Making Plastic Heads and Custom Toys for Stop Motion and Fun

How to Make Stop Motion Plastic Puppet Heads and Custom Toys. Using Mould Lifes Easy Flow 60, John Ikuma shows you how to make Plastic Stop Motion Puppet Heads and Custom Toy Castings. www.stopmotionmagazine.com

Quick Facts:

1) Video was shot in 80% humidity in a garage during a rainstorm. Moisture in no way effected the casting.

2) A Wood stick was used to stir the ingredients. Manufacturer suggests using plastic or metal to stir ingredients. My reply to this is, if it's dry then it will work. Use common sense.

3) Baby Powder serves two purposes when applied to a mold. First, it acts as a casting release in sticky silicone molds (yes they do exist). You can also use sprays for this purpose as well. Second, the powder also helps the liquid find the detail of the mold. (Q: Is this powder even necessary / A: No, on small runs with non-sticky molds and I've seen bad castings with the powder in the mold with this particular plastic. You can just spray mold release into the mold and you should be fine. Remember that if you have a bad run then it's most likely something you missed or ignored. Use your good judgment).

These methods were tested and used over many years. They have been confirmed by many experts and have been proven to yield great results. The proof is in the Video.

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[PrescriptionSeven]

p.s. is the plastic head you made a hard plastic? im looking to make toys for my shop that turn to hard plastic.

[stopmotionmagazine]

@PrescriptionSeven The plastic is a hard solid mass that can be painted.

[PrescriptionSeven]

what is the blue mold made of?

[stopmotionmagazine]

@PrescriptionSeven GI-1000 Silicone. You can use a RTV Silicone of your choice. 

[sourabmahi111]

what are the liquids A and B

[stopmotionmagazine]

@sourabmahi111 The liquid is EasyFlo 60 which is a 2 part liquid you can buy online through Monster Club dot Com.

[Darkdreamfilms]

is there any other CHEAPER plasic i could use? i dont need any high quality, but i have to paint them

[TheCuboOne]

cool i wish i could do that.

[LostandFoundTravel]

Perfect vid. It really is that easy folks. I keep a second mold of something small handy, to use up the extra liquid plastic from the mixing process. Once you make a cast something a couple times you waste less and less as you figure out the exact volume needed. Thanks for posting.

[stopmotionmagazine]

@Kaouthia1 You will need to first Prime the piece. You can use car primer or model primer. Then you paint with either Acrylics or enamel paints. Enamels are the best since they are designed for model making. Acrylics are good but you should buy good quality paint like Liquitex.