Today I de-moulded the master sculpt and was able to trim down the minor 'flaps' of silicon that had managed to get in between the star segments. Overall the mould turned out really well and I'm very happy with it. With the additional thickness, Paul said I wouldnt have to bother backing it up with layour resin and fiber glass strips. Although I did want to use fiberglassing at some point in this process, not having to do it saved me alot of time and allowed me to get on with tasting the mould. Firstly I produced a plain fast cast polyuerethane cast:

There were a few 'holes' in the textured section behind the lettering where the silicon has slipped through in the mould. To make the face seem less pitted I cut the hole parts out of the mould and then tried a full aluminium version which turned out very well:

I then spent the remainder of the day and into the evening compling the various pictures and references fro my reseach as I hadnt realised we have to hand that in with the main body of work rather than the following week like in the previous module.

I would like to try painting the letters in the mould in an enamel Pain like that used on the actual badge. This would be a trial and error experimant as nobody seems to have tried it before here. I will try it on the segment mould first to see how it turns out.

I suspect Its going to be a long week of late nights to really bulk out my research and make sure I include as much of the relevant information I have covered as possible.