“Daddy, what’s that man molding there?” “A relic, my child. A relic from a kinder, more simpler time.”

"It's a LEGO piece From the Bionicle series of a few years ago" Yeah man, sometimes I also like to think 2008 was just a few years ago

As a Bionicle fan to this day (yes, I know it's discontinued, but there's still a community) I really appreciate trying this out

What I love about the Bionicle fans is that despite the two discontinuations, they never give up on making new creations, or on creating parts themselves !

what you're showing here is actually a way a LOT of LEGO Bionicle fans might have a chance to start getting their hands on some parts not only in rare or unproduced colors but also just some rare or hard to find parts. A lot of people always called most of the Bionicle parts uncastable due to their nature but you sir have shown that is not the case

Craftsmanship that would make Vakama himself proud 🔥

God, that Lego piece brought me way back

The fact that Robert, here, calls Bionicle "classic" makes me all the more happy to see this video pop up in my recommended feed. Edit: Also, Robert, that part is the Kanohi Avohkii, the Great Mask of Light. To my knowledge, there have been three colors of the official mask: Silver (the one you used for the casting and molding), "dull gold," or "old gold," and a weird sort of sparkly transparent version that would usually take place of the dull/old gold one in certain "special" sets of Takanuva (in which the part originated, along with fellow titan set, "Makuta," which is where the silver version comes from, forming hands)

Casting Bionicle masks is actually what got me into resin casting in the first place! Your videos were very helpful when I was planning how to do it, but I never imagined you would make a video specifically about casting a mask. Maybe I'll come back to casting masks after watching this, I feel freshly inspired. Thanks, Robert!

Man I remember with the release of the movie that mask is from, Lego held a contest to win a version of that mask cast out of platinum

I am simple man I see bionicle and I click. You sir though are a master caster and I super appreciate what I witnessed here today. you earned a sub.

I don't understand how KZfaq brought me here, but I appreciate your content sir, and hope you make a lot more. It's not often that I see older folks on this platform with a large following, so it's always nice to see. Have a wonderful day, and thank you for casting a piece of my childhood. Lord knows how many of these things I had growing up.

As one who grew up with this franchise, this warms my heart. Mata Nui would smile today.

Everthing from the video to the comments is giving me such nostalgic feelings. I can't get rid of the huge grin on my face. Thanks for the good feelings and memories you all unearthed. Today feels like a good day.

I enjoy it when grandpas show their skills. Well done.

Honestly, I've seen similar flaws to the second attempt on genuine lego parts so that wasn't even a bad run per se. Of course, if you're going through the effort of a custom cast any blemish is a bit of a kick to your pride so I understand going for an even better try, but yeah, really nice work considering the "casting-unfriendliness" of the subject.

Would love to see a video watching you redesign this piece, or talk through the steps you would take, to make it suitable for resin casting.

I made a mold of this avohki , i used a 2 part box mold , and it came up nice , but with some bubbles and missing spots, now by watching this video i am able to perfect and do better molds , as one of the things i want to do/ acomplish is to cast and be able to replicate all the masks / kanohi and some other Bionicle pieces like armor , weappons and some 3d printed pieces found on thingiverse ( mask of ultimate power, adaptive hau, among others)

KZfaq randomly started recommending your videos to me, not sure what triggered the algorithm but im not mad about it, your videos are therapeutically chill

i actually smiled when i first saw the balance scale not a "haha funny" smile, but a genuine happy smile just by the looks, and logic of that piece of tech, it feels accurate it's awesome

I don't why I got this video recommended. This isn't my thing. But It feels wholesome to see people enjoying (and even feeling nostalgic I think?) the content along with you.

This is the best channel about resin casting PERIOD!! I would like to see Robert casting a highly detailed 28mm miniature. It would be great to see how he deals with thin little details and the best way to orient a mold according to the pose of the miniature.

That old-school scale is incredible, haven't seen on of those in a fat minute, you can always tell a craftsman is damn good at what he does when his tools appear older than he does. Been a fan of Bionicle since I was a little kid, so seeing this done was super nostalgic and exciting for me.

That orange mask of light came looking gorgeous!

As a screenprinter, I totally resonated with that point about process-inspired design. The design challenges that each medium's limitations present is something that I've learned to embrace over the years. I tend to do my best designing when I have a task that revolves around a set of constraints.

As a kid, at least that I can remember. My only interaction with Bionicle was watching a really bad VHS movie of it. I barely remember anything of it now. But I remember being scarred of it at points.

For that type of object is where I use a syringe, and the results I have had have been excellent, no bubbles, only burr (flash) that if you arrange the parting line well it is not noticeable and it is easy to clean, what I do is that in a two-part mold, I place the vents facing the mold, where they protrude in the solid part of the silicone and not in the part where it cuts and opens, when the pieces come out they look like the plastic pieces in the molds of injection of a factory

Apparently people make fun of the scales but I think they are very cool, and the fact that you are still using it is amazing.

I would've murdered for these videos quite a few years ago. I had to learn from expensive trial and error lol. Maybe now I can get back into making my ball jointed dolls again~ thank you so much for your videos!

Mr Tolone, all of your teachings will be extremely helpful for me very soon, .....so thank you very very much!!

hoping you being recommended to me as someone whos never seen your videos means the algorithm is promoting you, these are great

This is fascinating. I know you probably know nothing of the stories behind these, but your entire process for molding and casting the mask just feels, so perfect for the stories. They were always stored upside down, in canisters that we were supposed to imagine were pressurised, that had floated across an ocean. It's perfect for them, despite the intensity of mass-production; story wise, they were, of course, supposed to be close to one of a kind - only ever up to 6 of a particular design.

Such fine craftsmanship, it would even make Artahka proud.

This guy right here is the definition of a high xp, got a trick for everything and then some

This is SO interesting! I have done a few rubber molds of miniatures and it is a tricky craft, I often get air bubbles during the mold making or casting process. I can't express enough how fascinating and awesome some of your neat little tricks are, like when you pour some of the rubber into that face indent before pouring the large amount of rubber! I need to try these neat little tricks! :D Thank you so much ♥

Bionicle, I miss those times so much. Building worlds and stories. Then they changed way too much....

I don't know how anyone could give you any crap about a triple beam. I only wish I had one. As you said they are super super accurate and you don't have to worry about touching them a minuscule amount too much and breaking them lol. Good video tho rob. You are what they call a true professional. So much awesome advice and information that only comes with years and years of experience

This is what high quality content looks like. Very informative and entertaining. I'll look forward to next videos!

As someone who never really cared about the difference between replicas and the originals I might try this to recreate the rare mask colors including possibly the platinum mask of light.

I had never really given that much though on the difficulties that injection molded pieces bring to the casting process, great video!

I resect the balance scale just due to how you can measure activly when pouring

Used to love these as a kid.

The little ball bionicles were my favourite, next to the hunchback worm exosuits

Omg I'm so glad people remember Bionicle ❤🤖

you should make a transparent one, or other crazy color combinations. It would be so cool to see differents casting of bionicle parts, and maybe sometime even building and entire resin bionicle

i remember going all the way down south and begging my mom to let me buy that set.

You ever get a recommendation from youtube of a channel you're not interested in, but the thumbnail hits you right in your childhood?

This video was a wild ride. Thank you.

Oh man, seeing the mask of light from bionicle again a decade later.... This is so nostalgic

Man your eyesight must be amazingly good to see those tiny bubbles. I have to use the desk light magnifying glass to do most of my work.

I can fall asleep watching these. Your videos are so calming to watch.

oh my god i'm in love with your set of scales they are beautiful

I'd love to see a video on how you'd modify it for easier resin casting. Would be a great example.

Excellent idea to pack the new mold with the cured chunks

There are a few people who cast and sell these regularly, in fact i just saw one of em perfected their Avohkii mold a few days ago.

No idea what brought me here but I loved watching this

Brilliant Robert. A real joy to watch.

I still remember watching the movies on CD and then building what I could with what I had.

Love how energetic he is

I love your channel and the way you teach. I’m still new to resin and learning as I go. I bought a cupped hand mold and poured it using an art resin. The mold had about 520 ml cavity. It was a deep pour and the resin wasn’t. So, I used a old neck and back vibrating massager on the underside, packed the sides in ice and refrigerated it for 24 hrs. to slow the cure and avoid an exo-thermic reaction.. much to my amazement, it worked! It was bubble free and turned out really beautiful. I’m excited to one day try my hand at making molds. Thanks for all the great info!

i remember having a phase for the og bionicle after watching the movie when i was a kid... now i just feel old :c

Glad to see you back in the shop Robert, that wobbly table was making me tense. Best of luck - looking forward to the next one.

This warms my heart

I love these videos. You really do a nice job explaining things out and how to do things and things that don't work. Thank you.

I'm sure for many Fans would be pleased of your hard working

This was super fun to watch, listening to you explaining is calming

Bionicles were the best LEGO Technic lines ever put out, change my mind (actually, please don't)

Absolutely LOVE your videos. You have taught me so much.

Wonderful stuff Mr Bob. Thank you for taking us along.

This became like my alltime favorite channel, such satisfying, entertaining and most of all, educating videos! Hope you keep up the regular postings for a long time! Also so like the workshop, old school, but leaves nothing to wish for. Maybe you could once make a short video about, like a little shop tour?

This is my first time watching on this channel, its quite entertaining and this Guy right here has Talent 👌

Robert, I know how you feel about us chuckle heads injecting molds with resin but in my personal experience; I have had a reasonable amount of success. Especially when casting injection molded parts, such as action figure accessories.

great title, i feel like this video is going to jump to millions cause of the algorythem

All that is necessary is some good venting and a combination of rocking and rolling 8:15. I have a new hero on KZfaq! First video seen by Robert, it is sad that the algorithm has not recommended this to me earlier.

I used that kind of scale all the time in chemistry unless we were doing very very small projects

By Mata-Nui, this was a good video.

You successfully made a casting mold for my favorite BIONICLE mask. You are a freaking treasure, sir.

The mask of light!

My brother owns the Platinum Avokhii.. Which is the single rarest and most expensive piece of lego ever made. Its this EXACT mask.. but solid platinum, and the only one in existance.. Pretty cool to see this come across the feed!

The mask of light, man this was fantastic to see. You got a sub from me. this was interesting

Nice!! I didn't understand why the first try didn't work but the drawing made it perfectly clear, thanks!

Those scales are awesome. I used one about 30 years ago. Be sure to oil it or wax it to prevent rust. ❤

Casting is great for material choice but in the end, you have to tailor your choice of method to the part, or the part to the method. Slim, complex components just aren't reliably castable, so the next option is to change methods, namely to 3D modeling and SLA printing.

Hi Robert, Fun channel! Vacuum forming may be a good solution for the lamp shade project. 1/8 inch plexy or acrylic would work. Simple mold/form. Bead blast for frost finish... make 2 for matched set. ; ) Could also use your molds and a clear thickened resin. Fill mold and use inner to squash the resin. May have a thicker parting line but who cares! For the glass dome. Try making a glove mold outer mold with split shell. Then make a fairly stiff core glove mold. Pour the clear in the gap with a riser. Should make a part with no parting lines and better wall thickness consistency.

Ive got that lego guy with the white mask , as well as the whole collection of bionicles I also still have the full set of golden pieces

Love watching your videos, learning a lot, Thank you 😊

I'm really passionate about 3d printing and have been getting into moldmaking lately. I hope to produce resin duplicates of custom sculpted dnd miniatures that I print with an FDM printer. This channel is a godsend, not just due to the subject matter but due to the wholesome passion Mr. Tolone shows (helps that I'm an enormous Bionicle fan too). One day I hope to be a craftsman as great as you, sir! Thank you! Keep making great videos!

Not even a minute in, and I'm already subbing

Awesome video! It is the first time I watch one of your videos and it was awesome! Thanks for the video!

This video would be perfect for me to try cast my Transformer parts!! 🔥🔥🔥 Mahalo Robert!

UV cured resin used for 3D printing (or you can get small bottles for doing nail art) is good for filling holes, just build up the repair in thin layers.

Huh I was not aware you could do such complex castings, really enjoyed the video!

Interesting video, never seen resin molding before nor that scale. I didn't know they made them to be that accurate, just the mark of a quality tool.

This was very interesting and informative! I loved to have learned something new today

I always wanted to see now kanohi masks where molded

I have no idea why this was recommended to me or why I watched it so intently but it was quite interesting :)

Watched about 20 of your vids in the past few days. awesome content and how to instructions. on to the next one...

Video popped up in my recommended. Definetly earned the sub!

you can build a Vacuum chamber with things you can find in home depot for less than $100 and it should pull all the bubbles right out before curing process

It unifies him, it gives him duty, it is his destiny