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Look for "slush casting" or "slip casting" liquid latex. (Get it at special effects supply-- they're great folks and I've worked with them for years).

Cut the foam to the desired shape. Some experience with fabrics might be useful here, in figuring out how/where to cut notches in the foam to bend it to 3D shapes. Use hotmelt glue to bind the edges together, and do it thoroughly and well, with no visible outside seams (I mildly burned my fingers over and over and over doing this). Be patient-- this takes a lot of careful effort; it's not hard, it's just exacting.

Once you have the shape you want, literally paint a coat of the latex onto it. It will suck it up greedily, so just make sure you get a good coat. When that's dry, apply another to smooth it out some.

Paint it with Krylon paints (or better yet, do your own tests with different kinds-- you want a kind that will flex when the surface does, without cracking.

That's all there is to it!

Tags: triggur, mech, costume, complicated, cool

Mimic 3D Lip-Sync Studio

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:51:05 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator
clipper's remarks:

The best part is that with the help of Mimic, you don't have to a be animation master in order to quickly create convincing facial animation.

Clip Source: www.daz3d.com

Mimic Pro provides an advanced environment for easily creating and editing facial animation sequences. Take existing WAV audio files of any language and let Mimic animate your figure for you. Or, record your own speech file within Mimic's simple recording studio via a microphone connected to your computer. With the ability to add in expressions such as winks, nods, and smiles, your figures can easily become as expressive as your imagination allows.

By creating the facial animation for you, Mimic's Talkback™ engine will save you hours of production time, allowing you to focus on other areas of your animation projects. Focus your energy on the nuances within your animation and make your characters come alive with real-life mannerisms and body language. The best part is that with the help of Mimic, you don't have to a be animation master in order to quickly create convincing facial animation.

Mimic is available for use as a plugin with NewTek's LightWave (version 7.5 or higher) or as a plugin for Curiouslabs' Poser (version 3 or higher).


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