Red Golem Blog

I use plaster as a basic material to build many terrain pieces. I cast my plaster in RTV silicone molds. I own many molds of the Castlemolds serie (Hirst Arts Fantasy Architecture). I also made many custom mold using different RTV silicones. I found from my trials that the best ones for my uses are manufactured by GE Silicones. Here’s a shot of one batch of castings from this afternoon. I’m still working on my 15 mm WWII buidlings. I also cast a few more of my custom Settlers of Catan 3D tiles. I have enough tiles ready for a basic game but I will need more for an advanced board setup! (More is always good!).

One of the best board game I ever played is Settlers of Catan. One day I saw this incredible custom 3D set of SoC tiles on the internet. Wow! What a great idea to make this game even more fun! It was certainly worth investing quite a few hours into the making of these tiles (making masters, molds, casting plaster, painting with four layers of color, one coat of brushed varnish and one coat of “dullcote” varnish). Funny thing is we haven’t played a single game of Settlers since I finally finished my 3D board! Our group is too busy with excellent games such as Rolemaster / Spacemaster, Mordheim, D20, etc. The day will come…

Edit: I just added a Settlers of Catan Boards picture collection page. I found lots of cool (and weird!) custom SoC boards when I was looking for inspiration when I designed my own 3D tiles. I’m glad to share those pictures with you. Check out the Pizza Settlers or the Gingerbread Settlers!