Help finding casting materials

[Sipher 14]

Hey everypony!

I know I'm new and I didn't join just to ask for help, but it is a somewhat urgent matter. I was wondering if anypony knows where I can come across Vinyl-Resin like what Hasbro uses to cast their MLP:FiM brushables. I plan on making some custom pony brushables (using my own sculpt of course) utilizing a blank base and adding things to it. If anypony knows where I can find some Vinyl-Resin please let me know!

P.s. I don't really want to use vinylester or polyester-resin, but I will if I must...

 

 

 

A sculpt of my base with a quick Rainbow Dash hair that I made in around fifteen minutes.... So there's that for anypony who is interested. Edited October 24, 2012 by Sipher

[SweetJeans88 408]

dunno about the resin... plaster may work if youre just gonna have em on display. for a CHEAP alternative you can mix sheetrock powder pretty thin and do the same thing.

 

for the mold i would suggest, tho it may be complicated.... you might have to make a 2 part thing. that hair is gonna get caught in the mold and break off when you try to pull it out.

 

we used this method in sculpture class:

 

rub the piece down with vaseline. be generous, you really dont want this next part to stick.

 

get some of that clear silicone caulk, and a caulk gun. (have some rubbing alcohol handy. if you dip your fingers in rubbing alcohol, the silcone wont stick to you so badly) encase your piece in a thick layer of silicone caulk, and be mindful of any air bubbles. also, this stuff reeks. do it outside xD

 

wait a day or two for it to dry, (if you need 2 pices, do a half a side at a time....) and pop your piece out. you might have to gently cut it out if youre doing it in 2 pieces.

 

to keep the mold upright so you can fill it with liquid..whatever... you can fill a bowl with sand and set the mold in it. if its a 2 part thing...set your mold in a bowl of a thicker version of the plaster stuff, so youre making a mold of the outside of your.. mold O.o; i hope you understand... you need the outer plaster to hold the silicone casing together, so you can fill IT with the resin/plaster and still keep it in one piece. otherwise youll end up with just two plaster halves and no way to join them.

 

maybe someone else has a better way to explain or do that part?

 

 

good luck!