I cast the third section of my three-part mold yesterday.
It's all sitting in the living room now...waiting.
I fear trying to pry the pieces apart. I sealed the ever-loving crap out of the plaster facing pieces, and then sprayed 'em heavily with a release agent. It should be fine.
But I'm always breaking the danged plaster.
I guess I can live with extra seams...heck, I could incorporate them as surgical scars.
And I can use my nifty new airbrush to paint the arms (from the outside) to help camouflage stuff. I will also be using it on the INSIDE to make the subtle tones and discolorations that look so awesome in silicon.
I figure that a properly thinned (I bought a silicon thinning agent, which also retards the setting) silicon will both flow through my gravity feed airbrush, and have a long enough gelling time to do useful painting with.
I would be excited about this, if I weren't nervous about screwing it up.
As director, I also have to figure out what we need to do next, and where to store the damned projects once they are in play. We don't have any room to put ANYTHING right now. I'm going to have to harass the Basin and work something out.
Posted by Edwin at August 23, 2004 08:00 AM