Wax Mold Prop Hands - Page 4

dionicia · #31 03-28-2012

This is just an option to help folks with hands which seem to be harder to come by sometimes especially at an inexpensive price.

Blackrose1978 · #32 03-28-2012

I have been trying to figure out an cheap way to make hands thanks for the tip!!

Blackrose1978 · #33 04-03-2012

Thank you soo much for the inspiration!! I tried this last night and it worked pretty well, if not a little messy lol. finally my creatures will have more realistic hands. I am thinking i am gonna take the hand we made and use it to create latex hands

dionicia · #34 04-03-2012

Right on. Post your progress. I would love to see it.

MorbidMariah · #35 04-03-2012

This looks kinda fun! Gonna have to try this when I get ready to make witch hands.

Thanks, Dionicia!

pennywise · #36 06-20-2012

I totally botched this somehow. I've tried 4 times and eery time I try to remove my hand the mold splits. I soak it in the cold water for about 30 seconds after I've dipped 10-12 times. I also tried just 1 finger and that still cracked when removing the mold. Not sure what I am doing wrong here lol

craigfly06 · #37 06-20-2012

could you use latex instead of the plaster? would you fill it up all the way with latex, they would be expensive hands.

dionicia · #38 06-20-2012

You don't want the wax to get too hard. You want it to be still a little warm when you try to remove it. I'll take another video soon to show how I did it. Good hand therapy to boot.

dionicia · #39 06-21-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by craigfly06

could you use latex instead of the plaster? would you fill it up all the way with latex, they would be expensive hands.

You would have to build it up otherwise it would take forever to dry (personal experience).

pennywise · #40 06-22-2012

I bet that's my problem, my hand mold gets too hard. I thought it may be the wax I bought. At Michael's I couldn't find the 4lb block so I got a 2lb block of container candle wax. It get s really hard like in your video so I don't think that's the problem. I will try again tonight and see if I can remove my hand before the wax hardens. I'm making a grave digger prop this year and want to use this method for the hands. Thanks.