Hey all, so a while back I posted progress on making a 3d model of the shock baton from ghost in the shell, however I did get a little stuck on it, and I also realized that for what I want to do, it would be a lot of work to clean up the print lines, and it also would probably feel quite different in the hand.
I figure making a silicone mold and casting it in 61d (a fairly close match, I got some samples and a durometer) would provide much better results, however I just got a quote in for various amounts of mold star and smooth cast, and holy hell, I didn't realize it was so expensive.
I have to probably rig up a rough mold to see how much I need, and I am in Canada which doesn't help, but for the 16lb kit of mold star it;s $260, and for smooth cast, it's $170. Add in sample kids for dying the resin and the silicone and this would end up costing pretty much as much as I paid for the prop itself.
Now, sure maybe I could cast several of them and sell them to offset the cost a bit, but based on how little interest there was in the post I made before, and the fact that it's not really a super iconic thing from the movie (I just couldn't afford anything really recognizable, and I was going to kick myself if I didn't get at least something), I doubt there'd be much interest in that.
So yeah, I'm wondering if there are other brands out there, or if smooth on is the most well known because other brands just aren't as good? Not sure about the availability of other brands of stuff up here, but if I got some names of them I could at least start looking into it.
I figure making a silicone mold and casting it in 61d (a fairly close match, I got some samples and a durometer) would provide much better results, however I just got a quote in for various amounts of mold star and smooth cast, and holy hell, I didn't realize it was so expensive.
I have to probably rig up a rough mold to see how much I need, and I am in Canada which doesn't help, but for the 16lb kit of mold star it;s $260, and for smooth cast, it's $170. Add in sample kids for dying the resin and the silicone and this would end up costing pretty much as much as I paid for the prop itself.
Now, sure maybe I could cast several of them and sell them to offset the cost a bit, but based on how little interest there was in the post I made before, and the fact that it's not really a super iconic thing from the movie (I just couldn't afford anything really recognizable, and I was going to kick myself if I didn't get at least something), I doubt there'd be much interest in that.
So yeah, I'm wondering if there are other brands out there, or if smooth on is the most well known because other brands just aren't as good? Not sure about the availability of other brands of stuff up here, but if I got some names of them I could at least start looking into it.