Hair Test 01 - Real Hair

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Hair Test 01 -

Real Hair



I wanted to make a chunk of silicone, in the shape of the top of a head, so I could make some hair

this is nothing I need exact replicas of, I could just scoop half a round shape into a fresh block of c

do for my mould.

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I’d still want this to be nice and smooth like I would make my character’s head, so the smoothinthrough a few different stages. In image 03, I’m using a multi-use soldering iron, this one has a h

clay I’m using can be melted to pour into moulds so I used this advantage to melt round parts of c

easier to smooth off. A few minutes are needed to let the clay cool before smoothing it off with my

it’s just sticky and makes a mess rather than smoothing. So once it cooled enough, I smoothed it as

heated it again for extra smoothness. After the second heating there are some air bubbles visible s

smoothing off with my fingers. The silicone picks up every detail, even finger prints, so it all dep

trying to achieve.

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After the mould is ready, it’s time to mix up the silicone. In my last test with the silicone I think I

much oil paint for the pigmenting, this resulted in a longer cure time (4-5 days). This mix had abou

paint. Then weigh the silicone (I subtracted the 1.6g from the calculation accounting for the cup) a

to the weight of 5% of the silicone. Once the mix is thoroughly folded into each other, pour the silic

from a good height, this lets more air bubbles escape on the way down.

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Image 09 is the silicone freshly poured, there are a few air bubbles rising to the surface which is ex

best way to get rid of these was to just blow on them and they would pop. After 24 hours (with th

silicone had set. Image 10 shows the silicone when it has set, you can see there’s no difference in th

a case of, gently poke it to see if it has cured yet.

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I de-moulded the skull and had some hair lined up ready to cut and insert. I’d make a piercing into

cocktail stick roughly 3mm deep, then using a dental tool with a rough flat end to it (in image 15), I

hair against the silicone and punch it into the hole. The rubberiness of the silicone held it in place. W

would stick out as an implant.

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This process was repeated several times, similar to pores in the skin where the hair grows. As this w

to see how the hair would stay, and to test if it would animate if made from real hair, I didn’t worry

the bunches.

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These images show the progression of implanting hair. In image 20 I pierced the silicone at a slante

would stick out at the same angle. In image 21 I bent the hair over to see if I could achieve a combo

implants I had done so far.

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Once I had inserted enough hair to make the skull bushy, I decided to give it a haircut. To make su

comb-over section I wrapped an elastic band around it keeping the longer hair out of the way. I co

find any accidental loops or to remove any straggling hairs too. Then got to cutting this ‘fabul

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The hair reminded me of a brush because it was sticking out at suck a tight angle

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The next stage was to apply some hair gel/clay to see if it would give me enough control to be abl

image 31 it shows the hair as it kept popping back to this position, meaning I wasn’t able to anim

this method. To form the held down comb over I had to use something to keep it there, so I cut a sm

and made it into a kind of staple which pushed into the silicone and kept the hair in place. In concl

of hair will not work for what I need. I do like the look of it though, it reminds me of people with c

a load of wax and gel to try and keep it stuck down to their heads.

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My next test will be to use wire and coat it in some light brown silicone, very thinly, to give it a rub

wax covered hair. This wire will be able to animate. I’m going to try either 0.1mm or 0.08mm wire

look like hair and not too thick.

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