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No tutorial, but...
The general consensus is to roll a little ball of greenstuff, coat it lightly with oil (was it vegetable oil ? something inconspicuous like that) and press it to the detail you want reproduced. Then let it set. You\'ll have a \"negative\" of the detail, and now you can press another ball of GS to your \'cast\' and voilà, instant detail !
If you need a full part (as opposed to just one side), it gets trickier ; I guess you could press two oil-coated balls of GS but I wonder if it wouldn\'t give you a pretty bad mold line in the end...
P.S. From experience, I think it\'s better to write full information in the title of your topic instead of cutting it of at the important part with a \"...\"
The general consensus is to roll a little ball of greenstuff, coat it lightly with oil (was it vegetable oil ? something inconspicuous like that) and press it to the detail you want reproduced. Then let it set. You\'ll have a \"negative\" of the detail, and now you can press another ball of GS to your \'cast\' and voilà, instant detail !
If you need a full part (as opposed to just one side), it gets trickier ; I guess you could press two oil-coated balls of GS but I wonder if it wouldn\'t give you a pretty bad mold line in the end...
P.S. From experience, I think it\'s better to write full information in the title of your topic instead of cutting it of at the important part with a \"...\"
Yes there is but I\'m not sure where. Still, since it\'s fairly easy I don\'t think you\'ll need any pictures to go with it:
- grease or talc original (thin layer!)
- press a blob of green stuff over it
- remove blob after it\'s cured: press mould is ready for use.
- grease or talc mould, press into fresh putty, let cure, done.
-Do note:
- there can be detail loss
- use only for things you made yourself
- when making a part that will be copied: no undercuts. A putty mould is not as forgiving as a rubber mould.
- it should be possible to make two part moulds with this. You do have to make sure to use location pins and a reinforcement armature for smaller \"casts\"
Edit: hehe, I see u4-welcome posted at the same time
- grease or talc original (thin layer!)
- press a blob of green stuff over it
- remove blob after it\'s cured: press mould is ready for use.
- grease or talc mould, press into fresh putty, let cure, done.
-Do note:
- there can be detail loss
- use only for things you made yourself
- when making a part that will be copied: no undercuts. A putty mould is not as forgiving as a rubber mould.
- it should be possible to make two part moulds with this. You do have to make sure to use location pins and a reinforcement armature for smaller \"casts\"
Edit: hehe, I see u4-welcome posted at the same time
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t_haye2
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frankly, i would not use this technique, it\'s imprecise, and takes too much time. Try making a silicon rubber mould, and use cold cast resin to cast components...both can be bought at most art supply stores. for fiddly details you\'ll need a needle seringe to squirt the resin into the small areas. ~more durable, and after a bit of practice, the results are much better than you\'d get from fiddling with green stuff \'moulds\'.
Spacemunkie
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The best DIY tutorial I\'ve found....
Sogni Di Gundam
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Great tutorials. Stephen\'s English is much better than my Italian, and there are some great photos. Tammy is right - silicone for the mould, and a 50/50 polyeuerethane resin give best results, but the syringe aint needed - just poke out air bubbles with a toothpick! The only other stuff you need are some clay, plasticard and some masters! Be warned, the silicone and resin STINK and give off some chest-wrecking fumes, so get some sort of respirator too.... HTH
Sogni Di Gundam
Check out his cool gallery too.....
Great tutorials. Stephen\'s English is much better than my Italian, and there are some great photos. Tammy is right - silicone for the mould, and a 50/50 polyeuerethane resin give best results, but the syringe aint needed - just poke out air bubbles with a toothpick! The only other stuff you need are some clay, plasticard and some masters! Be warned, the silicone and resin STINK and give off some chest-wrecking fumes, so get some sort of respirator too.... HTH
neil thomas
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no way dude! iv never heard of a silicon mold till now, will have to look into that man! i can see that being a lot more managable than trying to pry\' two parts of gs apart! iv tryed a thin layer of oil a few times but lost alot of detail so i use a little talc and lightly brush the excess talk off. oh and just a little tip for gs, when using your first bit for the mold try a two parts blue and one part yellow, it will come out a lot darker green but when it sets it will be a little more bendy\'er for when you pull it of your model and your first cast, this will also save you cracking the mold so you can use it again & again!:idea: hope this will help you out m8, good luck! man like the neilus.
