What equipment is needed to make a wax figure?

Manufacturing equipment Vinyl mold Wax vacuum pump Vacuum coating How to make a wax figure First of all, use the mud to shape the human head mold. Before the production, we have to spend a lot of time to collect some pictures, text data for research, so that the posture of the wax statue, clothing, facial expressions and character, are portrayed perfectly. Then the wax head is made by turning the mold and pouring the wax. After the wax head is formed, hair and eyebrows are implanted into the wax figure. For the sake of realism of the work, the hair of the real person is usually used, and the tools used are also homemade by him based on his experience in the creation. Hair implantation is the most delicate and time-consuming process in the production of wax figures. In order to achieve the effect that the wax figure grows its own hair, it is necessary to implant the hair one by one into the wax head. After the head is done, the hands are made of wax in the same way, and the skin lines are sculpted and processed in a more detailed way. The body parts are then put together and the wax figure is basically ready.　　Pores can only be made in China, and compared with the British and French countries where wax figures originated, Chinese wax figures can also be made to look real. In some aspects, the production process of Chinese wax figures has already surpassed that of the above mentioned countries. For example, Chinese wax figures are more vivid in portraying the Asian look. In the details of the quality is also higher than the British and French countries, for example, the British wax figure in the hands of the portrayal of the skin lines, but the Chinese wax figure has sweat pores.

The production process of wax figures also requires "three-dimensional - two-dimensional conversion theory". "The UK can use a ruler to measure the wax figure in the celebrity model, but in China to make a celebrity wax figure, for a variety of reasons celebrities themselves can seldom come to the scene as a model, you can only according to the photo to make a wax figure, which requires 'three-dimensional - two-dimensional conversion theory '."

Referring to a large amount of information to experience the heart of the person being modeled. For a wax figure to be "alive", charisma is especially important.

Making a wax figure involves three procedures: carving the model, pouring the film and removing the mold. The carving model can be made of clay, the carving technique is not simple, and it is necessary to have artistic cultivation. Beginners should choose the simpler model and learn patiently to make their own achievements.

Clay carving model is a solid three-dimensional model, must be poured with plaster hollow to the concave model in order to make wax statues, if you do not have their own mold experience, you can also be customized to the company specializing in model design. If it is a statue with complicated postures, it is necessary to implement it in parts when pouring the mold. For example, a mold should be made for the head, a mold for the body, and another mold for the hands and feet to make it easier to take off the mold. If it is a large wax figure, it is also necessary to divide a part into several molds and connect these molds to become the mold of a certain part. For example, a wax figure of an adult head, it is necessary to pour the various parts of the head, such as ears, nose, mouth, etc. into several plaster molds, and then these parts are connected together to become a complete and detachable hollow plaster mold.

After the plaster mold is made, the prepared wax material is poured into the mold. Wax does not have to be solid, as long as the outside layer of the shell can save material, so the filling of raw materials, it is necessary to mold up and down, left and right rotation, so that the raw materials can be evenly distributed wax. After the raw material of the wax statue is solidified, it should be demolded by putting it into the water and dipping it for a while, and then it will be naturally detached from the plaster mold. Complex mold that is divided into several parts, so the last part of these parts with sticky glue.

The wax used in making wax statues must be durable and solid, so that the wax statues made will not be easily melted and deformed. Therefore, before making wax statues, you should buy good solid paraffin wax and white wax, and add stearic acid to make it a solid wax. The mixing ratio of these three is: 10 parts of stearic acid, 9 parts of paraffin wax and 1 part of white wax. It is time to add color to the wax statue. For the selection of color pigments, use lampblack for black, lead white for white, silver vermilion for red, chrome orange for orange, chrome yellow for yellow, ultramarine for cyan, and flat Prussian blue for blue, but only oil-soluble pigments must be used, as water-soluble pigments do not readily bond with the wax. The amount of pigment should be about 6% of the mixing ratio, but this can be increased or decreased at the discretion of the artist. To mix the waxes and pigments, first heat the waxes and stearic acid in a saucepan to melt them all, while stirring constantly, and then add the colorants after they have cooled down a little, stirring several times, so as to avoid any unevenness of color or bloom. Then pour it into the model pre-coated with oil, about ten minutes to solidify, the mold will be opened into a wax image.