Absolutely fascinating. Keep those updates coming!
Awesome! I like 
Mmmmmmmmmm slobber, drrrrrroooooollll!
Oh would you like me to introduce you to Phil?
Bahahahaha Sorry, I had to Julz. That’s what you get for not reading my email in it’s entirety 
I did read your message in it it’s entirety…Just after you pointed out I hadn’t
PS this thread = Awesome
I have to thank Vinny for inviting me over today. I learned a lot and even got to help out making a shell. They look amazing in person!
Joe
Pity this thread doesn’t have any new posts and updates…
puff puff…“blows away the cobwebs”
Much better!
I can’t find the pics that I have of the casting process 
I’ll have to have someone snapping some pics on the next shell I pull.
AWWwww stinkbuzzz!
OK, I know that it’s been a long time with no update and I know that I promised to show off the casting method next but as you probably already know a few months back I got a hare up my ass to make some modifications to the bigi71 shell for accuracy’s sake. Well, I’ll first walk you through that and then we’ll cover the casting method, and then we’ll finally get on to my own pack build.
So here goes…
I started with a bigi71 shell and began planning my evil dissection with some quick mark-ups on the gun-mount.
And then I mustered up the courage to make the actual cuts into this pretty shell 
The next step was top make the height adjustments to this part so I made the cuts in the center as I thought it would be least noticeable because of the tapers that it has.
As you can see it fit back together rather well and I was pleased with the new height.
My next concern was re-joining the cuts to the shell, so out came the Ave’s Apoxy sculpt
I like to use playing cards for a lot of things that I sculpt, they’re flexible yet just rigid enough to support some weight and create a firm barrier for putty.
Just
simply
Awesome!
:shock: Brilliant!
jesus fucking christ you think you got enough pictures?
I was just going to ask if he had a couple more pictures But seriously love how pic intense this thread is…helps show other peoples methods, and I love learning new methods!
Okay… The molding process that you guys used worked great! I want to use that method for the buck that I’m making as well. What type of pourable silicone works best, in your opinion, and where might I be able to find it?
Most impressive…looks like a fun and rewarding project
While I am waiting for the list to open up again on these shells, I had a question 
how did you avoid lines or wrinkles from the plastic you put under the clay in the first step? I didn’t look like it was stretched or smoothed out.
The clay was just there to build the mother mold upon and to build a void that they later filled with silicone. The plastic just made it easier to pull the clay off of the buck and doesn’t figure into the molding process; once the clay and the plastic are removed the silicone is poured into the void left by the clay, directly onto the buck.
Exactly
Hey.. Great thread!
Did you ever get round to posting the casting method??