I’m honestly not sure if I’m planning on selling anything or not. That was never my plan. I just really wanted to make the RGB figures I always wanted. If I can cast the torso quickly and easily then I will consider it. Like I said though it’s not in my current plans to do so. I’ll keep everyone posted on the progress.
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Well any luck with the RGB heads?The suspen!se is killing me! 
Yes! The heads have been shrunken down to the proper sizes (Food Dehydrator for the Win!) and the molding and casting has been a great success. I was even able to make molds and castings of the Winston Prototype torso! I have been VERY happy with the progress of this project. I will explain more in detail when I post the pics. Stay tuned.
Were you able to split the torso without damage, or did yo have to end up drilling holes in the sides?
As promised here are the pictures of the re-sized heads along with the first castings I made of the Egon head and strapless torso from the prototype.
A side by side by side comparison picture of the original Retro Action Heroes Egon head, the Hydroshrink cast of it (after 18 hrs in the food dehydrator), and the 6" Scale Movie Egon’s head for reference:
The Hydroshrink Head on a prototype Torso w/pack:
The Original Retro Action Heroes Egon head, the first Smooth Cast 300 casting I pulled from the mold:
Close Ups of the Head Cast:
First Cast made of the Strapless Torso, then with the original for comparison:
With the cast head placed on the Torso (Head is just sitting with the neck in the neck hole):
Next to the Movie Egon’s head for comparison:
I will post pictures of the other heads just as soon as I can, along with pictures of the trap pedal and trap.
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A teaser of the next update:
Thanks again for looking!
Happy to report that there was no damage to the torso. I used a small chisel and a small hammer to crack it open. It’s made from a harder-than-mass release plastic, not quite like the Smooth Cast 300 I use for my castings, but a little heavier. It’s kind of hard to explain. Capt Cyan you also own a prototype, can you explain a little better what I mean? I hope to have another update sometime late tonight or early tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Wow everything looks fantastic! And nice job on getting the torso split without damage. I want that torso so bad! Why didn’t Mattel just release the figures like that?
I think the term you’re looking for is “rigid”. 
The mass produced torso has more flex to it that the prototypes do.
I think you got lucky with the Chisel, there. Or they didn’t use as much glue on yours. I had to do the old drill and pry.
I cant believe that shrink method worked! awesome!
This is phenomenal!
Cant wait to see everything unfold.
I have some more progress pics to post but it will have to wait until tomorrow. I was up until 2 am, got up at 5:30 to get ready for work, and just got home for the night around 8 pm. Long day…lol. A real update tomorrow.
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Sounds great brother, if anybody knows how that feels its me, all work and no play makes Al a dull boy! Lol
Finally got some sleep but I was still up this morning at 5:30 am. I don’t know when it started to happen, but I think I’m getting too old to pull all nighters anymore, lol.
Anyway, on the fun stuff:
I have successfully cast all five of the heads with next to no blemishes, so only slight modifications will be needed. (Janine’s neck needs to be removed, and all of them need peg holes drilled into them.) here are the pics:
Egon: (You’re probably sick of seeing his mug by now, but I created a new mold for the newly shrunken head. For some reason I currently have three Egon head molds, but only one of them has produced a perfect casting, lol.)
Ray:
Peter:
Winston:
Janine:
Group Shot:
The Trap and Pedal:
So now I can move on to the next step. I’m going to make up new molds for the purpose of casting the heads and hands in a solid rubber that I can dye instead of painting them. Anyone who has ever tried to paint flesh tone knows that if you custom mix it and run out then you’re pretty much stuck if you run out of your custom mixed paint color. Casting the pieces in rubber will also allow for no paint rub when removing the thrower from their hands, or turning the heads in the torsos. The only paint rub that might happen hopefully is with the hair, and if I can find the type of paint that I want then even that shouldn’t be an issue.
Extras: Proton Pack with Trap attached to the Side
You’ll notice that the original nub on the left side is gone and that the trap is attached to the upper corner just like on the cartoon. it’s only attached with Kleen Klay at the moment, but I plan to make this possible on the figures by using Apoxie sculpt on the underside of the trap to create a negative of the side “light” or whatever that this supposed to be) that it’s currently “hanging” from. This will allow it to snap into place. If this doesn’t work I’ll just use very small magnets and imbed them in the trap and pack. I have some that are not bigger than a felt tip marker tip so they’ll work if the snap idea doesn’t.
I have not made any of the alterations to the MB yet but I will be making the vent hole, then covering it with a vent cover that will be made from Styrene, and then cut the holes for the four part straps. I hope to get this done tonight after the wife and kiddo go to bed. I’ll take pics if I can and post again soon. Everyone have a great day!
Bonus Extra: My first attempt at removing the name tag from the strapless torso
I will attempt to better blend the sanded areas with Apoxie Sculpt before casting the casting. I plan to cast these, then modify those casting to better resemble the individual characters i e make Spengler a little taller, Ray a little heavier and Winston and Peter a little bit different. I might make Winston a little taller, but not taller than Egon. I think the Torso like this works fine for Peter as he is the most average built one.
Second Bonus Extra: Body Update
This shot was taken before I altered the torso, and before I changed out the boots with those from Kamandi from DCU Classics Wave 14 (see picture below the text) and sanded the arms between the hands (which are also from Kamandi) and the shoulder joints which for some reason are both right shoulder joints. The good news is, that the Alan Scott Green Lantern (which like Kamandi is from DCU Classics Wave 14, a Wal Mart Exclusive wave) uses the exact same arms, and should be easier to find. I’m not sure if this happened with all of the Brainiac 5 figures that were release or just the one I received, but I’m not going to call Mattel and ask. 
Kamandi Boots:
Alan Scott Arms:
Bonus Bonus Extra:
Just for fun. Egon Approved.
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The Testors Model Master line offers several acrylic skin tones, no mixing required. Though what about casting in the skin tone? I know of at least one person who sells head casts which are done in skin tone. I don’t know anything about casting myself, but it’s clearly possible, so maybe that would be something worth looking in to?
You are absolutely right! I love the Model Masters Acrylics, and Games Workshop sells a great variety too. My thought was mostly about trying something new, lol. I am going to call the folks at Smooth-On on Monday and find out about their resin dyes. I was working with them on Friday night and for what ever reason I just can’t get them to look right when the resin cures. I hope to have another update today or tomorrow. Lots to tell, but it’s the weekend so it’s hard to get away, lol.
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I had a pretty rough morning today, but rest assuredly that I will do my best to have some update worthy items to post within the next 48 hours. It was a VERY long weekend for my wife and I (our daughter is going through the tantrum throwing threes) and much to my chagrin the new molds I made up didn’t cast very good results. I am back at the drawing board for these items but I hope to have some good results soon. I will be working all day at my real job, but tonight I should be able to put some time in at the lab. I do have a Ghost Trap Update I will take pictures of tomorrow and hopefully post along with a couple of surprises if all goes well, Thanks again for following my progress!
Mark-
Hey MFOL!
Nice updates! I know you’re still in the planning stages, but looking at the heads (which shrank down really well) I notice that the eyes are not defined. Hand painting them in should be lots of fun. If I may make a suggestion, I’d look through the cartoons and get some head on screen captures of their faces and make some Decals of their eyes in Paint Shop.
If you’re trying to tint the regular White Smooth Cast, then you’re going to have to add quite a lot of So Strong Tint to get a reasonable Fleshtone. Most likely they’ve been coming out a little on the pale side. For any color work you should use their Smooth Cast 325 Colormatch Resins, they work the same but take the tint colors much better.
Thanks for the compliment, Cap! Yeah I was thinking the same thing in terms of Resin Dyes even going so far as to try and cast all of the pieces in there predominant color then painting over the top of that. Smooth Cast 325 Colormatch Resins you say? I will look that up since I have to order more OOMOO 30 this week. Thanks for the info.
Do you know anything about casting in a more flexible plastic? Do you know what’s available? I’m thinking of creating resin molds out of the Smooth Cast 300, then casting the straps in Dragon Skin. I’m also considering casting up the stream that came with Un-Slimed Venkman so I can make cartoon accurate proton streams for my RGBs. Any thoughts?
Unbelievably I enjoy painting eyes, but I’m with you on the whole lack of definition thing, it bugs me, lol. I really like what you did with the Rookie, but I’m thinking I may go another direction if I can swing it. I’ll explain what I’m going to try only after I attempt it and it works, but only if it works, lol.
Just a quick no pictures update. I ran out of mold making rubber, but ordered more today. I also called my supplier and ordered Smooth Cast 320, and Smooth Cast 45D a more flexible resin which will be used to make… Well, you’ll have to wait and see. New pics tomorrow.
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Dun dun dun…To be continued
