The Energon Pub

by **SkyQuake101** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:05 am

Firstly, I will say, don't get your hopes up. The head is already a little misshapen.... Also, there are a couple of air bubble hole problems on the nose, and Cliffjumper's right helmet tip. The expanding mold I made deteriorated quickly. So, I doubt I would get a better second shot out of it. I'm considering filling the air bubble holes in with super glue.... This is my first attempt at casting my own parts ever.

by **Lord_Loqi** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:50 pm

Doesn't look all that bad. air bubbles are common.

I find it helps to take a needle or pin preffrably and use the flat end like a plunger and stamp the plastic mix or resin into the mold as your pouring it. It helps push the air out from between the mold and the resin.

I don't know if i'd use super glue though. If it needs to be clear for say light piping, a hobby shop possibly even Walmart should have a plastic cement designed for models. it dries perfectly clear. it's in a blck squeeze bottle and the package i know of has an jetfighter having the glass glued on as an example. Sorry i can't remember the name.

by **johndillinga2003** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:22 pm

Heh you did more then I planed to do I was just going to redo the Horns flat like you have on your head and leave it as is (The rest of the head)

by **Tramp** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:33 pm

Someone posted an image on Livedoor of a Classics Cliffjumper with a modded head. Whoever it was dodn't do anything to the horns, all he did was fill out the sides of the helmet to shape them more like G1 Cliffjumper's.

http://f59.aaa.livedoor.jp/%7Etfup/imgboardphp/src/1170851983665.jpg

by **SkyQuake101** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:55 am

Thanks for the responses. I ended up using model glue fill in a little (still quite imperfect).

I figure I owe everyone a photo with the first coat of paint on it. It's a little fuzzy, but I still have to apply several more coats, and straighten up some lines. I screwed up the sides of the head a little by trying to make Cliffjumper's helmet ridges extend to the back of the head. The thinnest dremel pad was just too wide. I think when I finish this, I'll try to do another expansion mold again. While this head is somewhat okay in a school art project sort of way, I am dissatisfied (too many imperfections). When I'm done with this, I'll post the final pics. Until then, have at thee....

by **SkyQuake101** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:29 pm

Okay, well I guess this is mostly finished. For my first time casting, I guess its not too bad. There were several defects that I couldn't work out with out damaging it more. Like I said, I may try this again. Comments are welcome!

Thanks for looking, and if anyone else wants to try this, be my guest. I used Pretender Bumblebee's head, and made an expansion mold from it. *Ooops, I just noticed I put "with in" instead of just "with my" in the text. Oh wells....

by **Tramp** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:44 pm

Not bad for a first time casting, but I think that modding the original Classics head, like the guy over at Livedoor did (as referenced in the link above) would probably yield better results in this case.

by **SkyQuake101** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:58 pm

Tramp wrote:Not bad for a first time casting, but I think that modding the original Classics head, like the guy over at Livedoor did (as referenced in the link above) would probably yield better results in this case.

Probably, but I wanted to be different, and it was an experiment.... The head design is distinctly different. However, the expansion mold did funny things. I will probably try again.