Hand CRAZy!!!

Over the weekend I casted a mold in hydrocal (plaster) from a hand I sculpted in Plastilina.

Scale drawings, so I have reference size while sculpting.

finished plastilina hand, armature is .33mm steel wire and 1/16th"aluminum wire held with epoxy putty.

Me pouring hydrocal into the bottom mold.

Hydrocal setting underneath the plastinlina hand and armature.

The dried two piece mold.

The latex arrived!

The webbing around the hand and between the fingers is called "The Flashing" a by-product of the plastic wrap needed to keep the hydrocal apart while the second half dried.

A mangled excuse of a hand.

So first try didn't come out so well (the latex need more time to dry), I'm going to try to mold the hand again this time using Vaseline as a release (as suggested by Elvis), this should cut down on "the flashing", The finger armature I realize must lay on the surface of both pieces of the mold so as to ensure a correct placement within the casting later on, (Though on a positive note the finger armature itself works like a charm). I'm also going to use a firmer grade plastilina in the sculpt of the hand. That should give the mold a stronger definition.

More tomorrow!