hehe, 'homemade breast implant kit' was my first thought.

Anyways... *hides from feminists* ...it looks awsome.

How awsome. I'll send ya payment, no problemo, just need shipping costs when you are ready, no rush.

I heard there was a claw missing on that one? Have an extra by chance?

I usually give 3-4 days on ebay when I sell things. mainly because of how you don't know the urgency of how soon the other bidders needed it.

A week is common though for me as well.

I once bought something, and even though 'ebay' said it was shipped, I was never contacted from the seller with tracking info, or at all for a month. When I left a neg... he spazzed out like a nut, leaving a retalitory neg in return.

Only very few sellers leave feedback after the buyer paid, they usually wait till after the buyer replied, then they do. It's dumb, i know because I work in retail, but hey, it's ebay.

damn, you make it seem so simple.

... yes, I know it is, but I'm scared of using anything that smells like it can kill me :P

the nastiest thing I'm game to use is the contact adhesive I glue all my stuff together with. amazing glue... yellow, goopy and smells like a bad trip, but I love it anyway :)

Just wondering what kind of places would carry clear casting resin. I can find two lots on ebay but only one that ships to australia, and they call it floral resin. Getting off the ebay track, know of any places that'd ship internationally, or if you buy from a local place... what kind of shop is it? o..0

*facepalms*

can't believe I didn't think of that. Thanks a bunch :)

hmmmm... i've been learning resin and rubber casting techniques in my metal casting classes, and we have to put our filled molds into a pressure chamber while they cure to pull all the air out. it doesn't look like you're having any trouble with air bubbles, though... maybe that's just for making super strong, dense, jewlery-quality plastic pieces. so you wouldn't need that kind of density in something like this... that simplifies how i was thinking of going about this like ten-fold.

that looks like a rubber mold? plaster is a no-go for plastic casting right? i always want to cheat cause i have tons of free plaster on hand as a ceramics student... how do you avoid the air bubbles so well? just careful mixing and pouring?

cool! i don't have to wait untill i can buy an air compressor after all. i just found an old steel pressure cooker i hope to make into a vaccuum chamber with my professors help, i'm keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't explode on me.

anyways, i'm just rambling now 'cause i love shop talk... thanks for the tutorial :3

Whoa did i read that you were from Edmonton? Im from Calgary! ( or was for 24 years until liek amonth ago). You absolutely rule and youre work is rocking the community. Where did you find youre talents? Oh i wish we could have met while i was still in 'berta. I cant get back home until april ( greencard stuff). Anyways, im silverlinzfox on AIM i think we may have many people in common ^^. Take care talk to ya later.

after you make the blanks, do you use any kind of special paints or sommat to color the rest? I've been curious about these sorts of eyes for a long time, for my sculptures mostly.
-Sen

I'll keep that in mind! Thanks for the info ^^;
oh, one other thing, where might one find this universal mold stuff? I've never seen it in any craft stores before.

Where did you get the mold? Would you be willing to sell eye blanks?

Those look pretty big. Do you wind up with optical distortion? Polycarbonate plastic would make a good substitute if you could heat the resin at about 500 degrees. we use it to make the lenses on headlamps, then we put a protective UV / scratch resistant coating over them. Polycarbonate is pretty tough anyway the coating's main function is to protect the plastic from UV light, which over long exposure will cause it to go yellow and cloudy. Will that happen to the resin you use?

Best Wishes,
Miri Tekker

It must be much drier at your house. My clear resin always ends up with bubbles in it due to the moisture in the air. I may have to make a small vacuum chamber for my molds to cure bubble free.

Thanks for all of the cool tutorials!

That's really cool.

My house is bad for casting. Silicon won't cure as it is too cold, and it is too damp to use resin without getting bubbles. *laughs* I use fiberglass, quick cast resin, latex, and ultracal 30 for everything.

~S

I don't suppose you are able to sell the eye blanks? I haven't been having much luck with the resin eyes and I need a couple of blanks >.

thanks :D

any chance of you doing a tutorial on how to install said eyes? *looks at you hopefully*

Thanks for the tutorial! I'm a bit curious about the painting process as well. I looked through your gallery and see that most eyes have a shine or highlight on them. Did you paint on a white highlight or is that occurring naturally from a light source?

I tried this, but mine are coming out really glossy.. with bubbles..
Could you please tell me what kind of resin you are using and who makes it? also where did you get your tray?

I have been using a egg carrier but its hard to get things out of.

also what size are your eyes (in inches) ?