Clear Resin Casting Replicates Old Acrylic for Selectric Repair

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/clear-resin-casting-replicates-old-acrylic-for-selectric-repair/

So there is this mental phenomenon where if you play enough Tetris, when not playing Tetris your brain still tries to make everything Tetris.

It's called The Tetris Effect.

Ever since my one - and first - successful resin pour, my brain keeps trying to figure out how to create a negative space mould of a thing, so I can cast it in resin.

It's equal parts cool and annoying

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect

#craft #crafting #Resin #ResinCasting #Tetris

#hobbystreak day 596:

Making another base mould. Because I had some room left, decided to see what'd happen if I plonked in some miniatures as is. Getting them out shouldn't be hard. Getting resin in will be 🤣

Also used epoxy resin in my disaster mould. One base had a little leak that didn't show up with pancake batter I mean acrylic resin so I put some silicone on the top for an extra layer. Lessee how this all works

#MiniaturePainting #resincasting #Warmongers

#hobbystreak day 595:

Can't say I'm one to give up easily. Built six more bases and coated them in thinned PVA for the acrylic pour. Might even spray on mould release agent before pouring.

#warmongers #resincasting #warhammercommunity

#hobbystreak day 594:

Picked a pile of silicone garbage off some of the mould making mishaps for recycling; finished two new ones; primed two casting batches to see cast/mould defects better. Oh my lord one has EYEBALLS!

#resincasting #Warmongers #warhammercommunity #warhammer

#hobbystreak 593:

Poured my skull cookie bases in acrylic resin, nothing precise, just to see how they work and to catch some more garbage from the moulds.

The amount of incomplete skulls is consistently 1+ per base 😬 and this is sans considering the smaller bubbles.

#warmongers #Warhammer #warhammercommunity #resincasting