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William Kendzierski
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Started On : 16-Mar-2006 at 10:31:15 AM, #Views : 7187
Topic Subject : RE: hair encapsulation with Body Double or Liferite? |
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Nice piece !! Did you mold the head with Body Double ?? How did you do the open mouth ?? were the eyes sculpted in later ??
-Bill
-------------- Original message --------------
From: aliforum@lifecasting.org
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> Post Date : Wednesday 15th of March 2006 04:30:06 PM
> Posted by : "Guy Louis-XVI" guy@louisxvimannequins.com
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> RE: hair encapsulation with Body Double or Liferite?:--
> Salut Luc
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> I've been using Smooth-On BodyDouble for at least 3 years and I did
> over 250 castings with this product and love it. Not only do I cast
> body parts but I also use it for making quick molds of anything. Last
> week I cast a model boat keel and poured lead in the BodyDouble mold
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> worked great! The piece was about 10" X 12" X 3/4" in size.
> I cast quite a few people with very bushy eyebrows and medium length
> hair and beards with BodyDouble all will great success.
> As for mold release, The one I use the most is Smooth-On's BodyDouble
> cream, works great.
> Here is a picture of one of my hair cast, this is one or my 31
> lifecastings I did for the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
> Guy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: aliforum@lifecasting.org [mailto:aliforum@lifecasting.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:52 PM
> To: guy@louisxvimannequins.com
> Subject: hair encapsulation with Body Double or Liferite?( Message No.
> 805)
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> Hello Guy Louis-XVI
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> Post Date : Wednesday 15th of March 2006 02:52:22 PM
> Posted by : "Luc Weinland" lweinlan@engineering.ucsb.edu
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> hair encapsulation with Body Double or Liferite?:--
> Hi all, when using the proper release cream, will scalp hair (assuming
> it is not too long) properly release from Body Double or Liferite ? Is
> a bald cap required to make a full head casting with Body Double or
> Liferite ? If not how long can the hair be for proper release from the
> mold? Anyone has had experience with this kind of problem? if yes
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> could you please elaborate? A mold maker told me that even with the
> correct release cream from smooth-on, small arm hair was not properly
> released.... I saw pictures on the smooth-on website that seems to
> make it possible to make a Body Double mold from a person's face with
> a beard? And for Liferite--> from Artmolds.com --> "....around the
> model's head (note that he even captures hair detail with
> LifeRite)..."..does that mean the model is not wearing a bald cap??
> (note:at this time I am only interested in issues related to skin safe
> type of silicone). Thank you. Luc
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> art and creative industries. Its purpose is to promote the art of life
> casting, create public awareness of this unique art form, provide its
> members with forums to exchange information, resources to enhance
> their effectiveness and advance opportunities for their artistic
> success.
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> ALI is an international organization whose members are engaged in the art and
> creative industries. Its purpose is to promote the art of life casting, create
> public awareness of this unique art form, provide its members with forums to
> exchange information, resources to enhance their effectiveness and advance
> opportunities for their artistic success.
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