WOW! I just barely went through this whole thread and man you got some great work here bud!!! I really need to learn how to do resin, casting, molding or whichever it is (or all of the above?) keep it up!
Well see,
resin is used to cast things, molds are usually made of silicone rubber. Resin is a sort of thermoset plastic, which means it sets up with heat (in most cases heat generated by a chemical reaction between parts "A" and "B," which are sold in separate bottles and mixed in equal proportions).
The silicone is similar, in that in comes in two liquid (or mostly liquid) parts that must be mixed together and poured.
So to mold something, silicone is usually mixed and poured into a "mold box" that has the item to be recast in it. The silicone fills up the space in the box around the item, and after the sililcone has cured and the item and mold box are removed, you are left with a 3-dimensional negative of the item you molded.
Then casting resin is mixed and poured into the sillicone mold, filling up the empty space that was once occupied by the original item. The resin sets up and harderns, and then you have a perfect replica of your original item.
Actually that last bit about it being "a perfect replica" isn't really true unless you're a pro like Dorgs! There's usually air-bubbles here and there, but it's an
almost exact replica.
Sorry if I stated the obvious, with you wanting to "do resin, casting, molding or whichever," it seemed to me that you didn't quite understand the subject. My goal is to help you understand, not talk to you like an idiot!
