i took a class on flexible molds at my school, this was the product of a brush on rubber mold housed in hydrocal cement and fiberclass.





this summer im sculpting some original stuff for pour in rubber molds. its too fun not to do!

Whoa, rubber > resin! So cool, is your process similar to the resin casting one?

Thats pretty handy!

Nice! I'm assuming it's resin; he probably used silicone rubber molds to make it. Lets see some more shots!

More detailed shots please. Looks cool.

Cool installation---is this part of the class as well?

yeah it is cast in resin, we used brush on rubber from polygel, i think it was number 375 or something. i cant quite remember.

ill get some more shots of the figures themselves, ive got a neat milky clear red one as well!

and the installation was part of the class, we just had to present them somehow, and i am a printmaking and painting major, so i tried to reflect that in this sculpture class. who knows. thanks for being into it!

Ah my bad, I was hoping it was rubber like the old 80's LJN WWF wrestling figures, solid rubber! I'd love to make some crap like that at home vs. resin. Rubber is better for kids to throw at each other.

They do make casting rubber. I've wanted to try it out for accessories like capes, etc. And I agree, a solid rubber figure would be awesome.

Reeeeaaallllyyyy? I have to look into that, any links to some info? I kind of wanted to venture into the DIY figure, but just am not too into resin. It's too "statue" and hard, and that doesn't take away from it, but it's just not "toy" enough for me. I want something I can give my kids to play with. Those old LJN WWF figures are the perfect example of what I'd like to do. Big, solid hunks of rubber.

Funky. Reminds me of a mannequin I saw in Kyoto.

when i was a freshman in college, one of the seniors made big rubber figures as his thesis show. they were huge, probably 15 inches or so and based on all the art instructors. he even made huge blister packs for them and displayed them on pegs at the campus coffee shop. i wish i had pics because they were awesome.

why don't they make rubber figures like that anymore? you could beat the crap out of those things. i remember bouncing my captain lou albano down the driveway until his finger broke off

Here's a link to what I was thinking about: http://alumilite.com/Category.cfm?Category=Casting%20Resins
Look at their flexible casting resins. I guess it's not the same as actual rubber, but they come in a variety of hardness's. The Alumisol Soft plastic says its good for lures and medical reproductions of human tissue and skin. Might be worth a try!

this rules, i want to read up on this!

Cool thanks. One more question from someone ignorant of this stuff: Do I still use the same stuff you resin makers use to make the mold, then just fill it in with that stuff? I know, super vague, and I AM looking into it myself, but in case it's an easy "YES" or "NO" I thought I'd ask.

im still a super beginner at this, but it depends on what you make your mold with. rigid molds, like ones made out of plaster will break if you cast resin into them. myself, along with probably most everyone else on here is using silicone rubber for the molds and casting resin into them.

Ok, I meant for casting the rubber stuff though. I'm an even BIGGER beginner at it, I was just making sure that if I followed the few tutorials on molds that are up here that the rubber stuff will work with it.

I'd assume that you would use it the same way you would use regular ol' casting resin (which usually requires a flexible mold made from silicone).