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feel free to ask me about metal casting ponies
im very autistic about it
Anyone know any good tips to force yourself to get stuff done? It’s not that I have no motivation to create pony stuff, but that there’s other stuff I need to do to actually be able to create and I keep putting it off.
My contribution to the mare gallery!
Unlike many of my casts, she is bronze cast hollow with a wall thickness of 3/16th of an inch. Despite that, she is by far by biggest cast so far standing at nearly a foot tall and weighting ~14lbs
Ballerina Twilight for MF! Yes shes a unicorn that one episode doesn't count.
Finally getting back into the groove of things as the con draws near
Very rough proof of concept for a horse heart pendant for Mare Fair
If you see anything else, please know you are wrong and just like the people who claim the Mare Fair logo is anything but a balloon
Been busy planning some stuff for mare fair and also being lazy, but just recently got this bucket of ceramic slurry for doing casts. Previously I was limited to around 4x4x6 inches if I wanted to be safe, though usually less due to sculpture shapes, but this will allow me to cast ponies any size as long as they fit in the bucket.
Hopefully Ill be trying it soon, but it might be a bit since prep time is a lot longer than my other casting method
This and april fools day made me realized how much I just casually checked the board. Sucks to have this happen just before a con
I had a few big issues trying to cast this. First being that the cape was originally too thin, second being I accidentally burned out the mold for less time than I should've, and third being mold geometry breaking near the ball since it was so thin.
That being said, its been a really good experience for next time I cast something like this since it helped me learn how to arrange molds better and the lower end of how absolutely thin I can cast large areas. Definitely plan to recast in the future
This is the closest I'll ever get to making something anthro
Do you guys think I should continue to do the rotating shots as I have been or should I do them inside my photo box? If you look at my 4cc cast you’ll see the white background helps show off the highlights of the metal that show irl, but not well on camera. On the other hand I like having a natural background to show off how its an actual object and not a render.
Just looking for opinions like I prefer having just one video and one still photo instead of cluttering stuff with a bunch of pictures
In all honesty, probably one of my worst casts since I tried a lot of new casting methods/clean up tricks with it. Biggest thing is the bottom right being a bit janky since I decided to try tig welding for the first time to fix up a casting hole. Despite all of that its still presentable enough and I've learned a lot for next time which im really happy about