New coloured cast

After the failure of my previous wax and latex turkey cast, I decided to leave the latex skin out and see if a simple wax cast would be more successful. I also went and bought a load of wax crayons, which happen to work just a well as proper wax colourants, and mix a much warmer, brown wax colour. I started by mixing a light colour in one of the smaller wax melting pots, so it would be just enough for an all over thin layer of colour to swill around the mold.

After This layer has been poured in and cooled a little, I mixed a deeper shade of brown, which I used the heat gun to melt areas of the already existing wax layer in areas I wanted to blend with the darker shade. I then used the darker wax to pour in another couple of layers, followed by a layer or two of clear wax, just to thicken it up.

I left the layers of wax overnight to cool and dry properly. When I came back in this morning and removed the jacket and silicone carefully, I was very pleased with the result. I knew that it would be impossible to make a completely realistic looking cooked turkey, especially considering I started with very little knowledge in the various casting processes, but it looks a hell of a lot more desirable than my last one.