Two Part Mold Making
Today, we’re going to take a 3d printed tabletop miniature and replicate it with a two part mold. This will speed of production of a part that would normally take two to three hours, and give us the freedom of different materials and colors.
Two part molds allow us to cast more complex shapes than a one part, or open-face, mold. This open face creates a flat surface on the piece we are making. Sometimes this is desirable, in the case of the hex base seen above. However, the tank base and turret have detail on both the top and the bottom, and the only way to preserve this detail is with a two part mold.