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@sundancer – I sometimes feel like an alchemist when I’m mixing my resins. I’d like to say it’s because I’m searching for some elusive formula that combines high quality details, durability and flexibility, to create the perfect printing resin. The truth is I’m just too stingy to throw out any little dribble that’s left in a bottle, so I often mix a few different makes/types together.

In other news…. I just got back from HobbyCraft. And picked up these beauties!

They are exactly the kind of thing I’d asked my (late) mother’s partner to make for me this Xmas.
Ok, he’d have made them out of super quality wood, and made them nice and chunky and added a super shiny lacquer to make them look stunning. But with all he’s been through this year, I didn’t feel I should push him on how he’s getting on with them!

But the basic idea was this – to have some nice, rounded-cornered, deep(ish) boxes. Then I’d stand them on one edge, add some LED strip along the inside top edge and mount a clear acrylic shelf about half-way up. Laser cut a clear front and add some magnets in the corners to hold the front on and…. ta-da! Instant display cabinets for (slap-chop-and-edge-highlighted) miniatures.

Pete may yet come good, but I suspect he’s had lots of other things on his mind lately. So I’ll have a got at making my own half-arsed version and see how it turns out. For the rest of you, if you fancy making something similar, these boxes are available at half-price in HobbyCraft right now for a tenner a set. Get ’em while you can!