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Re: Custom Helmets
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lugnet.castle
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Sat, 17 Feb 2001 00:13:41 GMT
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Funny you should mention this! This is my (other) toy-related hobby. I use RTV
rubber molds to make parts for custom action figures. I tried it once with the
maiden's headdress and was able to make a pour-mold that made a passable replica. Of
course, pour-molding isn't injection-molding and resin isn't ABS so it doesn't
produce the nice tight fit of the original, but at least it looked pretty darn close
to the original. If you want a beginner's guide to mold-making and casting in
synthetic resin, I put up a basic page here:
http://home.att.net/~motoslave/RTVmold-clay.htm
You can email me for details if you're interested in trying. There's another company
called Smooth-On that has a starter kit with the RTV rubber, mold release, and some
plastic resin for like $20 (a real bargain as far as these kits go; Micro-Mark's is
like twice that). Their website is http://www.smooth-on.com/.
"kyle peterson" <kyle@peterson.net> wrote in message news:G8v06B.7os@lugnet.com...
> > Very nicely executed. Cast helmets or hand-carved?
> > Bruce
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> Sculpy and a Wizard cordless dremel tool (and *very* steady hands).
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> If anyone knows someone who has access to a cast molding machine, perhaps we
> could consider making a mold and producing plastic replicas? Just a thought.
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> -Kyle
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| (...) Sculpy and a Wizard cordless dremel tool (and *very* steady hands). If anyone knows someone who has access to a cast molding machine, perhaps we could consider making a mold and producing plastic replicas? Just a thought. -Kyle (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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