discussion Junior's modroc hand 'sculpture'

[adt70hk]

Hi all

Hope you are all staying safe during the current crisis. This is something Junior wanted to share with you.

So his sister aka Junioress needed some modroc - a modelling Plaster of Paris bandage - for her art homework, so we ordered for some. She though had far more than she needed - total length of the four rolls was 11m (by 15cm).

Junior decided he'd like to have a go with making something and came up with the idea of filling a latex glove with sand to make a substructure, cover it with vaseline as a lubricant, build a modroc hand around the glove, when complete release the sand, remove the glove and voila!

It's really easy, if a bit messy, to use. Simply cut the bandage into to strips of the desired width, dip in water for a few seconds, wring out the excess water, apply to the substructure ad repeat the process building up the layers

I'd not heard of it before but having seen some of the things online people have done it's really versatile and I can think of some uses for my wargaming scenery.

So far most parts have had at least 2-3 layers. Six is the recommended amount for the sake of strength. You'll also see it's a bit rough. The substructure was not the most rigid s it was not the easiest to work with but that's fine. Now we have the first couple of layers down we can take more care in smoothing it about as we apply more layers.

ATB and ACW as usual

Andrew

PS I know it's probably not a sculpture in the strictest sense but didn't know what to call it. Please advise if you know.


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[Steve Jones]

Well that's different. I will be interested so how this turns out.

 

[adt70hk]

Well that's different. I will be interested so how this turns out.

Thanks Steve. So am I never having used it before!! :cold-sweat:

ATB

Andrew

 

[scottie3158]

That's something different what is the plan for the hand when it's made.

 

[adt70hk]

That's something different what is the plan for the hand when it's made.

Hi Paul

To be honest not sure. Junior has already had discussions with my wife about flicking paint at it in some kind of abstract representation but that may of course change! She also suggested we should mount it on some sort of stand in an upright position, so I'm thinking of ways on how to make that work, without breaking the hand.

Thanks for stopping by.

Andrew

 

[Guest]

This is a handy thing fo young ones to do :smiling3:.

 

[scottie3158]

Hi Paul

To be honest not sure. Junior has already had discussions with my wife about flicking paint at it in some kind of abstract representation but that may of course change! She also suggested we should mount it on some sort of stand in an upright position, so I'm thinking of ways on how to make that work, without breaking the hand.

Thanks for stopping by.

Andrew

Could be a good idea then the wife could keep her rings on it when she takes them off.

 

[adt70hk]

Could be a good idea then the wife could keep her rings on it when she takes them off.

Hi Paul

Will definitely NOT be suggesting that. Those fingers are fatter than mine, let alone hers. I can only imagine the reaction if I suggested it!!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nice idea. I think Mod Roc was a standard railway modelling scenery basic material way back when.....I think it’s based on hospital plaster bandage.....
Could the sculpture be used to hold key rings on?

 

[adt70hk]

Nice idea. I think Mod Roc was a standard railway modelling scenery basic material way back when.....I think it’s based on hospital plaster bandage.....
Could the sculpture be used to hold key rings on?

Tim

Thanks for the background info. I can certainly see how it would be useful for that sort of thing and I'll certainly give it a crack with our bits of wargaming terrain

Key rings are out too. The fingers are that fat!

ATB

Andrew

 

[Mini Me]

How 'bout you use it when ever you need a "hand" doing something.......you know, "give me a hand":tongue-out3::tongue-out2::tongue-out::thumb2:

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So the hand is now finished. We got put onto a much better and cleaner technique by someone.

Put the dry modroc on the piece and 'paint' it with water, smoothing it out as you go. You get a much better and smoother finish (not too mention soooooooooo much cleaner!!). The sand came out fine and we even managed to get the glove out with a bit of tugging!

Up next some paint but in what form is still under discussion!

ATB

Andrew