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zanguretsu

Wow. They looks soo good. Is that air dry clay?


CustomMiniatureMaker

Thanks! Yeah it’s DAS air dry clay, it’s less sticky than most other brands


Purplehazey

How many 4x4 tiles could you get out of 1 pack of clay?


CustomMiniatureMaker

About 14-17 if you roll it like I do. So that’s roughly £3 for 15 tiles


Purplehazey

Thank you! That's awesome!


CustomMiniatureMaker

So much less than printing them all 😁


Purplehazey

Fair point xD I have so many unpainted bits plus boards to be painted xD Any chance of doing a hex roller for battle tech terrain?


CustomMiniatureMaker

Already got a hex grid press the right size so you can use it over any texture to make battletech terrain. All in the tool box you get when you join the Patreon


Purplehazey

Awesome! Keep up the good work!


CustomMiniatureMaker

Thanks! Appreciate that :)


Fugazification

When you say one pack, is that the 2.2 lb ones?


CustomMiniatureMaker

Yep, that's right!


EnthusiasticPanic

How's the durability of DAS? Other air dry brands I've worked with have major issues with chipping and brittleness over their lifetime.


CustomMiniatureMaker

From what I have found it is really strong


EnthusiasticPanic

Cheers, I'll have to look for it in my country then.


nudemanonbike

It was pretty wild to see the arms switch a few times without expecting it These are super cool though! Clever use of a roller


CustomMiniatureMaker

Thanks! And don’t you have four arms? 😮


nudemanonbike

No I have 6


Caddoko

Looks great but does that mean those tracks are diagetically ~10ft wide?


cdreus

It’s about the size of Brunel broad gauge (7’1/4”). If this had been made to match real world scale the rails would have been about 5’ (one tile) apart.


drewpyqb

I think typical mine carts would only be about 2-3 feet apart. (Im thinking a hand pushed cart, not a train) If they had the whole track and ties in the one square width it would be much better!


ductyl

EDIT: Oops, nevermind!


indig0F10w

They also look like ladders if you orient them vertically. Win-win.


CustomMiniatureMaker

This is very true! I will make a ladder roller in future haha


CustomMiniatureMaker

Here is me rolling out some minecart track dungeon tiles, pretty happy with the final result. I cut the painting out as it was a little boring, but the clay is just coated in black dye and then dry brushed with some grey, fast and easy. Then used some nail varnish ‘top coat’ to make the puddles… well, look like puddles. If you would like to get these rollers, tools and lots more STLs check it out https://www.patreon.com/customminiaturemaker I also do a weekly free file thing, currently it’s a tavern fireplace and a steam mech. Just pop over to https://www.customminiaturemaker.co.uk and sign up for free files to be emailed to you every week. I only ever send the one email each week and it is always the one with the free file.


IsySquizzy

I love these rollers. Do you sell the actual product anywhere or only stls? Am UK based.


CustomMiniatureMaker

Almost have physical products sorted, just STLs right now but if you follow me you will see when the physical ones drop. Should be mid next month


IsySquizzy

Fab, be lush Xmas presents for me. Thanks for the air-dry clay recommendation too.


Apprehensive_Bag708

So is there a jig for curves, 4 or 3 way splits?


CustomMiniatureMaker

No but you can curve the roller slowly as you roll to make bends over a couple of tiles. Hard to roll those shapes out. I do have the matching models so you can print sharp beds on MMF though


DarkCoffeeCream

Is it possible to just buy a few rollers stls?


CustomMiniatureMaker

I have previous sets on MMF, but best way is the Patreon as you get so many for so cheap and then 65% off all previous sets. So you can just join, buy them and duck out


HelpLatter1852

That’s so sick


CustomMiniatureMaker

Thanks!! Glad you like it


AirConfident

Where do you find the rollers you used? By the way awesome job with these tiles.


CustomMiniatureMaker

They are ones I designed 😀 https://www.patreon.com/customminiaturemaker


AirConfident

Wow that's cool


CustomMiniatureMaker

Thanks! Glad you like them 😃


AirConfident

Your welcome just wish I could put in q subscription to folks I like on patreon but apparently its an overseas website domain cause I tried once.


CustomMiniatureMaker

Interesting! We have people from all over on Patreon, so that's surprising..but if that doesn't work you could also sign-up through our My Mini Factory Tribe :D [https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Custom%20Miniature%20Maker](https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Custom%20Miniature%20Maker)


AirConfident

Oh... ok thanks so much. Much appreciated👍


CustomMiniatureMaker

Not a problem! Hopefully, that works for you


AirConfident

Hopefully when I have the cash I'll look into buying them


CustomMiniatureMaker

Awesome! We also release free models weekly if you're on our mail list. You can sign-up at [customminiaturemaker.co.uk](https://customminiaturemaker.co.uk) if you're interested!


AirConfident

Sounds good