Hmmmm....

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 5:11 pm

After reading the posts about custom weapons I got an idea. Is it possible to cast molds of useful lego pieces say the platemail? And then melt down unwanted lego parts to fill the molds giving you an almost authentic piece? It sounds interesting. Has anyone ever tried?

DM

coyote · Post by **coyote** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 5:40 pm

You mean recycling bionicles?

akochan · Post by **akochan** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:06 pm

Nah... just sell the pieces on Bricklink. Then use the money to buy ABS pellets. You can get them at all kinds of stores, including in the form of a giant box o' 10,000 BB pellets. Finding them in just the right shade of grey might be kind of hard though...

-Andy

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:31 pm

Hi DM,

I think casting an existing lego piece is probably a violation of copyright. I'm not too much in the loop with the whole legality thing, but I am pretty sure making a mold from something like the plate mail would be a violation. I am all for customizing existing parts, but I don't think I risk unleashing the legal hounds by casting molds. Just a thought.

Now casting your own design and creating all new "compatible" parts is I think not a violation. Blasterman would know better about this I am sure.

Will

Blasterman · Post by **Blasterman** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:09 pm

...on the nose Will.

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:52 am

But how do you make a mold?

I'd sure as heck like to make molds out of ancient Asiatic weaponry, as well as modern day combat weapons.

akochan · Post by **akochan** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 4:37 am

To make the mold first you need a master. Just use sculpy, or some similar substance to make (in this case a weapon) the sword or whatever. I'd use sculpy because it's easy to work with and can be hardened when you're done with it for preservation purposes... but some people like wax since it's always alterable if you want to modify it later.

As for making the mold once you have a finished master I'll leave that for another to explain since none of my molds for other things ever got any good detail from the master which means I was clearly using the wrong substance for the mold.

-Andy