Inch Handmade
Inch Handmade

I want to make a movie prop from resin. How do I begin? What's a good material to make a mold with?
I'm planning on making the armor pieces to Kroenen's armor out of resin (the clockwork guy in Hellboy). I need to know how to begin. Should I start with a clay prototype, or what other material can I use? I need to make a mold so that I can use that mold to cast the resin in the finished shape and detail that. I have four pieces to make (ask me for a pic) and attach together with hinges. I also have to put leather pieces on it as well. I am choosing resin so it'll have some noticeable weight and not be easily breakable. The pieces have to be at least a quarter of an inch thick on the base, with raised relief scrollwork. This is a project for a collector, and I want to make sure I get it perfect. If anyone knows the process of handmade molding, please please help!!
To begin you must identify where your sculpting skills lay. If you have less experience with such; i would receommend using a hard polymer clay. Caustion do not use a sulferated clay (the clay's packaging will usually note this) Sulfurated clay will have cure inhibition (it will jack the mold up later) A recommended clay is Chavant NSP a preferred fx sculpting clay for begginers and advanced artists. Choose a hard clay to be more forgiving with bumps or retooling for pre finishing work. Your sculpt at this point does not have to be perfect, but must be very close to what you imagine as such. Once you completed sculpting all of the Kroenen peices that you wish. You can spray coat the sculpts with a transparent coating like Krylon clearcoat. Go to smooth-on.com to purchase mold materials. They have some basic how to's also. I would recommend using a platinum silicone brush on material. The reason is such a mold compund is a little pricier but can get the job done relativly fast, and you will spend less in the end compared to using a pour type urethane or silicone block mold. From this point i would have to refer you to the smooth-on technical bulitins on the mold making process for they are all different between products. After molding and casting you can take the "rough" unfinished peices and begin with sanding startign with a rough to fine levels. You can use an automotive primer from the auto store to give it a base coat to be paintable without translucency. Then you can either try to spray it yourself with an auto spraypaint or take it to an auto painting business which may charge you about a hundred bucks for all the pieces for four coats of paint. Thats where to start. You'll quickly learn theres alot more to it, but Kroenens a good start for such a proprietary trade. Its difficult but easier to obtain due to some of the simplistic designs of the costume.
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