Falconer Bio sculpt...
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War Predator
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it looks great now hurry up and finish, lol
your doing a great job so far, keep up the great work. cant wait to see it finished
your doing a great job so far, keep up the great work. cant wait to see it finished
Darth Pinhead
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Congrats, Doug! Molds turned out quite nice. Looking forward to the first pull.
munson
Sr Member
Thanks again for all the comments and confidence guys. I can't wait to try and cast this. It stinks I have to wait to get the resin, but at least it will give me time to watch some YouTube videos on slush casting resin. This really gave me a sense of confidence, and I might be molding up some dread beads this week too.
munson
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hellonearth
New Member
i'm lookin' forward to the arrival munson, you did great job bud!
munson
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Thought I'd show what I'm working on next. I'm sculpting the dread beads from predators too. next I'll be sculpting the neck ring and Falconer left gauntlet. The gauntlet, although it doesn't open up in the movie and is probably a basic sleeve, I'll probably try to make it open like a normal gauntlet would.
The pics:
The dread ring diameter for them are 1" for the largest, 3/4" for the middle, and 1/2" for the smallest.
I didn't sculpt the dread bead that goes on the tip of some of the dreads. I'm going to hold off on that one until I have the dreads I'm going to use. That way it's sculpted to specifically fit it.
I have more then enough silicon to mold the rings, and probably the gauntlet too. Although I think that the rondo [resin/bondo] might be sturdy enough to do the mothermold. That or since it's small enough, maybe plaster of paris since it's cheap and local? Maybe I'll just cut up the fiberglass though, but I don't know how well it would work for a two part mold.
The pics:
The dread ring diameter for them are 1" for the largest, 3/4" for the middle, and 1/2" for the smallest.
I didn't sculpt the dread bead that goes on the tip of some of the dreads. I'm going to hold off on that one until I have the dreads I'm going to use. That way it's sculpted to specifically fit it.
I have more then enough silicon to mold the rings, and probably the gauntlet too. Although I think that the rondo [resin/bondo] might be sturdy enough to do the mothermold. That or since it's small enough, maybe plaster of paris since it's cheap and local? Maybe I'll just cut up the fiberglass though, but I don't know how well it would work for a two part mold.
leatherneck
Well-Known Member
Munson, first off the bio and the mold look great! I can't wait to see the first pull. Secondly, you may have already mentioned this, but are you going to be offering the bio and dread beads up for sale at a later date?
munson
Sr Member
If someone's interested, sure. I just want to make sure that everything turns out okay before I offer them up.
munson
Sr Member
"Trial by fire" is all I can say. The first cast is out, and it was a learning experience. There are area's that are too thin and some that are too thick. Overall for a first time casting, I'm happy with how it came out. What the first cast taught me was how much resin to use and how much I should use in certain area's. It also taught me how to just cast it more correctly and just focus on one area at a time. While I was casting the first one, I started at the face of the bio and I wasn't paying attention to the rear of the bio and the silicon mold flipped over. When I placed it back I didn't pay attention to how I put it back in and didn't align the mold keys up, resulting in a flat spot and some minor bumps in the dome of the bio [which, to be honest, I believe any bio that has been through hunts, battle, etc...won't be perfectly smooth...just my thought on it]. I'll cast another one up tomorrow, and with what I know now, it should turn out a lot better. Overall I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Plus....I popped my casting cherry! lol
On to the pics:
Plus, the trail cast can be used to make the tri-laser unit too, which I need to sculpt.
On to the pics:
Plus, the trail cast can be used to make the tri-laser unit too, which I need to sculpt.
PredatrHuntr
Master Member
Great work Doug! Good to see the 1st cast come out so nicely.
munson
Sr Member
Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure if I'm going to clamp it down since the molds aren't very thick. I noticed that once the resin hardened, it kept that part of the mold in place. I think I'll start from the back this time and focus on those parts, that way it holds the mold down. Plus, the edge between the dome and the rim are the parts that ended up thin too. I was thinking of spraying mold release on the armature of your half mask and putting that in there, that way the resin would harden to fit your half mask perfectly. But I don't want to ruin the armature though. I'm learning as I go. It is pretty cool to see something I sculpted get molded and finally casted. I just hope this one turns out good enough to work on for my suit and paint up.
Very Nice work on your cast!!
munson
Sr Member
Thanks. I'm casting another one up shortly and later today I'm going to be working on the tri-laser unit.
munson
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My second cast. I prepped this one and cut out the eyes. It's a better cast then my first one. I can't wait to paint it up. It fits my xdmray gen 1 half mask pretty good too. Hopefully I will have some time tonight to work on the tri-laser unit, have it molded tomorrow, and cast up tomorrow night or Saturday. Since the first cast came out a little rough, I'm going to be working on the trial cast. Some areas are too thin and some to thick, and I added to much resin in the dome [just above the forehead section] and need to dremel it out.
Now to the pics of my second cast:
I'll have pics up later of it on xdmray's half mask.
Now to the pics of my second cast:
I'll have pics up later of it on xdmray's half mask.
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