groone
Well-Known Member
I really don't want to ask what I am about to ask because it makes me feel like I have no business being on this forum. Please please keep the berating of Groone to a minimum. :behave
I've been sculpting plaster for a while off and on (nothing good enough to post pictures of, just for my pleasure) and I want to try a different medium. Plaster is easy for the first few days but once it starts to cure it becomes a real pain so detailed work is real difficult. I want to change the medium and I see some people using a clay, or clay type compound. What is the best to use that remains malleable over several days to a week to which I can create a mold from?
I have been reading tutorial after tutorial after tutorial after tutorial on how to make a 2 part mold. I think I have the one part mold down pat thanks to the wonderful RPF staff and their video tutorial but the two part to create something like a helmet escapes me.
Most tutorials I have seen stop with the person pulling out the latex mold. I want to see how that is used again to make a helmet. I know about dividing the helmet so it pulls from the mold and how using the release on the keys so they don't stick. How do you pour the resin into the mold to make a hollow shell of the helmet? Do you have to pour it in and then keep manually turning the mold until it dries so the resin doesn't collect in one area? I would love to see a video tutorial of a 2 part mold creation and reuse of that mold once the initial hollow object is made.
I find you guys to be brilliant with your sculpts and creative abilities and any information that you offer I will take to heart and keep with me for a long time. Thank you.
I've been sculpting plaster for a while off and on (nothing good enough to post pictures of, just for my pleasure) and I want to try a different medium. Plaster is easy for the first few days but once it starts to cure it becomes a real pain so detailed work is real difficult. I want to change the medium and I see some people using a clay, or clay type compound. What is the best to use that remains malleable over several days to a week to which I can create a mold from?
I have been reading tutorial after tutorial after tutorial after tutorial on how to make a 2 part mold. I think I have the one part mold down pat thanks to the wonderful RPF staff and their video tutorial but the two part to create something like a helmet escapes me.
Most tutorials I have seen stop with the person pulling out the latex mold. I want to see how that is used again to make a helmet. I know about dividing the helmet so it pulls from the mold and how using the release on the keys so they don't stick. How do you pour the resin into the mold to make a hollow shell of the helmet? Do you have to pour it in and then keep manually turning the mold until it dries so the resin doesn't collect in one area? I would love to see a video tutorial of a 2 part mold creation and reuse of that mold once the initial hollow object is made.
I find you guys to be brilliant with your sculpts and creative abilities and any information that you offer I will take to heart and keep with me for a long time. Thank you.