MOLDAPALOOZA! (Lots of pics!)

[Ironcobra3000]

I'm curious, How much did this cost you?
btw, Great job! they look so nice!

 

[Halo 1]

Wow, I had no idea that you used a plaster mold to make that helmet...

You should be able to get mold rubber shipped to your location.

Polytek has a trail kit that they do for first time customers that is only like $30... should be enough to make a thin mold of a mask. You should give it a try, and make some copies of the Dr Doom mask!

Sean,

Thanks for the heads up on the starter kit. I think I will give it a try.

As for the Doom project, we started out with a plaster mold, and once the prototype came out, worked on it being as clean and as perfect as possible. Once that was achieved, a silicone rubber mold, with a fiberglassed reinforced resin jacket was created over that.

Stay safe,

Tim.

 

[Leadingspartan]

that is so awesome

 

[TheBlue]

Yep. Good Job!!

 

[Leadingspartan]

wow sean how many molds are you making

 

[SPARTAN 053]

So Sean, whens your personal Spartan army ganna be ready?

 

[darthmaddy]

I hope my molds look that good after I've been at it for ten years. Looks flawless! :shock:

 

[Sean Bradley]

Off-topic posts have been deleted.

You guys need to learn that this site is not your chat room
*Looks at The Blue and Leading Spartan*

 

[Iceman29]

Hey Sean,

those Molds are amazing! Very clean and look pretty easy to work with. I think that you should make a tutorial on how to make these molds, or you could sell some molds, so that other people may try this method them selfs.

thanx

-Iceman

 

[Sean Bradley]

All in good time. I've got my hands full at the mo'

 

[Iceman29]

^ Alright, but it would be good to add to the to-do list :notme:

 

[Sean Bradley]

Sure... anything else while I'm at it? :mrgreen: ... wash your car... do your chores... Teach you all to make monuments maybe?

 

[SPARTAN 053]

****, dinosaurs! get in the car!


why no t-rex?

 

[Spartan648]

Sean Fantastic job on the mold making

 

[Damien]

:hyper: nice molds. looks like you are becomeing a manufacturer/ making suits for friends. really like the detail on the pistol. is the detail on the bottom part of the visor from halo 2 where it pushes out, or from halo 3 whare it pushes in?

 

[Iceman29]

Sure... anything else while I'm at it? :mrgreen: ... wash your car... do your chores... Teach you all to make monuments maybe?

I didn't mean hurry up and get on it, I meant thats its a good idea to do.
But you are so busy at the moment that you shouldn't care.

I would be nice to wash my car, its a little dirty :grouch:

 

[Sean Bradley]

I'll be there with sponges and buckets in an hour. :mrgreen:

 

[drgon47]

now whos off topic lol

Btw the molds look fantastic Sean.

 

[Sean Bradley]

now whos off topic lol

Nice. :nana:

 

[Spartan648]

I want to share with all of you and those new to mold making some information, I used these books when I used to work at a local Haunted
House in my area. The structure of the rankings were Lords and Knights
My title was Lord of Props and my job was to make the props for the
different rooms and help do make-up.
I had a budget and was allowed to buy what ever materials I thought
I would need to help me with my Job, One of the items I bought was
a set of books from Cast craft.
For those of you who want to start doing your own mold making and casting, I highly suggest buying these books one of the books is a source guide for materials and is well worth the price of the set of books.
It saved me alot of time when looking for materials
I have been making molds and casting for the past 25 plus years
and I still do not know everything but if you have any questions
please feel free to ask here or PM me.

Sean's mold work is just out standing and I am in awe of his talent

Hope this helps any body that is looking to get into this hobby

Andrew
Spartan 648

here is the web address for the books
The Castcraft Moldmaking and Casting Guides

www.castcraft.com

And here is a small list of some of the places I buy my materials

http://www.smoothon.com/

Use this resin for sealing foam they also sell hot wire foam carving tools
http://www.demandhotwire.com/coatings02.html

I bought my Hot wire set up here
http://hotwirefoamfactory.com/home.php

http://www.alumilite.com/index.php?page=home