Make body mold for Halloween

In this Feroca article we are going to talk about how to make a torso mold for Halloween. Two materials can be used for this: alginate or silicone. In today's article we will focus on alginate to make molds for Halloween.

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If you want to surprise everyone this Halloween the best way to do it is with a terrifying alginate torso.

A torso mold for Halloween has many possibilities of use. You can place it both in the garden to scare your neighbors, leaving the garbage container or a bucket. Authentic can be created chilling torso molds for corpses that will leave your family and friends speechless... andnbsp;

In addition, a body mold for Halloween can not only be placed outside or inside your house, but you can also use it yourself and build a mask or pretend to be carrying a wound.

People often resort to face painting on Halloween, but alginate and full-torso molds offer a lot more possibilities to create something creepy.

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Alginate as a material to make torso mold for Halloween

What should you keep in mind?

• If we talk about alginate, there are two specific types of alginate: fast and slow. One faster than in three or five minutes is already set.

But, if it is the first time that a torso mold is made for Halloween, it is recommended that a slower alginate be used.
In Feroca we also offer you one of about 10-15 minutes that we recommend for those cases in which you are a beginner in this type of molds, since it will allow you to work more calmly.

• It is also important to keep in mind that you have to use cold water and not hot, since the hot one will considerably reduce the working time of the alginate.

• Similarly, if the person on whom you are going to apply alginate has earrings, it is convenient that you seal them before starting so that the alginate does not enter.

You can seal them with plasticine and in the ear place a little cotton as small plugs so that no alginate sneaks into the inside of the ear when making your mold for Halloween.

• Alginates are special for contact with the skin, however prior to applying it on the person in question it is important that we isolate the hair.

To cover the hair and isolate it so that it does not stain with product you can use a pool cap or aandnbsp;bald cap, such as those we put at your disposal on our website. Although alginate does not stick to the hair, it is important to protect the area.

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In case the person on whom we apply it had a beard it would not be necessary to apply a bald cap or pool cap, but with a little petroleum jelly it would be enough to cake it and that it does not leak inside.

To completely seal the carota to the skin you can use a special glue for the skin so that everything is perfectly glued when making the Halloween mold without being harmful to topical contact.andnbsp;

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How to make a torso mold for Halloween, step by step

The first step in carrying out a torso mold for Halloween with alginate is to prepare the material.

For a simpler technique, we recommend that you do the back first. Apply the alginate and make use of the plaster bandages to make a countermold and then you will go to the front.andnbsp;

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1. Preparation of alginate: to prepare alginate, 3/1 or 2/1 in the division of the parts is advised, but the proportion may vary. That is, three parts of water could be applied, one of alginate; or two parts of water and one of alginate, but we can play with the proportions depending on what we want to achieve or how much surface we are going to cover. In the case of torso molds for Halloween what is interesting is that the alginate is a little denser so that it gives time to put it and apply it correctly, so it may be more interesting to put more product than water. First put the alginate and then add the water until you get the consistency you want.andnbsp;

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2. Application of the alginate already prepared: once you have got your alginate mixture with the consistency you want, you must take into account the working time so that it gives you time to have everything ready before the product fragüe. That is why it is important to make a good shake of the product so that there are no lumps and proceed to the application. As we have said before, first we will do only half of the torso starting from the back.andnbsp;

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3. Construction of the countermold: once you have applied the alginate to the back of the torso, you will have to make a countermold based on plasterandnbsp; bandages and hot water.andnbsp; From Feroca we advise you to make use of hot water, since this way theandnbsp;plaster bandages will set before.andnbsp;

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The plasterandnbsp; bandages that you can find in Feroca are ideal for making countermolds of torso molds for Halloween, since they are large and dense. When cutting the bandage, we recommend that you make the double cut, since this way you will have to apply fewer layers and the process will be faster.andnbsp;

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Prior to the countermold, with some metal or wood spaghetti we will also cut the edges in which we may have exceeded a little product. This will make the mold ahead tight and realistic. With release petroleum jelly on the edges of the alginate we will make sure that it does not stick and when it comes to unmolding everything comes out correctly and fluidly.

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Once that is done, the countermold is very easy to perform, since you will only have to wet the bandages in hot water, drain them well and apply them on the alginate area. The bandages are applied right to the edge where you will have previously cut the alginate to profile those excesses of product. In this step it is also interesting to make a small reinforcement from top to bottom to add resistance.andnbsp;

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4. Repetition of the process from the front: once you have the layer of alginate and bandages already prepared, you will have to repeat the same process on the front of the face and torso. The person with whom the mold is being made for Halloween must remain with their eyes closed, and we will have to pay special attention to the area of the nose; making sure that the alginate does not enter the nose. We can place some straws to facilitate breathing.

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In the front we will have to put twice as much alginate as in the back, since the surface to be covered will be larger. To give a more gloomy and mortecino look to your mold for Halloween you can agree with your model that she does not smile or put a certain expression on the face (always with her eyes closed) so you will get greater realism and verisimilitude in your mold, but without giving up that gloomy style so typical of Halloween.andnbsp;

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Once the alginate is applied to the front, you will have to make the plaster back mold just like you did on the back.

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5. Demolding and result: a trick that we give you from Feroca is that you ask your model to gesticulate with the face during the demolding process, since this will favor that everything comes out more quickly. Once you have unmolded the mold along with the countermold, it is time to make the copy. In Feroca we recommend ourandnbsp;Monster Clay plasticine that can be melted and is perfect to apply with a brush on the mold and get your copies of this torso mold for Halloween.andnbsp;

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This step by step you canandnbsp;apply it in countless ideas for your Halloween molds and let your imagination fly with different pigments, bloodandnbsp;and more.

Your creepiest Halloween mold with Feroca

Now is the perfect time to start making your most terrifying torso molds. In Feroca we put at your disposal a whole selection of products so that you can achieve the best results in a quick and simple way.

Let your most terrifying imagination fly with all our products and get very realistic Halloween molds, but at the same time chilling.andnbsp;

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