How NOT to cast a Mego head..

[noelani72]

After Mego Meet and seeing my kid's interest in making his own figures, we got some clay and a Smooth-On starter kit (rubber/resin combo $49.99).

Now, sculpting is proving to be interesting, and we cast our first heads this weekend....well, sorta.

Had several successes, but in the last batch I just did, I HAD to share this one.

What happened was this; I was going on my forth casting...after pouring slowly on the first three...the resin was getting hot...

Half-way through pouring the forth head....whoosh..the resin started turning white...in a panic, knowing it was already ruined...I poured it all in at once, really fast... Kinda globbed up and I couldn't wait for 20 minutes to be up and see what happend...

well, here's what happend

[spiderrogue]

that, my friend, is awesome..and sadly, ive done a few like that too...it just takes practice and better timing, you'll get it down, im sure...

[theressa]

I'll take 64 calories of resin!

[saildog]

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

– Theodore Roosevelt, 1910

In other words, you had the ballz to try and you will learn from your mistakes.

If it was easy, everyone would do it, but you will get it and damned if ain't a heck of a lot more satisfying when you have an appreciation of how much you have to overcome to get to where you wanted to be.

[yokaijohn]

That looks Scary.

[jessica]

I actually like how that looks. It looks like some kind of artwork!

That looks better than what I did!!

[Hotfoot]

Lucius' first attempt at making a mask for Bruce!

[SUP-Ronin]

Zombie Style head, no problem.

[blastphemey]

tHat actuallY looks sweet

[David Lee]

Slavador Dali Batman...

[Meule]

That actually looks pretty cool. Useless, but cool