sculptedson
New Member
Hi all, first post here and I am probably in completely the wrong forum but this seemed like an appropriate place to post. I'm looking to create some tiki torch holders that are a mold of my arm and fist - basically a "lifecast" of my arm/fist with a space in the fist to hold a tiki torch if that makes sense. I attached a super crude drawing of what I'm talking about. I plan to mount the whole works to a wall. Making an alginate mold of my arm seems like the right first step and I was thinking I would hold a hollow piece of PVC to keep a free space for where the torch would go while the alginate sets up.
My question is if anyone has any tips/pointers on the right material to use for casting this? It needs to be rigid and strong enough, as lightweight as possible, not brittle, and paintable. I would probably reinforce it with some kind of re-bar or a piece of wood (kind of like a bone where my radius/ulna would be) to strengthen it too.
Thanks in advance =)
My question is if anyone has any tips/pointers on the right material to use for casting this? It needs to be rigid and strong enough, as lightweight as possible, not brittle, and paintable. I would probably reinforce it with some kind of re-bar or a piece of wood (kind of like a bone where my radius/ulna would be) to strengthen it too.
Thanks in advance =)