Tuesday, 14 October 2008

casting the head


unfortunately i didn't take any photos of the process of casting the head in fiberglass, the way i did it was to gel coat and layup the fiberglass into each side separately then join the mould together and then fiberglass along the join line inside the mould, this was a tricky thing to do but with the help of a paintbrush on the end of a stick it was possible.

the picture above shows the join line which needs to be sanded back and filled with car body filler also the holes around the hair line need filling.
there were a few small air bubbles on the lips and one eyebrow but these are easy to filled.

once every hole is filled and sanded the head is secured to a board and is ready for sculpting.

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