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Five Fire Ant Colony Casting Session Part 1: Casts 1 & 2

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Published: 12 Aug 2021 › Updated: 12 Aug 2021Five Fire Ant Colony Casting Session Part 1: Casts 1 & 2

Five Fire Ant Colony Casting Session Part 1: Casts 1 & 2


I thought it would be cool to do a few ant colonies at a time, and show the result even if they didn't turn out that great to highlight how difficult casting can ant colonies be. But I actually got really good results. At least three of them are some of the best I've ever done and one is the largest I've done so far.

The second one didn't turn out that great. I used the remaining molten aluminum from the first cast because I didn't think it was going to take very much due to its small and washed out appearance. I was wrong and the result is very thin and fragile tunnel casts with a small solid portion deep in the ground.


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Casting ant colonies and other things with molten metal, mostly aluminum and sometimes brass and zinc.

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