Making A Resin Pendant

[cortanafan]

Hi, everyone! I just wanted to drop in and say that I’m really enjoying the forum and also to ask a quick question. I have a pic of a cross pendant that I would like to create out of resin so that I can hang it from a chain on my armor. My question is, would it be possible to make a pep file for it, or does anyone know of a good method that I could use to make something like this?



Here is the cross:

Any and all advice is appreciated!

 

[Macattack64]

Well.. You could build a mold using smooth-on products. A lot of the other members are more familiar with making molds but they have a lot of information on the website: http://www.smooth-on.com/ So you may want to see what you can find there. OR a custom build, maybe using cardboard or something similar to pep.

 

[LT GRAVE]

instead of a pep, i would just find some thick, tough cardboard. trace, cut and resin. paint gold and some dry-brush black to muck it up a bit

 

[cortanafan]

Well.. You could build a mold using smooth-on products. A lot of the other members are more familiar with making molds but they have a lot of information on the website: http://www.smooth-on.com/ So you may want to see what you can find there. OR a custom build, maybe using cardboard or something similar to pep.

instead of a pep, i would just find some thick, tough cardboard. trace, cut and resin. paint gold and some dry-brush black to muck it up a bit

Those are both really good ideas. I don't have the actual cross but, I don't see why I couldn't print it out and trace it onto cardboard. Thanks guys!

 

[ACDCrockr209]

That is a very nice looking cross!



Can't wait how you will add it to your ar-...Wait! What kind of armor are you going to make?



-Pony

 

[LastSpartan]

Well making something that small will be more trouble. I believe you could go see a jewelry store and ask if they do customs based on pictures.



Even cutting carboard in such a small piece would be impossible as it would simply crush when cutted.



The only way I would recommend otherwize is styrene. One thick piece of styrene. Then make a one part mold.

 

[Nintendude]

Well depending on the size you could sculpt a cross out of clay then cover it with latex silicone like the tubes of it from a hardware sore then you can use the mold of the cross to make it in resin.

 

[Sigma LS]

Print the design. Use a dremel and cut it out of a piece of scrapmetal. Round the edges by sanding and use rub n' buff for the proper color. Then you'll have a durable real metal cross.



You only need a mold if you plan on making a lot of them.

 

[Kodorei]

I know I might sound silly... But, why not just buy one?

I mean, propably a billion people got something like that on Ebay.

 

[brashsculptor]

How about a $3 pack of sculpey? You can create the item out of the clay and bake it. After it cools, just paint and wear.