PART 6: IN WHICH I GET HIP TO PINK
It has just now occurred to me that casting is the first creative process (with regards to TF customising, anyway) that I have not researched first, such as looking up YouTube tutorials, etc. As I've mentioned before, I do rely on a close friend with experience for advice, but he pointed out to me that every tutorial in the world is not going to prevent the stuff ups you make along the learning path. Frankly, it makes things way more fun IMO.
To start with, I have to share the almost finished Fort Max sword (portion) that I cast from CHILENO20's Takara FM. It is short a tiny bit of sanding/finishing and another coat or 2 of paint, but here's how it turned out:
Here's the body portion of the Scoop Targetmaster body that I used the Maskol on:
The translation of the fine detail is PERFECT. This might be a good technique to remember in future. Although, as you can see, i didn't quite get the coverage right to the back edges of the figure, leading to some incompleteness.
I had another project that needed attention, this time for a project that I will see through to completion, rather than just practice. I wanted a mould of TR Kickback's forearms, that form the bug's abdomen in alt mode. I used Bluestuff - actually a clear version of the same product, that I picked up at Barnes in Richmond (close to the Melbourne CBD) - check them out at http://www.barnes.com.au - it was cheap at $13 for a small pack (which, again, is completely reusable). I wanted a copy of the abdomen intact (as in, 2 halves/arms together).
With the abdomen removed from the mould:
With the resin inside:
And the finished product:
...which I'm calling a bust, as when I was pressing the BlueStuff (ClearStuff?) together around the piece, I must have shifted the 2 arms out of place slightly.
(I will reveal this project a little later.)
While at Barnes, I also picked up some Pinkysil (2-part silicone for making moulds) and more 2-part Easycast resin. A small investment required, but I was happy with small packs of each as I'm only using a couple of millilitres each time for the small TF parts I'm working with, so even learning mistakes aren't wasting much material.
On to the process.
I started with the Horri Bull head I'd done before. I made a little case using the Plastimake ('cos why not, right? I could make it to the exact size I needed and can re-use it later on when I'd extracted the Pinkysil), mixed the 1:1 ratio of Pinksil (only a couple of millilitres of each part), and made the mould.
Once again, it was easily the best version of the face that I had done so far (up to about 4 copies now!).
Back to the Kickback abdomen. I used the same technique with a Plastimake box around the piece to make a Pinkysil mould...
...and here's the completed mould.
Th completed piece was pretty well perfect. I had to refine/finish it a little afterwards, and again, I'll reveal more later on (whoever guesses what I'm using it for gets a cookie).
Next: 2 part moulds ahoy!
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