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OMG my first ever rotocast and it came out spectacular! No air bubbles. Yay!! Looks just like a solid cast except it's hollow. Used the same materials I have always been using.. This may be the way to go someday if I ever make a Mego-scale Lawgiver. My camera is dead so no photos unfortunately. But anyway it's all news to me so I just thought I would share.
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Those who look outside dream. Those who look within awake.
Samples of my work are found here: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
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1:6 boots for Mathilda, 1:1 Romulan Commander outfit, Ursus helmet; Cornelius appliance
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Cool! I'm pretty curious about the process myself. Post some pics when you get a chance!
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What did you use for the spinner and the casting material?Comment
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Sorry I don't know how to make the pics smaller.
For the casting material I used this:
My two part mold was secured with plastic wrap. After pouring the resin, I wrapped more plastic wrap around the mold to ensure that no plastic would leak out of the pour hole. For my spinner, I used my right arm. When I got tired, I used my left arm. I basically just kept rolling around the mold until I felt it had set. The resin is a slower cure resin, so I had about 6 minutes before it set. There is a faster resin, a 3-minute one, but I feel too pressured and end up with way too many air bubbles for my liking when I use that.
Because my cast was hollow, I opened up another pour hole in the bottom of the neck, poured more liquid resin and capped it off with clay and stood it up to let it set. Pressure/heat was created at this stage, so the liquid resin leached out of a weak spot. I caught this in time so wiped off the liquid resin, and created another escape hole in the ear of the cast. I put additional resin in there so that customizers can drill up into the neck and find solid plastic. I don't think I would have had enough time to catch this if I had used a faster setting resin.
Comparison shot of solid cast to the left and hollow cast to the right:
Last edited by jessica; Nov 29, '12, 12:54 PM.Those who look outside dream. Those who look within awake.
Samples of my work are found here: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
To do list:
1:6 boots for Mathilda, 1:1 Romulan Commander outfit, Ursus helmet; Cornelius appliance
1:9 scale ape's new suit for Cornelius;Comment
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wow !!!!!! that's fantastic !!!!!!Comment
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Well done Jess. There is a video on youtube showing how to make a simple rotocast spinner that is hand cranked. Better than hurting your arm.Comment
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I did not even break a sweat. I think you have more movementvwhen making a martini, shaken not stirred.Last edited by jessica; Nov 29, '12, 5:09 PM.Those who look outside dream. Those who look within awake.
Samples of my work are found here: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
To do list:
1:6 boots for Mathilda, 1:1 Romulan Commander outfit, Ursus helmet; Cornelius appliance
1:9 scale ape's new suit for Cornelius;Comment
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No biggie Ed. I need the excercise. Lol!Those who look outside dream. Those who look within awake.
Samples of my work are found here: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
To do list:
1:6 boots for Mathilda, 1:1 Romulan Commander outfit, Ursus helmet; Cornelius appliance
1:9 scale ape's new suit for Cornelius;Comment
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You're gonna have a buff pair of arms then Jessica.
This is really a good job. I can't wait to see how it looks painted.JediJaidaComment
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Wow. Definitely feeling inspired now! Thanks!Comment
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