Finally got a chance (ok, finally MADE TIME) to try out the new clear resin I got for R&D purposes. Here are the results.
This piece is from a Playmates ST:TNG figure. I think it was labeled as a "survival lamp" or somesuch. I believe it makes a nice table-lamp for SW figs. Cast opaque, it also looks like a nice heavy-weapon barrel.
This was done sorta as a lark. I have a new mold for the Endor Han demo charges that makes some nice product. Since it was handy and I had a little clear resin left, I poured them up. These were the results.
Clear bombs from the ROC Cobra Gunship. Just because.
So now let's move into the real reasons I wanted to try out clear resin.
Yes, cantina glasses. The top set are actually Lego pieces, but look great posed on tabletops around the galaxy. The lower set are molded from SW figure pack-ins. One of them looks like it got an air-bubble at the top - not sure if the mold is messed up or if there was an air bubble in the resin.
I do have several other glasses in different styles that I plan to mold, as well. One of these days, you'll be able to order a turn-key cantina set! Tables, drink-dispensers, and glasses - all in one easy kit.
Last - but certainly NOT least...
An R3 dome. I'm not satisfied with the milky finish on it. It appears this resin gets milky/translucent on the thinner parts. One of my contacts in the costuming community has suggested it may be a cloud of micro-bubbles trapped in the resin. Given that all I did was pour it up and let it cure, he may well be right. Further testing is in order.
OTHER NOTES:
I tried using my pressure pot to cure molds this week. That was an unmitigated failure. Pressure *molding* resulted in distorted mold cavities. Pressure casting, on the other hand, has produced some cautious successes. So, certain molds have to be repoured. Too bad this wasn't the 40% off coupon week at Hobby Lobby!
I do now have functional molds for a very small datapad and Luke's macrobinoculars. They were - thankfully - not affected by the odd pressure-molding mess.
