Castin Craft Casting Resin Project:
Recently I experienced this craft store bought plastic making material in the prop shop. My project was to create a knife for The Ice Queen in My Fairytale for PCPA Theaterfest. I began with the inspiration that the blade should be shaped like an icicle. So I began with an oil based clay in shaping the blade. I then built a wooden box one of 1/4 in order to mold the blade.
After creating a mold for the knife. Dan mixed the CastinCraft Catalyst into the CastinCraft. There is a mix ratio in the instruction booklet depending on the amount you need. There were six catalyst drops for this project. It has a room temperature curing reaction. It took about half a day for this to fully cure. I removed it from the mold. I secured a bolt onto the plastic icicle. This plastic also does not bubble much unless blended to vigorously. Thinner projects take only about 40 minutes to cure.
I pulled a hilt from a different dagger. I strung a bead onto the end and secured it with hot glue and wire. The wires run through small gaps in the hilt to connect the blade. The curved portion of the hilt is MDF cut to fit the blade. Its curves were traced and cut out with a band saw. It was then painted and glitter sprayed.
