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Re: The Joker (original design)
Well thank you so much for your words Darrell! Im very happy you like it cause it took a lot of hard work to get it done, I hope one day to do it again soon! Anthony Hopkins' incredible performance is a huge influence on these types of characters for sure!
Re: Rubber-band-powered eye blink mechanism
Love this! I wonder of some of the non-moving parts of the frame could be made out of a thermoplastic to maintain rigidity - or even 3D printed? This is a great start....gets me thinking...
Re: Black Friday Tuition
And so begins (or continues) my lifetime subscription to SWSCA 
Cheaper for a one year subscription to unlimited classes than it is for a single weekend workshop at a community college.
Cheaper for a one year subscription to unlimited classes than it is for a single weekend workshop at a community college.
Re: Bulk Yak hair?
Thank you Matt @Matt Winston Winston, and I was very excited to see Criswell had answered. I was completely new to wigs at seeing her introduction video and now feel very comfortable with diving in "head" first. She is so practical and real world but at such an exceptional level of knowledge. Please extend my noob thanks to her.
Re: Silicone mold for latex prosthetics
Thanks for your reply Kai. I will be using foam latex and baking it at 150 degrees for a few hours. I have made some molds of my pieces using Smooth-on moldstar 30. The molds came out nice and I'm going to bake it and see what comes of it.
cheers!
cheers!
Re: Mold making for a figure made of Chavant
Hey Nikolas, welcome on board ;-)
The question about the mold depends on which material you want to cast.
If you want to cast a hard material like Resin, epoxy, plaster etc.- the mold has to be soft- like silicone.
If you want to cast soft materials like platinum silicone, latex, oilbased clay etc.- the mold has to be hard- like plaster, stone, epoxy etc.
Imagine what happens to the cast and mold, when you have some undercuts and you are casting resin into a platster mold.
I will be locked in really hard xD.
You are able to do a hard material mold for hard casting materials, but you have to make sure, that the mold is a multiple part mold without any undercuts which could be locked in. And you have also to make sure, that you are using the right sealants and release agents.
Otherwise, you can cast platinum silicone in a silicone mold, too.
Castingmaterials like latex, should be casted in a mold which soaks the moisture out of the latex. For example a hard plaster mold.
I tried to cast latex in a non soaking epoxy mold,.. it took me 5! (five) ! days to cast two alien gloves,... I had to brush in a layer of latex and let it fully dry by air and a hairdryer,.. layer after layer,.. two molds,.. five days,.. 3-4 hours a day,.. brushing- drying, brushing- drying and so on xDD
That are my suggestions and i hope they will help.
Have fun with your projects and never stop creating ;-)
Greets
Kai
The question about the mold depends on which material you want to cast.
If you want to cast a hard material like Resin, epoxy, plaster etc.- the mold has to be soft- like silicone.
If you want to cast soft materials like platinum silicone, latex, oilbased clay etc.- the mold has to be hard- like plaster, stone, epoxy etc.
Imagine what happens to the cast and mold, when you have some undercuts and you are casting resin into a platster mold.
I will be locked in really hard xD.
You are able to do a hard material mold for hard casting materials, but you have to make sure, that the mold is a multiple part mold without any undercuts which could be locked in. And you have also to make sure, that you are using the right sealants and release agents.
Otherwise, you can cast platinum silicone in a silicone mold, too.
Castingmaterials like latex, should be casted in a mold which soaks the moisture out of the latex. For example a hard plaster mold.
I tried to cast latex in a non soaking epoxy mold,.. it took me 5! (five) ! days to cast two alien gloves,... I had to brush in a layer of latex and let it fully dry by air and a hairdryer,.. layer after layer,.. two molds,.. five days,.. 3-4 hours a day,.. brushing- drying, brushing- drying and so on xDD
That are my suggestions and i hope they will help.
Have fun with your projects and never stop creating ;-)
Greets
Kai
One more puppet class from Bill Diamond
One thing Bill briefly talks about in his course is the use of two arm rods, but he doesn't go into any detail.
I am struggling to learn this on my own and what is found on YouTube is not very good at all. I would really like to suggest an addition to his class focusing on this overlooked subject.
Thanks!
I am struggling to learn this on my own and what is found on YouTube is not very good at all. I would really like to suggest an addition to his class focusing on this overlooked subject.
Thanks!
Re: Bulk Yak hair?
Here’s my youtube channel
https://youtube.com/channel/UCDD5tIEmjR4g_c54vMvZLqg
u can checkout my gorilla costume here….innthis one i used yak hair but mixed it with nylon hair which, I realised, I shudn’t have done…its very difficult to maintain it.
And my insta handle is
probotix01
https://youtube.com/channel/UCDD5tIEmjR4g_c54vMvZLqg
u can checkout my gorilla costume here….innthis one i used yak hair but mixed it with nylon hair which, I realised, I shudn’t have done…its very difficult to maintain it.
And my insta handle is
probotix01
Re: Bulk Yak hair?
Hi, I’m Prasun from India, I’m a member of SWS for more than 4 yrs and learnt a lot here. I’m currently working on an Animatronic Bear costume and we are using 100% real yak hair. After a lot of searching I’ve managed to find a source in Sikkim for real yak hair and then I get it cleaned and processed from a wig maker in Calcutta…If there are no restrictions in sending Yak hair from here I can definitely arrange for you….how much and which color u need
Re: Anybody here have experience with the Stan Winston School of Character Arts?
I spent a ton of time watching youtube/instructables/skillshare and then did the 7 day trial for Stan Winston. There is no comparison, Stan Winston is perfect processes by life long professionals in the industry. Sculpture is covered seven ways to Sunday in all clay types. The list of skills covered, in depth, is endless. I am nearly at the end of a one year subscription. I always find what I want and come back for more. Questions are answered by the same pros. At the very least, try the 7 day trial to find what you want for proof of quality and content. I am a twenty year veteran in Photoshop and still learned twice as much here on Stan Winston.