Custom Animated Cliffjumper

[bruticus]

Nice work dude.
Mufflers looks really great and the head is coming along well.

Just a few questions though,
-havent tried resin before, so is the resin easy to use and non toxic or is mixing it a pain and it needs a lot of open ventilation and safety gear??
-what is the full brand that you use?
-it looks like you have casted resin on top of an original head and then carved back the shape that you want, is that correct? just curious to know if there is a particular reason (pros) to doing it that way compared to just sculpting with epoxy/putty etc. on top?

[gamblor916]

Looking good so far. I'd like to know more about this resin you're using too.

[Bumbleb33]

No unfortunatley the resin is not that easy to use, its essentially the same stuff you use when fibreglassing, and its always in a liquid state and cannot be shaped when curing. You also HAVE to work with it out doors as it will give you mighty head spins otherwise.
Get the mix wrong and it will never cure or go off in mere minutes. But the great thing about it is it dries clear and when you sand it it turns white. I did think of using putty, but I have worked with it before and it just doesn't give as smooth a finish.
The full brand is Diggers, you can have a look at it here: http://www.recochem.com.au/index.php...mbedding_resin
Yep, I used the original BB head so the ball joint on the back of the head would still work, plus I still have the original light piping.
The main reason I did it with the resin is because it is drastically cheaper than other putties and because I knew Cliffy's chin was going to be pretty heavy I wanted to make sure it had a very secure bond to BB's chin.

[bruticus]

mighty head spins? damn, sounds pretty nasty to use...
too bad though as i would really like to have used the clear plastic effect for some other work

hmm... well, i suppose if you ever want to give putty a go, you can get Aves 2 part Fixit Sculpt, 500g combined weight for ~50AUD posted.
great bond, really smooth finish and can retain edges really well.

is diggers resin cheaper than that?

[Bumbleb33]

As long as you keep it at arms length and don't inhale you should be right haha, just don't put it in a milo tin and hold it under your nose.
Yeah the diggers is a bit cheaper than that, its hard to gauge though because its two part, you buy the resin which is from memory 600ml and then you buy the catalyst which is 30 ml, last time I bought it the resin was $36.95 and the catalyst was around $11.00 but I have been through around 900ml of resin so far and still have 2/3 of a bottle of catalyst left.
The coolest thing about the resin is its allergic to tupperware / ice cream containers, so you can buy really low laying trays and make millimeter thick layers of resin which you can pop out and make windscreens and stuff. You can also mix in chalk, sparkles even paint and change end colour, so in theory you could replicate the blue windscreens you get on the ROTF line for instance.

[5FDP]

Awesome stuff!

[Bumbleb33]

Quick update, just installed the horns and glued on his eyebrows. Going to hit him with the air compressor once the araldite sets and get all the resin particles off him and then melt in the mouth.

[Tabias Prime]

Cant wait to see the head turns out, nice job with the epoxy and the paint job, i dont think i would have the patience's to do all that sanding....

Just to clarify something you said earlier about comparing fibreglassing resin to epoxy resin,they are actually very different resins.They do the same job but the 2 don't mix to well. You can put a epoxy resin of polyester, but you cant put a polyester on epoxy resin, its just the way it is, Epoxy is almost a universal glue.I love the stuff, we use it all the time at work for gluing and small quick repairs. fiberglass resin is usually a polyester based resin,and is very brittle without glass matting. epoxy resin on the other hand is quite strong with out the glass matting and has several different forms.Also if you want to make the resin a bit stronger, add some talc (baby powder) to the mixture, it turns it white and it makes the epoxy thicker and stronger. Just a general piece of advice....have fun with it...