tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25910439.post114958425818208095..comments2024-01-24T14:39:44.820-06:00Comments on Darkmatters: The Skin is in!Darkmattershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15410415900992364189noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25910439.post-65358521705449797432009-03-01T05:21:00.000-06:002009-03-01T05:21:00.000-06:00I just found this post after Googling for "Dragon ...I just found this post after Googling for "Dragon Skin and oven" when I saw someone using their oven at home for DS. I never remembered this post and then I saw my comment above! wild. So weird I remembered this not at all.Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25910439.post-1149653792985842512006-06-06T23:16:00.000-05:002006-06-06T23:16:00.000-05:00(I tried posting this this morning but couldn't co...(I tried posting this this morning but couldn't connect)<BR/><BR/>Wow! Mike, This entry reads like a suspense thriller!! I turned off the radio to read it by a few lines in! Dude, I love how you took no prisoners, breaking rules as they suited you. And it worked!! You're forging the way for us, testing materials with hyper-educated planning. And man, when you finally launch after all that research, look out! Whoosh!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for shooting the steps and laying out the materials to follow. Can't wait to see how these things work in person. I'd love a translucency to my puppets. Eeek Gads!Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25910439.post-1149637384216914322006-06-06T18:43:00.000-05:002006-06-06T18:43:00.000-05:00Thanks for the encouragement guys! Mark:For the fl...Thanks for the encouragement guys! <BR/><BR/>Mark:<BR/><BR/>For the flashing, I started by just tearing off the really thin sheet of it. I wanted to test and see if it would come off that way or if it might try to tear into the puppet. It seems to work fine, but doesn't get very close. Then I followed up with my Micromark scissors, a couple of passes getting closer and closer. You can flex the rubber back and get flush even in those concave areas. Dangerous though I suppose, as you might trim too close that way and not know until you un-flex. <BR/><BR/>That's all I've done so far, and you almost can't see the seam line. I suppose on camera though it would show up pretty well. Tonight I try sanding with icewater and then alcohol, and afterwards I mess with painting. My D-Limonene came in yesterday. some really stinky stuff, smells like an orange juice/turpentine coctail and it makes your throat burn and your eyes water, but it's not as toxic as Toluene.Darkmattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410415900992364189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25910439.post-1149623470065839442006-06-06T14:51:00.000-05:002006-06-06T14:51:00.000-05:00yeah, what he said...you rock...yeah, what he said...<BR/><BR/>you rock...UbaTuberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15777541540454167277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25910439.post-1149621024206868912006-06-06T14:10:00.000-05:002006-06-06T14:10:00.000-05:00Thank you, thank you, thank you!! --For blazing th...Thank you, thank you, thank you!! --For blazing the path; for documenting the questions and answers from your experiments; for putting up pics of the results.<BR/><BR/>It's amazing the extent to which seeing some photos -- even just the one of the canisters of materials -- makes the silicone process more tangible, more doable. I'm going to be right behind you, man. :-D<BR/><BR/>...This was an <I>extremely</I> helpful post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25910439.post-1149607116889670182006-06-06T10:18:00.000-05:002006-06-06T10:18:00.000-05:00WOW......looks awesome!....OK, I'm sold....silicon...WOW......looks awesome!....OK, I'm sold....silicon here I come...<BR/><BR/>Thanks!UbaTuberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15777541540454167277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25910439.post-1149606197945647882006-06-06T10:03:00.000-05:002006-06-06T10:03:00.000-05:00Rock on Mike!Great to see the dragon skin is worki...Rock on Mike!<BR/><BR/>Great to see the dragon skin is working so well.<BR/>How was the seam flashing? Did you just trim with scissors?<BR/><BR/>Still waiting to see how you go about tinting and/or painting the silicon?<BR/><BR/>Great Postmefullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027902750016300876noreply@blogger.com