Hybrid stage 1) Making the sculptures

Here is my drawing of the size and shape I want my pieces to be and where I am going to place them on the face and neck of my model, I used this drawing to help me create my sculptures ready for moulding. In total I need to make 5 prosthetic pieces in order to follow my design.

I really struggled with making my sculptures as I was worried that the details would be too small so that when I made the moulds and added the silicone mixture I didn't want the silicone pieces to set and get stuck in the cracks, this is because my design is covered in the small details of the scales. Because of this I had to keep re-moulding my clay sculptures until I thought they were going to work for my mould and flat pieces.

These are my sculptures for the face, the forehead and two cheek pieces. I sculpted these onto a large plastic tray from IKEA.

A close up of the forehead piece.

The right cheek piece.

The left cheek piece.

The gills, I will be using this mould to make two flat pieces as it will work well on either side of the neck so I didn't have to make two separate sculptures and moulds.

I am happy with my final sculptures and am ready to turn them into moulds, I am looking foreward to seeing the final finished pieces!