Foam Latex Animation Instructional DVD

Sep 06, 2005 10:36

BoingBoing blogged about How to make latex puppets for animated videos and I immediately went to the website and plunked down my money for the instructional DVD. Foam latex is a casting substance which I have a deficit of information on. This is extremely timely as the fiberglass outer shell on Linux-tan's silicone mold is almost complete. Nobody ( Read more... )

animation, sculpture, creativity

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matt_arnold September 6 2005, 18:38:23 UTC
Linux-tan is 18 inches tall, and almost a foot wide. The volume of the main body is like a jellybean-shaped volleyball. The bulb on the end of the lengthy tail forms a signifigant outlying volume.
I've considered putting a big wad of something in the core to take up space, but I'm concerned about air bubbles forming under it when I pour the resin. Also, although I could suspend it off of the surface on pieces of cardboard, I'm still concerned this framework would buckle under the weight of the resin and cause the core to breach the surface of the finished casting.

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matt_arnold September 8 2005, 14:14:14 UTC
By the way, in case you don't know what this sculpture is, here is the entry where I first explained it.

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