My friend is waiting on a quote but I'm afraid it's going to be outside his price range if I have to buy a bunch of platinum silicone. Any suggestions on if it would be better/worse to dehorn and mold my clay sculpt instead? I was going to mold a pepakura + resin + bondo version but I'm in the process of creating a sculpt of it using Monster Clay. My helmet (Helm of Yngol replica) has horns so a bit nervous about having to cut them off and mold them separate but I can't think of a better alternative. That's why I loved the elasticity of platsil and dragon skin. Having to cut a big V in the silicone (supported by cheese cloth) makes me nervous though. Anyone here used this method before that can provide some extra details? I saw a nice video of someone casting their Magneto helmet this way. I even read about shrinkage problems after a couple days but that was mostly when people used mineral spirits to thin it out, I think. Lots cheaper, sure, I'm scared about it tearing or falling apart after 1 or 2 castings. When I researched cheaper methods, I found lots of people using hardware store 100% Silicone I caulk (combined with corn starch, paint, and glycerin). Both have great flexibility and last a long time but then I look at the price and just about crap my pants! I see lots of people using Smooth-on Dragon Skin or other Smooth-on products (for the silicone and the resin) and I've also seen some nice videos with Brick in the Yard Mold Supply's PlatSil-25. I've watched several "first attempt helmet mold" videos, too, to try to look for things to avoid. I've seen TONS of tutorial videos and I feel pretty confidant with the overall process but NOT with what materials/products I should use. I'm super stoked about it!!! But I want to make it a resin casting of my pepakura+resin+bondo helm and I've never tried to mold something before. I've been making armor, jewelry, and art from chainmail and sheet metal and now I'm also making pepakura stuff and a friend wants to commission me to build him a horned battle battle and paint it with a certain football team's colors.
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