Baby's Foot
Baby's foot cast in Dragon Skin.
Ingredients
- Dragon Skin Part A (Smooth-on) First Pour: 82ml, Glue Layer: 20ml
- Dragon Skin Part B (Smooth-on) First Pour: 82ml, Glue Layer: 20ml
- Dragon Skin Part S (Smooth-on) First Pour: 41ml, Glue Layer: 10ml
- Mold Release (Smooth-on)
- Flesh Pigment (Smooth-on)
- Plastic Cups
- Stirrers
- Scale
- Baby Powder
- Rubber Bands
- Non drying modeling clay
- Something Heavy
- 3d Printed Baby’s Foot Mold (STL in downloads)
Instructions
- Insert Clay in all holes of the mold, making sure the clay is flush with the top of the mold.
- Thoroughly spray mold release into both sides of the mold
- Put plastic cup on scale and tare the scale
- Pour 82 ml of Part B into the cup
- Insert desired pigment into the cup until you reach the desired skin tone
- Use a stirrer and mix the pigment and Part B together (leave stick in the cup)
- Tare the scale again
- Pour 41 ml of Part S into the cup. Thoroughly mix together until fully combined, making sure you scrape down the sides of the cup.
- Tare the scale again and spray the mold with mold release a second time.
- Pour in 82 ml of Part A, and thoroughly mix making sure there are no clumps or pockets of unmixed dragon skin.
- Pour the mixture into the mold. There is a 12 minute pot time before the mixture starts curing.
- Let the mixture sit for 20 minutes to partially cure. Mixture should be firming up and will be tacky when ready
- Grab a new cup and tare the scale.
- Pour in 20 ml of Part B.
- Add your pigment, trying to color match your first pour as closely as possible. Mix thoroughly.
- Pour in 10 ml of Part S and mix
- Pour in 20 ml of Part A and mix until completely combined.
- Now use your stirrer to spread the mixture over both sides of the mold, completely covering all surface area of the foot (on both sides) is covered.
- Put the two halves of the mold together, lining up with the pegs on the mold. Press together until the halves are as close together as possible.
- Use rubber bands to hold the sides together. If the rubber bands are not adequately holding the mold together, use something heavy to weigh down the top half of the mold.
- Let cure for 40 minutes.
- Break open the mold (may need to use a spatula to break the seal of the mold), and pull the foot out.
- Pull the excess dragon skin created by the seam off the model. You can also use a nail clipper to clean up the seam of the part.
- Use a paper towel to wipe off any mold release residue left on the part.
- Once dry, put baby powder on the foot to remove tackiness and to give a flesh-like feel.
