Quick Mold and cast
Posted: 08 Feb 2017, 00:50
I recently discovered this stuff.. Oyimaru
After watching a video from PLASMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVZLXLa ... teWN3ycYUW
My original plan was to cast a combat badge in silicone to make a mold and cast with plaster. (bit expensive to glue the real thing to a base)
Soften it in hot water and form it around the piece
When its cooled in a couple of minutes the mold is ready. Will not leave anything unpleasant on the item to be copied.
Found it best to `butter` the Miliput in first to get in the nooks and crannys, before filling out the hollow with more material.
Go do something else while the Miliput hardens, then pop it out ..
When you`re done , chop the blue stuff into chunks with a hobby knife and bag it ... you can use it over and over.
My first efforts are sketchy, but its so quick as opposed to waiting for silicone, to find out its not quite 100%, you just do another one.
Then I had the great idea of `practise heads`. I`ve got some Hornet heads and the thought of ruining them scares me to death, so make some `throwaways` to practise the dreaded painting eyes, for the cost of a Pea sized amount of Miliput.
Theres a ton of things to be done with this stuff, so let me know what you come up with. Its very cool space age stuff even if you just get some to play with, it goes very sci fi when it comes out of hot water.
After watching a video from PLASMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVZLXLa ... teWN3ycYUW
My original plan was to cast a combat badge in silicone to make a mold and cast with plaster. (bit expensive to glue the real thing to a base)
Soften it in hot water and form it around the piece
When its cooled in a couple of minutes the mold is ready. Will not leave anything unpleasant on the item to be copied.
Found it best to `butter` the Miliput in first to get in the nooks and crannys, before filling out the hollow with more material.
Go do something else while the Miliput hardens, then pop it out ..
When you`re done , chop the blue stuff into chunks with a hobby knife and bag it ... you can use it over and over.
My first efforts are sketchy, but its so quick as opposed to waiting for silicone, to find out its not quite 100%, you just do another one.
Then I had the great idea of `practise heads`. I`ve got some Hornet heads and the thought of ruining them scares me to death, so make some `throwaways` to practise the dreaded painting eyes, for the cost of a Pea sized amount of Miliput.
Theres a ton of things to be done with this stuff, so let me know what you come up with. Its very cool space age stuff even if you just get some to play with, it goes very sci fi when it comes out of hot water.