Making a LIQUID Filled LED Skull with Opal and Resin

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Жыл бұрын

On this episode of Ben's Worx I attempt to cast liquid and opal into a skull mold using epoxy resin.
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@JStrick525 Жыл бұрын

A rather famous PBS painter once said something about there never being any mistakes, only happy accidents. In this case I have to agree because I love the result! ❤️

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@beaverc2884 Жыл бұрын

Ole Bob Ross, the guy was a painting genius. Just like this project, I don't see a mistake just an amazing end result.

@blujay1304 Жыл бұрын

@@beaverc2884no no no, he is a painting LEGEND

@beaverc2884 Жыл бұрын

@@blujay1304 Oh yes yes you are correct. 😊

@bonitagoodwin5086 Жыл бұрын

He looks pretty gnarly dude!❤ I think you're happy accident turned out to be fabulous!❤

@KP-nx8lo Жыл бұрын

When using black uv resin let the light hit it from both top and bottom. So hit from the top then flip the mold and hit it from the underside. Also do it for twice as long as you would light colored uv resin

@DAsAngel1960 Жыл бұрын

Ah, but would the UV light be able to penetrate the mica powder 🤔 Color shift mica powders work by reflecting and refraction, which would mean not enough UV light would get through to cure from the outside.

@KP-nx8lo Жыл бұрын

@@DAsAngel1960 I’ve never had any problems just takes awhile and using a higher powered light would help too. Use either a nail light or one you’d get from like the hardware store

@SquirrelGrrlBlue Жыл бұрын

The opal light effect is pretty cool! You should experiment more with that sometime. 👍

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thankyou, will do

@shaunacorrigan9372 Жыл бұрын

I really like how it turned out, but I also feel like this is one of those projects that's probably even better in person! Love the kaleidoscope effect you get with the opal!

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thankyou, yeah it was hard to capture the beauty on camera

@beckyrebs5148 10 ай бұрын

I love the idea of the skull having a boxing backstory, it makes the LED's suit him even more as if he's 'seeing stars' haha!

@christianegates2781 Жыл бұрын

I do a lot UV resin stuff, and one thing I learned, is ,the darker and more opaque a color, the less likely it is for the darn thing to cure... had that with black happen several times too😅😅, nice save!

@lechatbotte. Жыл бұрын

I’ve had my UV resin do that. Between the coloring agent and the depth of pour it didn’t want to set well. Works better when it’s clear.I did find some transparent tints that worked better. Sticky is an under statement. You did a great job at over coming it. I love this I’ve got that skull mold will be interesting.

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@lechatbotte. Жыл бұрын

@@BensWorx one thing I learned is it’s better to use dry pigments liquids contain water which doesn’t play well with resin

@openorwap5412 Жыл бұрын

Not my favourite if I'm honest, but the colour switch effect along with the opals was absolutely beautiful! I would have liked to have had a longer look of the finished piece at the end, though.

@Bayne78 Жыл бұрын

love it, filling the eyes with clear resin, or even being able to see the light come though would be sweet too if that's possible! give it a horror feel

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thankyou, yeah that would be cool

@nandaanupama Жыл бұрын

Oh i would absolutely love that

@thiemecraft Жыл бұрын

If I may offer a suggestion, Ben, apply your mica powder, then use a baby wipe to clean up any areas that you don't want it to stay on. If you don't want a definitive line, blend the edge with a make-up brush. Carefully pour in the clear resin so that it doesn't run over the mica, place the bauble, and cure. It might help to use the stir stick to guide the clear resin. Once the clear is cured, it should be good to go for the black.

@SavageLucy Жыл бұрын

Kinda reminds me of a magic 8 ball. It would be fun to experiment with making one of those with the skull mold.

@toMickorNottoMick 3 ай бұрын

Oohh....I like this idea!

@patriciaervin1775 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love it. The UV "mistake" actually turned out for the best. The marks make it look awesome. I'm a skull nut and would love that in my collection.

@balover2010 Жыл бұрын

I've said it before, I'll say it again: you always sound so positive and enthusiastic in your videos, and it truly adds to the cool and educational nature of your projects. You're a joy to watch and listen to! Edit: I LOVE the "ruined effect, with different colors it could be a perfect gruesome halloween effect! Edit 2: The burl coordinates with the skull beautifully, well done! I love the boxer story too!

@samanthadean1083 Жыл бұрын

I kinda like the gouges, makes it look old and weathered!!! I also love the sparkle effect from the opal!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@unadomandaperte Жыл бұрын

Feeling creative these days. 😊

@megananderson9671 Жыл бұрын

Ben, my son, Gunnar and I still are watching your videos. You’ve inspired me to bring out more of my artistic side and bring epoxy into my paintings. You do such a wonderful job with your work. Not only does my son enjoy it, but my girls and my oldest boy are now intrigued and watch them with us. Thank you for always sharing. 🤍

@a0a0--0ao0 Жыл бұрын

The scuffs really gives this skull a lot of character! Love it

@angeepanjee 8 ай бұрын

So good to see an Aussie doing a resin video. I love the whole liquid on the resin idea and I can't wait to try it. I haven't done resin for over a year because it was affecting my health but I'll be taking all the safety precautions Every time I use resin from now on.Great video, thankyou!!

@thenerktwins Жыл бұрын

I'm enjoying this type of video where you're really being creative and trying new things

@f.cscootriders Жыл бұрын

Love the overhead camera angle. It's really taking the videography to new...."heights"

@gagirltrixie67 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting an “oops” video. I’ve only been working with resin for a little over a year and am glad to see someone else make an oops. And even happier to see how you salvaged it!!! Beautiful skull. I really need to play with some color shift mica soon.

@TheTrooper777 Жыл бұрын

You are absolutely the resin king, great job.

@angelastreeter2734 Жыл бұрын

Great result Ben! Sometimes they just don't go right. I'm glad you were able to salvage it and didn't chuck it in the bin.

@karacoop Жыл бұрын

You definitely work magic Ben! I love the way that light looked. You should see what else can have a light like that or maybe how big you can make a light!

@TheDellaniOakes Жыл бұрын

It looks pretty good! I'm glad you were able to salvage it. I wish the eye sockets glowed, that would be even cooler. I love the opals in the bauble. The patterns them make are beautiful.

@kirklovell9164 Ай бұрын

You did a great job of saving the skull! Looks really cool, well done.

@vee_tinymoose Жыл бұрын

I love the end product. Oh my heart also hurt when you took to the skull with the dremel!!

@drunkdogartwork4016 Жыл бұрын

Awesome idea. The cover-up worked really well. And just remember, UV resin needs UV light to cure. If you mix in an opaque powder and the light can not penetrate it the UV resin will not cure.

@azazelmakara3716 Жыл бұрын

It turned out pretty cool for an experiment.

@LadyKatJPhillips Жыл бұрын

Your skull is Perfection Ben! You absolutely saved it! I'm glad the UV resin messed up because the cuts all over the skull are really cool!!! Also, I watch A LOT of craft videos where chameleon powder is used on the inside of a mold. NO ONE has ever turned it inside out! Brilliant Ben!🎉🎉🎉 And... this skull looks gnarly! Awesomeness Ben!

@lindahobbs5545 Жыл бұрын

Excellent save on that one. I think it looks great!

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thanks Linda 😊

@angelalewis3645 10 ай бұрын

It reminds me of Ashton from CR! So great. Good work, Ben!

@crispyjokingtuna1495 Жыл бұрын

I love how the light and the opal played together! I hope you try some other things with that

@Flarecobra Жыл бұрын

Can't help but feel that could make for an interesting take on a Sugar Skull there, with the color shift as a base.

@hiyaks 6 ай бұрын

I like the way it turned out after the mistake, probably better!

@pkmnmastertash Жыл бұрын

If you were to try this again, try doing the oposite with the UV resin. Coat the mold with the color shift the same way, but instead of suspending the bauble and doing the edges with black uv resin, use the clear uv resin to hold the bauble in the spot you want it and surround it. Just dont do your uv layers too thick! As some people have already mentioned, the black pigment prevents the UV light from fully curing the resin. Best practice is to cure from both sides, and use even thinner layers. Still looked pretty dope in the end though!

@NigelMelanisticSmith Жыл бұрын

Seeing through the top of the skull was creepier than I was expecting lol

@angelfromhellshawna Жыл бұрын

Wow!! This turned out GREAT in my opinion!! AWESOME JOB Ben!!!!😊

@Magic_sk8board_media Жыл бұрын

Gloves! You remembered! I loved the video with the ram chip and cord and misc, things! All the mats at the beginning made me think you were going to do one of those again! Regardless, I love watching you do your thing.

@rachelruwe219 Жыл бұрын

I love it. Totally saved it. The opal lighting up was amazing ❤

@lozking9568 Жыл бұрын

This turned out awesome! Would love to see more projects with the opal and lights coz that effect was amazing!

@MnACreations Жыл бұрын

Pretty neat, Ben! Glad you were able to save your experiment!

@wysgyeman Жыл бұрын

Just awesome! Love how you saved it!!

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@LisaVornhagen Жыл бұрын

That turned out pretty cool! I love how the light looks!

@jaquelinepaul7384 9 ай бұрын

I think it looks awesome it looks like his head was melted I love it

@mewsli Жыл бұрын

We don't make mistakes we make design desicions or change objectives 😂 Bravo Ben.

@jaillias Жыл бұрын

You should try a similar project with the light effect of this one, but maybe with a tiny motor wired in or something to stir it up and make it a night light. Love the way this turned out and how you were able to save it. 👌

@mattersofthehartbynat8815 3 күн бұрын

Still turned out to be bloody awesome Ben!! ♥️♥️🇦🇺

@capnskustomworks Жыл бұрын

It definitely showed what a cool concept that could be!!! And it still looked really neat in the end!

@Shazian_Fleur Жыл бұрын

I love how it came out…it’s unique! Great job Ben!

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@SuperAlieb Жыл бұрын

I think it gave it more character and turned out brilliant

@Sulzie65 Жыл бұрын

Looks pretty cool! I think it’s cooler this way with the light shining through the “gouges”.

@IamNotANumber Жыл бұрын

What a spectacular save! It looks amazing. I love these experiments.

@rtist9281 Жыл бұрын

It’s nice knowing I’m not the only one to have that happen with UV resin 😊

@JillyBean70 Жыл бұрын

This is the coolest thing I have seen you make so far !!!!!

@appleoneill5135 Жыл бұрын

Looks like it was meant to look that way. I love it ❤

@runfromnuke Жыл бұрын

Turned out really cool despite not how you thought it would! When you were first showing everything for it, I was thinking something more along the lines of "The Rescuers". lol

@mialagunas8499 Жыл бұрын

These molds have been so fun!

@jager-fett Жыл бұрын

WOW!!!!! love it! excited to see what you do next with skulls!

@aureliusrusticus2320 Жыл бұрын

At some point you should definitely make a resin and metallic powder skull from that mold, like the dragon guy.

@Area52WoodWorking Жыл бұрын

Brilliant save. Think it came out better than if it went to plan.🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@btdarterschannel112 Жыл бұрын

Ben, love your videos! I especially like that you show successes and "challenges." Which turn out to be successes later! Thanks! 👍

@lauradirenzi1477 Жыл бұрын

I liked the first way, it gave it character. The redo is pretty cool 😎 also..😊🦋🦋

@gothiccharms Жыл бұрын

Nice save!! Now I have to figure out how to do something similar but with battery-powered led lights! I don't solder lol thanks for the creative inspiration

@nyantoasty7579 Жыл бұрын

Man, this turned out really interesting! I would love to see a similar project, but with two of the light up, glycerin and opal baubles set deep in the eye sockets. Maybe something in a soft, rounded geometric shape to make them look like magical gems. The light effect turned out amazing with the synthetic opal, and your recent frog project makes me want to see some black 'ichor' drips and drops as well! I definitely want to experiment with this now!

@kellyw.1779 Жыл бұрын

Hey Ben! Great save...I just love the color shift powders. I first thought you might do a bit of wet sanding on the uncured resin to give it a more smooth effect but the roughness kind of gave it a new character. I just wish we could have seen the "full on view" of the finished project sitting on that gorgeous burl wood piece while it was "lit up". Love all your work. Having the light shining through his eyes would be super cool too!! Big ((Hugs)) from Texas!🤗💀

@Nrscathy60 Жыл бұрын

I got lost in what was what, but I do know this... I Love LOVE your new theme song in the beginning!!! Kudos to the band who worked with you! This was quite a project, but you always find a way!❤

@pmedic523 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see a bigger bulb inside of that size mold. Wasn’t sure what exactly what it was for until the end. Super cool! Imagine if most of or if not all the cranium was a glass bulb like that!

@Piratemel26 Жыл бұрын

I think the skull turned out really cool!! No worries if projects don't always turn out how you expected, that's the joy of creating! 💜💀

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mel 😊

@jennypaxson3030 Жыл бұрын

That's cool. Great job.

@wdsgothictrader7413 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful thanks for sharing to us

@michelle_resinrebel Жыл бұрын

Hi Ben it never cured because of the black uv resin and the mould is a bit thicker than the moulds you us for uv resin, plus cure from both sides, still looks great 👍 that colour shift 😍 thanks for sharing x

@Gkitchens1 Жыл бұрын

Very unique recovery. Love how it turned out

@dhd8850 Жыл бұрын

Bloody hell this is incredible 😮🎉

@williamtufts3600 Жыл бұрын

An Opal nightlight like that would look awesome.

@terifrazier1288 4 ай бұрын

love the way this turned out.

@williamellis8993 Жыл бұрын

Yes, you saved it. Looks great. Bill

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill

@rharbarenko Жыл бұрын

SAVED!! very cool idea. looked awesome. but you need to try again, cuz the smooth look was coming out awesome!

@madeleinegombert661 22 күн бұрын

It looks more interesting with the marks on the top.❤❤❤❤

@annastraitschmitz498 Жыл бұрын

That was a really cool project. I really like the lighted opal effect. Another project idea that I think would be cool is if you were able to place a gold doubloon (coin) in its teeth. And have ruby glowing eye with a patch on the other.

@AngelicDevil721 Жыл бұрын

I think it looks amazing! It's always fun when unintended mistakes make a more unique process for the piece, it's truly one of a kind now! :) I'd love to see more experimental baubles too, that effect is so nice

@lawrencekellie Жыл бұрын

Adding what you use for the project is a nice touch. :)

@TheSassy Жыл бұрын

I have never had luck with colouresd UV resin. Beautiful save. Thanks Ben.

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sas 😊

@THEAPRILFOOL-1983 Жыл бұрын

Love The opal color I always give your videos a thumbs up first thing I do keep up the great work

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate, I really appreciate it

@Kristie_H Жыл бұрын

This turned out really cool!

@BensWorx Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kristie

@dallaswoiken7533 Жыл бұрын

Ben great job on the recovery,it turn out awesome

@OldsouLim73 Жыл бұрын

I think it’s perfect!

@glenda9651 11 ай бұрын

Love the way it turned out. Well done ❤

@AgdaFingers Жыл бұрын

Wow, it really DID turn out to be a success!

@diedredunham7383 Жыл бұрын

I like how it turned out. Good job!

@Zaqinabox Жыл бұрын

The gouges make it look so much cooler!

@Zaqinabox Жыл бұрын

If I ever got one of Ben's pieces I'd want this one.

@frankierzucekjr Жыл бұрын

The first fail ive ever seen by you and even then it was pretty awesome. I cant wait to see how yoy salvaged it. Wanted to comment and say it reminded me of Joe Pesci's head on home alone lol. Cant wait to see the final