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Update on my original species and related topics
8 years ago
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Hello!
Okay so as some of you guys know my main sona is an original species of mine that I've been working on. I know I've been saying I would explain everything about it soon but I said that like 4 months ago and here we are, nothing yet explained xD. I just wanted to promise you guys that I am working on a document that explains everything anyone might need to know about the species, and I am pretty sure I am gonna make a more condensed version with images to explain better as well. But I am also trying to do a little world building and it's just taking 5 ever. But once this is all finished I am gonna open the species for other people to make characters and the potential to see more characters of my species motivates me to finish this xD
Topic number two is the progress with Entropy's fursuit head. I made a journal a few weeks ago (was it a month ago?? it might have been I am not sure) about how I bought a shit ton of mold making supplies. Well. I may have made a tiny bit of a mistake while making said mold. Basically, what went down was I bought silicon to make the mold and stuff called Plastipaste to make a hard shell for the mold so it can hold its shape and not flop around when I am slush casting. The first step went fine and I coated my master sculpt in the silicon, it hardened, I did more layers, and things were cool (would have been better with one more layer of silicon but I ran out and it will do for now.) But, I was doing this at 3 AM and I was getting a little hazy. Eager to finish this step in the process I mixed up my Plastipaste and coated it right on to that silicon and went to bed. All seemed well. I woke up the next morning all excited, picked up my craft and...the Plastipaste shell wouldn't come off. And, because I was tired and an idiot I hadn't peeled off the silicon mold to detach it from the clay master sculpt before adding the Plastipaste. So in short, the Plastipaste wasn't coming off and neither was the silicon.
Then, I had the seemingly brilliant idea to take my hammer and gently crack and break off the Plastipaste layer, thus saving the silicon mold and master sculpt and simply redo the shell. Well. The Plastipaste was breaking off easy and shit seemed fine and then....the master sculpt cracked. And then it cracked again. And by crack, I mean it fell apart. I managed to get the silicon mold free and safe but I am now without a hard case to cast in AND without a master to put the mold on to hold its shape while I make a new hard case.
So as you can see I am...a little stuck. I was so upset over breaking the master sculpt that I dropped working on the project for weeks. My plan, for now, is to fill the silicon mold with something like tin foil (something to keep shape) and then remake the hard case. But I am desperate for suggestions, I am a noob (clearly) and I am terribly sad that I messed up this thing. I've been working for nearly half a year on it guys. And I broke it. ugh.
So there. There's that. Good for you if you actually read this whole darn thing.
Thanks for looking!
Okay so as some of you guys know my main sona is an original species of mine that I've been working on. I know I've been saying I would explain everything about it soon but I said that like 4 months ago and here we are, nothing yet explained xD. I just wanted to promise you guys that I am working on a document that explains everything anyone might need to know about the species, and I am pretty sure I am gonna make a more condensed version with images to explain better as well. But I am also trying to do a little world building and it's just taking 5 ever. But once this is all finished I am gonna open the species for other people to make characters and the potential to see more characters of my species motivates me to finish this xD
Topic number two is the progress with Entropy's fursuit head. I made a journal a few weeks ago (was it a month ago?? it might have been I am not sure) about how I bought a shit ton of mold making supplies. Well. I may have made a tiny bit of a mistake while making said mold. Basically, what went down was I bought silicon to make the mold and stuff called Plastipaste to make a hard shell for the mold so it can hold its shape and not flop around when I am slush casting. The first step went fine and I coated my master sculpt in the silicon, it hardened, I did more layers, and things were cool (would have been better with one more layer of silicon but I ran out and it will do for now.) But, I was doing this at 3 AM and I was getting a little hazy. Eager to finish this step in the process I mixed up my Plastipaste and coated it right on to that silicon and went to bed. All seemed well. I woke up the next morning all excited, picked up my craft and...the Plastipaste shell wouldn't come off. And, because I was tired and an idiot I hadn't peeled off the silicon mold to detach it from the clay master sculpt before adding the Plastipaste. So in short, the Plastipaste wasn't coming off and neither was the silicon.
Then, I had the seemingly brilliant idea to take my hammer and gently crack and break off the Plastipaste layer, thus saving the silicon mold and master sculpt and simply redo the shell. Well. The Plastipaste was breaking off easy and shit seemed fine and then....the master sculpt cracked. And then it cracked again. And by crack, I mean it fell apart. I managed to get the silicon mold free and safe but I am now without a hard case to cast in AND without a master to put the mold on to hold its shape while I make a new hard case.
So as you can see I am...a little stuck. I was so upset over breaking the master sculpt that I dropped working on the project for weeks. My plan, for now, is to fill the silicon mold with something like tin foil (something to keep shape) and then remake the hard case. But I am desperate for suggestions, I am a noob (clearly) and I am terribly sad that I messed up this thing. I've been working for nearly half a year on it guys. And I broke it. ugh.
So there. There's that. Good for you if you actually read this whole darn thing.
Thanks for looking!
