GRG's Miscellany

I have been experimenting (read: playing) with milk curds to produce a rudimentary  casein plastic . There's an instructable if you're interested in doing this yourself. First attempt: a lump of pure casein took about a week to dry for me.  Before it fully dried, I was able to pierce it with a bradawl and screw a PC case screw into the resulting hole.  Maybe I'll use this for making my own stand-outs. Second attempt: I thought I'd try to use it to reinforce some corrugated cardboard.  When I make cardboard PC cases, making the case stiff enough is always a design issue. I followed the instructable, but re-dissolved the casein (using a little water and a teaspoon or two of bicarbonate of soda) and soaked it into the cardboard.  I also heated it in a 50° C oven for an hour in an attempt to accelerate the drying. It was a failure: the cardboard warped and was not significantly strengthened. Happy accident: While cleaning up with some paper towel, I decided t

I have finished painting an armoured bear from Privateer Press' Hordes game. I sculpted the stream and rocks on the base (I cheated for a couple of the rocks and actually used fragments from my garden). I tried to get the gashes in his armour to look shiny as if the paint was scraped away.  I am somewhat pleased with the result, but it still looks a little untidy to me.  Not enough to bother redoing it, but there you go. And here he is!! He's got a scar going through his right eye so I tried to get a cataract look to it. The base.  Lots of Milliput fun.  And a scuff still to repair. :/

It has taken me about two years to find the time to finish this miniature, but I am really pleased with the result. My photography/Gimp skills are fairly poor, but I've included pics if you'd like to see...