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Let's take a look at Halloween Animatronics Volume 2
Running Time 1 hour and 42 minutes
SILICON
SKINNING And if that’s not enough for you,
we will go over how to use 2 part silicon and adding silicon
skins to your animatronics for realism and overall effect.
This stuff is the BEST. And if you want your Halloween Animatronics
to STAND OUT from the crowd, There's no substitute for using
SILICON SKIN on your Halloween Props. And with the POWER
of Pneumatics, you can easily handle moving them around!
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Ah yes, Silicon Skinning for Halloween Animatronics. In this
extended section we go over making the basic face and connected
top torso, Silicon Arm skins for the pneumatic prop as well
as a couple ways to make the form behind the silicon.
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You may decide to make your own face for your
prop. One way to do it is to use non-hardening clay over a styrofoam
head. Take your time shaping and molding it. The silicon will
pick up all the details! |
| You will need alginate, 2 part silicon and silicon tint and
plaster bandages to do this so I tell you where you can easily
order these in the downloadable files and In the video, I show
you exactly how to mix up everything. You see it a couple times
on different forms so you really know what you are doing even
before you start! |
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After making the alginate mold, it needs some strength so
we add plaster bandages to the mold so we can use it to duplicate
the skin. |
| Once the plaster sets up and we peel away the clay face and
skeleton form, we are ready to mix up the 2 part silicon and
go to town. |
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The 2 part silicon basically is kind of clear, so we need
to tint it to the color we need depending upon the prop. |
| Ok, the alginate is pink. The mixed silicon is a grey-blue.
Once the 2 part silicon sets up (about 30 min to full setup)
we can peel the skin away and take a look at our new prop skin! |
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See, told you it was grey! Yep this guy is supposed to be
dead so I tinted the silicon a grey-blue color. Looks perfect.
Now all we have to do is some silicon painting and add this
to our prop frame.. |
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| Once we start mounting the silicon to the pneumatic
framework things really start shaping up... SMILE! our Dead
guy is just about ready! |
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But Wait! Before we move on and finish the pneumatic prop,
I have gotta show you how to paint your silcon skins. I show
you how to use a basic airbrush setup as well as using regular
brushes so You DEFINATELY get your money's worth! |
| And next, I show you how to use a 2 part plastic compound
to make a lightweight plastic shell that's perfect for mounting
your Halloween Animatronics and adding further realism to your
prop.. |
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Finally, we have to make those arms to cover the pneumatic
cylinders. So I show you exactly how to make them. By this time,
however, you know what to do when you get your own silicon so
it pretty easy! |
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| Finally the 2-arms prop is complete and we take
a look at how it runs! |
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| Then after a quick reprogram, the prop action
is the way we want it! Fast! Powerful! Scary and the AUDIO SCREAM
is AWESOME! |
| So what are you waiting for?? Click here to see
it in action! |
