I am now on to making the first head from the mold, it is going to be made from Silicone and I am going to have it a dark color to match that of a gorilla’s skin. The way this part is done is firstly spraying the mold with a mold removal spray to help get the head out when it’s done. Then you start adding the silicone in layer’s on Silicone bit by bit. The first layer is meant to be thin and is meant to be able to cover most of mold. Once it is a bit drier but not completely you can start to focus on other parts of the mold and build the thickness up. While doing this you need to try and make sure the eyes are clear, you do not always get all of it off, but it helps with the next step. Once you have done one or two layer’s you can then add in the eyes. I made some new black resin eye’s because I wanted to see what they would look like in the end, but they can be swapped out for different ones later when the head is done. Once the silicone was dry, I removed any traces of silicone over ...
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