Blue Goo

March 26, 2009 by Taylor Studios in General

Hey Everybody,

My name is Marc Dams and I’m the model shop lead here at Taylor. I’m writing today to fill you in on a recent molding trip. This molding trip wasn’t our normal molding excursion involving rocks and trees. Oh no, this was myself and two other exhibit artists smearing blue goo on eleven half naked Marines! I’m sure some would jump at this opportunity but this was pretty uncomfortable for everyone involved. The life casting process isn’t easy for the model or the molder. I have to give props to the brave Marines who made it through the process as well as our crew. The combined effort of everyone really made it a success.

The Marine Corp Museum staff set us up in their shop for the week which worked out better than I expected. I really didn’t know what to prepare for since I’ve only done off-site life casting once before and that wasn’t the best experience. The first experience involved me casting a head mold in fiberglass on the floor board of my rental car. Poor car didn’t smell so hot after that one. This experience was 100% better than that. The shop provided was just what we needed for our operation including a shower for the models.

The Marine models were a bunch of real troopers. They did what was asked of them without hesitation. This included large amounts of Vaseline in some odd places and shaving whatever we wanted smooth. We don’t often get models that accommodating.

The trip was long and grueling but because of the effort by all it was worth it. We have everything we need to produce our best figures.

Thanks to everyone involved,

Marc