hello,
i am looking to cast a male body from the knees to the neck but am having trouble deciding what materials to use.
i would like to create a cast that isnt made of a hard material - it needs to be something that can be touched, almost skin like / rubbery /foamy but the project also needs to be cheap.
any suggestions would be muchly appreciated
thanks

Could you use bread? or Chocolate? Those would be cheaper. I would go with a silicone if you want skin like feel, but that doesn't fit into the cheap part.

Maybe a urethane rubber, but again price and even possible inhibition to the moisture in mold.

Just trying to think outside the box....
~ N

Unfortunately you have come to the wrong place if you are looking for answers to your lifecasting questions...I have been asking question for awhile now and the only answers I ever get are from people trying to get me to buy extra crap that I don't need because I have it already. So the best advice that I could give you would be to go to the "smooth on" web site. There they have a phone number that you can call and they have technitions standing by that will answer your questions.

I really hope this helps you because this forum has been really useless to me. why I keep checking it I have no idea.

What about a polymer clay mold? They work wonderful. I dont know exactly if thats what you are looking for, I'm a newbee but they make great molds and they hold very fine detail. You can use them over and over again and they are a peice of cake to release without a release agent. Try scupley.com