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11

Mar
2015

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In Fabrication

By Steve Leeper

3D Masks Part 2: Casting Eyeballs

On 11, Mar 2015 | No Comments | In Fabrication | By Steve Leeper

As part of fitting the replacement mask I needed to make sure that the eyeballs fit perfectly into the sockets in the base of the head.  This meant casting a silicone rubber version of the plastic eyeballs and pinning them to the inside of the replacement (ouch) and then casting the base for the head.  Hopefully the pictures will make a little more sense.

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A HUGE thanks to Brenda Baumgarten at stopmotionsilicone.com for helping me step through this process.

BTW For those who are interest the gloppy blue lolly-pop in the first image is a brush-on mold making rubber by Smooth-on called Mold Star 16.  Pretty sweet stuff!

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