question for the community / help?

question for the community / help?
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Custom Workstationhey guys whats up! so I was looking for a project for me and my lil sister to work on. she is great with her hands, anything artsy or crafty. she makes lots of items for cosplay and for various conventions, so shes pretty boss. anyway I was looking around at the various head/accessory casts sites collected on here and also on other customizer's sites. and aside from DMC (currently down I think) I noticed that there isnt a huge selection. esspecially for accessories! so I guess I was wondering if there was a demand for stuff like that? I know I love collecting weapons and such for my figures and aside from a few figures here and these, not many come with a lot of them, not like in the good ole days anyway. but is that something people would be into? this is a lil bit of what I got
I also have some batarangs that I've been working on for my batman characters and what not.
aside from that I was wondering if anyone used any of the techniques from the links in the head casting thread? seems most of them use the older style heads where the peg is part of the figure, rather than there being a ped hole. is there a big difference in using the same methods?
im trying t figure out the best way to start this lil projectand so far this link I got from kyle robinson's customs looks the most promising
http://www.smooth-on.com/index.php?cPath=4_1217 but the kit is over $50. since I've never really tried to cast anything im not sure if that just what it typically costs to get started up of is there is a better way to go about it. really any feedback from someone who has actually used a "kit" from a specific site to try and cast smaller items like heads or guns would be great to hear!
well thanks for your time guys! lemme know what you think. is its somethung you'd be into, shoot me any ideas! prices, selection, anything that will help our collecting community!

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I dare say this one came out 'perfect' you can see the detail in the sculpted spear tip, all the other details look really good too. no air bubbles or voids or anything. so this is my first victory!!! now you may be asking why the hell I'd even wanna cast an old movie accessory from the '89 batman flick? well I am working on building my bat armory, and I have a few batarang that I sculpted by hand already (not worth moldiing and casting since theres not really lot of detail and I can craft almost identical onces) but I didn't have any grapple type tool except the one tht came with the 'detective' dcu batman. and that one kinda sucks. I like the design of the arkham and nolanverse grapple gun so after some modding I hope to turn this into a pretty sweet pistol grip type grapple gun for my arkham city bats! and one for robin and nightwing too. on a side note is anyone has any o the DCD arkham batman gadgets or accessories and they wouldn't mind sharing, those have a lot of detail and would definitely warrant a mold. esspecially if you have anything from the arkham asylum series
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I put the pouring sprue and the air venting sprue too close together, next time im going to pour the resin through the barrel maybe let the air vent out towards the top? or maybe where the circular thing is towards the bottom I don't really care if the "handle" comes out since I will be cutting it off anyway. I would like to try with a gun that has a trigger guard tho so I can tackle problem
oh and thor sketch by my buddy joshua werner. http://asfallleaves.blogspot.com/ if you wanna check him out!
If you do venture forth, try to find a distributer near you. These containers weigh, and the shipping tends to be almost equal to the product. I pay 25.00 for a 2 lb silicone kit, (15-20 head molds) and 25.00 for smooth-on 2 lbs resin (maybe 30-40 casts) Those numbers are without mistakes and include unsuccessful casts, which you will have some of without a pressure pot or vacuum chamber. It is fun though, and a lot cheaper than buying figures just for heads.
OJJ