Build update on The Queen - ALIENS - 1:18 scale.

Casts using Smooth-On Smooth Cast 320 resin.

So after my debacle with the two part mold, happy to report that the castings so far have come out quite well!!! Clean as a whistle! A little hiccup on the hod but easily fixed. Made two so far, will make another two (possibly using some pigment) and continue on with the project. Gotta place it on hold though while I prepare to paint the newborn head for Jean-Pierre Jeunet!!! Want to get that completed over the weekend.

Hope my paints haven't all dried up LOL!

#aliens #queen #smoothon #smoothcast320 #resin #miniature #customactionfigure

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Build update on The Queen - ALIENS - 1:18 scale.

Well,....the quest for a two part mold was a bust. Not a failure mind you, the mold is good but I wasn't clear that the mold release I was using needed to be petroleum based and NOT silicon based....which is like pouring fuel on a fire.

I'm not sure that's what happened - I need to investigate. This morning when I went to separate the two pieces (was very excited) it was like I poured a one piece block mold. Completely mended...not a trace of a seam line, nothing. So I had to cut the sculpture out of the mold.....I was very disappointed.

50 dollars a pop on molding material - so this cost me around 150.00....don't let people tell you this is an affordable hobby to get into.

Fortunately the mold can be used. Still need to cut some air vents here and there but all in all it came out very nice when capturing the details. I'll try it out tonight.

Would I have preferred a two part old? Absolutely! I may still produce one later on. Right now, I need to replicate a master and a few work copies in order to move forward with the project.

Lesson's learned...

#aliens #queen #hive #sculpture #smoothon #casting #molding #

Super Sculpey original and first Smooth-Cast 300 comparison, Front View. The thickness added to the bottom of the feet help to raise the character a bit, and also are much more level.

Sculpt progress on the Alien Queen - ALIENS 86 - 1:18 scale.

Molding time! Time to mold the first of many parts that will be made to create this beautiful beast. First piece for replication will be the carapace (crown). This will be a two part mold, and as usual, I run out of product before I have a chance to finish! :(

I got the first half of the molding process complete - have ordered more material and it should be in my hands a couple days from now.

Built the mold box from foam core and used monster clay for the blocking. Applied a brushing of mold material (Smooth-On Mold Star 15 Slow) over the entire sculpt and surface, then made my pour. Several hours later, inverted the mold and cleared the monster clay to begin the second phase....coming later this week.

Will add more venting prior to doing my first cast. Much more to come...got some painting to do!!!

#aliens #queen #hive #smoothon #moldstar #moldmaking #casting #customactionfigure #mansterclay #art #sculpting

Sculpt progress on the Alien Queen - ALIENS 86 - 1:18 scale.

Molding time! Time to mold the first of many parts that will be made to create this beautiful beast. First piece for replication will be the carapace (crown). This will be a two part mold, and as usual, I run out of product before I have a chance to finish! :(

I got the first half of the molding process complete - have ordered more material and it should be in my hands a couple days from now.

Built the mold box from foam core and used monster clay for the blocking. Applied a brushing of mold material (Smooth-On Mold Star 15 Slow) over the entire sculpt and surface, then made my pour. Several hours later, inverted the mold and cleared the monster clay to begin the second phase....coming later this week.

Will add more venting prior to doing my first cast. Much more to come...got some painting to do!!!

#aliens #queen #hive #smoothon #moldstar #moldmaking #casting #customactionfigure #mansterclay #art #sculpting

Some quick and simple Hallowe'en decorations, created using silicone moulding and resin casting techniques.

Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSbYkiKOqOg

I think this looks like a photo of the real car.

New body mold.

Life casting 101 with Smooth-On body double. Came out perfect, I love this stuff.

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Build update on The Queen - ALIENS - 1:18 scale.

Well,....the quest for a two part mold was a bust. Not a failure mind you, the mold is good but I wasn't clear that the mold release I was using needed to be petroleum based and NOT silicon based....which is like pouring fuel on a fire.

I'm not sure that's what happened - I need to investigate. This morning when I went to separate the two pieces (was very excited) it was like I poured a one piece block mold. Completely mended...not a trace of a seam line, nothing. So I had to cut the sculpture out of the mold.....I was very disappointed.

50 dollars a pop on molding material - so this cost me around 150.00....don't let people tell you this is an affordable hobby to get into.

Fortunately the mold can be used. Still need to cut some air vents here and there but all in all it came out very nice when capturing the details. I'll try it out tonight.

Would I have preferred a two part old? Absolutely! I may still produce one later on. Right now, I need to replicate a master and a few work copies in order to move forward with the project.

Lesson's learned...

#aliens #queen #hive #sculpture #smoothon #casting #molding #

Ready for slathering in Smooth-On! The ears are reinforce with tuna cans and the visor is held into shape with masking take. Both are only temporary.

Sculpt progress on the Alien Queen - ALIENS 86 - 1:18 scale.

Molding time! Time to mold the first of many parts that will be made to create this beautiful beast. First piece for replication will be the carapace (crown). This will be a two part mold, and as usual, I run out of product before I have a chance to finish! :(

I got the first half of the molding process complete - have ordered more material and it should be in my hands a couple days from now.

Built the mold box from foam core and used monster clay for the blocking. Applied a brushing of mold material (Smooth-On Mold Star 15 Slow) over the entire sculpt and surface, then made my pour. Several hours later, inverted the mold and cleared the monster clay to begin the second phase....coming later this week.

Will add more venting prior to doing my first cast. Much more to come...got some painting to do!!!

#aliens #queen #hive #smoothon #moldstar #moldmaking #casting #customactionfigure #mansterclay #art #sculpting

Some images of a test cast of the Protomorph (Xenomorph) Head sculpt and Jaw. Cast was made using smooth-on Smooth Cast 320. I resculpted the teeth of the head as I was not happy with the softness of the detail pulled from the cast. The jaw fits in nicely - more detail shots (profiles) will be shown soon. Once the dome is made, the inner mouth and tendons will be attached to complete the first master. Then I will work on a couple variants. #alien #aliens #covenant #protomorph #xenomorph #sculpture #avesstudio #avesFIXITsculpt #smoothon #smoothcast320

OOMOO 25. I only bought two kits, and it will later turn out that I need FOUR to complete the mold. grrrrr.

Molding several mods of the Newborn head/torso sculpt (Alien: Resurrection).

I initially wanted to shoot some video of the process but the ten-dollar tripod I purchased from Amazon broke and went sailing across the room so that's not going to happen. Ah well, you get what you paid for LOL! I'll try again later - got a bunch more molds to make here soon.

I still wanted to document the process so I took several pictures. Hope these will help without much explanation. I'm using Smooth On Mold Star 320 SLOW - A platinum silicone.

#molding #smoothon #moldstar #replication #customactionfigure #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpture #art #resin

Molding several mods of the Newborn head/torso sculpt (Alien: Resurrection).

I initially wanted to shoot some video of the process but the ten-dollar tripod I purchased from Amazon broke and went sailing across the room so that's not going to happen. Ah well, you get what you paid for LOL! I'll try again later - got a bunch more molds to make here soon.

I still wanted to document the process so I took several pictures. Hope these will help without much explanation. I'm using Smooth On Mold Star 320 SLOW - A platinum silicone.

#molding #smoothon #moldstar #replication #customactionfigure #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpture #art #resin

Molding several mods of the Newborn head/torso sculpt (Alien: Resurrection).

I initially wanted to shoot some video of the process but the ten-dollar tripod I purchased from Amazon broke and went sailing across the room so that's not going to happen. Ah well, you get what you paid for LOL! I'll try again later - got a bunch more molds to make here soon.

I still wanted to document the process so I took several pictures. Hope these will help without much explanation. I'm using Smooth On Mold Star 320 SLOW - A platinum silicone.

#molding #smoothon #moldstar #replication #customactionfigure #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpture #art #resin

Sculpt progress on the Alien Queen - ALIENS 86 - 1:18 scale.

Molding time! Time to mold the first of many parts that will be made to create this beautiful beast. First piece for replication will be the carapace (crown). This will be a two part mold, and as usual, I run out of product before I have a chance to finish! :(

I got the first half of the molding process complete - have ordered more material and it should be in my hands a couple days from now.

Built the mold box from foam core and used monster clay for the blocking. Applied a brushing of mold material (Smooth-On Mold Star 15 Slow) over the entire sculpt and surface, then made my pour. Several hours later, inverted the mold and cleared the monster clay to begin the second phase....coming later this week.

Will add more venting prior to doing my first cast. Much more to come...got some painting to do!!!

#aliens #queen #hive #smoothon #moldstar #moldmaking #casting #customactionfigure #mansterclay #art #sculpting

Molding several mods of the Newborn head/torso sculpt (Alien: Resurrection).

I initially wanted to shoot some video of the process but the ten-dollar tripod I purchased from Amazon broke and went sailing across the room so that's not going to happen. Ah well, you get what you paid for LOL! I'll try again later - got a bunch more molds to make here soon.

I still wanted to document the process so I took several pictures. Hope these will help without much explanation. I'm using Smooth On Mold Star 320 SLOW - A platinum silicone.

#molding #smoothon #moldstar #replication #customactionfigure #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpture #art #resin

The untreated dragon wing.

Sculpt progress on the Alien Newborn - Alien: Resurrection - 1:18 scale. Sculpt using Aves FIXIT sculpt from Aves Studio.

This week I worked on the body of the creature, namely the arms (upper and lower) as well as the hips and upper legs.

Plenty of adjustments to be made to the muscular folds and definition through the hips/pelvis. Happy with the proportion of the elongated arms vs. the length of the torso.

Going to work on the hips some more but begin working on the hands and add more definition to the lower arms.

Thanks for taking time to check out my progress! #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpting #art #monsters #customactionfigure #miniature #nostromo

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Sculpt progress on the Alien Newborn - Alien: Resurrection - 1:18 scale. Sculpt using Aves FIXIT sculpt from Aves Studio.

This week I worked on the body of the creature, namely the arms (upper and lower) as well as the hips and upper legs.

Plenty of adjustments to be made to the muscular folds and definition through the hips/pelvis. Happy with the proportion of the elongated arms vs. the length of the torso.

Going to work on the hips some more but begin working on the hands and add more definition to the lower arms.

Thanks for taking time to check out my progress! #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpting #art #monsters #customactionfigure #miniature #nostromo

Molds for 7 rocks - January 2012.

word of concrete 2012

Molding several mods of the Newborn head/torso sculpt (Alien: Resurrection).

I initially wanted to shoot some video of the process but the ten-dollar tripod I purchased from Amazon broke and went sailing across the room so that's not going to happen. Ah well, you get what you paid for LOL! I'll try again later - got a bunch more molds to make here soon.

I still wanted to document the process so I took several pictures. Hope these will help without much explanation. I'm using Smooth On Mold Star 320 SLOW - A platinum silicone.

#molding #smoothon #moldstar #replication #customactionfigure #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpture #art #resin

Looks like Frog Eats Monkey isn't quite ready for her/his/its closeup after all!

So this is the first half of a two-part mold. Half the toy is embedded in clay. Holes are poked in the clay which will serve as keys for the two mold halves to make it easier to line up properly when it comes time to cast.

When the clay is all smoothed and poked, it's time to put on the higher wall and pour in some silicone. I'm using Smooth-On Mold Star 15. This is the first time I've ever used it so I hope it works. I'm a little worried about air bubbles but we'll see what happens.

Sculpt progress on The Queen - ALIENS 86 - 1:18 scale.

Plastic casting test on the head/jaw build. Rough test, nothing cleaned up or painted.

I used Smooth-On Smooth Cast 320. I do plan in casting the teeth in a transparent plastic eventually.

I've been molding and casting several pieces to my build over the past week or so and have taken some shots of the successes. Surprisingly everything turned out great for the exception of the Alien Warrior mold which I had to redo. More on that one later.

Here is a plastic casing of the four components to create the Alien Queen head and jaw. This is one of several variants that will be made to "plug and play" into the Queen's carapace.

I put one together using some of the initial pulls to get an idea how it will all work. Happy with the results. Next step will be moving onto the neck and variant head sculpts.

Comments/questions welcome! Hope you enjoy! More to come soon!

#aliens #alienqueen #thehive #sulaco #nostromo #alien #queen #customactionfigure #modingcasting #plasticcasting #smoothon

Raw lasercut acrylic and paper components.

blogged here

Sculpt progress on the Alien Newborn - Alien: Resurrection - 1:18 scale. Sculpt using Aves FIXIT sculpt from Aves Studio.

This week I worked on the body of the creature, namely the arms (upper and lower) as well as the hips and upper legs.

Plenty of adjustments to be made to the muscular folds and definition through the hips/pelvis. Happy with the proportion of the elongated arms vs. the length of the torso.

Going to work on the hips some more but begin working on the hands and add more definition to the lower arms.

Thanks for taking time to check out my progress! #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpting #art #monsters #customactionfigure #miniature #nostromo

Sculpt progress on the Alien Queen - ALIENS 86 - 1:18 scale.

Molding time! Time to mold the first of many parts that will be made to create this beautiful beast. First piece for replication will be the carapace (crown). This will be a two part mold, and as usual, I run out of product before I have a chance to finish! :(

I got the first half of the molding process complete - have ordered more material and it should be in my hands a couple days from now.

Built the mold box from foam core and used monster clay for the blocking. Applied a brushing of mold material (Smooth-On Mold Star 15 Slow) over the entire sculpt and surface, then made my pour. Several hours later, inverted the mold and cleared the monster clay to begin the second phase....coming later this week.

Will add more venting prior to doing my first cast. Much more to come...got some painting to do!!!

#aliens #queen #hive #smoothon #moldstar #moldmaking #casting #customactionfigure #mansterclay #art #sculpting

Molding several mods of the Newborn head/torso sculpt (Alien: Resurrection).

I initially wanted to shoot some video of the process but the ten-dollar tripod I purchased from Amazon broke and went sailing across the room so that's not going to happen. Ah well, you get what you paid for LOL! I'll try again later - got a bunch more molds to make here soon.

I still wanted to document the process so I took several pictures. Hope these will help without much explanation. I'm using Smooth On Mold Star 320 SLOW - A platinum silicone.

#molding #smoothon #moldstar #replication #customactionfigure #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpture #art #resin

Sculpt progress on the Alien Newborn - Alien: Resurrection - 1:18 scale. Sculpt using Aves FIXIT sculpt from Aves Studio.

This week I worked on the body of the creature, namely the arms (upper and lower) as well as the hips and upper legs.

Plenty of adjustments to be made to the muscular folds and definition through the hips/pelvis. Happy with the proportion of the elongated arms vs. the length of the torso.

Going to work on the hips some more but begin working on the hands and add more definition to the lower arms.

Thanks for taking time to check out my progress! #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpting #art #monsters #customactionfigure #miniature #nostromo

I happened to be working on cold, dank evenings, so I made a totally safe cardboard, aluminum foil, and lightbulb based drying box.

blogged here

Fresh cold-cast bronze piece.

blogged here

Smooth-On EZ Spray Silicone 20 platinum-cure silicone rubber being sprayed using the SilCon III dispensing machine.

The new leg molds.

Molding several mods of the Newborn head/torso sculpt (Alien: Resurrection).

I initially wanted to shoot some video of the process but the ten-dollar tripod I purchased from Amazon broke and went sailing across the room so that's not going to happen. Ah well, you get what you paid for LOL! I'll try again later - got a bunch more molds to make here soon.

I still wanted to document the process so I took several pictures. Hope these will help without much explanation. I'm using Smooth On Mold Star 320 SLOW - A platinum silicone.

#molding #smoothon #moldstar #replication #customactionfigure #alien #alienresurrection #newbornalien #sculpture #art #resin