I've been trying out some cold cast metal castings on the Tuttz Mini's and the results are very interesting since everything has been straight up resin over the last six years. The cool thing about the cold casting metal process is that resin is still the binding factor and the metals are in a very fine powdered form when mixed in with the liquified resin and not melted. I've actually used cold cast metal castings before earlier in my professional action figure prototyping career and liked the overall results. I have a few metal powders lined up to test with the designer figurines and the first are the aluminum Tuttz Mini cold castings shown in the images below. The aluminum casts are very light in weight like the actual aluminum metal itself and have a cold metallic feel to the pieces. I even like the buffed look you get when the steel wool is used to polish off the pieces when they come out the mold. They still will also need to be sealed to keep them looking good out in the open air over time. Bronze cold cast tests will be next and those will be probably pretty heavy compared to the aluminum as the bronze powder itself is very heavy. So watch the blog here for more updates on this big experiment as I will be making brand new silicone molds, new castings, and having a little fun in the upcoming days playing the mad scientist.
Do you want to know what was in those 6 year anniversary Halloween Hunt Tuttz Mini blind boxes??? I'll reveal them in the next blog post so stay tuned!
