Making tears and drops ...

[Russ]

Been thinking on ways to make drops of water, tears, and spittle on, dripping from, or connected to, a bust or figure.

Any proven techniques, tips, or ideas from the community will be appreciated!

 

[Ferris]

On larger scales I’d go for small applications of gloss acrylic gel, a white goo that dries transparent.

Dripping slime can be done by first attaching (with acrylic gell) a short (or long) stretch of clear stretched sprue, or any other transparent fibrous material, letting that dry, then applying more acrylic gel to form a slimy drip.

Tears on smaller scale I’d use gloss varnish, slightly thinned perhaps.

See pics for some examples.

Hope this helps.

Adrian

 

[Russ]

Thanks, Adrian - that sure looks like the ticket!!

Anyone favor any other approaches? Ideas?

 

[PropBlast]

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Try Bondic. Sets up instantly when exposed to UV light, Kit includes applicator and UV light source. Material is transparent but is sandable and paintable should you wish to do that.
Rick

 

[theBaron]

Cody Kwok is a modeler who builds a lot of subjects, from armor to anime and mecha subjects. In a number of his anime figure builds, he used acrylic gel to replicate drops of water on a figure.

Here is one such build:

https://codyscoop.com/eo-kagura

I have not yet tried this myself, but I may try it on a T-rex build I have in progress, with Rexy stepping onto a wet surface and dripping water from his feet.

I also think of using gel on nylon thread to make a stream of water from a spigot into a basin, but haven't tried it yet.

Prost!
Brad