Redual
New Member
Here's a story of firsts (for me)....
For some time now I've wanted an Ood but not been able to find one so finally decided to have a go at making one for myself after being inspired by the work of you guys on the forum. It can only go horribly wrong, right?
Never done lifecasting before but really needed a cast of my head as a base to start the sculp so read up on the process, read again, asked in the suppliers shop, watched youtube videos and instructed the girlfriend what to do and went for it. First go wasn't successful as the plaster was too thin and collapsed. The second attempt resulted in my head being firmly encased in unremovable plaster! Finally got out of that and promptly bought a polystyrene head off ebay.
After covering the polystyrene head with tinfoil the first of the monsterclay was plonked on and it began!
Yeah, it's a bit naff but I have this bad habit of drinking too much whisky at times and it looked great to me.
I thought this was going to be a quick job but after much going back and forth I ended up with something a bit more respectable.
There was a bit more fiddling about after this but eventually I bit the bullet and buried it in ultracal. Resulting latex mask came out much better than I had originally hoped. Even better, it fitted my noggin!
Michael
For some time now I've wanted an Ood but not been able to find one so finally decided to have a go at making one for myself after being inspired by the work of you guys on the forum. It can only go horribly wrong, right?
Never done lifecasting before but really needed a cast of my head as a base to start the sculp so read up on the process, read again, asked in the suppliers shop, watched youtube videos and instructed the girlfriend what to do and went for it. First go wasn't successful as the plaster was too thin and collapsed. The second attempt resulted in my head being firmly encased in unremovable plaster! Finally got out of that and promptly bought a polystyrene head off ebay.
After covering the polystyrene head with tinfoil the first of the monsterclay was plonked on and it began!
Yeah, it's a bit naff but I have this bad habit of drinking too much whisky at times and it looked great to me.
I thought this was going to be a quick job but after much going back and forth I ended up with something a bit more respectable.
There was a bit more fiddling about after this but eventually I bit the bullet and buried it in ultracal. Resulting latex mask came out much better than I had originally hoped. Even better, it fitted my noggin!
Michael
