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darkcape:
Ok got most of what I was looking for with this. except of course experiance and talent. the first step I went thgouh was to make the clay master. I can not stress enough how the better you make this the better the finished product will look.
darkcape:
Next step was really fun. put the clay in some kind of container and pour in the latex. (sticking with alumilite i used the high strength mold making rubber base 2 most expensive part of the whole project.) I used a sandwich sized plastic bowl to pour latex around the clay.  the clay is in there trust me.
darkcape:
Then after waiting for 48 hours (it still wasn't completely cured maybe should have waited 36 hours) I pulled out the latex but came out pretty well and removed the clay. giving me the cast to make penguin (in case you couldn't tell what it was "told you the most important step was creating a good mater")
darkcape:
Then poured in the alumilite and waited 5 minutes. (easiest part)
darkcape:
Then removed the set platic and viola plastic 3d piece. i need to do a lot of sanding and painting to get this fixed up. hope this helps anyone out there. not sure if i'll be able to make a pacman guy with my talents but hopefully this will help someone out there with some ideas.
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