First eyelid test went very well! This is the raw silicone, right from the mold. Not a drop of paint yet.
To pick up from where I left off, after making the snap mold I ran a 1630 positive. Traditionally you’d take that and clay it up, remould, and produce a corrected positive. I didn’t feel like the extra cost and work was necessary so I just corrected it with Apoxie sculpt. Will work just fine for this. I then sculpted the eyes as you would a prosthetic, and then laid up a quick cutting edge and molded it with a 1630 dump mold. It was rushed and sloppy but you know, it cuts the edges very cleanly, so I’m happy enough.
I’m going to run a few sets of these so I have replacements and paint them all at once down the road.
Without further ado, here are the pics. Again, no paint on the lids yet. I also haven’t edited this photos at all, the edges were not blended off in any way.