I'm currently waiting for the first bit of skin on the raptor to dry. I have stuck it on, it's looking good!
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W00t!

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W00t!
Latex-ing has finally worked! Really well!
I've now got 2 chunks of dino skin:

It's a fantastic cast, it holds the texture really well. Now I have to stick it onto Raptor's side...

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Again, although I added grease, the latex stuck down around the edges. Grrrr... I'll use clay next time.
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Ahh! The latex stuck to the blu-tac!
Must try again, this time with a layer of grease...
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I've painted my skin and head casts with latex and they're now drying. Take a look:

The smallest one is the head. You can't see it clearly because of the angle and size etc. and it won't really matter if it looks a bit shoddy 'cos it's only gonna be on screen a few seconds and then it'll be moving too fast to see clearly. It's just the general shape that matters.
 

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