great custom body!
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Wait, so you dremel those bodies? Or do you sculpt, mold and cast and the dremel comes to play at the joints? Can I ask about your mold making/casting? What do you use for the molds? How about the casting material? I just started casting heads and can see experimenting more and more. Regardless of your process, nice stuff man!Comment
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^^ Back in the day I slush cast a couple of torsos just to see how they would turn out. The majority are solid resin. The torso and pelvis need to be hollowed out.
Here's a blog entry from a while ago that shows the assembly process... http://swissfamilybossart.blogspot.c...-building.htmlComment
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Wait, so you dremel those bodies? Or do you sculpt, mold and cast and the dremel comes to play at the joints? Can I ask about your mold making/casting? What do you use for the molds? How about the casting material? I just started casting heads and can see experimenting more and more. Regardless of your process, nice stuff man!
the body is a mashup of mego T-2, Castaway, Flattworld and Jakks. I found all the parts I liked and then modified them to work together. I sculpted the muscles on the arms and legs and adjusted the torso to accept the parts (added the openings for head and arms, plus added the balljoint at the bottom). The parts were then molded (with alumilite products) and cast (with smooth on products). Once they're cast, the torso and pelvis need to be hollowed out (with drill and dremel). I use standard mego/castaway pins and craft store elastic to join everything together.Fresh, not from concentrate.Comment
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I thought the skinny was a pretty good body. It works great for the non-buff hero types in sci-fi. The (relatively) muscle bound Venture Bros kids always come to mind, as well as the 11th Doctor on the Doc Mego body.
Did you modify that torso from the Flatt Dracula one?Comment
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He's looking good.Check out my photoblog: http://megomuseum.com/community/blog...773-plaztekmanComment
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