Claire Golby
Level 5
Dramatic Contexts
Removing and Applying the Silicone Prosthetics
I found the removal of these pieces quite taxing and frustrating. Even though I did at least 3 layers of the proplastic plus suspension layers, the silicone ripped and split. It split on the bottom of my lizard skin flat piece, which caused the silicone to slowly leak out meaning I couldn't even apply it. It burst around the grounding area as well. I don't know whether the silicone didn't cure propely, or whether it's because it was 200% deadened, but it was very sticky and leaky. My vampire bite piece removed slightly better, but it wrinkled so much that it ruined a lot of the detail from my actual sculpt, which i'm sure is due to the silocone being 200% deadened. I tried applying the vampire bite piece with prosaid which worked fine, but I found the grounding really irritating; it was sticky and hanging in the way and I felt like it was distorting the way I applied the piece. Most of my edges are pretty bad, I think because they're half cap plastic, half silicone, as when I was blending the edge, it looked like bits of silicone coming away. I also thought I'd sculpted the piece to be quite flat, but it looks positively bulbous. I think it would've been better to sculpt two seperate bite holes, therefore avoiding having a lump in the middle. Paining the piece was ok but I really didn't like how squishy the piece was when I applied any pressure. I think this process has been quite a steep learning curve. If I were to repeat the process i'd definately try 100% deadener and do more layers of cap plastic to prevent the silicone leaking.