Resin Dungeon Scenery. Production Underway.

I've finally taken the first steps in getting the modular dungeon terrain into production, there is still some way to go before these sets will be available for sale but its good to have something concrete to show for all the effort so far.
The only fly in the ointment is the continuing wait for the second batch of moulds from my very busy mould maker, its been over twelve months now & I'm seriously considering doing this work myself otherwise it will be another year gone & still no saleable product.

Small gripe over, some pictures of the pieces so far produced:

The basic building blocks to be included in the boxed set.

The basic corner piece with some decayed plasterwork still attached.

20' square room with fancy mouldings.

A simple layout using the basic components.

I think the pictures pretty much speak for themselves, though the weird looking geometry on the 20x20' room deserves a little explanation. I wanted to do a couple of pieces with a bit more than basic stone detail on the walls so in pursuance of this produced some castings with the pillar detail that can be seen in the picture. The only drawback of this piece was the height of the walls which renders it difficult to see any of the interior detail ( or miniatures) from a sitting position. The solution was to take a sharp hacksaw to the finished piece and trim the walls down to one corner. Its weird but it does work. Whether it will prove a hit with the buying public remains to be seen.

Modular Dungeon Production Run Commenced.

Finally made a start on this long overdue project, still waiting on some of the larger moulds from my mould maker but I can start to assemble a stock of the smaller pieces that will ultimately go into the sets.

The Mark 1 entrance stair & a pair of walls for a high status tomb.

Same items with camera flash off.

Two of the basic straight corridor sections, the section on the left featuring loopholes for  darts, gas or water.

Straight wall & corner sections.

Still experimenting with adding colour to the resin, I rather like the marbled effect featured on these pieces but suspect that long term it may be of limited utility.

I should have a few larger bits & pieces cast today if the weather remains un-settled. If it brightens up I may be forced to go to a garden centre after lunch because apparently we need more stuff to squeeze into our already blooming flower beds.

First Modular Dungeon Piece Cast.

This has been an awful long time coming but my mouldmaker has finally delivered the first batch of moulds for my range of dungeon scenery.

N.B. floors are gridded at 1".

So far I have the moulds for the corner piece above & the three other corridor sections, with the larger intersections & rooms to follow shortly. This should work out well as it will give me a chance to build up a stock of the corridor pieces before starting on the bigger pieces when they arrive.
The plan is to offer these for sale in sets at £25 each plus p&p; Set 1 will be a basic set consisting 4 of the pieces seen above, 4 straight wall sections, 4 straight corridor sections & a 4x4" room; Set 2 will be an intersection set with 2 cross intersections, 2 T intersections, a Y intersection & a 60 degree corner.
This is as far as it goes at present, I want to see how much interest there is out there for the products before I start on more ambitious pieces such as larger rooms & items with more intricate geometry.

I'm going to stick with the grey resin for production as it makes the pieces useable straight out of the box, but the walls are well textured and should dry brush nicely.

Grenadier Skeleton Looters & Resin Dungeon News.

Received these through the post today:

Cast by Grenadier in 1988 these are great but utterly, utterly bonkers. What on earth do Skeletons want with a small captive, a pig & a string of sausages? Frankly mind boggling but these are going to be great fun to paint. Also really good from a narrative point of view during encounters.

On a more serious note I have finally had confirmation from that the moulds for my resin retro dungeon  scenery will be ready within the next fortnight so these should be in production fairly soon. It may take me a month or so to cast up enough stock but these ought to be available shortly. Keep checking back for progress reports but in the meantime heres a reminder of what a few of the masters look like.

 As previously stated these are inspired by & compatible with Torchlight Fantasy Products that were briefly available in the mid eighties. Haven't finalised a product name yet but am thinking of selling these under the 'Aceldama Castings' banner.

Formless Sawn of Tsathoggua.

The latest addition to the collection of Call of Cthulhu miniatures.

I don't habitually use miniatures in our occasional CoC games but I do like to paint them for a change of pace & the RAFM range are particularly well realised.

The dapper chap in his MCC sweater is from Copplestone Castings Honest Citizens ? part of their 1920's Gangster range.

Ral Partha Ghost Dragon.

Yet another eBay win, I've been after a big project for some time now & for ten quid this seemed worth a punt.

 This is a bit more modern than my usual purchases having been manufactured in 2000. Should be fun to paint but it will need a lot of prep' work pegging joints & filling gaps as the fit of the parts is pretty terrible.

Infernal Drummer.

Another Grenadier Miniature from the Skeletons - Raiders of the Undead set:

Not one of my favourite miniatures from the set, probably why he's taken so long to paint, but a nice figure none the less.
From a dungeon crawling point of view he could provide a drums in the deep vibe to the subterranean environment I suppose.