Recent content by Burningleon

Alright. Tons of Pictures for you. All in all a rather disappointing night but it's my first time trying something like this and these steps don't cost as much to try again. My main concern is propane prices. Here's what I've got for you. First up is three pictures of the three molds in the...

Update. I trimmed up my wax castings. I meant to take a picture of the three of them next to each other but I forgot to. Oh well. Mixed up my plaster of paris/sand mix. Plaster of paris is instructed to be 1 pound of POP per 11 ounces of water. In other words. 2 cups of POP per 1 1/3 cup of...

Have you checked out Guild Wars 2? It's a brand new kind of MMO and they have some of the greatest artists on their team that I've seen in the gaming world. Because of that they are planning on actually using all of the concept art at some point within their game. It's going to be great. The...

Alright everyone. The rubber set and I "pulled" my sculpting out. I actually had to cut it out since some of the rubber had sunk underneath it but no big deal. My sculpture was already cracked again like crazy and I expected that. My mold turned out quite well. Tons of bubbles in it as you can...

And so the record keeping continues. Fired my sculpture the other day. It cracked and broke like none other. A whole day of straight work with wood putty, super glue, and sand paper later and I was almost done. Btw, nail polish remover, Vaseline, and gasoline are all apparently viable options...

Alright guys. Sculpting is finally done. Take a look and tell me what you think. Any changes I should make etc. I need to finalize it so I can start molding. I still haven't ordered or bought any silicon or rubber mold material. I'm trying to find something cheaper that still holds higher detail...

It's my hope to be able to cast it in aluminum. I'd really like to try and make a permanent mold for it so that I could cast several of these to maybe get back some of the cash I've put into this project. But honestly I want to make them out of aluminum cause I just made an aluminum foundry and...

Thanks Fev. I've got interfacing in quite a bit of the outfit and double layered in several places. I tried to pick a heavier more substantial fabric to start out with and make my life easier. It's the sew classics black target from Joanne's if that means anything to you :p 100% cotton to give...

You'd need wood, a bandsaw, a beltsander (or a lot of patience), and a dremel or chisels. Perhaps some talent with whittling. Then you'd need spray paint. Fev uses aluminum powder to give it a really nice look if you've ever worked with that. If you go spray paint make sure to lay down a primer...

ACB Fabric "Done" on to Metal work Alright. So no one has really replied to this thread in a while. I'm kinda just talking to myself I suppose :p Still need advice on cape dimensions. Other than that the fabric work is now done. Please let me know if you noticed any details that I...

Alright. So the sleeves were far harder to sew then I thought they would be. So I haven't gotten as much done as I would like. I've finished the sleeves and the lapels. Basically all upper tunic details. All I have left is the button on the black inner lapel, along with the lace that goes on...

Alright. So my last post is mute now because I decide to just go with it. I haven't really gotten much done. I had to leave town for my college orientation. I made the new hood and I put the piece of the over tunic on that I made. Once i have the red belt wrapped around it should look like one...

I have interfacing that I plan on using to help it hold it's shape. The problem is that I want something that i can test with real quick and make sure I sewed everything correctly to give it the proper shape. Then I can remove the temporary and iron on the real interfacing.

Alright. I made the hood and it looks like it will provide the correct look if i can get it to hold it's shape. It is sagging quite a bit more than the last one but I have yet to line it. I don't want to line it until I know that it is going to fit just right. Any ideas for a temporary backing...

I'll definitely check that link out. Thank you. Have you ever tried a wig cap to keep down your hair? Originally I had it more curved like that and it ended up being fairly pointed on the top which was why I made it less curved. I guess I just didn't make it big enough to begin with..