Toxic Mould

So I made a copy of the sausage model I’d been working with, set it in an A pose and baked it. I then had a go at making a plaster mould of it.
I first filled out around the model with clay and then poured in some plaster. I’m not really up to speed with mixing plaster, so I think it was too watery and the final result was crumbly in parts, but it held together well enough.

I finally got around to pouring in the other half today (a week or so later). This time I made a thicker mix of plaster, but it wasn’t enough and it cracked as it dried and so I had to break it up to remove it.
I also couldn’t remove the model from the other half without breaking it, and breaking a thumb off the model in the process. I’ll have to get some of that demould spray (not the one for the bathroom…)
It was a good test, but not useable in the end. I was actually surprised to see how much detail was retained in the plaster, like fingerprints, so I’m optimistic that future, more careful attempts might work out.

I’ll try out making silicone and resin moulds too, and go with what works best. I couldn’t find any information about making a mould out of resin, so that might fail completely.
Using plaster would be ideal, as it’s the cheapest of the lot.

Anyway, no silicone puppets to play with this week, but I’m a bit closer.

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