New Flash sculpture in the works
The last few weeks Sean’s been working on a new sculpture for the character of the Flash. The photo here is of his sculpt cut apart so we can start making molds of all the pieces.
Archive for year: 2016
Batman 1989 life-sized resin cast
A few months ago Bert picked up a life-sized resin cast of Michael Keaton in his Batman costume from 1989 on eBay. The cast was really rough Bert asked Tim if he could clean it up so that I could paint it. Bert’s plan was to spray paint the cast bronze so that it would look like a metal statue. Well, apparently that wasn’t good enough for Tim and Sean, so this Christmas they surprised Bert with the bust not only cleaned up but also fully painted AND they bought a mannequin body and cut it down so that the bust would have a stable base to sit on AND ALSO bought material and added a cape too.
The bust is super-cool, life-like and a bit scary but in a good ,”I hope it keeps the burglars away” kind’a way!
New casting process
We’ve begun casting our resin items a bit differently lately. Our process has always been that we degas the resin in a vacuum degasser then pour into our molds. But now once the resin is in the mold we’re placing them into a pressure pot and pressure casting them at 50PSI until the resin fully cures. So far the results have been amazing. Casts that used to have a few air bubbles (imperfections) here and there before now have nearly no blemishes. And what before would have taken us a lot of time to correct before shipping to our customers, because we only ship out items that we’d like to receive ourselves, now takes just a few minutes to clean and box up.
Now if only we could make our air compressor quieter since the neighbors are starting to complain! 😉
Punisher 12″ figures
Using a head Sean developed for a Parker figure a while back, Tim created three different classic Punisher figures for fun. Other than the heads, these figures use off-the-shelf bodies and accessories with the Punisher chest symbol being the only other custom element on them.
Classic Punisher 12″ figure
Last weekend using some spare parts and a Dragon NEO 3 body, Tim put together an amazing Punisher figure in his classic black and white look. The Punisher’s head on this figure is the same one Sean created for a figure based on Darwyn Cooke’s Parker a few years back.
Doc Savage figures
The last few weeks Tim’s been working on creating a set of Doc Savage and the Fabulous Five figures for a project. Each stands about 2″ tall and is sculpted in Sculpey. Once he’s finished with all of the figures they’ll be cast in resin.
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Resin Monsters set to attack Monster PizzaOctober 19, 2021 - 8:40 amSean’s been hard at work casting up a ton of more resin monsters, including the new Michael Myers, Nosferatu and the Invisible Man for Monster Pizza!
Michael Myers from Halloween Resin ModelsOctober 6, 2021 - 8:30 amSean’s been working on a resin model inspired by the character of Michael Myers from the Halloween series of movies that once done and cast will be on sale at Famous Monster Pizza in Decatur, Indiana.
