I promised one of my fellow to make a tutorial about how I make copies of wild animal models. However, once I started to think how to do it in the better way and looking through the net to find the best English words -to better explain myself- I found this topic with this very good link , which reproduces almost identically the method I used for my lion and my jaguar. There are only some tips of mine that I would like to pass you to simplify the method and make it a little bit cheaper. MY TIPS: • I use wires to make the vents that I fix to the model making small holes with a dremel drill. • I don’t use a wood box. Instead, I make a base of plasticine what I call “bed”. Be sure de plasticine is sulfer free (not difficult to find on-line), otherwise it can badly react with the liquid silicon and destroy the final cast. From the base you can thicken the vents with additional plasticine. • I use a semi-rigid plastic and adhesive tape to make ”a wall” surrounding the figurine. You have to leave a margin between the model and wall no less than 1 cm. • Fix the wall to the bed simply pressing. Then I use wrapping plastic stretch film to seal the union and the entire box, not putting too much pressure but being sure the box is isolated to prevent silicone leaks. To manage it in a better way I use to cut the film roll into small pieces. • Once filled the box with silicone and cured I remove away the film and the plastic and I use a scalpel to carefully extract the model in the way explained in the tutorial. • A GOOD TRICK! You can use old silicon molds to reduce the quantity of the liquid silicon you have to use. To that purpose cut the old mold into pieces like small dices and drop them into those parts of the box already covered by the silicon and not close to the model. These pieces will sink in the silicon forming part of the new mold saving silicon …and money!! (the silicon is relatively expensive) • Once the original figure is out of the mold, to make a new one, wrap the mold with plastic stretch film with not too pressure but ensuring the mold is completely isolated. Then pour the resin into the model through the widest air vent you left. To prevent air bubbles use always the same vent. • CAUTION! If the density or “surface tension” of the resin is too high (mostly polyester types), do not use conical “trough” to fill the mold but cylindrical, to ensure the resin is not acting like a blockage and the air is vented ...and that's all!!!
Enjoy your copies!!!
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