Vinyl Toy Update(Still kind-of crappy roughs, not the final)

Went back to Isaac's earlier today to see how the 1st mold came out. His roommate was talking in his sleep at random moments blurting out "cash or check?" mumbling, and then snoring. Also, his phone kept ringing off the hook. It was pretty amusing.

The dixie cup was easy to remove because we applied release spray(a very important step)
Here you can see Isaac slicing 2/3 of the way through the mold:

What the current mold looks like:
Then we mixed together this concoction made up of two liquids(equal parts) in a dixie cup. This particular mold used very little "plastic forming goo" (only filled 2 cups about a quarter of an inch deep each.) After mixing it for 30 seconds or until it was too hot and my hand was going to fall off(whichever came first) it was poured very slowly into the mold(which was being held together by a dixie cup so it wouldn't split open while casting) so air bubbles wouldn't form in the end product. Of course, this was done after we generously sprayed the inside of the mold with release spray. Once the mold was filled evenly to the top, it turned from translucent to opaque in less than a minute(see video below.)


After letting it settle for about 5 minutes, the molde was split and the cast removed(it was really warm and covered in bits of clay):
We experimented with differenct colors, and lined the interior of the mold with gold powder to make a "super intense" gold vinyl figure:
Here are some "action shots" of the figures. You'll see in the close ups that there are lots of bumps/very rough, but this is only 1st mold to get the general form of the figure. From there it will be sanded down, refined to make a polished piece, and re-molded(to make the final cast.) Then painted! I'm pretty stoked about how these came out(being my 1st attempt at making a toy) It's pretty exciting because Isaac is also still trying to master this because he started not too long ago, so it's learning experience for us both.
DRAMATIC MACRO SHOT:
The army of figures(the ones in the front are Isaac's casts of Woodstock from Peanuts)Again, these are not the final product(but it's getting there!) I'm excited for the painting process(we're not sure what paint to use, but I guess we'll find out lol.)

Next week(Friday) we're going to head to the school's Industrial Design building so Isaac can print a sword he modeled way back when. Apparently at the facility they can do 3D prints/casts of your 3D models produced in Maya for dirt cheap(a fraction of the cost a lot of companies out in the 'real world' charge.) Maybe we'll be lucky and see Adam Savage(he teaches at the Academy part-time, but I think that's at another building.) Maybe. Also going to try and re-mold a refined version/maybe paint