molds and castings

molds and castings
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Custom WorkstationHello everyone. I've been looking into molding and casting my own parts for awhile now but I'm not for sure what materials I should use. I was really interested in other peoples experiences with materials that work best for them. I'm eventually wanting to mold and cast whole figures. So any advice or comments would be great.

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I love the method of this guy,but I don't know what kind of monster-hotgluegun that is or how hard this material is^^ I want to start casting stuff too soon and think this video is very interesting...maybe easier than mixing resin every time and bubbletrouble?
If you look closely at the casts, you can see they have imperfections that are just as bad as bubbles. Not only that, but you have to cut all the sprues and recreate any detail they ruined.
I think it's waaaay cheaper to do this than using the usual casting materials though, because damn, every little thing is expensive in this hobby.
You might like Flex 50 or 60 (made by Alumilite) for heads, so they can pop onto pegs like official figure heads. Flex 30 was excellent for very flexible skirt pieces, but the working time is like 5 minutes. You'll need to extend that working time with additives if you want to use a pressure pot.
I could start molding and casting them and that in the long run it would be cheaper then buying fodder or cast from someone else.