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Ok then, ... after v.1 and v.2 on the same subject, ... EARS, if you're to lazy, or you just want perfection or need a quick solution to have a bunch of them ears, the answer is to work with moulds .
In this case I wanted the most exact similarity with the real actors ears.
For this project you'll be needing:
- a person
- 1.5 litre plastic bottle
- water (distilled if possible)
- 1 cotton ball
- alginate
- plaster
- silicone
- resin
- vaselin (or any other lube)
- fibre glass (optional)
In this case I wanted the most exact similarity with the real actors ears.
For this project you'll be needing:
- a person
- 1.5 litre plastic bottle
- water (distilled if possible)
- 1 cotton ball
- alginate
- plaster
- silicone
- resin
- vaselin (or any other lube)
- fibre glass (optional)
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Signing UpStep 1Alginate moulding
For the actors ears mould I use alginate bought at medical supplies stores to achieve detail but mainly because it's quicker and cheaper than the artists one. The medical brand is used by dentists to make teeth moulds and comes in a variety of flavours and may or not have a colour indication scheme.
Let me explain it, ... it has one colour when in powder (generally whitish), a stronger and darker colour when you mix water and then it turns back again whitish wend dried.
So, let's start.
Grab a plastic bottle with its bottom cutted off, large enough the put around the ear and still having almost 1 inch distance to the ear all around.
Ask the person to clean his ear and apply lube everywhere on and in his ear. For security reasons also apply on nearest hair.
Put a little cotton ball with lube inside the ear just to prevent the alginate flowing deep inside.
Read the mixing instructions of your alginate. Generally it's a half water / half alginate mixture. Using cool water will make the alginate to dry slower if the 3 minutes range is to fast for you. An artists alginate takes more than 10 minutes to dry.
Let me explain it, ... it has one colour when in powder (generally whitish), a stronger and darker colour when you mix water and then it turns back again whitish wend dried.
So, let's start.
Grab a plastic bottle with its bottom cutted off, large enough the put around the ear and still having almost 1 inch distance to the ear all around.
Ask the person to clean his ear and apply lube everywhere on and in his ear. For security reasons also apply on nearest hair.
Put a little cotton ball with lube inside the ear just to prevent the alginate flowing deep inside.
Read the mixing instructions of your alginate. Generally it's a half water / half alginate mixture. Using cool water will make the alginate to dry slower if the 3 minutes range is to fast for you. An artists alginate takes more than 10 minutes to dry.
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I'm adding to all the instructables a final step were I post pictures of the final object or nearly finished object.
I'm a puppet builder at a puppet company here at Portugal, so basically all my instructables are around building puppets or something stage related.
I think that most of us already tried that stunt only to fail it like a boss.