Sculpture Bases Update - Casting with Black Mica Powder

[bruinflight]

Your sculpts are brutally wicked! Excellent job and THANKS for educating us with your techniques on casting A+++

[Kammmm]

Love to see your dedication to the process. It's great you share with us your trial and error! The bases looking really wonderful Joe especially those with the black mica powder.

[christopherdivirgilio]

Creativity sure is messy. haha Clever fix, mate. In some cases where I've had tricky overhangs that capture air, I've pre-applied the resin with a brush into those areas before filling the mold. Also, a little handheld back massager comes in handy to vibrate some bubbles out. Worth a go. Keep up the great work. Cheers!

[sdmcustoms]

I really love the hellraiser skull I bought my only comment is I wish it was signed or numbered, they're truly collectors items and I think that would make them more collectable, even if it's just scratched in the bottom somehow thanks again, it's top quality

[JohnJones-oymd]

Would be interesting to see if laser toner would work. It's basically black baby powder in consistency. Now if you could also electrostatically charge the mold surface to boot.

[kurogiza]

That's an excellent result. I use cornstarch instead of baby powder (but I'm aware most baby powder has cornstarch instead of talc these days). I've got to try the graphite though, it looks amazing.

[jeffreywarrenpark]

Rather than just banging the side of the mould, to shake away the loose powder, use a little compressed air. WARNING:It Will create an immediate cloud of whatever powder you use. So, do it somewhere, preferably outside, that you donxt mide the powder residue getting everywhere. AND ALWAYS wear your dustmask when doing this!!! ALSO, as and additional safety measure, make sure NO open flames are nearby. Many, but not all, powders are HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE when widely dispersed into the air. This is especially potential with aluminum & starch! Even though, they are completely benign in their normal, condensed form. For a solid black powder, you can also use chalk pastels or carbon in powdered form. Both, are much cheaper than the black mica, and very readily available.

[unicorncycling]

From what I see, the graphite one looks absolutely amazing. Can’t you make both versions and make it optional on selling?

[Micky--vf]

Looking great! Have you tried metal powders?

[kamelsr]

Do you use a pressure pot to get the air out when casting?