Making a Silicon Statue Part 3 - Painting Silicon with Psycho Paint

[@KieranMeadows]

Yeah this is great! Thank you for taking the time putting this video together and sharing your work. I appreciate it! All the best to you

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching :)

[@scottpickett8463]

You did a spectacular job, it’s awesome!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much Scott :)

[@TheMagicCrafter]

I came here to learn how to paint silicone with a brush. Stayed to see you add hair to this glorious man. I just happened upon your channel today and oh man! You do some neat stuff, sir! :D

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much!, and thanks for watching :)

[@TruthSurge]

blue.... it cancels orange which is basically the color of the silicone (skin). So, by adding blue you are desaturating the hotness of the orange. Skin is not orange (unless you're the President of the U.S. currently) so blue is good for toning down the saturation of the orange. Complementary colors desaturate each other. blue cancles orange. red cancels green. purple cancels yellow. etc. 11:59 "I had an Auntie Em, once!"

[@thedarkpower]

Yep make sense, thanks. Not sure I'll be doing a trump sculpture ;)

[@TruthSurge]

@@thedarkpower DON'T! Well.... unless.... hehehehe it involves a guillotine and lots of cadmium red. :)

[@TruthSurge]

@@thedarkpower Nice result on that statue. I am like 100% newb regarding molds and all. I won't be doing any, either, but I might try some sculpey stuff some day.

[@sparkstron73]

Excellent.Always insipring and fun to see these creations come to life

[@thedarkpower]

cheers dude.

[@norsecrafts5433]

Now this is insanely good! Love your work man, everything you do is just awesome.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks, really appreciate it!

[@monsterzombun558]

Wow! I saw this at Steampunks in Space, it looks amazing. It's difficult to appreciate just how much work goes into making something so detailed, but I think your video series shows it well. I love to see the process of how a sculpture comes to life, I'll definitely be checking out more of your art :)

[@thedarkpower]

Ah, thanks for watching! Yes they do take a while but hopefully the end result is worth it ;)

[@uzazil]

Also for hair punching use a crown needle it allows you to punch a 5-8 follicles of hair at once with even spacing. When doing eyebrows and eyelashes use a manual curling iron they look like needle nose pliers you can heat up and use it to curl

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers, yeah I think hair punching is an art form in of itself!

[@uzazil]

@@thedarkpower it's why I pay people to do it lol. I don't have the patience

[@thedarkpower]

Having done some I think I agree! ;)

[@LeeOfBent]

Really great work, thanks for sharing it and all of your advice.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much Lee.

[@samueljaysonfoote]

Amazing! You really nailed this guy! You're a great artist

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much Sam, that's very kind :)

[@jeremybuscay]

Amazing job! Your sculpting videos have really helped me progress with my own sculpts. Looking forward to the next video!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks Jeremy glad they're proving useful!

[@mikemangler2008]

Awesome video thank you. The white spirits you refer to, is that mineral spirits? I know toluene is similar to lacquer thinner. I'm experimenting with psycho paint and want to make some realistic body parts.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yeah it's called white spirit in the UK, mineral spirits in the US. Ah interesting, I have some lacquer thinner, but toluene isn't readilyb available in the UK whereas I can buy white spirit in the hardware store.

[@garybiggs9010]

Fantastic work and talent!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much :)

[@ALIENADDICT]

Total masterpiece such a raw talent, do u do any work for movies because u should

[@ALIENADDICT]

I bet you're neighbours think who is that strange man stud still smoking a pipe in the back garden

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks dude, no I don't work in film. I have done a few short films here and there. I enjoy aspects of that but I probably wouldn't want to do it full time.

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah I'm not sure if the neighbours saw or not!

[@ALIENADDICT]

The Dark Power I get that mate sometimes it's nice to keep the things do as your own.

[@ALIENADDICT]

The Dark Power just a quick one mate do you have a good link on where to get good Eyes as I've started a Alien Gray with monster, clay, it's only a small project about 6 inches

[@corteltube]

So amazing...

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@azaleonos]

They love you so, don't give up.

[@JamesHannagan]

This might be a stupid question, but why use Psycho Paint as a base instead of just the same platinum cured silicon? I've painted silicone faces before using silicon, pigment and thinner. What advantage does Psycho Paint offer?

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah it's a good point. Maybe a question for smooth-on really. This was my first time doing this with platinum silicon (and it was a commission rather than a project for myself) so I just followed the 'official' way of doing things. I suspect simply mixing up some more dragon skin may well work fine, but I've not tried it. I used to mix up oil paints and silicon bathroom sealant when painting tin silicon, but that won't work for platinum of course.

[@jensbasement3862]

I also heard that patting powdered sugar in a knapsack or bag over the silicone can take down the shine!

[@thedarkpower]

Yes I think that would work really well too!

[@Melvinwacko]

Are there any silicone paints that aren't translucent? I've been using your method and it takes forever to paint some masks.

[@thedarkpower]

The only ones I've seen that aren't translucent are mould making silicons. It might be worth watching the psycho paint video on the smooth on website though as I think they do mix up a fairly thick colour mix.

[@jensbasement3862]

Great job! Love the end product. This helped me to paint my silicone snail creature! I'll have a video up on my channel in probably a month. I also subscribed!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks Jen, you have some great creatures on your channel! Also subscribed ;) Looking forward to seeing the snail. I have plans to do a goat creature in silicon at some stage soon :)

[@pictureframe2104]

Can this paint be used in regular rubber?

[@thedarkpower]

There are lots of different types of rubber so it depends what you mean by regular rubber. My guess is it might not adhere to something like shoe rubber but I've not tried.

[@abarry9458]

Where do you buy the pigments? What r they called . Trying to repaint my silcone mermaid tail !

[@thedarkpower]

They're called 'silc-pig'. I got them here www.benam.co.uk/products/accessories-silicone/silc-pig-9-pack/

[@3d_alliance]

What do you think of an idea I have for a steampunk Cane shaft made to look like someone just ripped a steam pipe right off the wall and starting using it as a Cane?

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah cool idea and wouldn't be too difficult to put together using stuff from the hardware store I reckon.

[@3d_alliance]

The Dark Power yep it should be easy,but do I go with plastic and metal and paint the plastic parts to look like metal(for the parts that don't come in plastic) or go all metal?

[@thedarkpower]

I'd go all metal - getting a decent metal effect with paint can be tricky.

[@3d_alliance]

The Dark Power ok thank you. I hope everything works out the way I envision it, I'm trying to put together my first steampunk costume

[@chrisivens]

Was Steampunks in Space an event or is it a long-running exhibition? It's been over 6 months since I was at the Space Centre. Where in the world are you based? You're not in Brum by any chance are you?

[@thedarkpower]

Hey Chris. Steampunks in Space is an annual event - it's every november, been running about 5 years now. I'm down in Surrey, just outside london.

[@chrisivens]

Fair enough, if you were in Birmingham I'd probably be knocking on your door one day to help me cast some of my sculpts. At the moment I'm doing my best to do Hoggle from Labyrinth but since it's a gift for my sister I haven't put it on social media yet. Other things I need to cast one day are a 1/2 scale Compsognathus dinosaur and Le Chuck from Monkey Island plus plenty more.

[@thedarkpower]

Ah cool well good luck with it - maybe the videos will help!

[@chrisivens]

Here’s hoping. Keep your stuff coming. It’s pretty interesting to see your thought processes and how you overcome the technical challenges too.

[@thedarkpower]

+Chris Ivens cheers, glad they're proving interesting.

[@tagrauyoutube]

i've been trying to paint with psycho paint too but it wont cure! i dont really understand why it wont ... any advice? i use equal parts A and B and a TINY bit of pigment to colour it... Could it not be curing because the mixture is too thick?

[@thedarkpower]

Hi. I know that platinum cure silicon (which is what the Psycho Paint base is I think) is inhibited by tin cure silicon and also latex. So if you were painting on to a tin cure silicon piece, or have mixed the paint while wearing latex gloves, that could have an effect. I presume you're using silpig pigments too - it's difficult to say without knowing the specifics of what you're doing. I would say that Smooth-on are really helpful with this sort of thing, so worth getting in touch with them.

[@RupturedFX]

Hi, I've been testing psycho paint with white spirit but the surface remains tacky after days of waiting. Have you come across this problem?

[@thedarkpower]

Hi. No I've not found that. You could try adding some talc to try and reduce the tackiness.

[@RupturedFX]

The Dark Power Yup I've been using talc but it's so frustrating having this problem when other people don't get it. Not sure what it is! I've tried everything! The yours was completely tack free? I've tried painting on eco flex and also platsil gel 10 with the same problem. It cures fully but has a tackiness. God damn it lol.

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah I feel your pain! I've had various silicones and resins refuse to fully cure in the past, it's really annoying. I did recently have some dragon skin refuse to cure. In that case I think I added too much silc pig or too much thixo. I don't know if psycho paint might have the same issue with pigment? Only thing I can think of. I know they recommend painting the dragon skin with a few days of it being cast too.

[@DingleDut]

How did you get to use the other pigments? Didn't they dry up and become jelly like?

[@thedarkpower]

Well you have about 45 mins before things start setting so you have enough time to use them.

[@DingleDut]

The Dark Power At 6:29 your pigments got into a jelly form. Did you waste money? How did you get to use the rest of the pigments?

[@thedarkpower]

I'd used them before that. But yeah I mixed up too much psycho paint base. I mention this in the video.

[@DingleDut]

The Dark Power Noo The pigments did you get to use the other colors? Or did you waste money and had to buy a new set? Because as I saw, they turned jelly like.

[@thedarkpower]

No, it was fine ;)

[@theenchantedprincessparty7112]

Hi! How long do you wait between layers?

[@thedarkpower]

It's quite a while since I did this, but I think maybe 15 mins or so. It sets fairly quickly.