Moulding

Last week was dedicated to moulding my wolf head sculpt. I began the process by covering the clay sculpt in Gel Coat, this process picks up the important detail on the nose and around the eyes. Once this had gone tacky I began laying on the fiberglass matting and resin. After about two-three coats of this, I left it to dry over night.



Once the fiber glass mould was cured I was able to take out the clay. Unfortunately this method of moulding is one shot only. So the clay comes out in pieces. It took a good amount of time spent picking out the clay before I was even able to clean it properly.

Once it was clean I was able to begin the moulding process. I began by mixing up the tinsil gel 10, the black pigment, and the fast catalyst. I then stippled the silicone into the details, such as the nose and the eyes. I then began painting in layer after layer of silicone.

Unfortunately this method is very slow. I decided to termintae this method and use the work I did as a test.

I shall redo the cast, hopefully using a better method.