Homework - Rosanna Wells

These are the materials I sourced in Australia. 

Then I made the plaster base with the keys and attached it to my Alginate moulds.
It needed some cleaning up and could have been thicker in the base (where the keys are) but functional.

I then made the moulds of the master set. I don't have a degassing chamber so I used 1:1 ratio quick setting silicone. (Says it doesn't need degassing)

Then I made my vacuum forming machine. Very LOW TECH... vacuum and a heat gun, but it works just fine. The image below doesn't show the steal plate that sits on top (with the holes in it), but I'm really proud of this. Just had to include the picture here, and say a big THANK YOU to SWSCA and to FON DAVIS for providing the information that has enabled me to do such a thing. I used to use a large industrial vacuum form machine at UNI and since graduating, I have sorely missed the machine. Now, I find myself chuckling and drumming my fingers together with anticipation of all the awesome-ness that I am now able to bestow on the world, now that I have my very own machine. 

Now, my favourite part (apart from painting)... Sculpting!

Also, on a side note re: character... I have a particular character that I will be using these techniques on but my model wasn't available until a week or so AFTER the 20th. So maybe I'll post pics when that character is complete on the forum later. But with this set of teeth, I asked my husband to model for me and when I asked him what he wanted to play the part of... he snarled. So... here we have K9 influences, with a little Tasmanian Devil and Vampire Bat. Oh, and of course human.  

They fit together pretty nicely. I really hope they are comfortable! I was a little concerned with the bottom teeth. But we will just have to see. 

I've run my moulds of these with the acrylic reservoir channels but I ran out of Pinkysil. So I am using a 24hr set silicone... so I can't see how they turned out just yet. I'll post more pics when I have them.

Again, any comments/suggestions/criticisms are welcome. That's how I learn.

Cheers guys. I hope everyone is having as much fun as me! 

Hi Travis. 

Thank you.

I did forget to explain my process for the sculpt. So thank you for reminding me!

I used Monster Clay to sculpt with as I always keep it handy. I also used Lighter Fluid to smooth out my sculpt. This often makes the finished product look a little fuzzy and hard to see the creases and crevices. So I then added the baby powder like John did. I've never done that before and was really surprised at how many little imperfections my eye missed with the lighter fluid. Although the finished result looked a lot more refined when using both together, in my opinion, as I tried both just lighter fluid and just the baby powder. 

Here are the tools I used:

outstanding! great work

Thanks guys.

Ron, if you can manage to sculpt with the items at hand, then it just makes you more versatile. But I have to say, with the right tools, you can do anything. I have been known to use a paddle pop stick cut to different sizes when in desperate need. If it works it works.

I'm also looking forward to seeing everyone's final teeth.

I had some issues sourcing materials. And some issues with the process... so here's everything... mistakes and all!

First up... products. 

Tooth colour: Nic Tone - A3 - monomer powder.
Gum Colour: Enigma Colour - Natural Pink - monomer powder.
Clear: Nic Tone - Clear - monomer powder.
Polymer: Lang Self Curing Denture Acrylic Liquid.
PVA: Only could buy green.

3 layers on and I pored my 1st set of acrylics. As it is winter here, I had to set them up in front of a heater and pre-warm the silicone moulds.

So, I redid the poor.  This time adding a white eyeshadow to the mix.  Not knowing how much of the powder to add, I went a little too far. I ended up with a heavily opaque cast. 

Also, I made a silly mistake by using one of my white shadows that had a soft pink tint to it. As it turned out, the poor came out substandard anyway.. Many bubbles. 

Success!