We poked around about doing this a year ago but where to start got us hung up! Due to the DRD Strange shape and size larger that the makerbot , 3d printing the whole shell as one piece was not possible. However drawing details and then applying them to a hand made oval body is totally doable! This is the start of the project , I wanted to get something together that could be shared with the rest of the community. Once details are glued on then you can use a DREMEL to dig out the cavities between details. This is what makes them POP!
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That’s pretty awesome!
Thanks Dj!
So I ended up peeling off the super thick layer because some corners never dried, they were so thick that the outside dried and sealed in the wet latex. So I peeled it off and started agian with thinner layers. The previous attempt would have worked , but I really want the person I give a recast to has minimal finishing work. I started agian this morning. Its not a big deal, about 5 dollars in material lost, so its minimal. After 20-25 coats I will move to making the outside support with fiberglass matt in multiple pieces. This looks like it will be a two piece mold support. I have 11 hour shifts so I brought it with be to add a coat about every 3 hours.
Third coat today of liquid latex , this is gonna take a couple days :/
Alright, I just got home and put on the 5th coat of latex , I also starting building the mold for the claw and the eye pods too! I am trying to get the layers to dry quicker with the help from a large stand up fan.
Looks awesome...good to see you are still sticking to that project! Keep it up!
Thanks Mickey!, I am on the 7th coat of latex for the DRD, I have learned if your going to do this, make sure you setup a fan to blow across the parts because it cuts dry time to 1/2 between coats which I think will help in any case.
After 12 coats on the DRD body I wrapped the whole body with cotton gauze and soaked with liquid latex. It sort of looks like a cast right now because the latex is white until cured. I have a fan on it and I will let it sit overnight at this stage to bond to the previous layers of latex. Tommorow I will likely add another layer or two to use up the rest of the liquid I have.
The eye pods didn’t get the gauze because I need them to be very flexible to peel off when I cast the eye pods. The eye lenses and the claw took to the cotton gauze well and I can tell it will turn out well.