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Home movies figure set: brendon

Hey guys, here's the first few step of making the Home Movies figure series. Some of you may remember I did Coach McGuirk. I recently did roughs of all three kids (Brendon, Jason & Melissa) in green toy wax but with the studio gig I didn't have time to go further. Tonight I made a aglinate mold and poured a wax copy of Brendon. Have a look if you like:

Original green Castilene copy, pink Azbro wax copy, pink aglinate box mold (molded as one piece and cut open with an xacto

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This photo shows how the wax shrinks as it cools, so that's why you have to give your parts and figures those platform shoes!
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From the pink wax copy I'll add final details and carve/sand the material to get the ultra smooth and soft "toy" look with no surface blemishes. This wax is as hard as ABS plastic once cooled but beomes pliable with a heat gun or candle flame/hot dental tools... From the finished copy (you see his hands are undone and arms legs too fat) I will make a silicone master mold which I can cast urethane plastic into to make a paintable figure. But the original figure can always be cast in wax to easily create an all new version of Brendon! Say I wanted to give him the Starboy outfit Cast a wax copy, pose him add melted wax and carve out the suit make another silicone mold and voila instant "starboy" prototype with out starting from ground zero all over again! I can't wait to make a Jason variant figure with dredlocks and peace sign bandana!
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Wow! This is so cool..love to see the pics of the process! Aprilh
 
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