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bifron - Sep 01, 2005 - 01:20 PM
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hello,

I have begen a BB stadium

This is what I wish doing with Hirst Art molds.

And the first pictures of my work:

Darkson - Sep 01, 2005 - 01:53 PM
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Looking good so far.

Melifaxis - Sep 01, 2005 - 02:05 PM
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Beautiful

That will be HEAVY when its done Smile

Spazzfist - Sep 01, 2005 - 03:45 PM
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You should bring it to The Challenge of Q'ermitt '06! Wink

Xtreme - Sep 01, 2005 - 10:38 PM
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Melifaxis wrote:

Beautiful

That will be HEAVY when its done Smile

That was my first thought.

Looks good, keep us updated with pics.

Paul - Sep 01, 2005 - 11:18 PM
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that looks sweet. I kinda don't want to post my Stadium Picutres after seeing that. (also, cause all my minis are across the country in Toronto than where I am now, and some things need to be fixed up a bit too Sad

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Aramil - Sep 02, 2005 - 01:44 AM
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Hirst Art molds are really interesting...

Do you know if their floor tiles are maybe good for building also an astrogranite pitch? Are they somehow similar to normal BB squares?

Or do I have to rebuild also the passing template?

I'm interesteed in building my own elf pitch! Rolling Eyes

bifron - Sep 02, 2005 - 04:33 AM
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the floor tiles are too small (25x25mm) Crying or Very sad

Aramil - Sep 02, 2005 - 06:56 AM
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bifron wrote:

the floor tiles are too small (25x25mm) Crying or Very sad

What a pity! Sad

Torpor - Sep 02, 2005 - 07:20 AM
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the 1" tiles are too small, but I will post some pictures soon of how they looked when they are spaced to be in scale. (Am working on a pitch atm that does use the 1" tiles, but it is part of a theme so works within it.)

the 1 1/2" tiles are large, but they fit the big guys better. I used the 1 1/2" ones for making a dungeonbowl pitch.

http://www.geocities.com/faintlym/DungeonFinal.html

I am guessing that it will run over 35 kilos for a finished stadium like that.

You may want to just put in grass matting and mark out a pitch.

http://www.geocities.com/faintlym/Carn2.html

Great project though. It will look gorgeous when done. Good luck with it.

Khaine - Sep 02, 2005 - 10:47 AM
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I still want to do an elven pitch with walnut and cherry wood but I don't play elves so not much motivation to finish it Smile

You could use the same premis as you would use to make a chess board and it would look sweet if your routed everything so there were depressions in the field. Well worth the effort for any elven coach Smile

Khaine - Sep 08, 2005 - 05:18 PM
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While I was looking at the hirst molds today I noticed a few of the tiles that listed 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 " tile molds... I wonder if these would be good for the pitch.

-DM- - Sep 08, 2005 - 10:05 PM
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I've used Hirstarts for this project for the dugouts and they definitely ARE heavy!

But they're also top quality...

snew - Sep 09, 2005 - 07:47 AM
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Talk to Hirst and tell them what you're doing with their molds. 2 years ago at GenCon, one of our crew showed up with a pitch using Hirst molds and dental resin. WAY to HEAVY to be really portable but cool looking tiles.

Anyway, he worked with Hirst and they made him a custom set of molds the correct size of the BB squares. If they did it before, they can do it again. They probably already have their tooling set up and just need to make a few for you.

Justin_Kase - Sep 09, 2005 - 08:23 AM
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Yes - forget the dental plaster Razz

Let us know what Hirst says about the tiles, I'd also be interested in that mold Smile

snew - Sep 09, 2005 - 11:08 AM
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Justin knows what he's talking about. He's the mule who carted that thing from the hotel to the convention.

Khaine - Sep 17, 2005 - 01:51 PM
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Soo would plaster or paris be any lighter? I know it's a bit more fragile <and less expensive>. I'm looking at doing a Khemri Stadium and a Pro Elven Stadium, but I wouldn't want it to weigh more then about 70 or 80 pounds. Something I could wrestle into a car myself and then have someone help me unload at our weekly games.

lawquoter - Sep 18, 2005 - 07:45 AM
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snotsngrots wrote:

yeah, Chris and I ordered a set together and found out that the squares were too small. Then he got them to cut a mold for the right size square. It works great, but dental plaster will be extremely heavy. I'll eventually do a dungeon for dungeon bowl out of it, but it will have to be multi part b/c it's just too heavy (right JK? Mr. Green

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The H.Arts stuff will be perfect for an astrogranite pitch, or any pitch really, and it's perfect for drybrushing your paint on the dried squares.

Justin_Kase - Sep 18, 2005 - 11:56 AM
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Damn right - heavy stuff, good for a workout though Wink

I would check an art supply store and see if they have some sort of light durable resin - it may not be as rigid, but it should be fine for a stadium.