Tuesday, 12 May 2009

Today

wasnt quite as productive as Id hoped. Instead of designing logos etc, I ended up with a single work sheet of how the seperate pieces of the figure could possibly interact.

The majority of the day was spent phoning around for supplies with this resin malarky and speaking to a few pro's about my project and the positives and negatives. Turns out vinyl is a definate no-no as its apparently pretty dangerous and I'd need a rotocaster ( big hunk of machinery). So, after being told that my plans suck by industry experts, I decided to hit the big world of internet forums finding a GEM! www.vinylabuse.com has forums dedicated to vinyl toy making and RESIN toy making. After looking through some conversations it was time to take the plunge and buy the stuff to make my toys.

Silicon with a liquid colour for my mould, and the resin clay to create the pieces. All should be delivered in 2 days!

To wind down this evening, I decided to take part in a ten ton sketch challege . This weeks being Star Trek ( the new film is incredibly good fun ). In a total of 45 minuten I ended up with this :

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