Alright, not a heck of a lot to boast about since the last update. We've started being busy in the shop, so hobby builds like this have taken a bit of a back seat.
First off, I've demolded the hand sculpts:
The clay was a bit tough to clean out of the molds and the edges were a bit sharp, resulting in the first blood sacrifice for the Genestealer project:
Note to self: next time use more release agent.
The clay turned out to be very much a pain in the butt to get out of the epoxy mold. Luckily, I have my assistant Tia in the shop who was all kinds of happy to pick the clay out of the molds for me:

Once all of the clay was scrubbed out it was time to fit the core back into the mold and see how we did. That's where the problem came up:

It was a bit difficult to get the right hand to fit back into the mold. It turns out the tolerance was pretty tight on the thumb side of the wrist:

So tight that it actually took a chunk out of the core:

Oops.
So the answer now is that I have to go back and redo the lifecast with my hands in a much more rigid, flat pose like so:

This way I can make the mold with a parting line on a single plane and the gloves will demold much easier without causing any damage.
Live and learn I guess.
So that's the bad news.
The good news is that Jeff put in a few more hours getting the lower leg forming bucks smoothed out:

But they'll be done soon:

Since I had my setback with the gloves, I decided to set the head sculpt somewhere it's less likely to get messed up while I re-sculpt the hands. So it's found a place of honor on the wall in the office:

Stay tuned...
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