Casting

I began the process of casting my wolf head a few days ago. To begin I sprayed release agent into the mould. I then thought about the methods I would use to cast the head. To help my cause I decided to ring Russel at Mould Life. He was extremely helpful and recommended I begin by stippling in the detail using the fast catalyst, and then paint the bulk of the head in layers using a thixotropic agent.

Taking on board Russel's advice I used a brush and stippled the silicone into the details such as the nose and eyes. I then began painting in layers. I found this method to be quite slow, having to wait for each layer to cure before adding the next.
After two days of this process the head was just about thick enough for me to demould.



In addition to casting the wolf head I also cast the wolf teeth out of resin from the silicone mould I made. Whilst I was painting in the tinsil gel into the wolf head mould I also painted some onto the teeth I cast. I thought this would be an effective way of masking the teeth so I can spray the gums the right colour.



I now need to tidy up the cast by cutting of the flanges and rounding off the gums. Once the gums are even I will cut out the silicone eyes and replace them with the glass eyes I bought.