Quartz-like effect in resin?

[RelicMaker]

Hey guys,
I need resin experts to help me out with something.
How do you get a quartz-like effect in resin?

Such as this for example:

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[allosaur176]

I actually bought a quartz ball, just about correct size, and used the amber glass tint for mine, then painted all the dots on it, not as accurate as I wanted, but does the job

 

[DrStranglove]

Thats pretty cool.

 

[RelicMaker]

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I actually bought a quartz ball, just about correct size, and used the amber glass tint for mine, then painted all the dots on it, not as accurate as I wanted, but does the job
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I thought about doing that, but I was wanting to do the Pandora's Box as well, which was made using the same resin effect.

 

[LeMarchand]

that quartz ball must have been expensive what diameter should be used?

Cheers,

marc

 

[allosaur176]

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that quartz ball must have been expensive what diameter should be used?

Cheers,

marc
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I won it from a seller over in singapore I believe, I paid around $110 total with shipping

 

[moviebuff5]

I would guess you could get a similar look by making a cast, smashing it with a hammer, puting most of the pieces back in the mold and adding more resin. If you wanted the multiple shades embedded in the piece, make a few different casts with various degrees of tinting and combine the pieces for the final cast.

 

[hydin]

man... a pandoras box is gonna be hellaspensive for the resin going into it.

best ideas i have (and i have made a quartzy effect, by accident :lol) is going to be several layers of clear resin, sand with 300 or 600 grit in a direction, then pour and let cure. add more clear and sand again in the same direction, and repeat.

itll be hell to do, but thats about all i can imagine.

sometimes... SOMETIMES you can cause resin or plexi to have a faulty reaction to superglue kicker. itll crack/crackle. might be worth giving that a shot then doing multiple layers.

best options i can think of for it... plexiglass. itll be thick, and a royal @#$%. pain to do, but varying sheets of 1/8" to 1/16" alternating the sanding, then glueing together.

theres a few ways to do it, but they are all PITAs. guess thats why prop guys make the big bucks

beautiful sphere though.
chris