Recent content by BadGuys

The contractors caulk is likely a 100% pure silicone (see through). It is tin-cure and you might have trouble getting it to stick to the platinum silicone.You can buy it in the States for around $5 or $6 homeowners' size.

Nice work! I'm an airbrusher too, and appreciate the work that went into this. One question: how did you make the skin textures in the clay? Did you drag all of those wrinkles, or did you stamp/roll some of it with a texture stamp?

Smurf, I'm impressed. I made a marionette 1:1 Yoda puppet back in 2000 for my Halloween "costume." It went over like gangbusters. Great work!

<<NOTE: I posted this to another thread today, but then realized that it was a really old thread, and it probably would be buried.>> My son and I have cast pewter in Smooth On Rebound 25 with great results. Be sure to give the mold a thickness of at least 1/2" all the way around. I made a...

Wow--I didn't look at how old that thread was. My bad!

I second the post by JWMines. I use SmoothOn Body Double Silk, and it stands up for many casts, unlike alginate. Same kind of detail, but costs more--depends if you need more than one pull from it. As for casting plat sil in plat sil mold, you need to use silicone mold spray release according...

Here is a skull I made with a glove mold. Solid pewter. Here is the clay original of a Gandalf type figure (please be kind, it was one of my first pewter casts) Here is the wizard cast in pewter Here, I'm pouring molds for the cross, and knife handles. Here is the pewter, pre-melted...

My son and I have cast pewter in Smooth On Rebound 25 with great results. Be sure to give the mold a thickness of at least 1/2" all the way around. I made a glove mold and cut the clay original out using an exacto. Then, I wrapped tin foil around it (extra heat sink) and taped it with...

I used to use alginate, but now I'm using SmoothOn Body Double Silk. You can get more than one pull from it. It's a platinum-cure silicone, so you'll need to use a release spray if you want to cast another plat-sil in it. Here's a photo of a resin cast of my son's head. It was pretty...

Re: ** New Members: Please Introduce Yourselves Here! ** Just discovered this forum, and I'm excited! My name is Jason from Portland, OR, and I like to make things--and I usually blog about each of my projects. Currently, I'm making a silicone mask of an orc, and everything has gone...