For anyone else reading, the Brown clay is a Sulfur-free Plasticine and is used to create the original model. The seafoam green is Newplast and is suppose to not stick too much to the model. Thanks Edu!
Ed, I like how you are not afraid to show your failures. I've never learned anything by things going as expected. It's only when things go wrong that the gears in the head start spinning.
+john jones really true, why to skip the best part... The troubles, well provably easier but I am not an expert and I am more confortable telling the truth
Great tutorial. The puppets I make are very cheap by comparison. I bend wire and foil for the skeletons, regular modeling clay for what's covered up, plasticina for stuff like the heads, feet and hands, painted beads for the eyes, oven bake clay for stuff like teeth, props, etc. I've only recently begun to create molds for my newest idea, a fantasy adventure with a rag tag group on the run from bounty hunters while finding an infant.
Interesting attempt ! Learning from the first failure I would have tried this : 1 Use the latex as a first layer in your open mold, applied using a brush as you did, 2 put your wire, 3 close the mold and fill it with silicon ! That way silicon will not stick to the mold, and you can easily color your outer-layer in latex (you can color silicon but it's not easy). I think it will be easier and less messy (latex is always such a mess and it stink!). I use the Lego trick too, it's very useful, so here another tip : if you want to use less expensive silicon, cut old used molds into pieces and add it to your fresh silicon, that way if you make a big mold you use less fresh product. You can also add foam pieces to make it less rigid and easier to open, it won't affect the solidity of the mold :) Less waste, more silicon, more molds ! Great job, I really enjoy your videos, big thanks and keep going !
Thanks ! It's always good to share tips with people passionate with crafting ! You can learn things infinitely doing crafts, there are always surprises !
Thank you for this video! Its comforting to see your positive attitude help overcome obstacles that even experienced people such as yourself have. Amazing puppet!
This is just the kind of channel I was looking for to branch out of my prop making! I always learn more from mistakes and I love that you made a point to talk about that!
latex really dries, so what happens is, that water is drawn from the latex. in the air it would evaporate. what also works really well is a plaster mold. the plaster kind of "sucks" the water from the latex.
I just found this in my recommendations and it amazes me that u are still replying to the new comments although the video is pretty old. after only 5 min I can say you are an amazing guy, keep up the good work and I hope more people will find your channel
Hey, Edu. I used to work for a model making company that worked with resin. They used a vacuum chamber to remove bubbles. I reckon it'd be possible to rig up some high powered motor and piston arrangement, with a one way pressure valve, to remove air more effectively. Might be worth trying to rig something up.
Nice, PU is great, I use it for too many things. :) And yes I have a lot of incomprehensible habits... but finally you do what you feel the best for you and that's the right choice.
edu puertas I don't say that my habits are better. On the contrary, it is interesting to see the ideas of others. I learn a lot with your youtube channel, especially for armatures !
+Nicolas Carnol neither do I, in fact I would love to hear advices and ideas about the things I so wrong. Like that latex failure. I am thinking that I should use plaster for the moulds as it is pourous. Provably would let the latex cure.
edu puertas In a week, I will put a video of the mold I created on my channel. I use resin for moulds and silicone for the arms. I'll send you the video to compare our techniques (if you want). I use silicone because I don't know how to use latex
I really appreciate your videos! It is inspiring to watch you work, and is re-sparking my love of stop motion. The way you show your workflow feels so accessible, and just makes me want to create -- right now!
hermano, tu contenido es rralmente de calidad, nos inspiras a muchos a seguir adelante con el stop motion, somos pocos los amantes del stop motion pero creo que hablo por muchos cuando digo que tu trabajo es hermoso
l also like that you can use them over and over. They never wear out. I see others construct their pour boxes out of sheets of acrylic. Such a waste of plastic. You also have to take the time to measure it out, and cutting the pieces is dangerous.
Nice experimenting. You need to use a good medium hardness plaster for your mold next time, and leave your latex filled mold somewhere with pretty warm circulating air. You will get the best results from this PLUS it's way cheaper than silicone. Or you can cast a high flexibility polyurethane rubber in a silicone mold. Good luck.
Tío edu eres un MAQUINA, no tienes otra palabra. Me encantan tus videos y cada vez me pienso mas en lo de hacer algo con stop motion, se te ocurre algún proyecto super super fácil al que le pudiera meter mano? Gracias y felicidades por los montajes y las soniditos hahaha
Hola, me he pasado por tu canal, me ha encantado tu 2016, gran montaje. Si quieres hacer cosas en stop motion, es coger la camara y ponerte. Se trata de coger mano animando cosas, empieza por bolas de plastilina y así que lo tengas dominado a por todas. Un abrazo y sigue así!
It's amazing how much detail silicone can hold and transfer to the positive pieces. I'm guessing the final material influences a lot in the ammount of details. If not latex, what other flexible materials could've been used to make these parts? Awesome video as always.
Si quieres que el látex seque dentro del molde; justo después de pintarlo tienes que licuarlo, batirlo, y hasta queda mas esponjoso, así se fabrican las prótesis de látex (foamlatex), saludos!
Si!, yo suelo batirlo con una hélice para taladro y claro un taladro jajaja, pero en visto aquí en youtube que usan batidoras para tartas o pasteles O:, espero serte de ayuda al igual que tus vídeos son de ayuda para mi ;D!
Hola Edu, Muchas gracias por tus videos, son geniales! Me ha sorprendido que usases Latex y Silicona a la Vez, a mi siempre me dijeron que el latex y la silicona no se pueden juntar, que no se llevan bien, aunque nunca supe el porqué, quizás es por el tema de la ventilación que te comentaban más abajo. Yo también te hubiera recomendado usar Escayola de Dentista y Dragon Skin para el positivo, el único problema de la silicona suele ser el precio, y los problemas para reparar y pintar, lo cual no es un problema para el Latex. Bueno, de todo se aprende! Por cierto muy buen uso del brazo mágico para sujetar el ventilador...xD Un Saludo!
en definitiva... si tu positivo sera una pieza rigida se usa moldes (negativos) blandos como silicona para no dañar la pieza en el desmolde, si tu positivo sera blando no es necesario gastar tu presupuesto en algo tan caro como silcona (aca en argentina carisimo) con yeso de dentista basta. Genial lo del LEGO edu, no lo conocia, aguante dragon skinnnnn
+heracles2110 buen apunte, estoy muy de acuerdo. Mi intuicion me dijo que me ayudaria a sacar las piezas en mejor condicion usando silicona. En parte ha sido asi, para la bota tocaba hacer un molde de tres partes, mas complejo. Ciertamente era mejor el yeso para hacer respirar el làtex. He sacado un montón de ideas del proceso
Edu te pregunto de casualidad hay un video donde muestren como hicieron el astronauta yo he estado buscando en el canal de ellos pero no encuentro el vídeo gracias
Edu, para hacer los guantes que material usaste? el mismo para los moldes pero le añadiste pintura? porque veo que los guantes son como de silicona o goma y gracias a el esqueleto que hiciste de los dedos se pueden mover sin que se rompan.
Hey que es lo que le echas a la silicona le echas gotas de que?? Eso es pintura lo que les echas al látex , no me puedes escribir los materiales porfas esque algunos no me lo se gracias Bro🇨🇴😎
latex is not foam-latex normal latex rubber has ammonia to keep the latex in liquid form and stable the ammonia needs to evaporate out (which is why low density plaster molds are normally used to make latex masks and such) in order to change the latex into a solid form (ideal paster to have maximum aeration is a (by weight) 1:1 plaster to water ratio. you than fill the mold with latex and let dry for hours -- after that you pour out the remaining liquid latex. you are left with a dryed out layer of latex that hugs the plaster mold. you than pull out the latex object and put talc inside and outside of the latex shape to prevent it sticking as the latex drys further more, a small size reduction will occur because more humidity evaporates out to make foam latex you need a vulcanizing agent and some other agents. you also need a mixer or a whisk to make it fluffy (like a meringue). after that you have to bake the poured foam-latex and its mold in an oven. foam latex does have the bright side of having a lesser density than normal latex which makes it more easy to bend --- i would suggest that you get yourself very flexible silicone rubber - something close to smooth-on dragon-skin silicone rubber and a big plastic syringe that you use to suck-up the mixed rubber and delicately poor through the ventilation holes of your molds -- i would also suggest that you cut out a very thing 2nd hole (an air vent) to prevent air bubbles when casting silicone in silicone molds, mold release agent is highly suggested -- the wax you used seems to work well but i never used it so i cant say anything about it much more than that :) happy casting ^^
+Shuhnyxia wow, you take long time to help me, thank you very much to explain all this. I didn't know the químics of làtex. I suspected that plaster was a must to make it dry but I wanted to try. I have dragon skin, its great, but you learn by testing things. And foam làtex, I did once, I feeled the process very complex and now I don't have the mediums soo. Again thanks for sharing all that knowledge, love it!
oh -- kind of silly of me but i just discovered smooth-on makes 2 kinds of foam silicone kind of amazing I'm assuming its a sweet way to make skin-showing large/fat arms for puppets
yeah well silicone is bomb lasts way lonmger (foam latexssint known to rurvive time so well) and the finishing look of silicone is so much better (pigmentation and etc) im thinking thats how Laika makes their "fat" character puppets arms and etc: www.google.ca/search?q=high+grade+puppet+armature&safe=off&rlz=1C1ASRM_enCA638CA638&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOobqauKDUAhXs7YMKHWLOAq4Q_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=950#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=high+grade+puppet+paranorman&imgrc=pnSmihgdolC7sM: heres the product (im sure you can grab an equivalent in your sector): www.smooth-on.com/product-line/soma-foama/ like you brush a thin layer of pink dragonskin and than after it drys to inject with that foam silicone with like a purple-ier pink (or paint veins in the inner-side layer of dragonskin, before pouring the silicone foam) silicone-foam expands which makes it less dense and easier on the joints (epoxy putty is still useful to give rigid mass though)
Hi ! Thank you for your videos! I didn’t know was possible to put latex in silicon mold. Have you any advice about how make the latex more liquid ? Thank you by advance 👍🏻
as shown in the video, it is not a good idea to use latex inside a mould, latex in it's natural shape is more liquid than the shown in the video but it does not cure inside without air. So I would suggest you to use silicone. This was an experiment. with time that parts are much harder than when it was made. Silicone would be the right material for something like this.
But you can’t fill with silicon in a silicon mold, you can ? I put the latex step by step in both halves of the mold. Then for the last layer, I join both parts of the mold. The drying is faster like that. But I use plaster molds. Tomorrow I will try with silicon in plaster mold. Then in a silicon mold the technic to put latex in 2 halves...
Hola. Haces muy buenos videos amigo. Mencionas el detergente de aceite de Palma para desmoldar entre las mitades de Silicon. ¿Me puedes recomendar alguna marca o liga por favor? hay muchos materiales y no quiero equivocarme. Un Saludo desde Mexico.
the astronaut is such a cute and well-designed little puppet! the 4 fingers are very endearing :)
For anyone else reading, the Brown clay is a Sulfur-free Plasticine and is used to create the original model. The seafoam green is Newplast and is suppose to not stick too much to the model. Thanks Edu!
Brown clay is chavant Nsp medium, just in case somebody wants to know
Ed, I like how you are not afraid to show your failures. I've never learned anything by things going as expected. It's only when things go wrong that the gears in the head start spinning.
+john jones really true, why to skip the best part... The troubles, well provably easier but I am not an expert and I am more confortable telling the truth
Damn! Where has this channel been all my life?
Great tutorial. The puppets I make are very cheap by comparison. I bend wire and foil for the skeletons, regular modeling clay for what's covered up, plasticina for stuff like the heads, feet and hands, painted beads for the eyes, oven bake clay for stuff like teeth, props, etc.
I've only recently begun to create molds for my newest idea, a fantasy adventure with a rag tag group on the run from bounty hunters while finding an infant.
Interesting attempt ! Learning from the first failure I would have tried this :
1 Use the latex as a first layer in your open mold, applied using a brush as you did,
2 put your wire,
3 close the mold and fill it with silicon !
That way silicon will not stick to the mold, and you can easily color your outer-layer in latex (you can color silicon but it's not easy). I think it will be easier and less messy (latex is always such a mess and it stink!).
I use the Lego trick too, it's very useful, so here another tip : if you want to use less expensive silicon, cut old used molds into pieces and add it to your fresh silicon, that way if you make a big mold you use less fresh product. You can also add foam pieces to make it less rigid and easier to open, it won't affect the solidity of the mold :) Less waste, more silicon, more molds !
Great job, I really enjoy your videos, big thanks and keep going !
+French Toad hey! Lovely idea to fill the inside in silicone and reusing moulds. Thanks for your ideas! I am sure other people would enjoy them
Thanks ! It's always good to share tips with people passionate with crafting ! You can learn things infinitely doing crafts, there are always surprises !
Refreshing to see that the experts have failures too. Thank you for your honesty. It helps people like me to have another try.
I make a lot of mistakes and get failures day after day
You learn things every day, specially when something goes wrong.
edu puertas that's so true
edu puertas con qué haces el molde
edu puertas oí
Parece que el molde es de Silicona, y el positivo de Látex con Acrílico y Sulfuro
is there no bendable rubber you could have used for casting?
I loved this! Thanks for sharing even the part where you "failed". Thats how we learn most!
Thank you for this video! Its comforting to see your positive attitude help overcome obstacles that even experienced people such as yourself have. Amazing puppet!
+Pao Chev thanks its all about never giving up
oh man i love that hairdryer set up
Its cool eh
Wow This Guy Is Creative And Smart
This is just the kind of channel I was looking for to branch out of my prop making! I always learn more from mistakes and I love that you made a point to talk about that!
Creative use for LEGO. Nice :-)
+Let's Do This Lego rocks
latex really dries, so what happens is, that water is drawn from the latex. in the air it would evaporate. what also works really well is a plaster mold. the plaster kind of "sucks" the water from the latex.
So what if you don't want to add sulphur, what should I pour into the mold so it will work? If I wait longer will the latex work without sulphur?
Now that I know more than when I made the video. There are chemicals to make the latex solidify inside no porous moulds. Not easy to find but exist
cool,nice idea. I love making stop motion
+LuckyCleverToys yes its adictive
Very cool video and music by Andrew Applepie ❤
its amazing how you adapt to situations and how your creativity helps you to do an amazing job that you show to us, you're amazing edu
+japa thanks 😃
No me cansaré nunca de ver este video 😍qué bien hecho!!
I just found this in my recommendations and it amazes me that u are still replying to the new comments although the video is pretty old. after only 5 min I can say you are an amazing guy, keep up the good work and I hope more people will find your channel
I like to reply the comments, if people takes his time to say me something I feel it is important to appreciate it. Thanks,, have a nice day!
Creo que esto es lo que estaba bascando hace anos, para saber como hacer juguetes! OLE OLE Y OLE!!!
Muchas gracias!
genial pues, manos a la obra!
nice puppet dude
Best tutorial Ive seen of this process.
Hey, Edu.
I used to work for a model making company that worked with resin. They used a vacuum chamber to remove bubbles.
I reckon it'd be possible to rig up some high powered motor and piston arrangement, with a one way pressure valve, to remove air more effectively. Might be worth trying to rig something up.
+dankerthanclanker vacuum must be great. I don't have it. Building all this device should be fun, now it is dificult to find time for all.
I use resin PU for mouldmaking.
Everyone's habits, but the principle remains the same :)
It's nice to use lego! good job!
Nice, PU is great, I use it for too many things. :) And yes I have a lot of incomprehensible habits... but finally you do what you feel the best for you and that's the right choice.
edu puertas
I don't say that my habits are better. On the contrary, it is interesting to see the ideas of others. I learn a lot with your youtube channel, especially for armatures !
+Nicolas Carnol neither do I, in fact I would love to hear advices and ideas about the things I so wrong. Like that latex failure. I am thinking that I should use plaster for the moulds as it is pourous. Provably would let the latex cure.
edu puertas In a week, I will put a video of the mold I created on my channel. I use resin for moulds and silicone for the arms. I'll send you the video to compare our techniques (if you want). I use silicone because I don't know how to use latex
I really appreciate your videos! It is inspiring to watch you work, and is re-sparking my love of stop motion. The way you show your workflow feels so accessible, and just makes me want to create -- right now!
so, get started! Love from Barcelona
i enjoy everything about the content you make. thank you
+karmascientist thanks for watching 😊
I enjoyed it a lot.
Eres un genio!!! haces cualquier cosa con un resultado impecable!
Wow, you are such an inspiration!! Thank you so much for the video!
i saw this video once and i the idea got stuck in my head you sir is a big inspiration !
hermano, tu contenido es rralmente de calidad, nos inspiras a muchos a seguir adelante con el stop motion, somos pocos los amantes del stop motion pero creo que hablo por muchos cuando digo que tu trabajo es hermoso
Muchas gracias, cada vez somos más, los fans del stop motion!!! Estoy seguro de ello.
You have passion in what you do sir thanks for everything
This looks really cool!
Hi, we loved this video, thanks for showing us a bit, we are already subscribers of your channel, a hug from Colombia.
Gran vídeo. Enhorabuena!
I love the animation sounds
Nice Work! Patience and sweat is making up half the goal! But it‘s worth it! 👍
The making of the lego walls should be a stop motion animation too lol
This music is so relaxing 😌
I really want that spaceman!!! 😭
Using lego bricks is a great and cheap solution! I will have to experiment making a puppet sometime soon. Amazing video as always!
+Pipne thanks, the best is that you can reuse the bricks forever.
edu puertas I once had a Lego brick... My Leg stepped on it...
I once had a Leg...
l also like that you can use them over and over. They never wear out. I see others construct their pour boxes out of sheets of acrylic. Such a waste of plastic. You also have to take the time to measure it out, and cutting the pieces is dangerous.
Really wonderful
thanks
Nice experimenting. You need to use a good medium hardness plaster for your mold next time, and leave your latex filled mold somewhere with pretty warm circulating air. You will get the best results from this PLUS it's way cheaper than silicone. Or you can cast a high flexibility polyurethane rubber in a silicone mold. Good luck.
I love that astronaut!!
Me [9 PM]: Okay! School starts tomorrow! I'll have a good rest and I'll wake up full of energy!
My brain [11:30 PM]: Is LEGO good for mouldmaking?
Nice choice in music man!
u should use a vacuum machine to remove the bubbles
great video. failure does happen! great to see how you problem solved it. feeling inspired :)
I'm watching this video for the 1000th time. God I love this channel!
Hola. este tutorial me gusto muchísimo...esta muy bien mostrar la dificultad y poder superaría. Gracias por compartir.
+Eduardo g Sáez Silva si no siempre sale a la primera
Tío edu eres un MAQUINA, no tienes otra palabra. Me encantan tus videos y cada vez me pienso mas en lo de hacer algo con stop motion, se te ocurre algún proyecto super super fácil al que le pudiera meter mano? Gracias y felicidades por los montajes y las soniditos hahaha
Hola, me he pasado por tu canal, me ha encantado tu 2016, gran montaje. Si quieres hacer cosas en stop motion, es coger la camara y ponerte. Se trata de coger mano animando cosas, empieza por bolas de plastilina y así que lo tengas dominado a por todas. Un abrazo y sigue así!
That astronaut is so cute
Top stuff!
Love ur content motivates me to get back on stop motion
The "puppets" (to generalize) are not my passion but I love the way you deal with new situations.
Salutacions des del maresme!
I am glad to hear your words. S'ha d'afrontar les coses amb optimisme!!! Una abraçada!
Nice! I use Lego to animate but never thought of using it for things like this!
It's amazing how much detail silicone can hold and transfer to the positive pieces. I'm guessing the final material influences a lot in the ammount of details. If not latex, what other flexible materials could've been used to make these parts? Awesome video as always.
+Felipe Amaral yes silicone is awesome. The final result isn't as good as it should be. Dragon skin is the material that works the best.
I want this puppet
Tremendo trabajo, voy a hacer mis marionetas con tus tutoriales, gracias.
+tioraul si puedo decir algo, silicona dragon skin en lugar del latex
+edu puertas obtendras mejores resultados
edu puertas Voy a conseguirlo, mucha gracias carnal.
I love it!!!! awesome process
Si quieres que el látex seque dentro del molde; justo después de pintarlo tienes que licuarlo, batirlo, y hasta queda mas esponjoso, así se fabrican las prótesis de látex (foamlatex), saludos!
Guay, lo intentaré la próxima a vez, pero en realidad este latex no es para foam latex. El foam latex son varios componentes al horno.
Si!, yo suelo batirlo con una hélice para taladro y claro un taladro jajaja, pero en visto aquí en youtube que usan batidoras para tartas o pasteles O:, espero serte de ayuda al igual que tus vídeos son de ayuda para mi ;D!
Angel Mata a muy bien lo intentaré
para hacer foam latex aparte del latex necesitas 5 componentes y un horno. saludos. PD: tambien una batidora ajaja
i love lego !!
8:12 😂 thats a good idea 👍.
I absolutely love your videos, I don't get why you don't have more views
+Michaël Piotraut jaja misteries
Amazing work!
Gran vídeo como siempre Edu , mucha suerte en le festival
+Joan Pico gracias, me llevaré la camara asi que...
Some materials used by dentists may be useful for your job, like sulfur/silicate/silicon based impression materials... among others
Yes, they are so good
Hey amigo, eres exorbitante, un crack!, un mago!..Inspiras!..
wowww.... I like it!
Super informativo!!! Estoy en animación 2d pero si alguna vez me da por hacer stopmotion esto me vendrá de perlas 👌
Me encantan tus videos! Saludes desde Mexico!
Where to get that action figures
Your videos are great
magnifico trabajo
not every day when an astronaut is taken apart, molded, and rebuilt with different pieces
Have you ever thought of doing Lego stop motion videos? It would probably be too easy for you but I think it would look really cool.
+Galactic Brix yes I have thought, why not, I will try one day. There are a lot of people making legofilms. I am more on doing diferent things now.
ㅠㅠ 괜찮아요..ㅠㅠ 실패할 수도 있죠ㅠㅠ 근데 진짜 잘만드시는 것 같아요!♥
Voy hacerlo gracias Bro no me aparecía como se hace y el nombre de lo materiales
appreciate the content😀😀😀😀
I like your taste in lofi hip hop
Hola Edu, Muchas gracias por tus videos, son geniales!
Me ha sorprendido que usases Latex y Silicona a la Vez, a mi siempre me dijeron que el latex y la silicona no se pueden juntar, que no se llevan bien, aunque nunca supe el porqué, quizás es por el tema de la ventilación que te comentaban más abajo.
Yo también te hubiera recomendado usar Escayola de Dentista y Dragon Skin para el positivo, el único problema de la silicona suele ser el precio, y los problemas para reparar y pintar, lo cual no es un problema para el Latex.
Bueno, de todo se aprende! Por cierto muy buen uso del brazo mágico para sujetar el ventilador...xD
Un Saludo!
Nice video! See you at Annecy :)
Great!!! see you there!
Nice 👍🏽
Do you have a video for making the rest of the space suit?
You should do a callab with guldies
Jaja, let him know, it will be great
en definitiva... si tu positivo sera una pieza rigida se usa moldes (negativos) blandos como silicona para no dañar la pieza en el desmolde, si tu positivo sera blando no es necesario gastar tu presupuesto en algo tan caro como silcona (aca en argentina carisimo) con yeso de dentista basta. Genial lo del LEGO edu, no lo conocia, aguante dragon skinnnnn
+heracles2110 buen apunte, estoy muy de acuerdo. Mi intuicion me dijo que me ayudaria a sacar las piezas en mejor condicion usando silicona. En parte ha sido asi, para la bota tocaba hacer un molde de tres partes, mas complejo. Ciertamente era mejor el yeso para hacer respirar el làtex. He sacado un montón de ideas del proceso
Edu te pregunto de casualidad hay un video donde muestren como hicieron el astronauta yo he estado buscando en el canal de ellos pero no encuentro el vídeo gracias
+Christhopher Garcia hola, no existe, lo construimos tiempo atras. El pròximo lo grabamos seguro
Edu, para hacer los guantes que material usaste? el mismo para los moldes pero le añadiste pintura? porque veo que los guantes son como de silicona o goma y gracias a el esqueleto que hiciste de los dedos se pueden mover sin que se rompan.
En este caso los guantes estan hechos de latex con un catalizante. Si lees los comentarios verás que quizá es mejor opción hacerlos de silicona.
Hey que es lo que le echas a la silicona le echas gotas de que?? Eso es pintura lo que les echas al látex , no me puedes escribir los materiales porfas esque algunos no me lo se gracias Bro🇨🇴😎
En la silicona se echa catalizador para que endurezca
latex is not foam-latex
normal latex rubber has ammonia to keep the latex in liquid form and stable
the ammonia needs to evaporate out (which is why low density plaster molds are normally used to make latex masks and such) in order to change the latex into a solid form (ideal paster to have maximum aeration is a (by weight) 1:1 plaster to water ratio. you than fill the mold with latex and let dry for hours -- after that you pour out the remaining liquid latex. you are left with a dryed out layer of latex that hugs the plaster mold. you than pull out the latex object and put talc inside and outside of the latex shape to prevent it sticking
as the latex drys further more, a small size reduction will occur because more humidity evaporates out
to make foam latex you need a vulcanizing agent and some other agents. you also need a mixer or a whisk to make it fluffy (like a meringue). after that you have to bake the poured foam-latex and its mold in an oven.
foam latex does have the bright side of having a lesser density than normal latex which makes it more easy to bend
--- i would suggest that you get yourself very flexible silicone rubber - something close to smooth-on dragon-skin silicone rubber and a big plastic syringe that you use to suck-up the mixed rubber and delicately poor through the ventilation holes of your molds -- i would also suggest that you cut out a very thing 2nd hole (an air vent) to prevent air bubbles
when casting silicone in silicone molds, mold release agent is highly suggested -- the wax you used seems to work well but i never used it so i cant say anything about it much more than that :)
happy casting ^^
+Shuhnyxia wow, you take long time to help me, thank you very much to explain all this. I didn't know the químics of làtex. I suspected that plaster was a must to make it dry but I wanted to try. I have dragon skin, its great, but you learn by testing things. And foam làtex, I did once, I feeled the process very complex and now I don't have the mediums soo. Again thanks for sharing all that knowledge, love it!
its the least I could do
you teach so much yourself :)
oh -- kind of silly of me but i just discovered smooth-on makes 2 kinds of foam silicone
kind of amazing
I'm assuming its a sweet way to make skin-showing large/fat arms for puppets
Thanks anyway
yeah well silicone is bomb
lasts way lonmger (foam latexssint known to rurvive time so well)
and the finishing look of silicone is so much better (pigmentation and etc)
im thinking thats how Laika makes their "fat" character puppets arms and etc: www.google.ca/search?q=high+grade+puppet+armature&safe=off&rlz=1C1ASRM_enCA638CA638&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOobqauKDUAhXs7YMKHWLOAq4Q_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=950#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=high+grade+puppet+paranorman&imgrc=pnSmihgdolC7sM:
heres the product (im sure you can grab an equivalent in your sector): www.smooth-on.com/product-line/soma-foama/
like you brush a thin layer of pink dragonskin and than after it drys to inject with that foam silicone with like a purple-ier pink (or paint veins in the inner-side layer of dragonskin, before pouring the silicone foam)
silicone-foam expands which makes it less dense and easier on the joints (epoxy putty is still useful to give rigid mass though)
Thank you so much for these videos! Do you have a link for the sulfur and wax that you used? Thanks again!
Hi ! Thank you for your videos! I didn’t know was possible to put latex in silicon mold. Have you any advice about how make the latex more liquid ? Thank you by advance 👍🏻
as shown in the video, it is not a good idea to use latex inside a mould, latex in it's natural shape is more liquid than the shown in the video but it does not cure inside without air. So I would suggest you to use silicone. This was an experiment. with time that parts are much harder than when it was made. Silicone would be the right material for something like this.
But you can’t fill with silicon in a silicon mold, you can ?
I put the latex step by step in both halves of the mold. Then for the last layer, I join both parts of the mold. The drying is faster like that. But I use plaster molds. Tomorrow I will try with silicon in plaster mold. Then in a silicon mold the technic to put latex in 2 halves...
Menos mal que tienes los subtitulos, ya que no estoy suscrito a mas sitios de animación por culpa de eso.
What kind of látex did You use?
you got a point there xD
Hola. Haces muy buenos videos amigo. Mencionas el detergente de aceite de Palma para desmoldar entre las mitades de Silicon. ¿Me puedes recomendar alguna marca o liga por favor? hay muchos materiales y no quiero equivocarme. Un Saludo desde Mexico.
+calbarrang lo mejor spray de cera, hay muchas marcas smoth on la mas conocida y cara
and what if I use the anycubic resin instead of silicone
Try, resine is not flexible so model shape should be unmoldable
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Is there a cheaper silicone that works as well for people on budgets
Don't know, mould silicone is never cheep
Guess I’ll keep looking