Hirst Arts Moulds

kreoseus

Serf
Hi Guys

I am thinking of picking up some Hirst arts moulds to do some casting with. I have an old primative version of the simpler moulds from the 70s but they are not as sophisticated as what is available now. The snag is the moulds are bloody expensive and the post is none too cheap either. Does anyone have any experience with them ?

Phil
 
I'm making a dungeon at the minute, started off with a few simple rooms, gradually getting more adventurous ;)
http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4998
I'm doing a sewer room currently with polyester resin water, aside from the stinky smell it's working out well so far
for a 'dungeon' you can basically get away with two moulds, floor tiles and one of the dungeon builder moulds, casting is tedious to be honest, I tend to do 4 casts of 2 moulds in about 2 hours whilst watching something on the laptop
Casting, I would go for herculite 2, 17quid for 5kg on ebay, dries very hard, noticeably harder than other plasters, especially the ones used by people selling cast bricks on ebay

you can order the moulds from the hirst arts uk site, but advice from facebook was to contact the US seller and ask him to mark the parcels as gift and it will work out much cheaper for you
 
Phil - theres a guy on Adverts.ie selling casts of a selection of Hirst molds. He's Dublin based so you might be able to meets up with him before buying.
 
I the UK I recommend casting with Helix plaster. It's almnost as hard as Crystacal Aplha K and a fraction of the price. I get mine from South Western Industrial Plasters. Haven't used Hirst Arts, although a friend of mine has a useful bag of bits cast from them. It's probably cheaper to create your own silicone moulds, which are not really difficult to do these days the technology has developed a lot. I guess it just depends if you think the Hirst stuff is better than anything you could scratch build in terms of modular components.
 
Hi John

I have seen that ( not sure about the legality of what he is doing ? ) but I really want to get the moulds to do hobby projects with my sons, rather than a specific build.
I have a set called Castlemaster from the 70's that are ok, but rather limited. I think they will be compatible with the hirst stuff.

Thanks

Phil
Fimm McCool":33gdelir said:
I the UK I recommend casting with Helix plaster. It's almnost as hard as Crystacal Aplha K and a fraction of the price. I get mine from South Western Industrial Plasters. Haven't used Hirst Arts, although a friend of mine has a useful bag of bits cast from them. It's probably cheaper to create your own silicone moulds, which are not really difficult to do these days the technology has developed a lot. I guess it just depends if you think the Hirst stuff is better than anything you could scratch build in terms of modular components.
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I have used gypsum powder from a nearby arts shop that works very well, a strong but light result.

It seems like a bit of an outlay for the moulds but if I end up using them for years, it will be well worth it.

Aiteal- The dungeon looks excellent, well done.

Thanks Everyone

Phil
 
The moulds are very good but the casting is tedious, I have some woodland scenic moulds I cast at the same time to try and get a flow going of ones that are setting and casting ones.
 
kreoseus":3mgrslcq said:
Hi John

I have seen that ( not sure about the legality of what he is doing ? ) but I really want to get the moulds to do hobby projects with my sons, rather than a specific build.
I have a set called Castlemaster from the 70's that are ok, but rather limited. I think they will be compatible with the hirst stuff.
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Last time I was in the Hirst site, he had a whole thing encouraging people to cast and sell. I don't remember the specifics of what he asked for being attribution though.
 
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