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    NoFace costume for Halloween 2021

    Here's my NoFace (Spirited Away) Costume build for Halloween 2021.
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    We have completed over 20 replica props from the Haunted Mansion Ride

    NIce Job! Bookmarking your blog.
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    Giger Alien Bas-Relief

    Finally finished it up, Buffing of the aluminum, some light weathering to make the details pop.
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    Giger Alien Bas-Relief

    Yes, cold-casting add metal powder to the 1st coat of resin. Here's an instructional video that shows the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kghqOKgCEl0 I've used smooth-on 655 (an aluminum filled epoxy) to make molds for injection molding, Didn't do any machining on it however.
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    Giger Alien Bas-Relief

    All right! 1st Pull from the mold (cold-cast aluminum) Picture next to the Giger book of the same image. Needs cleanup and weathering but...
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    Giger Alien Bas-Relief

    Unrelated but.. I took a break to make this for halloween
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    Giger Alien Bas-Relief

    Weathered the prototype a bit to see what it will look more like. And finished making my mold. Casting this weekend.
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    Giger Alien Bas-Relief

    So... My first attempt was a bust (see picture). Was trashing it but my family kept pulling it from the trash. Eventually got inspiration to make a new master and starting mold making tomorrow for some alumimum cold-casts. New Mold prep work pic:
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    Giger Alien Bas-Relief

    CNC work for the master, mold-making tomorrow, then cold-casting this in bronze and aluminum this weekend. Backfill with 8lb foam and embedded hangars. Fun project. Next time, probably machine in tooling board and add more detail with the 1/16" ballnose.
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    City of Lost Children

    Hello, I'm starting to make some props from the movie City of Lost Children. I've gotten some progress the last few days on a Cyclops eye from that movie. Thought it would be a great project to learn Fusion 360 on. Below are some current pics - no progress pics. Left 2 are my modeling and...
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    Cyclops Eye

    I'm creating a new thread in Replica Props for these props.
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    Cyclops Eye

    An update with my progress on more details added to the mock-up. A couple of problems to fix up before I change over to detail work, but I'm pretty happy it so far. Having to make up some of the design on the back as well. Hard to get any shots of that.
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    Cyclops Eye

    Made some more progress and prototype printing (draft mode but the threads still work pretty well)
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    Cyclops Eye

    Finally, some more progress: Modelling and printing our the base now with threads for the main body. I have several of the details parts setup for the laser to cut out. - - - Updated - - - Should this thread be under the Replica Props Board? If so, is there any way to move it, or is...
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    Cyclops Eye

    Thanks for the link! Those close-ups are better than anything that I have found.
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