Recently, I ordered a number of Hirstarts molds (www.hirstarts.com). Those will be under the x-mas tree for junior, later this week. Currently, I'm casting floors and walls like a madman to prepare the production of a 140 x 80 cm (!) diorama / play table. I can only start building that when the stuff has "officially" arived under the x-mas tree. Since Junior doesn't know what's coming, I'm casting in secrecy every night, so he has no clue what will happen soon.
Junior has a set of cute plastic knights that half look like robots (MegaBloks Dragons series) that he really likes and we often play with, so I started copying those in resin. I cast between 5 and 10 of those every night while he's in bed and while I'm toying on the PC (Armorama and my MP3 collection). They are just the right size for the dungeons !
I've casted quite an army by now. There's no leg movement like in the originals, but for a dio they are perect. I painted a few dozen already, and they look just awesome : a lot more dramatic than the original plastics. This will be the biggest dio I've ever built (if you can call it that)... I'll try to build these dungeons on different levels, and I'll add plenty of landscaping and maybe even a few trees. Junior's 6 and 1/2 years old, and he's starting to appreciate modeling. We've got five whole days with nothing else to do (if my wife doesn't throw us out of the house when we make too much a mess of it). This will be a great x-mas holiday !
