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Still workin' on it (Arbco's WIPs)
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09-20-2020, 06:39 PM
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On page one I showed a quick and dirty cast molding method using glue and green stuff. Not a good method for serious and detailed casting, but fun nonetheless and quite cheap if you're not casting often. This time I tried casting the sunglasses off of a Jurassic World figure. Like before, I made a small box out of cut up credit card and electrical tape to hold a small amount of glue, then stuck the face in while the glue was still hot and let cool. Trimmed up the glasses under magnification, glued them on a Steel Brigade head I had sanded down to remove the ribbing. I also can't unsee that this head has no ears, after HHFF mentioned it, (
https://www.hisstank.com/forum/5290276-post163.html
), so I sculpted some ears on him. It's best to drill a little hole where an ear will be so the greenstuff is more stable:
The whole thing still needs a bit of sanding and more greenstuff added to around his new wrap eyewear. In the future I might only use this process for extra pouches and such. There are always going to be bubbles to fill in.
EDIT: trimmed, sanded and painted:
EDIT 2: Updated pictures with final paint in camoflage and a second version (same method using cast goggles instead of glasses and a 25th Cobra Eel head:
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