Richard VanOver
Wheaty Wheat Prototyping Studios
Jeff Farley
www.obscureartifacts.com
Vincent Chiantelli
www.RaptorArts.com
Alex Rivera
Falcon Designs
Norman Piatt aka Kitman
Owner of Paradoxx Resin, Kitbuilders staff writer
Michael Dinetz
Diabolic Design Studio
Paul R. Barnes
FX Masters
Action Figures Times
Nelson Kennedy
Christchurch,
New Zealand
Matt Burnett
Monkeyclaw models REVIEW
by
Sean Fallesen
by the International
Plastic Modelers' Society USA
(IPMS/USA).
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from
Michael Dinetz
Diabolic Design Studio
www.studiodds.net
| I have been working
with silicone for 8 years now for molds and
skin pieces. I first tried using 2125 for
molds in late 2007, when my company was
asked to do a make-up requiring 25 prosaide
transfer injuries. It performed beautifully,
capturing excellent detail and our molds
cured at standard hardness in only 2 hours
(nothing I had ever seen before). Now it is
the only silicone that enters my
facilities for mold purposes.
In addition I tried using Skin 30 for a
head and shoulder bust that I needed to
produce for a show. I added 30% silicone oil
to soften the Skin 30 and not a a drop of it
leached out. We painted it with silicone
paint made from Shinetsu caulking, dry
pigments, and naphtha. I have never seen
silicone paint adhere to a silicone prop
like this. None of the paint rubbed off,
even when we aggressively tried to remove it
to test durability.
Skin 30 is now the
only skin silicone my company uses for
skins and false body parts.
My company, Diabolic Design Studio, has
facilities in both Los Angeles and
Southeastern China. We love Michael Knott's
silicones so much that I have, to date, had
50 gallons of his silicones shipped over to
the Chinese facility. That was within a 7
month period of time. Michael, we could
not provide the excellent work that we do
without the help of your amazing products
and customer service. Thank you so much. |

Fiberglass and 2125
mold


This bust was seamed
with Shinetsu caulk and painted with
Shinetsu caulk thinned with Naphtha
and pigmented with finely ground
powders.

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