Uploaded January 2015 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Casting Your Clay Ears in Silicone, is the step where you take the ears your sculpted in clay and you make a silicone mold of them. If you followed the steps in video "Part 4" then your mold will have all the over flow areas needed to make beautiful ears once this (Part 5) is finished.
To simplify the materials here is a list of what you need to make silicone elf ears.
THE PLASTER used in this process is called Hydrocal B11 White. This plaster is best because you can scrape it and clean it easier than Ultracal 30 plaster. Which either one is good it's just I prefer Hydrocal.
THE SILICONE used in the molding process can be either a Tin Cure silicone or a platinum silicone. Platinum is preferred by most effects artist. lately I have been using Dragon Skin 30 for the molds instead of the blue (Tin Cure) silicone. I think Platinum silicone sometimes reacts in a way that makes the platinum silicone not want to cure. So use the Dragon Skin 30. It is available from Smooth On and on Amazon.
For the prosthetic ears use either use PlatSil Gel 10 silicone or Dragon Skin 10. (PlatSil is a little more expensive. I have used it for many years and it's my favorite. :)
For coloring the silicone use the recommend silicone tinting products.
The plastic material I use in the video for making the ear forms is called Repo 1 (Reproduction plastic). You can also use Smooth On Smooth-Cast® 385. I think it might be cheaper and easier to use. Or use the Resin/Bondo mix I explain it another video at the end of this series.
Casting Your Clay Ears in Silicone, is the step where you take the ears your sculpted in clay and you make a silicone mold of them. If you followed the steps in video "Part 4" then your mold will have all the over flow areas needed to make beautiful ears once this (Part 5) is finished.
To simplify the materials here is a list of what you need to make silicone elf ears.
THE PLASTER used in this process is called Hydrocal B11 White. This plaster is best because you can scrape it and clean it easier than Ultracal 30 plaster. Which either one is good it's just I prefer Hydrocal.
THE SILICONE used in the molding process can be either a Tin Cure silicone or a platinum silicone. Platinum is preferred by most effects artist. lately I have been using Dragon Skin 30 for the molds instead of the blue (Tin Cure) silicone. I think Platinum silicone sometimes reacts in a way that makes the platinum silicone not want to cure. So use the Dragon Skin 30. It is available from Smooth On and on Amazon.
For the prosthetic ears use either use PlatSil Gel 10 silicone or Dragon Skin 10. (PlatSil is a little more expensive. I have used it for many years and it's my favorite. :)
For coloring the silicone use the recommend silicone tinting products.
The plastic material I use in the video for making the ear forms is called Repo 1 (Reproduction plastic). You can also use Smooth On Smooth-Cast® 385. I think it might be cheaper and easier to use. Or use the Resin/Bondo mix I explain it another video at the end of this series.
