Thread: "Glove" Mold Making 101

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Those are much better prices. I wonder where to get the 40% off Michael's coupons...I'll have to check my local newspaper

Yes, typically the Sunday papers. There were 2 in the newspaper here this week. One for this week, one for next. Unfortunately, Michaels doesn't do online coupons often/at all

At the request of my kids, and a few others, in honor of the movie, I am making a bunch of crystal skulls. And, it's going to be a rather more complex mold in some ways, so I'll be getting the pics on it in here as soon as it's finished as well.

UnOrthodOx, I was wondering how do you deal with the hole between the temples and the jaw bone? Do you full it with clay too?

Yeppers.

Fill that little hole with some clay.





sorry for the slow response, didn't immediately catch the question as I've been a little busy, and these forums are hopping lately.

No problem UnOrthodOx, got my answer

Then you got the duplicated skull, do you hole the "clay part" ?

I haven't bothered to, no. Just leave it filled in.

Depending on what you're using, hollowing it back out may potentially break the items, and I've found that virtually no one:

A: Knows that part should be hollow to begin with

B: Inspects the items close enough to notice

C: Has the proper viewing angle to see that part.

It's hardly noticable (the one in the foreground obviously not hollowed if you know what/where to look, can't even tell on the rest if they are or not):

Originally Posted by UnOrthodOx

Yes, typically the Sunday papers. There were 2 in the newspaper here this week. One for this week, one for next. Unfortunately, Michaels doesn't do online coupons often/at all

I have found that if you go up to the cashier and act like you lost the coupon... they will give the discount to you anyway

Originally Posted by UnOrthodOx

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On the underneath there were lots of little holes. We plugged all those in and filled in the holes behind the eye socket.


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@UOO

Opening up an old thread here...

First off, killer, killer write-up! I've easily spent 12+ hours looking for a skull-casting tutorial that I could wrap my *cough* head *cough* around. (this forum just brings those out in me) Thank you so much for spending the time to create this for the community. My wife will hate the fact that I found a resource for this, as it will eat into my honey-do list time. *heh*

I had a question for you. Any reason you left the big hole in the base of the skull un-plugged?

Originally Posted by thud

@UOO

Opening up an old thread here...

First off, killer, killer write-up! I've easily spent 12+ hours looking for a skull-casting tutorial that I could wrap my *cough* head *cough* around. (this forum just brings those out in me) Thank you so much for spending the time to create this for the community. My wife will hate the fact that I found a resource for this, as it will eat into my honey-do list time. *heh*

I had a question for you. Any reason you left the big hole in the base of the skull un-plugged?

For this method, you need to leave some area underneath to pour the plaster in. I just chose that spot, myself, for the plaster skulls, as I wanted to have the teeth and palet area intact. It's also the best spot for me to fill my hollow plaster skulls with foam so they stick on my stakes.


For the crystal skull, I needed the back of the head fully enclosed, and so that hole was covered, and I left the area behind the jaw opened.

Here's the photo of the open space I left in the plaster mold: