Suzy Specter
09-07-2016, 08:58 PM
Hi there! I'm new to the MerNetwork, so forgive me but but after hours of hunting I couldn't really find my answer.
I'm embarking on my first silicone tail adventure! *@_@* terror!
I'm a cosplay enthusiast, and I've even made vacuum sealed storm trooper armor (plastics melted over a mold) so I have a GENERAL working knowledge of plastics and polymers to an extent.
I resin cast and do about 5000 other crafts, but before I start my fin fun, I have a question.
I had someone cast my lower body with plaster of Paris strips. I now have a life like mold from under my rib cage to my feet in two parts (front and back). We used Vaseline as a release agent, and I wore some plastic wrap on... My lady bits, in order to protect me.
I haven't decided what method to use yet, and I'm keeping my concept kinda secret cause I also vlog and I want this to be a surprise! (I've been filming to whole process).
Anyway, I wanted to know... The mold lifted the details of the plastic wrap and obviously where my knees and things and such were cast there's a trench. I need to build around or scuplt the outside (if I decide to do a pour of sorts) and / or to smooth out or fix the imperfections on the inside.
If I do a mesh / scale by scale method, I can still seal the mold and fill it with insulating foam, but that will still leave the trench like indentations on the outside, and I don't want to have bags in my tail!
I have a Dremel and I was wondering is it possible to use like, fiberglass resin or polyurethane to sculpt / smooth the imperfections on the inside, or will that effect the silicone? Or let's say I want to sculpt the outside (like a full positive) for a pour or something... What kind of material can I use for that?
Did any of that make sense at all?! Lol
I have a few photos but I'm using the mobile site to post this so I can't see how to show them *twitch*.
Regardless of method I plan on sculpting the fins and fluke in clay, and will most likely use appropriate DragonSkin or some such for the tail. That's my plan, anyway.
Anyway, thanks for reading. Hopefully it doesn't sound cray lol.
I'm embarking on my first silicone tail adventure! *@_@* terror!
I'm a cosplay enthusiast, and I've even made vacuum sealed storm trooper armor (plastics melted over a mold) so I have a GENERAL working knowledge of plastics and polymers to an extent.
I resin cast and do about 5000 other crafts, but before I start my fin fun, I have a question.
I had someone cast my lower body with plaster of Paris strips. I now have a life like mold from under my rib cage to my feet in two parts (front and back). We used Vaseline as a release agent, and I wore some plastic wrap on... My lady bits, in order to protect me.
I haven't decided what method to use yet, and I'm keeping my concept kinda secret cause I also vlog and I want this to be a surprise! (I've been filming to whole process).
Anyway, I wanted to know... The mold lifted the details of the plastic wrap and obviously where my knees and things and such were cast there's a trench. I need to build around or scuplt the outside (if I decide to do a pour of sorts) and / or to smooth out or fix the imperfections on the inside.
If I do a mesh / scale by scale method, I can still seal the mold and fill it with insulating foam, but that will still leave the trench like indentations on the outside, and I don't want to have bags in my tail!
I have a Dremel and I was wondering is it possible to use like, fiberglass resin or polyurethane to sculpt / smooth the imperfections on the inside, or will that effect the silicone? Or let's say I want to sculpt the outside (like a full positive) for a pour or something... What kind of material can I use for that?
Did any of that make sense at all?! Lol
I have a few photos but I'm using the mobile site to post this so I can't see how to show them *twitch*.
Regardless of method I plan on sculpting the fins and fluke in clay, and will most likely use appropriate DragonSkin or some such for the tail. That's my plan, anyway.
Anyway, thanks for reading. Hopefully it doesn't sound cray lol.