molding and casting
Molding and casting a lingcod head half cast for reference.
This ling was caught outside of Depot Bay, Oregon in June. The head was removed during filleting, cleaned and bedded in fibre. The mold was cast in paster and cast in fiberglass resin.
The finish, cleaned up with a Dremel, primed and slightly antiqued by dry brushing with acrylic paint.
I caught this small Starry Flounder while Surfperch fishing. It was hooked deep and wouldn’t have survived if I had released it, so I decided to keep it and make a half cast for reference.
Cleaned and dried.
Placed in bedding material to midline.
Plaster negative dried and sealed.
Resin positive.
Towards the end of last duck season I shot a very nice Hooded Merganser drake. I made made an alginate mold, and poured plaster. The result was a finely detailed, beautiful cast.
