My brother is an artist and I've been trying to encourage him to put his skills to use and make some cool car stuff, like shift knobs. I'm a little tired of seeing the same skulls, dice, etc all the time. He's finally worked up some prototypes and will probably do them in very limited quan***ies. I wanted some HAMB opinions on how well you think they'd sell. He has a bunch of cool ideas, these are just the first to materialize: a clown and a jack o'lantern. Do you think they'd sell better cast in hard resin or a softer material, like a rubber mallet? (artistic copyrights apply, so please no idea stealing!)
Hellfish, I see he is using what looks like Plastilina or some other oil-based clay.....has he tried polymers? It will be damned hard to cast from a clay prototype..not impossible....but easier from a hard proto... both resin and hard urethane shift knob castings would be possible from a hard original as well.... PM us if we can help....
They wouldn't be very paintable if they were soft. paint might pop off easy... I like the "Quark" face!
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