My first try at a mold was kind of a disaster. The first half went well but then, even though I did exactly what the mold release told me to do, it stuck like you wouldn't believe and I wasn't sure I'd even be able to free my original without damage. I decided to see what I could do with it and tried casting, cut an air channel and then tried again. I'm actually really glad I made the mistake first as I realized how important it was going to be to incorporate air channels for each of her legs, her nose and her jaw. It also gave me something to experiment on.
By pulling, tearing and doing some cutting I was finally able to extract my OS and the only damage was that she was missing her lower jaw. That was easily fixed and I soon had her back in the Play Doh.
This mold turned out fine and had pretty good results! The brown is a micro foal just for reference.
But, what I'm most proud of is this next picture. The green showing through her legs is wire. I knew that resin legs this thin would break far too easily but I suspected that it would be possible to put wires in them and apparently it is =) Now I just have to practice getting them cleaned up and adding ear tips as it appears it will be impossible to have them fill in.
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