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I've been able to, with much advice, instruction, and reading on this and other sites, create a lot of masks and small props by sculpting the prop in WED clay, making a mold of the sculpt in Ultracal 30, and taking a cast out of the mold with latex or other materials.
That's all well and good, but now I want to go bigger.
What happens when I want to create a 6 foot tall foam body form? How about a giant skull?
The limiting factor here seems to be the Utracal 30 mold. A 6 foot tall, two piece, Ultracal mold is going to weigh hundreds of pounds.
From watching shows like "Making Monsters" and "Face Off", I think that the answer to the larger mold material is Fiberglass, but I've never worked with it before.
Has anyone here worked with molding and casting on that type of large scale?
What recommendations would you make?
Is fiberglass the way to go?
Where would I obtain the materials?
Where can I find some good web-based training resources (I'm apparently not using the right keywords in my searches).
Any help would be appreciated.
That's all well and good, but now I want to go bigger.
What happens when I want to create a 6 foot tall foam body form? How about a giant skull?
The limiting factor here seems to be the Utracal 30 mold. A 6 foot tall, two piece, Ultracal mold is going to weigh hundreds of pounds.
From watching shows like "Making Monsters" and "Face Off", I think that the answer to the larger mold material is Fiberglass, but I've never worked with it before.
Has anyone here worked with molding and casting on that type of large scale?
What recommendations would you make?
Is fiberglass the way to go?
Where would I obtain the materials?
Where can I find some good web-based training resources (I'm apparently not using the right keywords in my searches).
Any help would be appreciated.