ChrisAW Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 A couple hours of my time sculpting a craw bait, this is what I got from it. I have a couple bubbles to fill but I think it turned out well for my first mold. Quote
loodkop Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Looks good. What is the size? Now the fun starts playing with color. Quote
ChrisAW Posted February 1, 2012 Author Posted February 1, 2012 Its a 4.5" craw. Not many peole fish baits that big around here, so not many local retailers sell it. I was only able to find Rage Tail Lobsters at an expo I went to for work, so I grabbed about 6 bags of them. It just kind of seemed like the best choice for my first mold since I fish jigs a LOT and I want some big trailers for them. Quote
BassinWill301 Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Looks awesome, pour some in some different colors and post 'em. 1 Quote
Bass Dude Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 I make a very small amount of plaster and use a small toothpick or a very small eyeglass straight end screw driver and fill in all the bigger bubble holes. The smaller ones will fill in when you seal the mold. I just use straight elmer's glue for sealer, some like to use a mix of water and elmer's. Your lure looks good, but one thing I noticed, and this isn't a knock on your creation, but the arms are a bit thick and may not have much action. In my trial and error, the use of thin "arms" will give you more action. Take a look at a Paca or Craw Pappy and check out how thin the arms or pincers are. Again, this is no knock on your design, but something I've found out in my many attempts. Quote
ChrisAW Posted February 2, 2012 Author Posted February 2, 2012 I make a very small amount of plaster and use a small toothpick or a very small eyeglass straight end screw driver and fill in all the bigger bubble holes. The smaller ones will fill in when you seal the mold. I just use straight elmer's glue for sealer, some like to use a mix of water and elmer's. Your lure looks good, but one thing I noticed, and this isn't a knock on your creation, but the arms are a bit thick and may not have much action. In my trial and error, the use of thin "arms" will give you more action. Take a look at a Paca or Craw Pappy and check out how thin the arms or pincers are. Again, this is no knock on your design, but something I've found out in my many attempts. I actually thought they were thick as well, but working with sculpy and pouring the molds when its soft makes it hard to transfer from work station to mold pan with thin appendages. I molded it thick so I could get it off my working pan. Being my first mold its trial and error, but I figured I may just be able to poor in what I feel is enough, and not have to top off the cavity completely when pouring plastic. Quote
Bass Dude Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 I mold mine on the renewal cards you get in magazines. Once you're done with your creation, you can peel the paper off the back and not ruin your lure. Quote
ChrisAW Posted February 10, 2012 Author Posted February 10, 2012 Well I've got about 6 molds I've made, a couple two part molds of existing baits, and 4 open pours of my own creations. Nothing too extravagent, but I can already tell this is going to be my favorite new hobby! My first pours. The 4.5" craw pictured above and a different 3.5" that I made up last week. This was just a test so I only used enough plastisol to pour my two craw molds. I definitely could have picked a more photo friendly color for the first, haha Quote
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