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I wanted to wait at least a year to share this info to confirm that it was even possible much less safe.
A lot of you folks have asked, how I make my figures and get the type of detail I get. The secret is in the resin.
I buy my resin from Vagabondcorp.com. Their resin is rated for tempratures of 250 F, but I have successfully baked the resin at 275 F with no meltdowns or damage to the resin.
I always start a figure out with a Chris Wallas type wire or aluminum armiture (Depends on the pose and the size of the figure) and sculpty.
But in the first step, I don't add the clothing. I'm too clumsy and always seem to reck the pose when I do it that way. So what I always do is make a figure without clothing,
then I make a mold, cast a couple of resin pieces, and using a combination of sculpty, paper, cloth what have you, I add the clothing.
This step also allows me the oportunity to correct any flaws that I might have missed in the first step and to add any details that were too hard to added to the more fragile sculpty piece.
Once completed I make the final mold and cast my figure. It is important to note that when you are baking the sculpty on to the resin figure, yoiu should first make sure that the figure is well supported before the bake, and that you allow the figure to cool before you remove it from the oven. The baking temprature does not melt the resin, but it does make it extremely pliable, and I don't trust the fumes that are created by baking.
These are poly Urethane resins, so you should not SHOULD NOT bake in your house, but in your garage with plenty of ventaliation. Keeping that one safety precaution in mind should help prevent any future health issues.

A lot of you folks have asked, how I make my figures and get the type of detail I get. The secret is in the resin.
I buy my resin from Vagabondcorp.com. Their resin is rated for tempratures of 250 F, but I have successfully baked the resin at 275 F with no meltdowns or damage to the resin.
I always start a figure out with a Chris Wallas type wire or aluminum armiture (Depends on the pose and the size of the figure) and sculpty.
But in the first step, I don't add the clothing. I'm too clumsy and always seem to reck the pose when I do it that way. So what I always do is make a figure without clothing,
then I make a mold, cast a couple of resin pieces, and using a combination of sculpty, paper, cloth what have you, I add the clothing.
This step also allows me the oportunity to correct any flaws that I might have missed in the first step and to add any details that were too hard to added to the more fragile sculpty piece.
Once completed I make the final mold and cast my figure. It is important to note that when you are baking the sculpty on to the resin figure, yoiu should first make sure that the figure is well supported before the bake, and that you allow the figure to cool before you remove it from the oven. The baking temprature does not melt the resin, but it does make it extremely pliable, and I don't trust the fumes that are created by baking.
These are poly Urethane resins, so you should not SHOULD NOT bake in your house, but in your garage with plenty of ventaliation. Keeping that one safety precaution in mind should help prevent any future health issues.