I decided to try my hand at another sculpt based on one of my illustrations (below). I had thought it would be such an easy thing to make, I’d just get a ball the right shape, add on some hair and make the bust part out of a cut up doll torso… but I couldn’t find anything suitable so I ended up making it all from scratch using epoxy resin clay, which is strange sticky stuff – a bit like sculpting with chewing gum!
I was pretty pleased with how the sculpt turned out, and the mould making and casting went fairly smoothly – only a few air bubble issues this time. (In the photo above the grey is the original sculpt, white the resin copy)
My idea was to make something a bit like a Girls World styling head or a My Little Pony, where the main body is plastic and the hair is real… This worked out ok, but I have to say I wasn’t too amazed with the end result – the real hair doesn’t quite hang as nicely as I’d hoped because it’s so springy!
I was determined to finish off a full set though, it was good painting practice to try and make them all as neat and identical as I could!
Sculpting, moulding and casting something can be a pretty long and messy process, so it’s a little disappointing when you aren’t 100% happy with the end result… the only thing you can do in that situation is start from scratch I guess – no undo commands with clay! This experience did make me consider learning a different type of sculpting though, which I’ll post more about soon 
That’s really cool, very well made and ingenious how you made the box thing around the clay, I know there’s a name for it, I watched videos on youtube about making props out of resin, but i have forgotten. Still, I never would have thought to use Lego! Well done! Will you be using resin to make things you’re going to sell?
Thanks Alex, Lego is really cool to make a mould box from because you can make it pretty much any size you need, and it makes embedding your object easier because you can just make the walls in two halves and click them together when you are ready to pour your silicone. If you were interested in having a go at some point, I always recommend the brilliant step-by-step guide by Tesselate (http://madebytesselate.com/guide-a-two-part-mould/) I learned how to make moulds from there, it’s the best guide I found.
If I had more spare time at the moment I’d definitely consider making some stuff with resin to sell, but it’s pretty time consuming. Another thing that puts me off is that you can already import so many really cute mass produced resin charms and cabachons from China for about two pence, and I could never compete with that! I don’t know if people would be prepared to pay for handmade stuff?
I wouldn’t rule it out completely though because I enjoy playing with resin – I’ll never stop being amazed that you can pour a cup of liquid into a mould and get a solid lump of plastic at the end!