Making Copies Of My Sculptures Using Resin 

Irony: you're extremely proficient with mold but not molds.

If you're in a workspace that has easy access to water, fill the moulds with that first, to check for leakage, and to measure the volume of resin required, I beg 😅😅😅

You CAN cast silicone into a silicone mold. I have done this and it works just fine even with the same silicone although best with somewhat different silicones even if it's just durometer hardness. You definitely want a mold release and dish soap mixed (50/50) with 91% iso alcohol works very well. The silicone didn't stick to the mold silicone at all.

A tip from a dice making buddy; Always have a mold that isn't mission crtital (as it will have build lines like a 3D print around and if you are dying the resin make it black. This way you always have something to pour excess resin into.

showing 3 people frantically try to scoop dog vomit from the countertop back into the bucket before it hardens felt much more relatable than most of your other videos. dont get me wrong, you always do a great job, but I felt this one. now, do it again.

For the "mixing too much filling material" issue, fill the mold with water and pour that off into a measuring container and that will give you a rather close measure of how much you need.

To get better casting results use rubber bands around the silicone molds. Also make sure that they apply the force as roundly as possible. This can be done by using planks with elevated ribs to form a dome. Also you can make silicone in silicone molds & castings with the release agent that you have, just make sure to apply it royally. Oh and weight volume-calculations really aren't that time consuming for the mold making and casting. A simple step that prevents allot of material waste.

To be completely honest, the reaction you had to the spilling resin with the Groot mold is exactly what I would have done, too xD

As someone who does this for a living I appreciate your absolutely insane enthusiasm in jumping into so many materials and mold types right away. Some useful tips I can offer are buy a set of Fondant tools to make your registration marks for your 2 part molds. A couple of ball tools are great for this. When we do jacket molds for large items we typically make a seam barrier with aluminum the clay itself, then the silicone, and then for the shell we resin & fiberglass. Cool part is because you have that barrier you get flat edges on either side that you can then bolt together for casting. Last & most important to avoid waste, ALWAYS have a tray of one part molds with objects of various volumes handy.

one tip that I've used so far is to measure the volume needed using grains like rice or quinoa. Usig water is an option but not the best since you gotta wait for it to dry, and residual water in the casting mould may fuck with the resin casting.

The partially-uncured silicone will bond to itself -- you could put the grub back in and fill in the voids with only the small amount of material needed, and have a complete casting. With a 4h cure silicone I've done this within the day. With a 24h cure you'd have longer I think. (Disclaimer: I rarely use tin-catalyzed, mostly plat-sil for my work and experience with having to do "patchwork" like this.)

going from TheCrafsMan making molds to this video is inducing wild amounts of whiplash

I get super excited every time a video is uploaded on this channel!!

you know what goes great with a lot of Jazza ? a Lot of Robert Tolone, that man is a wizard with silicone and resin

Honestly, I think it would be easier to just do these as 3D resin prints. But I get the artistry and the appeal of doing these directly with your hands. Really badass. Another possibility would be to do the scuptures with your hands, and scan them in with a 3D scanner, then print that.

…when I read the title, saw the thumbnail, and saw the channel I honestly assumed that the paint was mold lmao

I am SO pumped for what you have in store for us if YOU are talking about how intensive and complex it is!

Not gonna lie, was feeling super anxious about stuff in my personal life and was watching this to distract myself. When you were talking about over/under-estimating knowledge/talent and talked about at the end of the day it's not a big deal, it instantly made me feel much better. I didn't expect the little life lesson, but boy was I glad when I heard it.

I was really surprised that you molded your grub in a flexed pose, it might work better to have it in a more neutral pose so the thicknesses of material would be less tricky wth the robotics! Thad said these are fantastic sculptures and what a delightful mess to witness resin going everywhere! Molding seems like a definite adventure. I've seen folks use acrylic panels for molding a lot, foamcore seems rough! But I've never done any molding so no idea what cost/benefits would be involved.

I gave watched a bunch of Tested videos that include mold making. And they always make it look effortless

8 months later, still hard science projects he can't talk about just yet...

You've been a huge inspiration for me which led to me taking the hardest science courses I could find. I just finished an exam I didn't feel confident about and then a saw this video and my day is saved

Ok man I love your stuff, I wish I had known you were struggling with this, it's actually one of the things I'm pretty good with. Also you CAN use silicone molds to cast silicone parts, but you ABSOLUTELY have to use a good mold releasing agent

I love seeing people make mistakes, honestly. You can learn a lot more from what people do WRONG than what they do right.

For the longest time I couldn’t tell if your jellyfish was a photo or a painting. The colors and composition are really stunning. Also spirited away is a such a gorgeous movie. Every frame a literal painting.

This is great! I love seeing the learning and testing process that you go through with your projects. 🙌

Him estimating the resin instead of measuring his molds/sculptures at all lol. Great video

I am sorry that you had so much difficulty figuring this out. But your struggle was definitely entertaining!

11:32 I did an internship in a PU quality control lab. It was a great experience but the smell was truly awful. Isocyanates really smell as bad as they are for your health.

I love how your channel is the only place you can get sculpture casting videos AND high fantasy sci-fi nonsense.

Good to see you back, looking forward to seeing your work

Watching the resin process was absolute organised chaos and I love it. There is a level of ‘this is fine’ alongside pure absolute hell going on here and it’s an absolute joy to watch

Thank you for this. I can relate on so many levels.

I started making some molds couple of months ago. It took me more effort and thought than the original item I was making. I worked with 3d printed, plaster, and silicone molds. It is a very satisfying process for me. Like some kind of puzzle game. I destroyed lots of them in the process and made lots of mess but I love it. Currently making 3d printed molds for compression molding of chopped carbon fiber tow.

OMG, I love this video. This is REAL LIFE right here. Epic.

I have done everything in this video in my early days of mold making lol. It's nice not to feel alone on this. Great job!

duct tape works a lot better than hot glue for your foam core boxes. Love you dude. Really cool to see you playing in my field.

Sculpture Geek is who got me interested in sculpting. The guy is probably the best sculptor I have seen thus far.

If you want to determine how much resin you'll need, submerge your statue in water after it's been molded, then measure the difference in how the water rises, then you can use that difference to determine the amount of resin needed. This saves a lot of resin and a lot of hassle.

Love it. I don't mean this as a backhanded compliment - this makes me feel a lot better about my own constant project issues.

The top art-piece is amazing

The mesmerizing thing is that there's an extremely easy way to figure out exactly how much you need. The volume of the box you're filling. Then you measure what's left when you fill the box with the object, and that's how much resin you need.

Hey mate, thanks for this amazing videos, with have a lot of common points together that I could ever imagine ! First discovering about you yesterday, and I'm glad to find someone that love biology arts, and engineering science as much as I do ! I hope you'll keep on releasing more good stuff as it becomes really fun to see !

Good shit, this is so encouraging and motivating because I relate to the chaos and the mess

bruh this is so amazingly jank i love it

Your art is incredible.

as someone who works with resin a lot, and almost always mixes up too much resin, I ALWAYS have 'dump molds' at the ready. I always have a pyramid, a decently sized skull, and/or an extra mold of whatever I'm currently casting to put all the extra in. You can get some really interesting layered peaces that way, especially if you're adding dyes to the resin.

This is all super cool, I've just started getting into resin casting and I was thinking about making custom molds myself. That's for showing off how you did it and how they came out

The Best of both worlds science and art

well ! thank you for all those experiments ! it will be more than helpful for my first casts !

This is LITERALLY every crafting project I've ever done. At least once every couple of months I have one of those "Oh shit... RUNRUNRUNRUNRUN!" moments :D You panic and 'failures' were very entertaining. I'm glad you got some good casts! Looking forward to the grub video :)

You’re talented in biochemistry, genetics, sculpting, mold making, 3D printing, using the *Blender* application… is there anything you *can’t* do?!? 😨😧

thought we may have lost you, glad to see you back, I really appreciate your channel.

Damn is this video really 11 months old? It doesn't feel that long ago that I last saw you post.

Chaos is a great teacher. Best of luck in your art adventures

when your using silicone plaster moulds, make the halfway mark barrier before you put on the silicone so that the to halves come apart easier(paint the seam were the two bits of silicone touch with oil for releasing). also small peices of square sided silicone can be stuck all over the last layer of silicone applied when still soft as good keys. dont bother with scrim or fiber in your plaster just build up a later thats at least an inch thick

I just want to know where the amazing science videos are at. You are digging around in some incredible ideas and I am hooked.

You are a real Renaissance man. Loved it

Man, I like the way you keep it a 100!

When I saw the "monster mold" notification I thought this was going to be a video about growing monster molds.. I would totally watch multiple hours of video from you about mold DNA That said, this should still be interesting because I also have a.. diverse attention span haha :)

I gotta say, ive learnt more from your mistakes than i have from other successful videos. thank you!

Little tip when pouring molds; Start pouring in one corner and slowly pour in a thin stream without moving it around. Allow the liquid to slowly work its way to the rest of the area. This traps less air pockets and allows better coverage for consistent detail.

This was very entertaining and I am glad the videos are flowing again. I hope your projects have minimal amounts of chaos

Living the life! I want to try this in my spare time just for fun too.

17:22 is a really good piece of general life advice tbh

When making a player clam shell or mother mild I always use cling wrap.....works perfect every time....I also use cheese cloth over it

I've been watching a RU-vid channel called brick in the yard for a very long time now who create really informative videos about mold making that are oddly satisfying and relaxing. The chaos in this video is hilarious in comparison and feels like what would happen if I decided to try mold making as I'd feel overconfident with my knowledge from watching their videos for so long!

how os this man so good at so many things, incredible

I enjoyed this, but I realy can't wait for the more sciency projects. I've missed you!

Get this man some box molds or something to use as a dump mold. He needs it.

I learned the perils of moldmaking as a very young kid watching Gilligan's Island. Imagine your first attempt, but using native-sourced experimental materials and doing a life-cast of Gilligan's head.

the chair keeps tricking my eyes into thinking you have a glorious mullet.

Know a guy making incredible jewelry designs with a resin 3d printer that he does a lost wax type process with the prints. Pretty neat way to go about making one off cast metal parts.

Bru I was waiting for this I love your vids

For future reference, if you get a de-mold spray and use a lot of it, you can cast silicone in silicone molds. edit: You even have/had mold release so you could use that next time.

Quick tip, pour water into the mold, and then pout it back into a measuring cup. Then you know how much is needed before you mix the chemicals together

I was just sharing your channel with a friend. Glad to see another vid and that you're doing well

For your resin that is too much: Pour it as small blobs on a glassplate or something non-stick. This way you have "resin pebbles" that you can use as filler-material for random stuff. Or cast them as rods and use them in molds as alignment-Pins and stuff. This way you have a purpose for what is too much.

You did Exactly what I would do with the urethane and groot mould. I would keep going too.

you are genuinely extremely impressive, you have loads of tallents and its amazing- im going to try making art because of this video! thanks?! awesome stuff

i cant wait for the spiderman gloves and the other secret projects you are my absolute favorite youtube channel thank you for everything!!

I always have a couple other items laying around, ready to go, that I either want cast or coat in resin or silicone in case I mix up too much for whatever I'm doing. Trainer tip!

When I'm making silicone molds, I usually use an FDM 3d printer in vase mode to print a shell that follows its shape with some extra space -- and write down the computed volume of the model in on the print; I also make sure to write this down on any 3d printed originals I'm molding. For a sculpture, I'll weigh it and use the density on the datasheet for the material to find the exact volume, or dunk it in water and measure the displacement. Then with some basic math and the datasheets for my silicone or resin, I'm able to derive the exact gram weights for each part in my mix (part A, part B, thinner, colorant, etc). When I first tried this approach I wasn't fully expecting it to work, but this works so much better than anything else and helps reduce not just waste but cleanup as well. I always mix up exactly enough to fill around my model or fill my mold, with just about the only leftovers being what I wasn't able to scrape out of the mixing vessel and off the stick.

#protip use random waste (clay, rubber, silicone trimmings) submerged in the uncured mold material to help raise the level of material you have. This takes up volume and helps compensate for your original UNDER-estimation of material needed. ALSO - to ballpark the resin requirements, just fill your mold with water first. Measure the water and add 10%. Just make sure to thoroughly dry the mold prior to actual resin use...

I was watching Applied Science and he recommended you. I'm happy I found you. You have amazing, interesting content. I will be watching it all. Thank you.

you deserve to be this great (didn't watch the video, but your concepts seem cool from thumbnails)

3:31 THE GROOTPLUG 😳😳

Is this man still alive?

Not sure what I liked more. The humility, the "fuckin send it by eyeball" approach, more humility or seeing you working with other people on vidya. Guess I just liked the whole thing but THE AIRBRUSHING YAS.

Awesome! 👏

3:03 what? that sounds completely insane i can't wait

I absolutely enjoyed watching your video because it shows the truth behind the gamers 👍

Can't wait to see your bronze castings..

Soo, i know nothing about molds, but an idea for the Davy Jones one. Can you make cast from something that can be disolved? destructive process for both the sculpture and the mold, but if your goal is to move it to another medium to paint that should be good enough? as long as it works all is good. 1. Cast the mold in silicon that can be dissolved chemically and is microwave/oven save 2. Put it in microwave/oven and *destroy* the sculpture, then pour it out. Since the Monster Clay heated enough melts. 2.5 Rinse few times to make sure clay is gone. I doubt it would flow out nicelly. 3. Cast in your material of choice 4. Dissolve silicon in something that won't affect the cast. and remember to test it before on sacrificial piece? Sculp a geode or something?

I think you should study about mold making. It is a pretty cool subject and there is a lot of different techniques you can use in a lot of different areas. You will enjoy it

Imagine John Malkovich as his lab partner if he was a real scientist 🤣

Lmfao this was an absolute clusterfuck and I love it

Love how title went from molding is a pain in the ass to molding takes skill

the chaos in this video remindes me a little bit of ,,I did a thing''

You can use a silicone mold to make a silicone cast. Silicone does not stick to cured silicone. Just add a mold release spray and it just pops out.