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this may or may not be helpful. This is a tutorial I made 6 or 7 years ago...there are a few things I would do differently now with more experience, but it might be worth watching. best of luck.

Here is the file for the plaque just in case anyone was interested in reading it. It might be super high resolution, but whatever haha

yeah!! ^ Im glad my mold making video helped. it was a pain to constantly reposition the camera. I may be making a few more tutorial videos and if i do Ill post them on the lair. Thanks everyone for the compliments! I painted it almost a year ago, I have just been busy on other projects and...

Hello Everyone! It has been a while since I have been on the Lair, and it has been far too long since this piece was made to just now be getting pictures of it up. Here is my Goliath Piece that was the winner for the mask contest I hosted back in 2009. Thanks to Coollekotten's excellent design...

man that looks pretty sweet! geeze that gnarley...

hey there im back on the lair. my current full suit project is well into the final stages and i should be posting progress pictures soon! sorry ive been so out of touch, but ive been converting my house into a studio :D

one of the purposes of alginate is for size reduction. I live extremely close to a place called silpak, and i have seen reduced parts that look excellent. From what they have told me and what i understand, you make a mold of the part in alginate, and then demold your part. after letting it set...

Glad all has come and is safe. Truly an excellent design nicole. It was a pleasure to bring your piece to life. As for the new contest...maybe. Reason why i say so is because im working on a huge new project. Im building a full foam latex suit for an actor in a short film a couple of guys and i...

haha I was waiting to see if anyone noticed. Good catch.

here is the mold tutorial link: http://www.thehunterslair.com/index.php?showtopic=19410

heres the link for my mold video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hYA0zV4qI

ya that crap sucks. Ive used assortments of heavy thinners. I think i used acetone and vmp naphta to get it out. but be careful if there are any plastic parts because that could be corrosive. my brush is all metal. i just let it soak in that and then carefully with toothpick and qtips sorta...

1. correct. and since the sheet metal is so thin you pretty much just pull it out and press the clay back together. for the most part i dont even have to texture it again. 2. not sure what you mean. the sculpt is solid clay and firm clay at that. so the weight of the plaster is really not an...

ya what i found works best is applying coats of prosaid alone. and then painting straight over that with normal acrylics or FW inks (my favorites). yay less airbrush clogging! and then when the piece is no longer sticky, slap on another coat of prosaid and continue. It sorta nice with layering...

yes i made two molds. the silicone mold was for resin copies and the ultracal is for latex. After i had my silicone mold, i cast a clay head in it out of meltable clay. then i made my second mold. as for the paint you have to use something that will stretch with the latex. Acrylic paint is fine...