making-of resin toy "lesley"

[akrapf]

lesley is a polyurethane toy, about 11 inches tall and 100% handmade by my kind self
he is a one-of-a-kind-figure. that means in this painting sheme he is unique. but i will make a few more lesleys in the future but each one will have a different painting (using acrylic paint). will deliver the toys with the single parts not glued together. that means the buyers have to glue the antlers on his head and put on the glasses.....so that nothing gets destroyed whilst shipping. glue always is included in the package




first i started to make a sketch of how the toy should look like. first i thought lesley should be the winner of a contest for big wieners...but well..don't ask



then i used wire and paper maché as the base for sculpting the figure



i used some sort of clay (called puppenfimo) for the further sculpting



the finished figure. the other parts like the glasses and horns/antlers are made from 100% clay..so no wire or anything used for those parts.



then i needed to get a mold (3 parts-mold) from the figure



i used a special, very flexible silicone for the mold-parts



here you can see the figure coverd in two side-parts of silicone. only the third silicone-part is missing to cover the area between his legs




i casted lesley and my other toys in a handrotation method to gain a hollow cast. the figures are not massive but hollow you know. the glasses and antlers are massive though. the finished cast from polyurethane you see here



here are some pics of the painted toy







you can get lesley on my webshop www.denada.de, we ship international...our webshop is in german language only, so if you are interested in a toy, just contact me: andreas@denada.de

[smallstuffpepe]

LOL very nice sculpt ^_^ love the sideview of lesley and his bawrdy skintone
just saw bronco & the blue pecker, very nice pieces and paintjob too!
...i'm curious but you mentioned the handrotation method u used for casting your toys?
did you build yourself a rotocast machine? until now i only did casting under pressure or
vacuum but for bigger sculptures your method seems to be perfect.

[akrapf]

hey thx for your comment!

no, i don't have a rotocast machine. i just wrap tape around the mold-block or use other stuff to make sure the mold-parts stick together. pour in the resin, close the hole so that nothing of the resin runs out. then i just grab the whole thing and rotate it with my hands for a few minutes until the resin hardens.
after doing this some times you get a better feeling for it and learn how to rotate the mold-block to gain a proper and uniform wall thickness

[Jimmy Foo]

Excellent work.....looks like you've learned a few things since the first figure you showed us.....some time ago now.....so long in fact that I didn't realise it was you until I checked your shop....congrats again top job! 

[akrapf]

hey jimmy! yes i remember...it's been some time now THANK YOU i really appreciate it!!!

[twist_adz]

 hehe. Love him!!
 Top job on the sculpting and casting. He has lots of charactor. i giggled like a girl when i saw hid winkey to! hehe.

[END]

Excellent project! You did a great job on the 2D to 3D translation. I was wondering how you were going to mold his legs - bravo on the mold making. I can totally see a chase version with the braces and prize sticker. Maybe cut some thin clear plastic and glue it in behind the glasses...Great work man.

[akrapf]

hey end, yes the clear plastic for the glasses is a good idea..i also tried that before..the plastic i had was too thick so cutting kinda damaged it...but i will try that for a future version of lesley and maybe i will scuplt braces as well

thx for your suggestions!

[END]

hey end, yes the clear plastic for the glasses is a good idea..i also tried that before..the plastic i had was too thick so cutting kinda damaged it...but i will try that for a future version of lesley and maybe i will scuplt braces as well

thx for your suggestions!

NP. Use a very thin sheet of clear Styrene plastic. You can cut any shape with that stuff with a pair of scissors. If you add the braces that will be very funny. Keep going - fun stuff. I love to see original projects like this.