The 20+ best Sculpting, Molding, Casting and Toy Making Recources
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For the time being i’m working on a new series of five critters for a small limited series. It’s a new way to sculpt my creatures out of wax after done a quick mold of the clay prototype. I haven’t finished yet my actual sculpting tutorial on this but i do take hearty work in progress pics, so be sure to check the tutorial section again. Until then, i’d like to share with you some of the finest online resources about sculpting, d.i.y toymaking and molding stuff. Enjoy! 
SCULPTING:
Smellybugs Maquette Tutorial
best clay sculpting tutorial i’ve seen so far! just watch and learn
GoreGoreGore
not much to read, but tons of pictures about the sculpting and molding process
SouthernGFX Tutorials
clay / super sculpey tutorials (you have to scroll down the page one section)
AB Sculpting Studio Tutorial
andy is sculpting a bust in 1/3 scale
FigurePunk Interview on mnartists
sculpting tips and how to produce your own vinyl toys in china
Fanboy – Vinyl Toy comes to Life
step-by-step guide to the making of organ donors
BehindTheToys Figure Creation Process
how an action figure gets created
Gremlins in the Garages – How to
work in process articles and how to make garages kits
Willow Products – Demonstration Videos
all about sculpting waxes and tools to work with it
Dave Pressler – Making Stuff
dave describes the process of making his first vinyl toy
MOLDING:
Dan Perez Studios – Workshop
molding / casting tutorials and some sculpting tips
Hirstarts Mold Making
how to make simple silicone and latex molds
James Rogers Sculptures Studio
figure molding, check how they make the air canals into the mold
MyHeap Molding and Casting Resource
process of making molds, casting up to things like making milk plastic
Jumping Brain – flickr sets
flickr prototyping photosets from emilio garcias jumping brain
Tessetoys – Silicone Mold Guide
how to produce a figure using silicone rubber and resin plaster
B9RobotResource – Molding
silicone rubber mold making – how-to guide
Paint-Sculpt – Mold Making Tutorial
mold making step by step
Alumilite – How to
all kind of mold rubber & cast resin video tutorials
Freeman – Mold Making Videos
silicone rubber and urethane casting resin video tutorials
TAP Plastic – YouTube Chanel
video tutorials about their own rubber products
Pity Mold Suply – YouTube Chanel
different techniques and sfx related molding video tutorials
You have some topic related links to share? please drop a comment and this archives can grow, thx. I will add some book references and communities soon…
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October 19th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Awsome content, what template do you use in your blog ?
December 14th, 2009 at 12:49 am
I just want to tell you that your blog is very interesting, bookmarked
April 20th, 2010 at 10:08 am
Thank you for these tutorials, I’ll try to apply what I’ll learn to make myself a new silicone keypad because I want to try out a DIY project and my old keypad is broken.
February 9th, 2011 at 12:17 am
This is a good write-up, I was wondering if I could use this blog post on my website, I will link it back to your website though. If this is a problem please let me know and I will take it down right away.
November 15th, 2011 at 8:07 am
I’m a designer of silicone keypad.
February 19th, 2012 at 9:49 am
Nice stuff , thank you
January 22nd, 2013 at 5:05 pm
please,
send me movie, software or other trick to make a mould by sculp.
May 13th, 2013 at 1:37 pm
I rarely leave responses, but i did some searching and wound up here The 20 best Sculpting,
And, if you are posting on other online sites, I’d like to
Molding, Casting and Toy Making Recources –
smallstuffstudio. And I do have a couple of questions for you
if it’s allright. Could it be only me or does it look like a few of the comments appear like they are written by brain dead folks?
keep up with anything fresh you have to post. Could you make a list of
every one of your communal pages like your twitter feed, Facebook page
or linkedin profile?