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Blogger Hetairoi said...

Oooh... so nice!

14 December 2009 at 13:13

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Not so nice; I'm planning a variant lying in a pool of spilt guts!

Cheers, Simon

14 December 2009 at 13:34

Blogger AJ (Allan) Wright said...

Looking good. If you plan to have your mold separation line along the backbone and trunk then I'd agree removing the tusks is probably a wise move. I've never had luck with undercuts like that. Eventually the mold tears, sometimes before it even heats up enough to give you a good cast or two. You could always make a separate mold for the tusks, or just make them from green stuff, they're easy to make.

Great work on the texture, especially the ears.

14 December 2009 at 14:22

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hi Allen,

I'm keen for the tusks to be attached if possible, because they are small and would be fiddly to add.

I had a chat with the caster earlier, he thinks it'll be OK. Fingers crossed! As long as I can get 10 or so... I can't see the demand for dead African forest elephants being that high. ;-)

Do you cast much stuff then? I've dropcast from a few greens I've made over the years. Good fun.

14 December 2009 at 14:40

Blogger ZeroTwentythree said...

Looks great!

If you're just casting some for yourself, have you considered a one sided (open) mould and casting in resin or even a hard plaster?

14 December 2009 at 17:20

Blogger BigRedBat said...

I'd not thought about an open mould; you are right it would probably work.

But I know a man who will hopefully cast it for me much better than I ever could!

14 December 2009 at 17:27

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