Sorry about the long silence. To be honest, I was quite busy. I spent a long time working on projects I can't talk about for clients I should not mention, and then the shit just hit the fan!
You may have seen a previous post here with a picture of a bearcat maquette… Well, the story is that this is a mascot for some college and was going to be made 12.5 feet tall in bronze for the school. The small maquette we made was scanned with a 3D scanner, digitally enlarged and milled out of blocks of foam at the full size. After it was put together it was covered in a thin layer of clay to put final details in.
For some reason we were asked to take over for the foundry that was originally going to make molds and cast it. With little warning, I found myself flying to Sacramento to rent a truck, cut it up and bring it back to San Diego. When I got to the foundry all their workers were gone and I was left to cut the sculpture up and load it pretty much myself. All I had was a knife.
Once we got it back we had to chop it up more and prep it for mold making.
Then it was a nonstop marathon to get the molds done. We went a month without a break, but I had the help of the best crew anyone could ask for on this. Marie, Rich and Celou worked their asses off. Could not have done it without them!
Largest mold making project I have ever worked on!
And it gets messy.
This is Jordan. He was Amazing! Just came in one day and wanted to help! He was there for the hardest part of the job and was a huge help!
The end of the project!
My baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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