Elysian Realm
I was able to make over 30 molds of individual muscles for the torso and upper arms. However casting with the red silicone did not go so well due to air getting trapped inside the molds while pouring. So I have ordered a syringe and will try injecting the silicone to force the air out. […]
I’m back to work on creating the muscles. I had to take a break for a while due to having to live in my shop for 5 weeks to avoid tension in the house. Now that I’m back living in my home I have resumed work. The muscles are proving to be very difficult to […]
Trying to find the best approach to creating all the muscles, I first had to make sure silicone would stick to the skeleton and stretch without breaking. So I had to create some silicone muscles. I took the clay sculpts and made an injection-type mold from them. Injection meaning that I literally inject the silicone […]
The new pelvis still came out with a portion of the right side missing even after tightening all sides of the mold with rubber bands. Upon further investigation I realized the pour hole was lower than the side that was missing. So I built a triangular platform to slant the mold and decided to pour […]
I cut pour holes in the silicone mold halves, then strapped two pieces of wood to them with rubber bands. I mixed up the resin and slowly poured it into the molds. I then placed the molds into the pressure chamber, sealed the lid, and began pumping air into it with the air compressor. Something […]
I got hired by the high school to create artwork for their State Champions girl’s basketball team a few days ago, so that project has been consuming most of my time. The last molds came out alright, but after much thought I decided they needed to be redone. I had created the barrier through the […]
Funny how last night I said, “I hope the clay I used as a barrier doesn’t cause the silicone to not cure.” I fell asleep before I could check the pour last night, so this morning I discovered the silicone had not cured where it was in contact with the clay. The part was not […]
I had some hard wood scraps laying around in my garage so today I cut out a square, drilled a couple holes, and fashioned a nice stand for the mannequin. Silicone and resin arrived today so I opened up the air dry clay and built a platform on top of the foam core for the […]
I finished sculpting the left arm and leg and was itching to start the new two-part molds. I picked up some more supplies this morning like a hot glue gun, some screws to create threads in the parts, and some clay and foam core to build new mold walls. Looking over my new parts, they […]
I filled the vacuum compressor up with oil and was opening the two-part silicone canisters when I decided to stop. It was 9pm and I felt like I was rushing. I hadn’t even reviewed how long to keep the silicone in the vacuum chamber yet. I spent the previous few hours rebuilding all the parts […]