Showing You The Basics Of UV Resin
January 14, 2020 by avernos
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Pro tips sir! another good tool for the toolkit to make bases a bit more interesting… I could have probably done with some of the green for my Nurgle swamp bases… next time.
UV resin: how to get little waves and ripples?
modge podge over the top, there is no easy way to do it with UV because of the unpredictability of the curing. If a 2 part has a 10 min pot time you can start making your ripples after 5-7mins knowing it will start setting up, with this there is no way of knowing how hard it is and the depth of the pour also has an impact on curing time.
For gentle ripples, as @avernos says, transparent, gloss Mod Podge on top of cured resin. After applying Mod Podge you may blow on it with your airbrush to make effect look really natural.
For higher waves you’d do best with transparent, gloss heavy acrylic gel (available in artist shops or as Vallejo water effect). Those products have really long working time so you may model them easily.
Great tip there @avernos and very helpful. I for one would like a how to on mould making.
I’m presuming UV resin is a lot cheaper if bought from elsewhere
To be honest I think I would stick with 2 part resin
cheaper but not a lot cheaper, I probably prefer the 2 part for regular casting, but for basing and the like this is a lot faster and easier to deal with. One of those, right tool for the right job kind of things
That green resin could be great for magical shields and effects!
starwars droids?
Very informative @avernos, I’ve always wanted to have a go at doing that, but always put it off. After watching this video i will give it a go with GSWs, and once I get used to it on bases i’ll have a go at something a bit bigger.
Just remembered, @avernos can you add inks and paints to the water effects before using the ultraviolet light. As I’ve never used anything like it before, thought I’d as.
inks certainly, but I wouldn’t expect paints to work, as they’re opaque they may interrupt the curing, you can mix powdered pigments with them though
Thanks for that @avernos, will give it a go once I get myself sorted. Looking forward to having a crack at water effects.
Lol love the t-shirt Gerry. @avernos
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apologies @avernos
why apologise it’s an amazing t-shirt and Ryan was so happy to see me bring it in ^^ 🙂 🙂
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a great video @avernos looks quite a simple operation.
Great tutorial Gerry, many thanks for doing these for us.
Petition to rename this series to the “Gerry can” series eg. Gerry can show you resin, Gerry can show you molds. Also it would make @ludicryan happy, and that’s what we are all here for.
Gerry told me that idea I think at the Star Wars weekend and of course we both loved it and tittered in the corner. So we’ve very quietly been framing them in this way. (Check out the description for last weeks…) (also the description for a video going out at 5 today is fun…)
Great stuff. When you trim down the meniscus, does it retain the same clear finish or does it go all white and plasticy?
Good question. It does go opaque when you trim it down and because the box wasn’t tight I ended having to trim the sides.
After that I sanded from a 320 grit to a 1000 grit to polish it all again and then brushed on a gloss varnish to bring back the finish.
Time consuming but it is fixable if you need to do it.
Good to know – as long as it’s fixable then it’s a winner!
This is great I have a couple of projects to do this year which will involve creating water effects.
You could always use the resin that goes into the 3D printers like the Photon.