Creating my first mould

Today was a disaster! To make the silicone mould I had to create some form of box to pour the liquid silicone in. I would place the body part in the box and then cover it completely. Then, as the silicone drys it allows me to pop out the body that was inside and leave the shell of the body. However, as easy as this sounds, it did not go to plan.

The two silicone mixtures

 I was recommended to use LEGO when pouring the liquid as it is easy to make a box out of it and also easy to pull apart when the silicone has dried.
















The problem was that when I poured the silicone into the LEGO it leaked out of the small cracks in the bricks (my LEGO bricks are very old). Also, because it was leaking out of the sides it meant that my mixture wasn't enough to cover the entire body of the toy. This resulted me in having a very thin layer on the top which would be no good when popping the toy out of the silicone.

Silicone didn't quite cover the top of the toy