>>6187734basic ingredients used are
1) Casting Silicone: Alumilite quick set mold or Smooth on oomoo 30 casting silicone.
2) alumilite amazing casting resin (white)
3) alumilite resin dye caucasian
Thoughts: the alumilite molds will likely last longer and creates less bubbles but the white color makes it hard to spot imperfections and dust prior to injecting the resin. A good choice if that's all you have near you, or have a craft store 40% coupon. One pack at $15 will replicate all 6 heads. Smooth on is pricier and quicker expiration date, but easier to see imperfections with. You really gotta go after bubbles when creating the mold tho, and reinforce weak areas to prevent tearing b/c the silicone is weaker with the oomoo 30. I would've preferred 25, but they didn't tell me they were sold out, resulting in me losing a weekend - which is rough when your career only gives one 2 weekends a month. I ended up canceling my order for oomoo 25 and picking up the oomoo 30 locally.
the alumilite casting resin is finicky but I had the resin and dye locally as well and several 40-50% off coupons. You really have to make sure you mix and scrape the cup sides well or else they dont cure fully. otherwise it's 1-2 drops of alumilite caucasian dye and 15 total ml's of resin to get a close color tone. You waste half the resin, but I've noticed that smaller mixing amounts lead to less curing since the chemicals don't get enough interaction.
gonna try to pastel the cheeks, decal the eyes, and matte spray when complete. we'll see how that comes out. I'm really new to decals.
