juiceredrum
Well-Known Member
thats a great paint up man beautiful bro so cool
Predator2 mask Journey FINISHED.
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predator666
New Member
Lee you're unquestionably the greatest P2 sculptor ever. That thing is insane, you're a credit to the lair. WOW!
mortenharket
Sr Member
Dreds are looking excellent Lee and the other additions have really set it off. Cool lighting, he looks like one seriously "ugly mother ****er" now
crawjaw
Sr Member
I've browsed this topic several times and enjoyed seeing the mask develop into a cracking display.
You said the dreds were single seamed foam but did you document how you made them, as I can't see any reference?
Making your own dreds will save you a ton, since you appear to be fairly knocking out the masks for yourself and other folks.
Great work once again.
You said the dreds were single seamed foam but did you document how you made them, as I can't see any reference?
Making your own dreds will save you a ton, since you appear to be fairly knocking out the masks for yourself and other folks.
Great work once again.
I did not document the dread thing as i was not sure it was going to work.
My only concern was to be able to make dreads for my current and future masks, i really do not see me starting up making them to supply people, as along with my masks i only did this for me primarily.
Having said that i have some grey foam here which my pigment did not take to , so i may just make a load of dreds using that to sell off, cheapish.
My only concern was to be able to make dreads for my current and future masks, i really do not see me starting up making them to supply people, as along with my masks i only did this for me primarily.
Having said that i have some grey foam here which my pigment did not take to , so i may just make a load of dreds using that to sell off, cheapish.
well heres a run down.
Take 1 pool cue , and shape sand to a dread shaped object.
Bolt it into a section of white pvc tubing ( white is important )
Pour silicone in.
Then i cut a 1 inch wide section of the tube out the whole length, this enabled me to flex the pvc and pop out the silicone inner.
i then removed the pool cue from the silicone mould, i then realised i would have trouble getting the foam dred out, so my solution was to cut down the length of the silicone mould on 1 side.
reinsert the silicone back into the pvc tube with the cut of the silicone facing the inside of the tube ( opposite the missing 1 inch section ) this holds the cut closed fairly well as long as i have a look down the tube to make sure its closed.
Pour your foam
wait 30 mins
Pray the humidity and temp has not alterd too much. ( or they wrinkle and collapse on themselves )
removed silicone and pop out your dred, with hopefully minimal seem line, which doesnt really does not matter as you could hide the seem facing backwards if you get a bad one.
Booie/Hez and others probably have much much more efficient ways of making foam dreds, but this worked for me.
Take 1 pool cue , and shape sand to a dread shaped object.
Bolt it into a section of white pvc tubing ( white is important )
Pour silicone in.
Then i cut a 1 inch wide section of the tube out the whole length, this enabled me to flex the pvc and pop out the silicone inner.
i then removed the pool cue from the silicone mould, i then realised i would have trouble getting the foam dred out, so my solution was to cut down the length of the silicone mould on 1 side.
reinsert the silicone back into the pvc tube with the cut of the silicone facing the inside of the tube ( opposite the missing 1 inch section ) this holds the cut closed fairly well as long as i have a look down the tube to make sure its closed.
Pour your foam
wait 30 mins
Pray the humidity and temp has not alterd too much. ( or they wrinkle and collapse on themselves )
removed silicone and pop out your dred, with hopefully minimal seem line, which doesnt really does not matter as you could hide the seem facing backwards if you get a bad one.
Booie/Hez and others probably have much much more efficient ways of making foam dreds, but this worked for me.
crawjaw
Sr Member
Yep, that sounds like the way to do it, but it must be tiresome repeating the casting process 40+ times. I suppose you could make multiple moulds but if you're not going into mass production....) One more question and then I'll shut up - what kind of foam did you use? I understand Babmbooie uses a self skinning foam that consists of some rather nasty chemicals. Do you use the same or is it ordinary expanding foam (that's one and a half questions )
Cheers for the detailed account.
Cheers for the detailed account.
