HOW TO: Creating Custom Accessories

sorry i didnt reply earlier, but no. not unless you want a large container of fiberglass resin for 60$

alcatraz- i woulldnt use silicone for this. try using a mold making putty. i lay a sword (for example) on its side and press it into the putty where there is a large indent. when that hardens i press some more putty over the top. this allows all of the resin to get through the mold without getting stuck at the entry. for the type of weapon your molding, pharazons idea might work better. just tell me if you need pics.

im looking to make custom casted headgear + weapons(guns) and was wondering what to buy cos i live in australia and i dont know were to get plastic resin and a silicone molding kit^_^

Hedrought, this topic is 4 months old. You can't dig it up just to say your sad because you think Redbean left (which he didn't).

If your intent on digging up an old topic make sure you have something important and legitimate to add to the conversation. But for the most part do your best to refrain from such activities.

If you have any sort of HobbyTown type store in your area, you can sometimes find it there. Generaly an entire setup like I bought this last summer costs somewhere from $40-$60. Another place to find Resin Casting supplies is a plastic store. A plastic store chain on the west coast of the USA is called Tap Plastics.

Were can i get some resin for a really low price?

I was just wondering, were do you get Sculpey? Hobby Lobby or Wal-Mart? is it expensive?

It tells you how to make a mold by pouring liquid silicone over an existing piece, making it a mold for that piece. Unless it's possible to make the mold into the desired shape once it's set, I don't see how someone could make completely original pieces using that process. I need to know how to make original pieces, whether it'll only be used as a master piece to shape the mold for replicas or not. What I was asking is: Is it possible to shape a mold of silicone to cast an original idea of your own without first making a master using some other method?

I read it, but is it a way of making replicas of existing pieces or completely new pieces. If it's the former, then I don't really need it because I was looking for a way to make new pieces, not replicas of existing ones. Of course, if it's the latter then now all I need to know is how to get the mold into the desired shape :D.

I'll admit that all I learned from the tutorial is how to make copies of existing pieces. Did I miss anything? Or is that all it tells you to do anyway?

What is used to make the items you can buy on Brickforge (molds, material for the item, etc)? I'd like to make my own accessories for minifigs, but after buying some items (which I must say I really like) from Brickforge, I've decided that I'd like to know what the accessories are actually made of and use that (unless there's something stronger, that can take more wear and tear) to make my accessories. I want them to be sturdy, not like what'd happen if I made the accessories from clay (they'd fall apart).

ps: My first impression of sculpey and epoxy and all that stuff was that the creation would become brittle like one made of clay. So I understand I may be making a fuss over something unimportant (but that doesn't mean I wouldn't like an answer to my question).    : )

And I meant using the foil for accessories. If you use a hair dryer or better an embossing tool, and head gear should come of the fig if you pull carefully enough.

Create your Sculpey piece on a sheet of aluminum foil and just pop the sheet in the oven or use a hair dryer to solidify it. The hair dryer might also solve your sticky problem.

As for the decals, it is possible that Kaminoan just might have the files and permission necessary to print out that design. If you ask him in a pithy and polite email, you'll get your answer.

As for Little Armory, if the owner says coming soon he means it. No word on exactly when but I already have some funds saved up for it too. Hope this helps.

Thanks Damien thats a good idea. I have'nt thought of that.

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I would like to know if any of yall bake it all at once or at different times?

I've been trying to make a quiver for my lego archer, and I've got every thing but the neck peice just right. I made one once but it was to thick, and I don't like the minifig to be so tall.  Do you have any tips on how to do this?

Blue-yellow, for me. I don't think I've ever seen a gray-black mix.

Epoxy, although self-hardening, isn't good for beginners for sculpting. easily stretched, and reeeeaaallllyyyy sticky unless dunked in water, this material was originally intended to fill gaps in metal warhammer models whilst still being aethstetically pleasing.  many still master the secrets locked away within the gooey mess however, so it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.

I exclusively use self-hardening two-part sculpting material -- Apoxie Sculpt and Fixit Sculpt. 'Mastering' it isn't really difficult. Most action figure customizers that I know also use it, as to almost all modellers (although greenstuff is popular with modellers as well).

I think hes talking about the old red bean studios web site.  If so than I don't think that website is up anymore and has transformed into brickforge.

Ah, yes. Redbean's store is now located here.

Don't know what website you're talking about, or what that has to do with this article. Can you elaborate - give a link, something?

 

 

I recently bought some liquid sculpy, is that good or bad?

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Wrong place to ask that.

Sculpey should work fine,Makar,

Welcome to MCN BTW ;-)

what part of the resin do you use for the mold ??!?

It is always a good idea to blowdry while creating an object and then cooking it in an oven when it is done to ensure that it is hard.

so the plastic just gets hard like a lego but how does it stay soft and the stuff u use to make a mold... does it come with the resin or resin kit???!?