Dread Rings
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Lowdmekon
Sr Member
I've used some sculpey translucent resin type clay that you bake in the oven its goes rock hard like plastic and not like soft clay. I used a pole to sculpt them on and each one gonna turn out slightly different. Or you can make a few and cast them. Although I couldn't tell you how to cast buddy I'm sure there's more fellow hunters on here that can.
Chek mine out http://www.thehunterslair.com/topic/29850-celtic-elder-wip-bio-and-beaded-dread-shot-2007/page-2
There's is a million and one ways of doing it and none of them are wrong. I do think thats the joy of making em yourself. Each Pred can also be an individual, shape colour and size and have untold types of customisation done to it.
Chek mine out http://www.thehunterslair.com/topic/29850-celtic-elder-wip-bio-and-beaded-dread-shot-2007/page-2
There's is a million and one ways of doing it and none of them are wrong. I do think thats the joy of making em yourself. Each Pred can also be an individual, shape colour and size and have untold types of customisation done to it.
Lflank
Well-Known Member
I used a few different methods for my dread rings.
The simplest rings I have were made by taking two of the "skull drinking funnels" that I got at Halloween, and cutting the "spine" into sections for dread rings:
I also have a set that I made by using 3d fabric paint to make designs on some PVC couplings that I got at Home Depot and painting them:
And then I have three different sets that I cast in resin. I made the models from short sections of PVC pipe and put designs on them with two-sided taspe, then molded them in silicone rubber and cast as many pieces as I needed. The set pictured here has a "facehugger" motif:
All of these methods worked well and gave pretty good results. So it's just a matter of how much time, effort and money you want to spend.
The simplest rings I have were made by taking two of the "skull drinking funnels" that I got at Halloween, and cutting the "spine" into sections for dread rings:
I also have a set that I made by using 3d fabric paint to make designs on some PVC couplings that I got at Home Depot and painting them:
And then I have three different sets that I cast in resin. I made the models from short sections of PVC pipe and put designs on them with two-sided taspe, then molded them in silicone rubber and cast as many pieces as I needed. The set pictured here has a "facehugger" motif:
All of these methods worked well and gave pretty good results. So it's just a matter of how much time, effort and money you want to spend.
