MVH version kougai kaiju

@The Moog The opening is at the neck for where the liquid vinyl gets poured into the mold. The process isn’t any different for something of a finger puppet with the opening at the bottom, just a different direction for where the joints are molded.

 

Generally it's much easier. Balance is difficult with lots of sofubi because while you sculpt it's hard to judge the weight of the body on the legs and getting the angle of the feet just right can be difficult and often needs to be adjusted in wax. With a big legless base there are less things that can go wrong. It pulls the exact same way the torso would pull on a figure that has legs. Pour through the neck and pull out the same way. The difference is you just don't need to add legs. Less steps mean less possible problems.

The only risk would be if the vinyl was super thin then the bottom could end up too convex or concave instead of being perfectly flat. That is never an issue though with MVH stuff because it's poured nice and thick and heavy.

 

oh yeah, i completely spaced on that. Of course! duh.

Yes, this was what i was most curious about. Seems a balancing act, a bit tricky.

Anyway, the flat bottomed toy is unusual is it not? I've just remembered the sludge demon has a flat base too.

 

@The Moog The original IKB trio, while having legs, all have flat foot bases with just openings up top for the head and arms. Echoing what @Waterbear said about concaving, one of my Kougai is much thinner in its pull, and the bottom does have a slight indentation, though it does remain flat. When the vinyl is cooked thicker, it eliminates the space for vinyl to naturally pull into itself, unless you heat it up and push it in while it cools. He’s also very correct that much of the mold corrections happen in the wax mold process. So if a sculpt doesn’t stand quite proper or flat, it can highly be successful of a fix in the wax before the metal molds are made!

 

Watching luke and rich sculpt at DV was an experience. I hope that project comes to light. Because rich made a bitching ass head in about 4-5 hours tops of work. He was even surprised. The medium they were working in was fun. I wasn’t feeling my best so i just sat, watched, took notes, and documented. It was intense for sure. I love how luke explained volume as far as how much clay you should be allowed to work with per piece depending on the look you’re going for.

 

Yep everything has been answered and very well to boot.

I am worried about it concaving but I also have faith in Dennis and his ability to make it thick enough to work.

So time will tell, and if it needs fixes we’ll go from there.

 

Even Dennis doesn't have faith in Dennis . . .

 

Hahaha you’d have to know Dennis to fully get how funny this comment is.

I don’t I’ve ever meet a more humble person.

 

woe is me.