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[1987olds442]

Here is a Supes that I just started for a fellow Fwoosher.

[HectorHall]

is that a head cast, how do you do them? Help me obi won you're my only hope.

[HectorHall]

is that a head cast, how do you do them? Help me obi won you're my only hope.

[AcidDragon]

That looks like it's coming along great, olds. Hey Hector, if you have any casting questions, I can probably answer them too. I've experimented with a lot of different casting methods over the years.

[1987olds442]

is that a head cast, how do you do them? Help me obi won you're my only hope.

It is indeed a casting, but I don't have any experience casting myself. I order 99% of my castings from Casting Cave http://castingcave.ecrater.com/ They have expanded their inventory a lot and their quality is top notch. They have a great sale going on now too, but I have to warn you these things are like crack...

[HectorHall]

ok, holy crap thanks for the link. Can these be boiled to pop on? how do they dremel? and thanks again.

[HectorHall]

That looks like it's coming along great, olds. Hey Hector, if you have any casting questions, I can probably answer them too. I've experimented with a lot of different casting methods over the years.

I have seen kits at the Hobby Lobby, are they worth anything? Can I work the casted head? Will they boil to pop on?

[1987olds442]

ok, holy crap thanks for the link. Can these be boiled to pop on? how do they dremel? and thanks again.

You will hate me later after on the fifth or sixth order... LOL... They usually mold them with the neck peg holes in tact, so some can just be pop on and others have to be drilled out.

[AcidDragon]

That looks like it's coming along great, olds. Hey Hector, if you have any casting questions, I can probably answer them too. I've experimented with a lot of different casting methods over the years.

I have seen kits at the Hobby Lobby, are they worth anything? Can I work the casted head? Will they boil to pop on?

Hobby Lobby's kits work just fine. Micro-mark also makes decent kits but they're more expensive but the quality is a lot better on the molds. The best stuff is Smooth-On but you're looking at a lot more money there but you can produce very high quality results and they have a lot of options. I meant to produce a tutorial on this before the launch of the site but I couldn't find the time and now it's snowing outside at -40°C and I don't have a garage to do this in. I still have a lot of my stuff, though. It has a shelf life but it's not nearly as short as they'll tell you at the store. You don't want to do this in a basement with the windows closed. It's seriously extremely unhealthy (deadly) and you don't want to get it on your skin, either. Wear latex gloves.

If you just work outside or have a shed/garage to work in with the doors open, it's perfectly safe. You can definitely work the casted head. A good mold can yield you 50 heads before it starts ripping/falling apart. The Hobby Lobby resins harden significantly harder than the rubbery urethane heads that have a much lower shore hardness so you might have to drill them to get them to fit on the neck peg if you molded it exact but otherwise you could use a softer end product material (not usually available at Hobby Lobby) which would get you a much closer result to a real toy head (hard but still soft enough to bend without breaking, can be popped on with pressure or light heat). I'm making it seem a lot scarier than it is, it really isn't, I just want to make sure that anyone who attempts this does it safely.

[HectorHall]

you guys are awesome, thanks!