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Wolf Predator
Here's my 1/3 scale Wolf Predator bust. Sculpted in monster clay with sculpey parts. And here you can see the finished and painted version after it was moulded and cast.
Will Turner Bandana for cosplay potc5 reunion scene
Will Turner, Pirates of the Caribbean 5, wears a bandana in the reunion scene at the end of the movie. I am in process of the Will Turner cosplay build and would like to share my progress on the bandana.
Test cuts, of bed sheets, show a working size of 11 by 60 inch with edges folded to a total coverage of under 8 inches on the head. His bandana is always open scalp, covering or holding his hair off his face.
The color screen matches (on average) to Pantone 5777 uncoated. Due to tremendous changes in digital color grading between scenes it is sometimes olive and sometimes grey. I opted for a mix of both, green and gray.
The diamonds on the scarf are two distinct patterns, one of circles with one bar removed and one of ovals with three bars removed. Below is a high def screen capture:
I redrew these in Illustrator and sized the diamonds to create a print and a stamp. My first print proved unusable due to the plastic transfer material. I did not have the option of print direct to the bandana, which would require a flatbed printer. The output was shiny and stiff...
I then print a cut template and attempted to cut a rubber stamp. It was far too small a pattern to get the detail in and was not up to the task...
Then I had a self inking stamp made at our local shipping store and figured out my jump distances while testing on scrap paper. After figuring out the offsets, I stamped 416 impressions at 2 diamonds each, with 9 dots per diamond.
Even my own camera changes the color between shots.
Test cuts, of bed sheets, show a working size of 11 by 60 inch with edges folded to a total coverage of under 8 inches on the head. His bandana is always open scalp, covering or holding his hair off his face.
The color screen matches (on average) to Pantone 5777 uncoated. Due to tremendous changes in digital color grading between scenes it is sometimes olive and sometimes grey. I opted for a mix of both, green and gray.
The diamonds on the scarf are two distinct patterns, one of circles with one bar removed and one of ovals with three bars removed. Below is a high def screen capture:
I redrew these in Illustrator and sized the diamonds to create a print and a stamp. My first print proved unusable due to the plastic transfer material. I did not have the option of print direct to the bandana, which would require a flatbed printer. The output was shiny and stiff...
I then print a cut template and attempted to cut a rubber stamp. It was far too small a pattern to get the detail in and was not up to the task...
Then I had a self inking stamp made at our local shipping store and figured out my jump distances while testing on scrap paper. After figuring out the offsets, I stamped 416 impressions at 2 diamonds each, with 9 dots per diamond.
Even my own camera changes the color between shots.
The last of us Clicker 1/4 scale Statue
An amazing creature born from my all time favorite video game The Last of Us
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Moria Goblin Sculpture
I there! this is my sculpture of Moria goblin character.I've used monster clay on my resin head.
And i finished with my silicone mask!
I hope u like it!
Bananaman
I decided to make an action hero from an overripe banana. It also got me thinking about the physical and psychological effects war and violence has on people. We glorify violence with the action hero, but in reality violence can be a traumatic event. I wanted to see how that inner struggle might be reflected in the outward appearance of the Bananaman.
Bananaman was sculpted in Chavant clay over a plaster casting of the overripe banana. Finally he was assembled from 10 individually cast resin pieces and hand painted.
Bananaman was sculpted in Chavant clay over a plaster casting of the overripe banana. Finally he was assembled from 10 individually cast resin pieces and hand painted.
Re: Can you release a stone positive from a stone mould?
Normally you want to avoid casting rigid pieces from a rigid mold or making a rigid mold around a rigid piece, as things can lock together mechanically. If the piece is designed with enough of a draft and no areas that will lock, it is possible with the right mold release. But even the smallest overhang could lock things together forever.
You are better off using a flexible material like silicone.
If you are certain there are no overhangs, you have a good draft, etc. then you could use a brush on paste wax and/or vaseline, and design the mold to have pry points. With both pieces being rigid it could be very difficult to pry them apart, as the model release will create a seal and that suction will have to be broken. The more surface area the pieces have, the more force will be needed. I would strongly advise against it in most cases.
/Chris
You are better off using a flexible material like silicone.
If you are certain there are no overhangs, you have a good draft, etc. then you could use a brush on paste wax and/or vaseline, and design the mold to have pry points. With both pieces being rigid it could be very difficult to pry them apart, as the model release will create a seal and that suction will have to be broken. The more surface area the pieces have, the more force will be needed. I would strongly advise against it in most cases.
/Chris
