Jungle Hunter Bust

[Mauricioch98]

Thanks Kithunter, I want to offer a few at some point, but I´m not 100% sure yet, it really depends on how well the next step goes, hardest one imo, casting around 50 mini 1/6 scale silicone dreads for each head😵. I´ve never worked with platinum cured silicone, not sure how easy it could be to work with. Im really worried about bubbles since I don´t own a vacuum chamber.

Also wanted to ask if anyone has tried using silicone caulk and corn starch/baby powder to make quills? I know sugru is the best product to use, but there´s no way to get it in my country 😕.

 

Managed to get the second head and the bust ready paint wise, Im a bit happier with the paint on this head. I do need to redo the collar around 10% smaller tho. 

 

 

  

Needed to snap a pic with the feral 😂,made that guy as soon as the movie released, so it isn´t really accurate 

[MeanGene]

Great work! Feral looks awesome as well. You have special talent.

 

[Mauricioch98]

Cann´t believe this thread is almost a year old, but Im now closer than ever to finishing this small but quite tedious proyect 😅. Over the last few months Ive  tried many diferent ways to do the dreads, but none really worked so I ended up printing resin molds to cast silicone with and now they are almost done.  If anyone is looking to do the same some info that may help is that 3d printing resin is famous for causing cure inhibition to platinum cured silicone , but waiting some time after printing solves the problem, no extra curing, special paint or leaving the prints outside needed, I only had to wait one week after printing with elegoo resin and there was no cure inhibiton at all.

In the meantime I wasn´t 100% happy with how the heads came out, specially the open mouth one so I tweaked the sculpts and printed that one as a test. After some paint  it´s looking much better now

still need to redo this one at some point:

 

Hopefully they are both no longer bold by the end of the year, will post an update as soon as they are finished

Also have a p2 and masked head in the works, hopefully early 2024 I can post some updates on those 😅

 

[MeanGene]

Wow! The amount of patience this project must require. 

Printing molds was a smart trick and I'm sure silicone is a great choice for the dreds.

The time you've put into this is well worth it. The level of detail perfectly matches the movie.

[actias]

Beautiful! Are the files available for purchase so I could do my own resin print?

Steve

[predator666thepain666]

class work

[MeanGene]

Wonder how the P2 head is coming along?

[Mauricioch98]

Hello! Sorry for the lack of updates. Since the last post, I was able to make silicone dread successfully for the most part, but Im not 100% happy with them. Im gonna try 3d printing some elastic resin ones over the weekend to see if they are a better option. Over the past few months I have made a couple p1 heads for collectors and Im working on some more at the moment. Im really grateful for all the interest the jungle hunter heads have recieved. Haven´t had too much time to work on the p2, but what I belive to be the final sculpt is ready, but still yet to be printed 

 

pics of the heads in their final homes, by @cellar_toys and @wjc_barber over on instagram 

if everything goes well with the 3d printed dreads I may be able to have some p2 heads ready this year 🙂

 

 

[Agh3design]

It looks great, I'll keep an eye on your progress.

 

 

[MeanGene]

These heads look great on the kits but could also make for some awesome keychains. Excellent excellent work. 👍

[predator666thepain666]

heads are great!

Should make a full scale 1

Edited July 25, 2024 by predator666thepain666