Thanks, I'd love to see the finished product!

Fantastic Film Factory love it, what did you use to seal it?

Hey! I've covered the sculpt with normal black wall paint and sealed it afterwards with a few coats of wood glue. But I made a mistake, I didn't wait for the plaster to dry completely before painting and sealing it, so the paint and the wood glue started to peel of after a while because of the moisture in the plaster head... If you want to do such a cast by yourself, I recommend to wait with painting and sealing until the plaster cast is fully dry.

Fantastic Film Factory how many KG your PLASTER did you use?

Joan Laron for the lifecast i used about 15 kg and about the same amount for the cast... but 10 kg are probably enough in your case ;)

Male Witch thanks;D

to get a flater line on the forehead, where the plastic wrap needs to be sealed to the skin, brush on a line of silicon glue/moulding solution and push the wrap edge into it.

Stephanie i was bodycasted in 010 i would love too find other who love doing this.

The Cat's Meow that's true! Its better to use more then needed....

AtomikVision maybe check out the tutorials of lightning cosplay where she makes latex prosthetics :)

Frank Castillo thanks! I used 11 normal plaster bandages, you can find them for about 15 bucks on Amazon ;)

Thank you sir!

Your right, the cast would be much more detailed - but also more expensive!

Fantastic Film Factory not too much. you can get a pound of alginate, which is more than enough, for under 10 bucks. but I see your point

MrP2001 In my country, Alginate costs two time the price for just as much :(

Are you sure? I have never experienced that whatso ever. I've used it a lot over the years.

The plaster heats up, so if you use hot water, it can be too hot for your skin. It is better to use cold water.

Hey, I just build a simple box and sawed a fitting hole into the top. I then drilled a hole into the bottom of the pole that is attached to the head and drove a nail through the middle of the bottom side of the box. If the pole is then stuck into the box, the nail goes into the drilled hole, so the head can be rotated. Hope this helped;D

Trust me. Use vaseline all over ur skin. I didn’t once and it was unbelievably painful. But the bright side is I got a free waxing

@@user-ff2og2fx3y I was fully body casts in this stuff man from head too toe.vaseline works.

Flavio Imbrò hey, you are right, that could be a problem. Although a plaster lifecast is not as extreme as a silicone cast, it can feel pretty narrow under the cast. What you could do is to leave out areas like the mouth and the eyes until the end, which could be much more comfortable to wear.... And, really important: if you panic, dont hesitate to get rid of the cast, even if it's not finished. A few plaster strips are not worth a panic attack. The adventage of a plaster cast is, that it dries pretty fast and can be ripped of really quickly in an emergency situation (use lots of vaseline!). Good luck with your cast, I hope everything goes well!

hey flavio, although the life cast seems to be like an anciant torture to wear, in reality its just like you wearing clothes, (clothes that dont move) you dont feel trapped at all. you just know that thereis plaster on your skin, but its like a shirt ir pants. also never put plater in your eyes you are claustrophobic or not. it will rip off your eyelashes and the results in skin and eyes will be terrible. avoid the eye area and then put a plaster bandage on it when off your face. normally you wont be sculpting things directly on your eyeball, so its ok. but if you would, the eyelids dont really have a very precise shape, just a little hill hope this helped

Bladespirit hey, I used ordenairy plaster of paris i got from home depot- the plaster bandages are just casting the rough shape of the head, not the skin structure, so I didnt really need a lot of detail;)

Ok, I had already made the plaster form with the bandages when I came across your video. I have the inside coated with vasoline but I need to figure out how much plaster to fill it. How much plaster did you use again?

Did you use the 25 lb. White Plaster of Paris Dry Mix from Home Depot? Just want to be sure I'm buying the same kind. www.homedepot.com/p/DAP-25-lb-White-Plaster-of-Paris-Dry-Mix-10312/100123682

Bladespirit hey, i used between 15 and 20 kg of plaster;) i think the plaster you chose should be alright, but I havent used that specific kind yet since im from germany- I guess you just have to try it out. Good luck with your cast!

Me imagino que 10 kilos, minimo

*plaster

Not to long. The Plaster Bandages were set in about 10 minutes, but the plaster cast took about 10 hours.

Why do you think so?