Perhaps this is a question more so for the FX forum, but I recently have been experimenting with lifecasting with alginate and ultra-cal (so far a face cast, and my forearm/hand.)
A few weeks back I purchased a trial kit of "Dragon skin FX pro" which is apparently more so for silicone applications and prosthetics for skin. I meant to buy regular Dragon skin, shore hardness 20. Unless they are the same thing?
My goal is to build a silicone shell over a resin base for "skin" and hair punch the hair line to blend it into the hood of the mask, and the silicone to be stretchy and flesh like with the moving jaw and so forth. AND, potentially a set of form fitting silicone gloves. I'm still doing research and waying my options, and I don't plan to attempt this project until late spring, but I'm taking baby steps, as far as lifecasting small areas and going to run some tests for little tongues or noses or miniature mock ups and the like with dragonskin and resin. I'm not making the mistake of jumping into this tricky field full force like I did when I first started resin. Dx Horrible idea!
Anyways, What I basically want to know is:
1: Are Dragonskin 20 and Dragon skin fx pro the same things? Or different?
2: Would Dragonskin be a viable option for stretchy gloves or a resin skin?
3:What ultra-cal 30, assuming I use a release agent, be a good mold material for dragonskin 20?
These are all things I'll be testing in small doses, but might as weel save time if the answer's already there. :>
Thanks!
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Lifecasting and dragonskin silicone
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