I am making a drill pendent for a gurren lagann cosplay and I was wondering how I would go about making the mold. The drill is cone shaped and has a inner line that makes a spiral. If you can help me I will appreciate it.
I was wondering if it would be possible to make a gem with a premade gem already placed in the mold...if that makes sense. So if I were to use resin to make the eyes (for Fran from Reborn!'s frog hat) I'd do something like make the blue (iris) gem, then put it into a mold & pour the clear solution, or would the blue end up melting and/or causing troubles?
I really good alternative to taping the mold to keep the resin from sticking is to spray the mold with ceramic paint. It's way easier than taping, and it preserves the details of the mold a lot better. You can buy ceramic paint at any automotive store like O'Reilly.
this is extremely helpful. i'm making a costume for fai d fluorite from tsubasa, and i couldn't figure out how in the hell to make the gems on the staff, but this will probably work. one question, however. do you think that i could somehow manage to cast that giant crystal in the middle of his staff from resin, or should i find some other way of doing it?
It would be tough if you wanted to make a gem that you could see all the way through since you'd have to build a mold that would divide into two parts. (Your better option might be to make two molds that fit together back to back and attach shiny mirror backings to both gems in the middle. )
Oh, and for the Fai staff I made, I just used glass stones that I had bought at the local craft store. (The ones used for putting into crystal vases and such.) The iridescent ones worked very well for the small gems on Fai's staff.
Hi, nice video, thanks for the uploading, but... when u are applying tape to the inside of the cardboard mold, couldn't u just cover the flat cardboard with tape (or even contact) before u cut it? or it may give a different result?
I thought I explained that. (The tape will wrinkle if you apply it to something and then bend it. That's why you can only apply the tape to a surface after it's been bent. ) I may have to revise the narration of this video to make some things clearer...
I'm going to try to use this tutorial to make Princess Garnet's (FF9) necklace. Hopefully it works out.
chibikyo7 3 weeks ago
I am making a drill pendent for a gurren lagann cosplay and I was wondering how I would go about making the mold. The drill is cone shaped and has a inner line that makes a spiral. If you can help me I will appreciate it.
Kurururules489 6 months ago
I was wondering if it would be possible to make a gem with a premade gem already placed in the mold...if that makes sense. So if I were to use resin to make the eyes (for Fran from Reborn!'s frog hat) I'd do something like make the blue (iris) gem, then put it into a mold & pour the clear solution, or would the blue end up melting and/or causing troubles?
JuiceBoXaniZer 10 months ago
This is so helpful and you're really easy to understand in your narration. Thanks for putting this up! :)
dinamet7 10 months ago
I love how you sound like Washu from Tenchi Muyo!
ChristalFir3 1 year ago
how did you color the resin?
animeluvsinger 1 year ago
lol the intro made me laugh
emeraldline 1 year ago
I really good alternative to taping the mold to keep the resin from sticking is to spray the mold with ceramic paint. It's way easier than taping, and it preserves the details of the mold a lot better. You can buy ceramic paint at any automotive store like O'Reilly.
RedIV 2 years ago
this is extremely helpful. i'm making a costume for fai d fluorite from tsubasa, and i couldn't figure out how in the hell to make the gems on the staff, but this will probably work. one question, however. do you think that i could somehow manage to cast that giant crystal in the middle of his staff from resin, or should i find some other way of doing it?
eternal8song 2 years ago
It would be tough if you wanted to make a gem that you could see all the way through since you'd have to build a mold that would divide into two parts. (Your better option might be to make two molds that fit together back to back and attach shiny mirror backings to both gems in the middle. )
theproplady 2 years ago
Oh, and for the Fai staff I made, I just used glass stones that I had bought at the local craft store. (The ones used for putting into crystal vases and such.) The iridescent ones worked very well for the small gems on Fai's staff.
theproplady 2 years ago
Oh sorry, my English isn't good, so i guess i didn't notice that part of the narration :$
NabilT 2 years ago
No problem. Just let me know if you have any more questions about anything!
theproplady 2 years ago
Hi, nice video, thanks for the uploading, but... when u are applying tape to the inside of the cardboard mold, couldn't u just cover the flat cardboard with tape (or even contact) before u cut it? or it may give a different result?
NabilT 2 years ago
I thought I explained that. (The tape will wrinkle if you apply it to something and then bend it. That's why you can only apply the tape to a surface after it's been bent. ) I may have to revise the narration of this video to make some things clearer...
theproplady 2 years ago