Vlog: How to Go from 0 Skills to Recaster

One Month of Recording!

For me, this marks one month of recording videos. Gone by so fast.

Today we’re doing something I’ve been putting off for years. Bought this Toad 3-4 years ago with big dreams of using it to start a YouTube channel. Never got around to it.

Also got two demon princes. Casting all of this without a single clue what we’re doing.

The Wax Trick

How to attach the toad to the bottom of the cup? Hot glue might melt the plastic. Couldn’t find it anyway.

Solution: Scoop wax from a candle, hit it on there quick, swoop it into the cup. First try, baby!

Smooth-On Moldstar 15 Slow

Eyeballing the height—the toad needs about 150ml of silicone. Made 300ml total.

Key lesson: Don’t pour one cup into another. The silicone clinging to the cup throws off your ratio. Dump both into a third cup.

Pour slowly and from high up. Don’t use an oscillating fan—it blows air bubbles into your stream.

The Hexagon Rock Experiment

Made a mold of a random rock I like. Thinking it’ll make cool basalt hexagon terrain. All is not lost with experiments!

8 Hours Later - The Demold

There’s got to be a better way to get the cup off. But the wax trick worked—popped the frog right out.

First Cast: Smooth Cast 305

Holy dang. Lost some feet—air bubbles formed where air couldn’t escape. Need to poke vent holes in the mold.

The result: Awesome for first try! Only the feet are messed up. A couple air bubbles on warts (looks intentional on a Chaos model). Once I get a vacuum chamber, this will be even better.

The Future

This is going to be the future of the hobby for me. If you haven’t tried casting—do it. I half-assed most of this and still got great results.

Now I need to learn to sculpt! Going to sell these toads for whatever they sell for once I refine the system. Just want more people to have them.

30 days of daily videos is crazy!