How bees make beeswax: Worker bees that are younger than 18 days old are the best wax producers. During this time, a bee secretes beeswax from eight special glands located on its abdomen. The wax comes out colourless and quite brittle. The bee then uses its legs to move the wax from its abdomen to its mouth where it starts to chew on it, adding saliva softens it up. During the process, the beeswax picks up bits of honey, pollen, and propolis which darkens its colour.
Robert did sculpts for those early pokemon figures? Wow. It's incredible to think about the sheer number of people who have seen your work in everyday places, thanks for the video!
I was thinking the same thing. It's got to be a nice feeling to make a living by doing something that touches so many people, even if just in a small cozy way like a kid smiling when he opens his Happy Meal.
Beeswax is formed by worker bees, which secrete it from eight wax-producing mirror glands. Sugars from honey are metabolized in wax-gland-associated fat cells into beeswax. The sizes of these wax glands depend on the age of the worker.
A video about some of the toys you worked on would be awesome. There's a good chance I have some of the products of your work hanging around from my childhood and I'd love to know which toys came from your studio.
I really loved hearing more of your back story and seeing some of your sculpting work. There are lots and lots of sculpting channels, but not very many in depth mold making/casting channels like yours. Having said that, if you ever put out any videos dealing with sculpting, I'd watch with great interested. For instance, I've sculpted a lot with polymer clay, but really have no idea how one sculps wax. I'd be very interested to see anything about that by you.
10:28 Jesus I vividly remember begging my parents for one of these while checking out a VHS at Blockbuster. So you're the man behind some of my core childhood memories...
Not sure if it's been said yet but to break the bond of hot glue spray it with alcohol and when the alcohol seeps in-between the hot glue and items you're gluing it breaks the hold of hot glue almost immediately and cleanly.
Beeswax is also composed of hydrocarbons, like petroleum. But they're different hydrocarbons from those used in paraffin. According to wikipedia, they're long-chain Esters.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Robert. May all your silicone be uninhibited and all your castings bubble free. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience so freely.
Nice. The wax I used to have came from a bronze foundry, when I was studying to be a bronze artist. It was a lot like the brown wax. Sometimes, I would melt the wax, and mix it with the oil clay so I could sculpt small details like hands and fingers, and it would stay hard after it was cool.
I would love to hear more about your career background. Toy making is such a honorable profession, making kids happy is one of the purest things one can do in this world
I'm sure I've watched this particular video a dozen times now, I'm really enjoying adding waxes to my crafting process! Thank you for all the information! It would be really lovely if you made some videos about sculpting with wax specifically!
Don’t know if it’s of any importance, but the hard grade Monster Clay might work even better for you than NSP because it has wax as well. The color is identical to that Pikachu wax model. I mean, both work great but it seems that you can melt Monster Clay to feel almost as a chocolate milk.
Hi Robert, it would be good to hear how you actually got started as a toymaker. Was this by accident or did you initially have your own small business and then it moved into you working for larger companies. I think there may be others that would enjoy going down the same career path. Did you have to first do any tertiary education? Thanks. Perhaps something for the next reference video.
Never considered doing a biopic before but I guess I’ll do a video on it. I have a BFA in illustration and an MFA in painting but I never took a single sculpture class. So there you go.
Wow! Your revelation as a toy maker had me come full circle! I can’t tell you how many times I would see a fast food or dollar store toy that had a lot of unused detail work (not painted or highlighted etc) that made me wonder if the maker new how much of that minituae would go underutilized. What a small world and here you are! Thank you for the wonderful insight into how those came about!
Not specifically related to wax, but thank you Robert for sharing your experience with molds and resins. It has helped me replicate a discontinued part for my 34 year old truck, first attempt at roto casting or any casting to be exact has been successful. The wall thickness may not be consistent throughout but I'm, very happy with my first venture into this
Robert, thank you for this reference video. I had JUST been thinking to myself "What is that blue wax he uses for vents?" I clicked on your channel and saw this video, and it was just perfect timing for my needs. Thank you for all your videos. They're very informative!
When you picked up the brown molding wax, I thought that was a box containing the wax, and then the camera angle changed, revealing it to be a huge slab of wax.
I did a lot of lost-wax sculpting in college, and I want to get back into sculpting to help with concept art- but I hate clay! This video is very helpful with giving me a beginner’s shopping list to get back into it. Thank you
Wow, Robert! A man of many talents and achievements. The longer I watch your videos, the more impressive you are. Their is a unique artist in there. It’s funny about You Tube, the video maker only lets you see a small part of who they are. The more you watch the channel, the more interesting the video maker becomes. Definitely a man of many talents. I’m happy to know you. Best regards, Richard….
Do you have a video where you just show off the toys you’ve sculpted?! I’d love to see that! Also, I’d also enjoy a video showing you sculpt something like that pikachu. :)
Best Toy Sculpting Wax ive ever used is Scott Hensey's Formula, Mcfarlane Toy's "Special" Castilene (aka Castiline but with 25% more Carnuba to make it a hard Carving wax instead of pure sculpting they'd use soft to block in the figure, make a waste mold then cast it in the ultra hard Carving Castilene they made) and Azbro Wax. also Kenner Wax is great but its basically the same as Azbro from what ive seen. ive yet to make TIm Bruckners Wax, though. its said to be closer to Castilene's Normal Hard or Medium versions. not a super hard Carving Wax. For those who want to make it, here is Scotts! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Hensey Wax 7% Carnauba. 7% Candelilla. 2% Beeswax. 40% Paraffin. 44% Talc. Crayons (enough to achieve desired color) i got a cheapy little Crock Pot on Amazon to melt it all in, and a SIlicone Spatula for $2. you can buy the Ingredients whereever, but i used "Lotion Crafter" for most of the Waxes, Scott Uses "Making Cosmetics" Website. if the Scott Hensey wax sounds like too much to undertake, get the Azbro, or Castilene and a bag of Carnuba flakes.
Cool channel, you got a sub! Hot Melt glue comes off easily with Isopropyl Alcohol, or Ethanol, Denatured Alcohol. "Paintless Dent Repair" taught me that. I also use it to mount minerals to wooden coasters, and they come off like a charm with a few drops of Isopropyl... Hot Glue can also be recycled, used from a wax pot, or direct melt the sticks...
Also, have you ever used CX5? Sulptor Adam Beane used to make and sell it, not anymore alas. Although there is also someone who spent a year getting (what it looks like) very close. He sells it and gives away his formula for free.
@@baschz I wanted to try Adam’s CX5 and have often wondered what happened. He put it on the market briefly and then it disappeared. If anyone knows what happened I would be interested to hear it. Do you have a link to that formula?
Thank you so much, I was hoping to get a thorough wax guide from you after seeing the different uses in other videos! There's some local beekeepers I'm going to ask about any extra wax they might have to give my molds some local flavor. Absolutely love seeing some of your past sculpts too! Would love to see more from your library. Thanks for being such a bright light and the kind of craftsman I can aspire to!
Hey Brookes, thanks for watching my videos! It’s funny, you have the channel I originally set out to create. My career has been mostly about creating my own characters and sculpting toy prototypes for the studios in Hollywood. So I thought I would do characters, etc. on CZcams. But the only videos my viewers watched were the mold making ones - so that’s the direction my channel went. Perhaps I will be including more of my artwork in future videos. You have a great channel; very inspiring and fun to watch!
@@RobertTolone Oh my goodness, thank you so much! It’s so funny how the grass is always greener, I would love to be doing more maker centric content myself, it’s definitely interesting the way CZcams starts to reinforce the style of stuff you make! All the best to you either way!
Hey Robert! Merry Christmas! As always your videos are very informative. I spent 10 years working on automated hot glue machines. Just like your waxes they come in all different strengths, melt temperatures, and forms. Like beads, chicklets, wafers,and powdered. Some are permanent some are temporary. Some are like a rock once cooled and some are sticky when cooled. You haven't lived till you've been shot with 350° hot glue!
I have to say "thank you." I've been listening to you praise bees wax for a long time now, and while I never doubted you, it seemed to be one more material I had to buy, and I was getting by with my foam core/glue gun molds. But now I'm working on a project that requires something different, and I needed something to seal small holes in the mold. I had some wax from my daughter's 4H Beekeeping program, so I painted that in and it worked like a charm. I would have never considered using beeswax if it weren't for your channel, so thank you!!
Robert, you have converted me to a devout follower of BEESWAX! I have no idea why no one mentions it, it's trully great and not only for mold making. I use it for temporarily holding other stuff as well, like things that need to be spray painted.
The toys you made are some of my favorites. They are very collectible. I will reference this video from now on. Thank you for the valuable info. I have a huge block of beeswax from a local bee keeper. I lubricate my sewing needles with it when necessary
I need another hobby like i need another hole in my head. I just found your channel and think what you're doing with the mold casting is really cool. Thanks for the fantastic ideas.
Happy Christmas and all the best Robert, the videos you’ve made this year have been tremendous, lots of detailed information presented with gusto. Happy Christmas to everyone here watching your channel too.
Robert I know you've said in the past that you weren't interested in doing videos on sculpture because they don't do as well as the mold making ones but I really wish you would reconsider. I'd be endlessly fascinated by any experience with your sculpting career you'd be willing to share as a hobbyist sculptor myself.
I would like to add other content to my channel such as sculpting and hope to experiment with it. It will be interesting to see if anybody watches! Thanks for letting me know, I really appreciate it!
thanks for the elaborate explaination! hotglue can be removed from smooth surfaces really easily if you let IPA (or a similar liquid) run under it using the capillary effect. absorbant materials like cardboard, mdf etc. can be sealed with packaging tape to make the glue removeable
Hooray!!!!!! Hoorah!!!!! I have waited a long time for you to begin making these material-specific reference videos, Robert. What a great Christmas gift from our teacher, friend, and super-entertaining, all-around great guy! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I’ll be making more of these because I need a comprehensive way to respond to the questions I get over and over. So glad you liked it, I was afraid that nobody would watch.
Merry Christmas and all that jazz to you too Robert! I will see if I can get a hold if some of the sticky wax I used to have. I vaugly remember taking a small box of it and putting it into storage. Maybe you could guess what is in it after I get it back? I will also be hunting down the source...
i loved this video i never actually knew all the nuances of the different waxes out there. also super cool to see a window into your toy prototyping days! :)
Great video as usual. The secret recipe creates mystique, but as you hint, the artist determines the outcome. I’ve made my own waxes for decades to get my personal favorite . It’s great to have a product that it custom tuned for me. But secret ? Just a game. It takes a lot of digging, but some recipes are know all the way back to Cellini.
Love your videos and reference videos like this are just pure gold for someone who's learning, like me. Do you think you could do a video taking us through some basic toy prototyping?
Happy 2022, hope you are doing good Robert. =) I would love to see a video tour of your library of sculpts. It was nice to get to see a little more of what you have been doing other then just making molds. =)
Hi Daniel, I’ll show more of my other work from time to time. I would like to do some other things on the channel in addition to the moldmaking but we will see what the audience cares about. I’ll be back from my break next week.
Well, my two unanswered questions: Where should we buy it? What is a good price? Does wax carving has been mainly replaced by 3D resin and 3D software such as Blender?
Great video. Very informative. Such a shame that the sculpting wax you like doesn't seem to be readily available anywhere. Decades and decades ago, the late figure sculptor, Paul Granlund, told me that he modified Victory Brown microcrystalline wax with bees wax and Vaseline to make his sculpting wax. But I have no idea of the proportions he used in his recipe, nor the proportions of the components of sculpting wax you listed in this video to make it from scratch. I happen to have a fair amount of Victory Brown microcrystalline wax that I would love to modify into a more suitable sculpting wax. Can you suggest any starting points for proportions of specific additives I might use? Thanks.
Merry Christmas and congratulations on your channel. Would it be possible to see how you clean your tools? E.g. when you use a paintbrush to apply some rubber to the parts, how can you clean it back later on? Cheers from Italy!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.. Thank you for all the great videos and for sharing your years of experience and expertise with us all.. stay blessed
I'm looking at your hands. A lifetime of using waxes and polishes and getting them on your hands have left you with beautiful hands. Women notice these things...
Every time I learn something about Robert he becomes even cooler, and it would be really cool to see some of the toys he sculpted that I had as a kid
How bees make beeswax: Worker bees that are younger than 18 days old are the best wax producers. During this time, a bee secretes beeswax from eight special glands located on its abdomen. The wax comes out colourless and quite brittle.
The bee then uses its legs to move the wax from its abdomen to its mouth where it starts to chew on it, adding saliva softens it up. During the process, the beeswax picks up bits of honey, pollen, and propolis which darkens its colour.
Makes me love bees even more! They are astonishing creatures. Thanks!
Robert did sculpts for those early pokemon figures? Wow.
It's incredible to think about the sheer number of people who have seen your work in everyday places, thanks for the video!
I was thinking the same thing. It's got to be a nice feeling to make a living by doing something that touches so many people, even if just in a small cozy way like a kid smiling when he opens his Happy Meal.
it would be interesting to see a video of all his work since he mentioned he still has all the masters
I thought so too
I think so too, just a small side-video covering some of the archives
Those were all so fantastic.
Beeswax is formed by worker bees, which secrete it from eight wax-producing mirror glands. Sugars from honey are metabolized in wax-gland-associated fat cells into beeswax. The sizes of these wax glands depend on the age of the worker.
I would really be interested in some videos about sculpting models out of wax. You know, if you feel like it...
A video about some of the toys you worked on would be awesome. There's a good chance I have some of the products of your work hanging around from my childhood and I'd love to know which toys came from your studio.
I really loved hearing more of your back story and seeing some of your sculpting work. There are lots and lots of sculpting channels, but not very many in depth mold making/casting channels like yours. Having said that, if you ever put out any videos dealing with sculpting, I'd watch with great interested. For instance, I've sculpted a lot with polymer clay, but really have no idea how one sculps wax. I'd be very interested to see anything about that by you.
10:28 Jesus I vividly remember begging my parents for one of these while checking out a VHS at Blockbuster. So you're the man behind some of my core childhood memories...
Not sure if it's been said yet but to break the bond of hot glue spray it with alcohol and when the alcohol seeps in-between the hot glue and items you're gluing it breaks the hold of hot glue almost immediately and cleanly.
good to know. I never knew that, so glad you shared it.
Beeswax is also composed of hydrocarbons, like petroleum. But they're different hydrocarbons from those used in paraffin. According to wikipedia, they're long-chain Esters.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Robert. May all your silicone be uninhibited and all your castings bubble free. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience so freely.
Thanks John!
Nice. The wax I used to have came from a bronze foundry, when I was studying to be a bronze artist. It was a lot like the brown wax.
Sometimes, I would melt the wax, and mix it with the oil clay so I could sculpt small details like hands and fingers, and it would stay hard after it was cool.
That’s an interesting idea, never thought to try it. Be fun to test out.
I would love to hear more about your career background. Toy making is such a honorable profession, making kids happy is one of the purest things one can do in this world
I'm sure I've watched this particular video a dozen times now, I'm really enjoying adding waxes to my crafting process! Thank you for all the information! It would be really lovely if you made some videos about sculpting with wax specifically!
Could you show us some more of your old prototypes in a video? So cool
Don’t know if it’s of any importance, but the hard grade Monster Clay might work even better for you than NSP because it has wax as well. The color is identical to that Pikachu wax model. I mean, both work great but it seems that you can melt Monster Clay to feel almost as a chocolate milk.
Hi Robert, it would be good to hear how you actually got started as a toymaker. Was this by accident or did you initially have your own small business and then it moved into you working for larger companies. I think there may be others that would enjoy going down the same career path. Did you have to first do any tertiary education? Thanks. Perhaps something for the next reference video.
Never considered doing a biopic before but I guess I’ll do a video on it. I have a BFA in illustration and an MFA in painting but I never took a single sculpture class.
So there you go.
Wow! Your revelation as a toy maker had me come full circle! I can’t tell you how many times I would see a fast food or dollar store toy that had a lot of unused detail work (not painted or highlighted etc) that made me wonder if the maker new how much of that minituae would go underutilized. What a small world and here you are! Thank you for the wonderful insight into how those came about!
Oh, where are you, Mr. Robert? Hope you're fine. Much love to your videos. Helped me a lot!
Taking a much needed break! I shall return to regular posting next Friday.
Not specifically related to wax, but thank you Robert for sharing your experience with molds and resins. It has helped me replicate a discontinued part for my 34 year old truck, first attempt at roto casting or any casting to be exact has been successful. The wall thickness may not be consistent throughout but I'm, very happy with my first venture into this
Robert, thank you for this reference video. I had JUST been thinking to myself "What is that blue wax he uses for vents?" I clicked on your channel and saw this video, and it was just perfect timing for my needs. Thank you for all your videos. They're very informative!
When you picked up the brown molding wax, I thought that was a box containing the wax, and then the camera angle changed, revealing it to be a huge slab of wax.
I did a lot of lost-wax sculpting in college, and I want to get back into sculpting to help with concept art- but I hate clay! This video is very helpful with giving me a beginner’s shopping list to get back into it. Thank you
Wow, Robert! A man of many talents and achievements. The longer I watch your videos, the more impressive you are. Their is a unique artist in there. It’s funny about You Tube, the video maker only lets you see a small part of who they are. The more you watch the channel, the more interesting the video maker becomes. Definitely a man of many talents. I’m happy to know you. Best regards, Richard….
Thanks Richard! As always I appreciate your kind comments and interest in the channel.
Hey Robert, hope you’re well. Looking forward to the next episode you’ve helped me so much during lockdown.
I’m taking a much needed break. I’ll be back on January 28th. See you then!
@@RobertTolone brilliant, see you then then :)
You deserve a good break Robert!
I m making a pokemon fishing lure, and was thinking about making it a toy, cool to see those toys at the end, looking for a career doing that too
Now that you've shown us, we all wanna see your library of wax sculpts!
I guess so Brendan! So many people have comment the same thing. I will be happy to pull stuff out of boxes!
Beeswax is mainly a mix of fatty acids and alcohols. The main component is similar to palm oil's, but there's a lot more stuff in there.
Do you have a video where you just show off the toys you’ve sculpted?! I’d love to see that! Also, I’d also enjoy a video showing you sculpt something like that pikachu. :)
I think it's awesome that's there's a high probability that I've gotten one of your sculpts before in a kids meal
Melted beeswax does react to sodium hydroxide, when mixed with other non-petroleum oils and waxes it makes a fairly nice soap.
I had heard that people use beeswax to make soap but had no idea what the chemistry was. Thanks.
Thanks for the great vid. FYI, if you spray IPA on Hot glue it comes right off.
I see red wax in use in jewelry casting, bees wax for lots of tasks and uses. Who knew there was so many types of wax!? Thanks for the info...
Robert - I hope all is well. I finally caught up binge watching your videos going into the holidays...looking forward to your next project.
Thanks for binging my channel! I’m taking a much needed break. I’ll be back to the regular schedule next Friday, January 28th.
@@RobertTolone good to hear. I hope you've enjoyed / are enjoying your time off.
Handy video, thanks. A quick note on hot glue, you can use isopropyl alcohol to dissolve the adhesive bond on it which makes it pop off like nothing.
Best Toy Sculpting Wax ive ever used is Scott Hensey's Formula, Mcfarlane Toy's "Special" Castilene (aka Castiline but with 25% more Carnuba to make it a hard Carving wax instead of pure sculpting they'd use soft to block in the figure, make a waste mold then cast it in the ultra hard Carving Castilene they made) and Azbro Wax.
also Kenner Wax is great but its basically the same as Azbro from what ive seen.
ive yet to make TIm Bruckners Wax, though. its said to be closer to Castilene's Normal Hard or Medium versions.
not a super hard Carving Wax.
For those who want to make it, here is Scotts!
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Scott Hensey Wax
7% Carnauba.
7% Candelilla.
2% Beeswax.
40% Paraffin.
44% Talc.
Crayons (enough to achieve desired color) i got a cheapy little Crock Pot on Amazon to melt it all in, and a SIlicone Spatula for $2. you can buy the Ingredients whereever, but i used "Lotion Crafter" for most of the Waxes, Scott Uses "Making Cosmetics" Website.
if the Scott Hensey wax sounds like too much to undertake, get the Azbro, or Castilene and a bag of Carnuba flakes.
AMAZING VIDEO THANK YOU!!! making my own hockey stick wax very soon...
Cool channel, you got a sub! Hot Melt glue comes off easily with Isopropyl Alcohol, or Ethanol, Denatured Alcohol. "Paintless Dent Repair" taught me that. I also use it to mount minerals to wooden coasters, and they come off like a charm with a few drops of Isopropyl... Hot Glue can also be recycled, used from a wax pot, or direct melt the sticks...
You're an absolute asset, Robert. Thanks for this and all information you freely give.
I hope you do a library tour video, I'd love to see the original sculpts!
Wonderful video! One day i'd love a showcase of your favourite commercial sculptures, it'd be very neat to see more of that.
Now I want to hear so much more about your toy sculpting!
Also, have you ever used CX5? Sulptor Adam Beane used to make and sell it, not anymore alas. Although there is also someone who spent a year getting (what it looks like) very close. He sells it and gives away his formula for free.
@@baschz I wanted to try Adam’s CX5 and have often wondered what happened. He put it on the market briefly and then it disappeared. If anyone knows what happened I would be interested to hear it. Do you have a link to that formula?
@@RobertTolone for some reason YT doesn't let me reply. let's try it for the sixth time ..
hmm, still doesn't work. I'll try and send it to you another way
@@baschz roberttolone@yahoo.com
Thank you so much, I was hoping to get a thorough wax guide from you after seeing the different uses in other videos! There's some local beekeepers I'm going to ask about any extra wax they might have to give my molds some local flavor. Absolutely love seeing some of your past sculpts too! Would love to see more from your library. Thanks for being such a bright light and the kind of craftsman I can aspire to!
Hey Brookes, thanks for watching my videos! It’s funny, you have the channel I originally set out to create. My career has been mostly about creating my own characters and sculpting toy prototypes for the studios in Hollywood. So I thought I would do characters, etc. on CZcams. But the only videos my viewers watched were the mold making ones - so that’s the direction my channel went. Perhaps I will be including more of my artwork in future videos.
You have a great channel; very inspiring and fun to watch!
@@RobertTolone Oh my goodness, thank you so much! It’s so funny how the grass is always greener, I would love to be doing more maker centric content myself, it’s definitely interesting the way CZcams starts to reinforce the style of stuff you make! All the best to you either way!
Hey Robert! Merry Christmas! As always your videos are very informative. I spent 10 years working on automated hot glue machines. Just like your waxes they come in all different strengths, melt temperatures, and forms. Like beads, chicklets, wafers,and powdered. Some are permanent some are temporary. Some are like a rock once cooled and some are sticky when cooled. You haven't lived till you've been shot with 350° hot glue!
Great Video! Happy Holidays!
I would absolutely love a video tour of your library of sculptures, if you're able and willing to share more. Incredible stuff!
Thank you!
I guessed both the bees wax and the sticky wax. Man I love your videos, you make learning a joy!
Thank you! Appreciate the wax review!
Super helpful!! Thank you for posting it!
Merry Christmas from Spain, master !!!!
I have to say "thank you." I've been listening to you praise bees wax for a long time now, and while I never doubted you, it seemed to be one more material I had to buy, and I was getting by with my foam core/glue gun molds. But now I'm working on a project that requires something different, and I needed something to seal small holes in the mold. I had some wax from my daughter's 4H Beekeeping program, so I painted that in and it worked like a charm. I would have never considered using beeswax if it weren't for your channel, so thank you!!
Thank you so much!
Merry Christmas🎅
You are the best! Ive learned so much from your channel - endlessly grateful :) very valuable resource
We shore like it.
Happy holidays!
thank you so much for sharing! your knowledge is invaluable to makers of the world. thanks again for the inspiration
Robert, you make magic!
Robert, you have converted me to a devout follower of BEESWAX! I have no idea why no one mentions it, it's trully great and not only for mold making. I use it for temporarily holding other stuff as well, like things that need to be spray painted.
you are the best!! thanks a lot!
The toys you made are some of my favorites. They are very collectible. I will reference this video from now on. Thank you for the valuable info. I have a huge block of beeswax from a local bee keeper. I lubricate my sewing needles with it when necessary
Thank you!
I really wouldn't mind seeing one or two wax sculpting videos sometime, if you feel like making them.
Good to know, thanks for watching Brian!
I need another hobby like i need another hole in my head. I just found your channel and think what you're doing with the mold casting is really cool. Thanks for the fantastic ideas.
THANK YOU
Happy Christmas and all the best Robert, the videos you’ve made this year have been tremendous, lots of detailed information presented with gusto.
Happy Christmas to everyone here watching your channel too.
What a pleasant surprise to see Chavant NSP clay in this video! I've been using it for a few years now, fantastic stuff.
Robert I know you've said in the past that you weren't interested in doing videos on sculpture because they don't do as well as the mold making ones but I really wish you would reconsider. I'd be endlessly fascinated by any experience with your sculpting career you'd be willing to share as a hobbyist sculptor myself.
I would like to add other content to my channel such as sculpting and hope to experiment with it. It will be interesting to see if anybody watches! Thanks for letting me know, I really appreciate it!
Rio Grande has sculpt wax
Thanks for that video Robert, you sure have great sculpting talent, these toys look great!
thanks for the elaborate explaination!
hotglue can be removed from smooth surfaces really easily if you let IPA (or a similar liquid) run under it using the capillary effect. absorbant materials like cardboard, mdf etc. can be sealed with packaging tape to make the glue removeable
Hooray!!!!!! Hoorah!!!!! I have waited a long time for you to begin making these material-specific reference videos, Robert. What a great Christmas gift from our teacher, friend, and super-entertaining, all-around great guy! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I’ll be making more of these because I need a comprehensive way to respond to the questions I get over and over. So glad you liked it, I was afraid that nobody would watch.
Merry Christmas and all that jazz to you too Robert! I will see if I can get a hold if some of the sticky wax I used to have. I vaugly remember taking a small box of it and putting it into storage. Maybe you could guess what is in it after I get it back?
I will also be hunting down the source...
i loved this video i never actually knew all the nuances of the different waxes out there. also super cool to see a window into your toy prototyping days! :)
Great video. FYI if you do use hot melt glue just use some alcohol and the parts will come apart quickly and easily
Thanks a lot! you are a very nice and gentle !
Robert mind blown seeing what you've sculpted! Thank you for sharing your talents!
Thanks for watching!
Great video as usual. The secret recipe creates mystique, but as you hint, the artist determines the outcome. I’ve made my own waxes for decades to get my personal favorite . It’s great to have a product that it custom tuned for me. But secret ? Just a game. It takes a lot of digging, but some recipes are know all the way back to Cellini.
Please do some wax sculpting videos
Love your videos and reference videos like this are just pure gold for someone who's learning, like me. Do you think you could do a video taking us through some basic toy prototyping?
Merry christmas Sir
Happy 2022, hope you are doing good Robert. =) I would love to see a video tour of your library of sculpts. It was nice to get to see a little more of what you have been doing other then just making molds. =)
Hi Daniel, I’ll show more of my other work from time to time. I would like to do some other things on the channel in addition to the moldmaking but we will see what the audience cares about. I’ll be back from my break next week.
@@RobertTolone Sir I am a wax product factory here, I can make the wax you need according to your needs, looking forward to your reply
@@Dental_jlwax You can send info to me at roberttolone@yahoo.com
This is an awesome video as always! Such a huge help to understand wax! So much less messy and painful than hot melt glue!
Like all of your videos, this was CRAZY helpful! Thank you so much!
Oh hey, can you make a video about the waxes you use XD XD XD
Thanks!!! Great info here!!!
Well, my two unanswered questions:
Where should we buy it?
What is a good price?
Does wax carving has been mainly replaced by 3D resin and 3D software such as Blender?
I love your videos
This was very helpful. Can you add the tool you used to melt the wax on your Amazon link. Be well
Great video. Very informative. Such a shame that the sculpting wax you like doesn't seem to be readily available anywhere. Decades and decades ago, the late figure sculptor, Paul Granlund, told me that he modified Victory Brown microcrystalline wax with bees wax and Vaseline to make his sculpting wax. But I have no idea of the proportions he used in his recipe, nor the proportions of the components of sculpting wax you listed in this video to make it from scratch. I happen to have a fair amount of Victory Brown microcrystalline wax that I would love to modify into a more suitable sculpting wax. Can you suggest any starting points for proportions of specific additives I might use? Thanks.
Merry Christmas to you and your family 👪
Wow! I wonder how many toys I played with where sculpted by you.
That would mostly depend on how many kid’s meals you ate as a boy!
hello would you have any ideas on how someone could biuld a cost friendly vaccum pump/ pot, and pressure pot? thanks for all you do
Merry Christmas and congratulations on your channel.
Would it be possible to see how you clean your tools? E.g. when you use a paintbrush to apply some rubber to the parts, how can you clean it back later on? Cheers from Italy!
Awesome video and stuffed with great information but I was wondering if you could make a video of the kinds of various waxes you use?
Thanks! will be great to have these videos.
Thanks for all your knowledge sharing! Very much appreciated!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.. Thank you for all the great videos and for sharing your years of experience and expertise with us all.. stay blessed
Thanks Robert I needed this.
thanks for another great vid. Enjoyed hearing about some of your past projects
Thank you Sensei Tolone. Another great and informative video.
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