So I have managed to get all of my materials in, a bit of a nightmare with covid.
So let's just jump straight in, let's start with the hand, I didn’t take many photos as I have video the process, but I have added a few screen grabs.
The main issue I am going to have is keeping my finger space correctly when making the cast. I also need to keep my hand in for 4 minutes.
I started off by mixing the alginate with 1900ml of water, I didn't have a lot of time before the mix went off around two minutes.
Once it went pink I needed to get my hand in, I needed to check the spacing for the ram and it went to me hand.
When the alginate goes white you know it is ready to pull your hand out slowly.
Once you have removed your hand you can start mixing the plaster, I use 450ml water and a bag of plaster, I don't have any photos of this bit, but have video. Once the plaster fills the cast I add some petg tubing as I need this to pull the hand out and for it to attach to the arm I make.
I pulled the full cast out of the bucket and broke the mold open.
I did snap a finger when I removed the cast but it's ok I glue it back on when I paint and sit the ram in for good. It Turned out to be a bit of a blessing.
I still have some tidying up to do on the hand but I am really surprised at how much detail the cast made.
You can see what the hand will look like with the ram, next up date will be the arm.