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It is an understatement to say that you have shaped and inspired my relationship to wargaming

I do want to add that recasting doesn't HAVE to be this complicated (with a pressure pot and vacuum chamber). Recasting is SUPER useful if you need things like extra sets of weapons/upgrades that only come in limited quantities per box. Or to get an extra copy of a broken part. For the silicone mold, you can do a two-part mold by pressing half the mini into clay, pouring the silicone to get one half, then removing the clay, and pouring the second half of the mold. You just spread talcum powder or spray a release agent between the two layers to keep them from fusing. These two part molds make pulling out the model easier and remove the step where you sliced using a hobby knife. I think if you're doing a sprue of weapons or something that's the way to go. The pressure/vac equipment is great for making perfect stuff and well-worth it if you're planning on selling your minis. But for a hobbyist making copies of their rocket launchers or something, just using the stuff as-is should get you 90% of the way there. Many parts will be perfect, and the parts that aren't can be fixed with some greenstuff or you can just recast. I appreciate this video! Recasting is a ton of fun. My second 40k army was a Wraithguard list back when they literally only had 3 poses and came in mono-piece pewter kits. They were $15 a piece and I needed like 50 of them. Recasting worked perfectly and saved me a ton of money!

Curtis looks like a mad scientist in a b-movie while he's working. Great stuff.

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To me some of these are GW abandoned children. And in others, totally within their recast rules "making bits for personal kitbashes" and in the other, it's transformative into something outside of GW. I've cycled back into a dadaism and surrealist phase personally and one of their big questions was the nature of art and the absurd. Collages, found art, and a delightful dash of indignant kitsch. To me your army project really encapsulates that energy. It feels distinctly old hammer while being uniquely your own. It's got sovl.

Curtis' resin sprue details are just absolute genius. Frequently useful as small bits of terrain, barricades or base scatter. He's been doing it for a while and it's a proactive adjustment that not enough people in this industry have even considered. It's great that you pointed attention to it.

Love how the lab looks like something out of breaking bad. Truly gives it that grey market vibe.

Miscast + Ramshackle Games is pretty much a match made in heaven. Curtis's models have such a similar aesthetic to Trent's; and Curtis produces lots of kitbashing bits.

Trent…we need to cook

"Make what you want to make. 'Cause you can" hits hard. I feel recently I've been caught up in needing to be "legitimate" in my Warhammer because I want to play with people at my local store and they care about that, but because of that I stopped looking at things in the same fun way you inspired me to when I first started this hobby. So thank you :)

I found your channel back when you were developing Arcane Ugly and forgot about it for a while. Years later, I got back into 40k and came across your early terrain videos. It was such a joy to see that this channel was still going and I've been binging it over the last few weeks. I was pretty melancholic when I finished your latest video last night, but then this one came out today. I'm really looking forward to what you get into next, regardless of your interests, my interests, or anything else. You're really an inspiration. Thanks

Your video catalog is so rewatchable. I don’t know how many times I’ve done marathons of your videos, because they are so useful and entertaining.

makign the sprue into something useable is actually so wildly smart. i cant believe i have never seen this done before. 10/10 idea.

Your voice in the tabletop community is so refreshing and inspiring. Thank you for not being bound by the status quo, and showing what is possible in a world with different rules. 🔓

you're going to be walking around adepticon with a backpack, aren't you? ;-)

Absolutely beautiful, I feel the same way about Warhammer

This rules. I always love this sort of attitude towards companies being controlling of "IPs" as if companies make things and not people

This is very inspiring! You seem to have the same passion towards Nurgle, that I have towards Orks, want to make something that has never been seen before, but at the same time that feels like it is from the same universe. Real cool stuff!

Your videos are a joy to watch, I felt most of my life like I wanted to build different things, and yet couldn't avoid building and painting miniatures the way it was presented on the box art or on the internet, out of fear of failing the buiild, disliking my own creation etc. And this channel breaks a lot of shackles and padlocks in my brain . I only realised only recently that whatever I build, I can't really "fail", everything is a step, and I understood that thanks to your channel. Thank you so much !

As soon as I saw that front door i knew you were in Nottingham. I walk past this mini shop all the time and it reeks of resin haha

Absolutely brilliant! From the editing down to the core message, and everything in between, this was just brilliant. 💯

Growing up and still living in Nottingham. It's crazy to me when I see/hear some of my favourite creators talking about it. Games Workshop has always been special to me too since growing up around it and always buying starter sets at Christmas. It is a shame they are going the way they are going but they will always be something that i hold in very high regards.

I love this video. Not for the tutorial (that is still very cool!) but for how important the message at the end is. It's a whole vibe. Also, wow that walking house is incredible! I'm going to subscribe and I hope to see it more in the future.

This is inspiring, I have been wanting to learn to cast my own sculpts for a while, once I find some more space than I've got to do it in. Good stuff!

It's good to hear from you again, and i hope you had an absolutely amazing trip! I can't imagine what's coming next with all the new knowledge you must have gotten, but i'll look forward to it and embrace it with open arms.

As always a huge inspiration for everyone in this community. I can only say thank you.

3d printer it is lol. That's a lot of work. I played with casting in blue stuff and it's real fun, especially if you find good parts for it. Space marine backpacks, tyranid limbs, Necron Canoptec Scarabs, useful stuff. Casting is a hobby in itself.

I don't know how but you manage to perfectly sum up everything I love about the hobby and how it fits into culture more generally. Not just through the script but the way the whole video is made with the same ethos.

Everything you do is a labor of love, and it really shows in the quality and presentation.

This is awesome. I've been wanting to get into molding and casting, so this is perfect. I immediately identified the Hero Quest miniature, would love to make some molds using mine.

I follow a number of crafty content creators, most of them to enjoy their process from the backseat. You are the only creator that actually inspires me and gets me to create and try. This video is your most inspiring one (yet). On to making my own bootlegs and share them with my friends

I always feel inspired to try new things after your videos. I think I’m going to try scratch building a mini or sculpting something simple and then try to cast it before the end of this year.

I’ve done this and it was both fun and totally worth it. Helped so much with building base troops in an imperial 40k army.

Came for the process, stayed for the feels

You make me think of my dad who was an artist. I have so much of his equipment and should start using it.

"Make your sprues cool and useful." Yes! The first time I got a mini (I think from Anvil) and the sprue was molded to look like planks of wood, my mind was BLOWN. This should be standard operating procedure!!

This was very cool to watch. Thank you for making this video.

I always leave your videos feeling inspired to make things, so thanks

What a great opportunity. Love the hero quest aesthetic on that cast. Love the channel.

you are the #1 most influential hobby hero for me, keep doing what you’re doing!

Beautiful work and message

Love your attitude and your work! Keep going!

Dude, you’re a fucking inspiration! I love how creative you are, like outside the box kinda stuff. I’m super envious because I’ve no idea how I’d even start

greatest diss track of all time

Your video is the perfect timing - I was just looking into recasting my Warhammer Fantasy stuff! 😁

This was so cool! I definitely agree with your closing idea how the Warhammer is beyond GW itself (despite them wishing it wasn't). Very similar to my hobby journey, especially as I'm dabbling and learning how to cast and make molds myself! I subbed, looking forward to seeing more of your work.

I’ve never wanted a bootleg miniature more than right now. The design on these is so good!!!

I would absolutely buy a copy of that HeroQuest 4-armed beauty but I understand the grey fine-line. Incredible work, dude! That sculpture you work on at the end blows me away!

I've been looking forward to hearing from you again!

This is actually a great commentary on the problems with copyright and art and commercialization of creativity, well made!

This is sick. I love everything you do

You alway surprise me with turns your videos make. I expected a simple casting video and I ended up thinking about what the culture surounding Warhammer means to a lot of people. Well done sir, well done.

Curtis is a fantastic guy, and I was glad to see the two of you were collaborating. Your final comments are very much how I feel about this and other hobby games -- they're a folk artform now, not just a product controlled by a single company.

Brother; you are a true artist and I respect your philosophic approach to establish ethics (e.g. would you still do it if it was illegal). The fact that you share your artistic creations with your brothers is a good example of brotherly love.

lover ur vids and this style, really makes me wanna do creative stuff

Something that I learnt when I cast and designed designer toys. If you can’t afford a pressure pot, we use to tap/drum the side or on the table of moulds when they were setting. This would make air bubbles rise up. This method did not work as great as a pressure pot by all means but it did work quite well. Also I learnt two part mould making is much more easier in the long run then single pour moulds. Saves on trying to cut your sculpts out and time.

11:27 I will never cross a frog or a toad again after seeing your work here.

4:49 Ok, I'm getting flashbacks..

Just found this channel and I love everything about it. I did a lot of modeling as a kid-- built a 40k gaming table in my basement, but always loved the modeling, painting and building more than the gaming. I am just now getting back into it and this is the kind of freedom and excitement I want to have. No inhibitions-- just vibing. Also, as to the question of legality-- yeah it's art! In the art world just about any modification to existing work makes it your own. Appropriation is a high art form and all of what artists make is borrowing from and building on what came before. Picasso (supposedly) said "Good artist copy, great artists steal" and I am inclined to agree. Anyway, awesome work! Been binging it all.

i didn't expect a video on bootlegging minis to be emotional.. but it was. and it was all the better for it. thank you for this excellent and very informative video (:

Honestly the "nurgle" sculpt you made reminds me more of " where the wild things are " then nurgle. Not a bad thing at all.

love your "big idea" videos. a real homie.

Missed ya, Trent. Excellent video.

this is so cool, i really want to start casting now

Thanks for the extra tips when casting mate

God your relationship with your hobby/passion really improved over the year(s). Thank you for sharing your journey and helping us improve ours.

Through the complexity and depth of your videos' topics, tone and purposes, they help me feel better about who I am, who I was, and what the world and others mean to me. I don't miniature. I don't wargame. But I'm a huge fan. You're a god, Trent. Keep the conversation going, I want to know more, there's something I need to hear down the line

You're inspiring and you make the exact type of weird art my Mom used to make and love. Which is why I always spam her with your newest releases xD

Great video. Very well spoken. Genuinely. Very nice to listen to you thoughts. Also, have you made a video about the progress/life of your walking house? Id love to see that. Loved it when you made the first one. Love it now. Not sure Ive caught all the steps in between. Would love to know them. 👍 Keep it up.

brilliant video, love this!!!

Yet again very cool inspiring thanks!

It's been a minute since I saw one of your videos, but I have to say I am totally here for the anarchic miniature renaissance 💜

legit always amazing trent

LOL @ that Mordheim window casing as part of the mold sprue

Thanks for sharing!

I've been big into molding and casting (and recasting, of course) since I got into it during the pandemic and you know, it never occurred to me to do "bootleg" miniatures in the style of a "bootleg" resin action figure. Cool stuff.

Hey mate! Thanks for being my travel buddy from Mel-Lax!

Miscast is like the underground comics, DIY zine culture for the miniature world and its really awesome to watch

Absolutely fan of all that work you put in for this video, and for yourself ! Your creations at the end of the video felt like "nurgly", but in your way, like a mix between Nurgle beasts and those classic fairies and gnomes illustrations, and I think it is a very interesting take on it. And, huh, frankly, the idea of beasts with cannons on them sounds like some silly idea of a Nurgle cult whose members are from the Dark Mechanicum XD !

Each of your videos seems to top the last! Your ingenuity and creativity should be bottled and doled out to the masses as a way to solve the problems of the world! Thank you

Really nice video Trent

Glad to see the Skaven heads going to a good cause! Hope you had a great tour up north, and hope to catch up with you again some day! Also, it's really, really good to see you well rested and not powering through on an hour's sleep, sausage rolls and resin fumes! 🤣

Good to see you rested and energized. Must be the sun as opposed to the -5 morning of pressure pot testing 😂 Amazing video! ❤

In the old days - like, pre-20th century - Copyright was a fairly well understood idea. You, the individual artist, had a monopoly on your art for seven years, or 14 years. Long enough for you to make a living off it. Then, when that period was up, your art entered the Public Domain. It was part of the commons now. Everyone had a right to perform or recreate or iterate on it, because it had been long enough to be part of everyone's culture. And presumably, if you were an artist, you would have made more than the one piece of art in your lifetime, so it's not THAT bad that you might lose exclusivity on it within your lifetime. That was how Copyright worked back in the day, and it was a system both usable and reasonable. In the age of corporations and Capital, nothing is reasonable. There is only the insane notions of "Infinite Growth" and "Corporations As People". Laws for Copyright were changed, not only allowing a company to own Copyright on what should be the province of the artists who made the work, but allowing those companies to cling to ownership of those works long after their creators are dead. Rather than relinquishing their claims, and letting the works enter the commons where they belong. Warhammer, much like Dungeons & Dragons, is old enough that, in a sane world, they would have entered the Public Domain by now. Warhammer is as much, if not moreso, a Folk Tradition than an IP. People skirt around the edges of Copyright to contribute to that Folk Tradition. They will do so regardless of what the company wants. We, as fans of Warhammer, have a _duty_ to treat Warhammer as ours, however we can.

This is the hobbyist's equivalent to Breaking Bad.

Very cool army :)

Cool as always.

pour and set some silicone and cut it into chunks, if you find yourself short of a pour you can introduce cured pieces to bulk it out a bit more. also goes for failed moulds or old ones.

curtis is the walter white of warhammer

Thank you for this video. I have work to do 😉. Seriously though it was inspirational.

I LOVE THIS!!

I've got a custom miniature I kitbashed and sadly he's a bit too fragile to be used for gaming (he's broken around 4 times due to drops and my toddler son trying to play with it 😅) and honestly this might be the way I save it. Keep the original on the shelf, make a bunch of recasts of him, use the recasts as gifts or for gaming!

Man this Orc Sorcerer Miscast/bootleg miniature is Fantastic. I Wish i Could get one of those for my Retro Orc army as a Weirdboy. Its hard to get miniatures in that specific look to use in the "modern" game. But sadly it could be hard to run into you at a Convention because i am from Germany^^. Nevertheless I Love your Work and you nice approach to the hobby... actually you inspired me to do the retro Army about 2 years Ago. now loads of 2nd edition Orc boys and rouge trader cyboars later i found this video and loved the Orc sorcerer.

interesting, a long time ago I had custom miniatures made and this was back when metal minis were a thing, I had the moulds done and they were this thick rubber type deal and it looked like the models were cast using spincasting, where you pour molten metal and then spin the machine up so it forces all the metal into all the details of the mould. I did have the opportunity to buy one of those machines but it was just waaaay too much for me at the time.

love ramshackle

Bro if police walked into that room they'd think you're cooking crystal 😂

The ethos at the end about the "culture" of Warhammer was even more inspiring and heartfelt than the usual Miscast philosophical waxing :)

Well said about the hobby being an expression. Thank you for sharing this mate. I love seeing your creative process. Can we see more of your Cultists of Nurgle please? Would love to see a mix of Mordheim and Necromunda warband/gang that could be used across both games maybe? Shout out to all the other people playing defunct games like Mordheim still!

II really want to start thank you