resin. GENIUS!

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Glad you find my videos helpful!

@truegret7778 2 года назад

A large part of my career was in automated manufacturing, and one of the first mantras was "it might be the best product in the world, but is not worth a dime if it isn't manufacturable". I continue to learn from your videos - much appreciated!

@Miscast 2 года назад

Fantastic!!! Thanks for covering miniatures

@OldManRogers 2 года назад

There's just something wonderful about watching a master artisan at work

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

More to come, miniatures are a big world!

@elpretender1357 2 года назад

@@RobertTolone Excelent, we will wait patiently for more on the topic. Keep up the great work

@Philographicks 2 года назад

Robert’s amazing to learn from, isn’t he Trent? Your stuff is awesome too.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Hi Trent, I just subbed your channel. Great stuff!

@tronarts7945 2 года назад

I wish you were my Grandpa

@nathanielrobles3284 2 года назад

Really like that this video covered it all up from making molds to casting and seeing the results. Thanks as always!

@kscott2655 2 года назад

Thank you for this detailed video. I knew about undercuts and venting, but seeing the way you've described recognizing those problem areas and the ways to solve them is very nice.

@earthangelfairies2907 2 года назад

Amazing! I have been trying to figure out how to cast my 1” wooden carved fairies and how I can carve them for ease of casting. Now I get it. Brilliant chunkies too. I’m gonna try it again. Thanks so much!

@b2ill911 Год назад

I’m only just beginning making molds. (Have not done one yet) I feel comfortable getting going thanks to your channel. I love your attention to detail and the way you explain. My lady and I really enjoy watching you work. Thank you!

@galvosaur 2 года назад

I'm so incredibly happy I found this channel, you've answered a lot of mold questions I've been scratching my head at for the past year, thank you for making this content Robert!!

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Glad you found my channel. Thanks for watching!

@meloniegreen1480 8 месяцев назад

Living Legend. I appreciate you sharing your wisdom with so much patience and room for us to learn. Thank you💐

@OMGITSMIKE Месяц назад

I never subscribed to a channel faster, amazing fountain of entertainment and knowledge for a veteran in the hobby biz.

@gustavogarcia1948 5 месяцев назад

I have seen a few people reference your channel when talking about molds, and now I know exactly why. You are a true expert in your craft, a master. I have just subscribed and have become one of your new apprentices on this channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise. Saludos y bendiciones desde Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico!

@rorylaubscher3208 2 года назад

You’re an absolute artist. Thanks for being such a good teacher.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

I appreciate it Rory. Thanks!

@HalidonDioramas 2 года назад

Awesome video, so helpful! I create miniatures but had never given any thought to design with casting in mind, have been using two piece moulds with poor results, cannot wait to do some redesign and try the method you just showed us. Thank yo Robert, you have an awesome teaching style, it is very much appreciated 👍

@blender_photography Год назад

So much wisdom in a single video. Thanks for sharing.

@TheRBTech 2 года назад

Thank you, Mr. Tolone. Your videos and lessons are as amazing as your molds.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Thanks Eric!

@RocketPunchHero1 2 года назад

Robert, I hope you know just how much we appreciate you.

@tonyclavelli1228 2 года назад

I only find myself casting about once a year, and every time I do, I come to your channel to watch you problem solve and connect sprues. I've never found anyone else who does such good, replicable processes! thank you so much for this and all the others

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Glad you find the videos useful Tony!

@grimmissis 2 года назад

absolutely brilliant explanations of what you’re doing and WHY

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Glad you found it useful, thanks!

@rdr6253 2 года назад

You Sir are master of the craft. Amazing job as always

@johnkelley9877 2 года назад

I cast my own model tanks I scratch build so I learned a lot from this tutorial. I still have bubbles but now I know how to fix and repair them. Thanks for sharing this.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Glad it helped John!

@pherja Год назад

One of the charms of old toys, trinkets, eraser figures, etc. are that they had to be sculpted to work in a mold, usually an injection mold. So they don’t look quite right… and that’s the charm. So I definitely love doing small, highly detailed figures, which I 3D print as is. But I also like doing the old style… where the mold dictates the shape to a degree. It gives a very sentimental feeling to the toy. ❤

@FlatThumb 2 года назад

Wow those are some great miniatures. I know nothing about this process but was fun to watch.

@jaquelinepaul7384 10 месяцев назад

Thank you. I love this video. You're easy to listen to. You must have been a teacher at some point... I sure learned a lot in this short little video.😊😊

@svartann 2 года назад

another masterpiece! Thank You!!!

@georgebebawi7314 2 года назад

Great video as usual .. thank you

@BIGJIM1934 2 года назад

Cutting a small vent into the mold will solve that issue quick as a bunny. I've cut vents into a mold after the fact on several occasions. Nice work as always 😊

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Yes, cutting a vent works but I hate doing it! Every time I make a casting the cut vent reminds me I failed to vent the mold properly in the first place!

@rowanstephenson3192 2 года назад

Great stuff and really helpful thank you Robert 👍

@scavengerjoe1012 2 года назад

Consistently awesome since I first seen you over a year ago!

@FrostyFreeze541 2 года назад

Thank You!!! Great videos!

@jazminourens4830 Год назад

Sir, you’re video introduced me to whole new ideas. Thank you

@YanniCooper 2 года назад

Coming here thanks to SteadyCraftin and looking forwards to watcing more of your videos, this was great!

@BlazeBytez72 2 года назад

Awesome work. Lovely molds 👌

@thegrafxguy1 2 года назад

very nicely done. you are a master at your craft!

@knessing7681 2 года назад

very insightful and educational. thanks.

@lincolnmv4043 2 года назад

Yeeeeessss! Thank you! Loved the episode

@SG25 Год назад

Thank you for the great videos! Do you have a video where you explain how, when and where to add vents?

@CoreniaBug Год назад

Very helpful!! :) Thank you for taking the time to share!! :)

@lynniewood 2 года назад

Oooh this was so helpful! Thank you!

@albertorodrigomolinasortiz471 2 года назад

Always impressive, sir. Finally found a place in my city that sells resins, and I'm dying to try casting some stuff.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Definitely give it a go!

@OldManRogers 2 года назад

"Look at these parting lines" *literally invisible* XD

@juliogrimaldo7 2 года назад

Wooo! I learn a lot, Thank you!!

@AvocationNation 2 года назад

Love the channel, thank you!

@animes25 2 года назад

so, in short, you just need a 3d software to fix all the problems from an already done sculpt, or do it the old way with wax, you are a genius

@dero4378 2 года назад

aww these guys are adorable!

@Primal2229 2 года назад

Toy prototype sculptor... and subscribed. I was already interested because I do weapon casting for figures as a hobby. So this video and channel was right up my alley, but having done toy prototyping for a living? I am ready to learn.

@DerivativeWorker 2 года назад

Steady hand of a master crafter

@danthemakerman 2 года назад

I'm here because of the Crafsman aka Steady Craftin's video. You have a great channel with a tremendous amount of info! Thanks for sharing.

@machineman6498 2 года назад

Same

@lumitic774 2 года назад

printed these this week! nice timing

@gme258 8 дней назад

I've found surgical retractors to be useful when cutting large molds. I regularly use some cheap stainless weitlaner type self retaining retractors.

@lokiwartooth1138 2 года назад

I love watching your channel

@MWSculpts Год назад

Super cool thank you for sharing

@Sin4Profit 2 года назад

This dude plays Root

@mikeoliver6742 2 года назад

And is VERY serious about it.

@mrbluesteen 2 года назад

Amazing detail

@ikkiiiieee 2 года назад

I'm so glad you finally found someone for this! Looking forward to more. Minis like this which are multipart might be next on the list?

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

People find me; spread the word I’m looking to cast miniatures for games like Warhammer, etc.

@ikkiiiieee 2 года назад

@@RobertTolone shared it on the 'eavier metal fb group (main group for creativity in the hobby)

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

@@ikkiiiieee Thanks for sharing!

@DavidClunie 2 года назад

Functional dice (polyhedral set of 7) next please! Would like to see how you would vent those.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Super tricky because of the embossed numbers. There’s just nowhere to place the inlet sprue. And if you put a vent at the logical top of the die you will have a tedious cleanup on each casting. In theory you could use injection just so the sprue and vent would be really thin. Or use the two-part smoosh mold technique.

@roger.agburn 2 года назад

I would love a video where you design a miniature from scratch to go through the process of how to design for casting. Anyway, I love this one, too. ^^

@nekrataali 2 года назад

Tom Mason and the Mini Sculpting Super Show here on RU-vid has tutorials on making minis from scratch. He's a professional sculptor that's worked with a lot of different companies over the years, including WizKids and Reaper. He has to take casting into consideration on almost all his projects because he knows they're going to be mass produced.

@aaronhelmsman 2 года назад

Some great characters. Remind me of the Redwall books by Brian Jacques

@treblam1 2 года назад

Great Job! Another Winner!

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Thanks Albert!

@pseudodavid3273 2 года назад

I never thought I would say this, "shove in the chunkys" is a GREAT idea that had not even occurred to me before your video!

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Works like a champ, just don’t mix rubber types! Many rubbers don’t play nice with each other.

@petez4608 2 года назад

Amazing channel. Just stumbled on it.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Welcome! Glad you like the videos.

@machineman6498 2 года назад

Thank you for making this

@GamingMediocrity Год назад

Thank you so much for these videos. I'm getting close to completing my first set of castable models. Bubbles got me nervous.

@RobertTolone Год назад

Bubbles make me crazy!

@ShonicBurn 2 года назад

You sir deserve a billion Subscribers.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

A billion would be nice of course, but I might have to settle for a couple hundred million.

@VertexPolyFort 2 года назад

The RU-vid algorithm has blessed me with this amazing video

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@PhunnyConflicts 9 месяцев назад

i got lucky and came to your channel. very cool stuff

@MercedesMia23 9 месяцев назад

I really appreciate your videos! What silicone do you recommend for candle molds?

@BillMakingStuff 2 года назад

I WILL do this one day... Great video.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Love your channel! If you want to do a collaboration I’ll make some parts for you. That would be a lot of fun.

@BillMakingStuff 2 года назад

@@RobertTolone that sounds great, let's talk more about it

@severalwhitespaces 2 года назад

Another great video. Thanks Robert. I'm curious, under what circumstance would you advise separating a figure like that from it's base and casting in two pieces? Or maybe hinging a piece to avoid holes / simplify a mold?

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

I would do that any time it makes the casting process simpler. It’s often helpful to take a character apart and cast it in pieces.

@sonipitts 2 года назад

@@RobertTolone Have you done/will you do a video on how to do that with sculpts like this? Especially the hinging option? I've not seen that before.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

@@sonipitts Not sure what you mean by hinging a piece.

@sonipitts 2 года назад

@@RobertTolone Whatever Allen was talking about in his original content. I don't know what he was referring to, that's why I'm curious. :-)

@bozzaga 3 месяца назад

Awesome Video, what kind of Cast Material would you recommend for big figures up to 25cm tall?

@consumer365 2 года назад

Robert is the Bob Ross of reproductions. Thanks for all the info my friend I finally set up my first cut mold to do 4 pieces at a time. Super excited thanks again.

@DisgruntledPigumon 2 года назад

Bob Ross did easy work. It’s like calling him the McDonald’s drive-through employee of reproductions. Robert is a 1000x better than Bob Ross.

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

@@DisgruntledPigumon Thanks Pigumon but I have to confess that I love Bob Ross. You know who I love even more? Bill Alexander. He was Bob Ross‘s teacher and mentor. Bob basically learned and copied everything he did - to the point where Bill became very bitter by Bob’s greater fame and success. It’s a fascinating story and I get a huge kick out of watching them both.

@ec0n0my1 2 года назад

Thanks for the tutorials!! Do you paint miniatures as well? I would love to see that!

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

I paint all my sculptures but my channel is focused on molding and casting. Maybe one day I’ll expand my horizons.

@Theexplorographer 2 года назад

I've just found my new Bob Ross!

@DETHMOKIL 6 месяцев назад

CHUNKIES! brilliant! the small things you learn.

@tedytarrify Год назад

New to the channel. Great content. Question; was the big tank a de-airing chamber? A vacuum chamber?

@digipaw1731 2 года назад

these are so cute! does the artist happen to have the files for the models up so people can download them to make thier own?

@joakescarnival8303 2 года назад

I would love to be able to get miniatures like this

@randystuartjr.4217 9 месяцев назад

Very informative video! I was wondering if you could give me some advice. I'm currently trying to mold a 4 legged dog that has a base, in a 2 part mold. I can remove the first half, but the other half wraps around the legs of the miniature and I have a hard time releasing it without destroying the mold. I have a picture but I'm not able to post it..could you shed some light on what I'm doing wrong?

@N5omn1ac 2 года назад

"invisible....thats what we want to see" lol.. Awesome video!

@anamonterroso3498 2 месяца назад

Love your work! Do you custom make molds to sale? I have two simple shapes.

@gerbendenheeten6905 2 года назад

After making a cast, what stuff would you use in the mold (I believe the term is release agent?) before making a second one? Or isn't that necessary with these small characters?

@ChempZee 2 года назад

Nice job

@LucasRafaelDesenhista 7 месяцев назад

very good, very clear . thank you and congratuations!

@eric3dee 2 года назад

Love seeing this. Question. If you were in fact doing a run of 100/ea. How many molds would you create?

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

10 of each character. That is more for casting speed than it is about mold wear. I would expect to get 15 or 20 good copies out of each mold.

@bubblewrapfred 2 года назад

Can I ask why the molds don’t last longer? Do they loose detail or is it because the splits grow until the mould is no longer a single price?

@christianarnold2216 Год назад

Hi, awesome tutorials! I plan to cast my own sculpted miniatures in this scale first time. Could you share which shore density you are using for the rubber mold? Not sure if it was mentioned in the video. Have a nice day!

@RobertTolone Год назад

It is Shore A 25

@t.d.j.dejong6285 11 месяцев назад

Great! Is that a regular soldering iron? How hot is this pen?

@danielebling Год назад

Love the videos I would love to see how you would make molds to recast warhammer model parts

@RobertTolone Год назад

Any specific part you have in mind?

@TheAeonmaxwell 2 года назад

hit the like button rob?? NO!! ill smash it!!! great video!!!!

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Thanks!

@chaucer44 2 года назад

tHANKS FOR THESE VIDEOS! Where can I buy those wax heating tools, wax rods and sticky wax?

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

The waxer is a Foredom Wax Carving Pen. The waxes are from www.freemanwax.com

@flkpnzr8303 2 года назад

Hey great video, but I would love to know, how you cut the bids mold. I can´t get my head aroud the bow. Greetings

@sasserine 5 месяцев назад

Did you mark the bottom of the wood disc, to remind where to make the cuts?

@HuntLikeDavid. Год назад

Very cool. I'm getting into a board game Axis and Allies with massive customization unit scale is 1/72. Question how would I go about making a mold for large Scale production of units.. say make 20 to 50 at once without destroying the mold for reuse. Thank you

@wishcloudstudios 2 года назад

Wow. This gives me hope. But the next thing I want to cast are tiny wheel covers. 😣

@celticarchie 2 года назад

Freakin' Awesome Sauce! 😄 Instant Subscribe! 😛

@AleisterFuchs Год назад

What is that heat gun tool/material and materials you are using for vents?

@yoopermann7942 2 года назад

thank you for the tips!! could you solve those " bubbles" with a slower set resin?

@RobertTolone 2 года назад

Possibly. Most of the time I can get rid of the bubbles by using good techniques after a couple of tries.

@Grimoire6666 Год назад

Hey Robert was jut wondering - what are the little blue tubes you use for vents? I’m trying to track them down or something similar in New Zealand, amazing once again thank you for all the work you do

@RobertTolone Год назад

They called wax wires, or sprue wax, and are commonly used by jewelry makers. Check out jewelry casting supply companies in your region.

@Grimoire6666 Год назад

@@RobertTolone thank you Robert appreciate the help

@mAcroFaze 2 года назад

Thanks for this! Here I am casting another mold of a sculpture that's been giving too many issues, like you said at the start, it was sculpted... But not necessarily sculpted for resin-casting :P As a quick side note: Are you mixing resin without gloves or a respirator mask? :O