We decided to make crystal daggers using epoxy resin, combined with hardwood handles and cast metal crossguards and pommels.

The material of choice for these molds is a high temp resin with a heat deflection temperature of 289 °C. Using a pewter alloy that melts at 260 °C, casting a metal miniature is as simple as ...

The epoxy resin is clear, but he was hopeful that ... You can even add metal powders to do cold metal casting.