Casting the first layer of wax and making a latex skin

I decided to fill the silicone mold with a thin layer of latex before pouring in the wax, to create a kind of skin. I did this by pouring a little in at a time, then used a paintbrush to cover as much of the inner surface area as possible. I mixed a tiny bit of red paint in with the latex before coating, so when it dried it would have a slightly less yellow colour to it. Once this was dry, I was ready to go ahead with the wax. However, it was still a little wet in areas when I did this because it went on a little thicker than I had thought and would have taken a lot longer than I had to completely set.

The wax casting process was made a lot more difficult by the weight of the thick plaster jacket. I melted a load of wax, mixed with some harder, tougher form of wax and used a knife to scrape in bits of brown coloured wax to give it a slight colour. I was using the technique of using a ladel to pour small amounts in to the mold at a time, then picking up the mold and swilling it around to cover as much surface area as possible. This proved difficult because it was so heavy and because the sections of jacket were coming apart as I did so, but Jenny on 3rd year Fine Art helped me out by taping it as much as she could around the outside and helping me hold it. I've done one fairly thick layer but I need to buy some more coloured wax to mix up a darker colour for the next layer on Monday.