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Casting Casting heads and eye cutouts

Jan 11, 2008

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    1. This is probably a silly question but for those that have cast their own resin heads, how are the eyeholes cut out for the eyes?

      Are they cut out when the resin is still a little soft and is an exacto knife used or do they need to be dremeled out?

      I suppose the same would also apply to open mouths?
       
      #1 minicurios, Jan 11, 2008
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    2. Kaye has this great tutorial:
      http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45964

      Patl also has one, but without a core mold for inside the head:
      http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61538

      Batchix recently posted one as well:
      http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183071

      Basically the two halves (inner and outer) of the mold must meet or very nearly meet where you want to have those types of openings. There may be a thin film of resin to cut out after the resin is cured, but not solid resin to hack out.

      As this topic has been covered before, I am going to lock this thread, so please direct any further questions to one of the threads I have linked to above. :thumbup
       
      #2 twigling, Jan 11, 2008
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