auzorann
Well-Known Member
I sculpted the mouth of this tongue phone a couple of weeks ago in monster clay on a vintage phone. I then molded the entire thing in rebound 40 with a plasti paste shell. On the test casting I quickly realized this mold wasn't going to work. Then I realized casting the mouth in resin and then gluing it to a phone wouldn't work either. The bottom of the phone is thicker than the mid section so I wouldn't be able to slide the mouth over a phone.
I've never worked with casting silicone but I figured it may work. I brush in the silicone on both halves of the mold, slide in the phone and close the mold. So I tried it with some alginate to see if that would even work and, to my surprise, it mostly worked. So I bought some dragon skin and made two attempts. Both failed with large air pockets on the front of the mouth. I'm assuming when I slide the phone in air is getting trapped in the cavity pushing the silicone away from the front of the mouth.
I'm adding a bunch of pictures of the sculpt, mold and some of the castings.
So I'm hoping you guys could maybe help me salvage this thing. Any help would be seriously appreciated.
I've never worked with casting silicone but I figured it may work. I brush in the silicone on both halves of the mold, slide in the phone and close the mold. So I tried it with some alginate to see if that would even work and, to my surprise, it mostly worked. So I bought some dragon skin and made two attempts. Both failed with large air pockets on the front of the mouth. I'm assuming when I slide the phone in air is getting trapped in the cavity pushing the silicone away from the front of the mouth.
I'm adding a bunch of pictures of the sculpt, mold and some of the castings.
So I'm hoping you guys could maybe help me salvage this thing. Any help would be seriously appreciated.