| Lando Skiff Silicone mold | |
| When creating an action figure, a sculptor will create an original design out of wax or a similar material. This initial sculpt is fragile and needs to subsequently be converted into hard copies, which can be further tooled and used in the toymaking process. In order to turn the original sculpt into prototype hardcopy figures. A silicone mold is made from each original sculpt part. Resin is then subsequently poured into the newly created mold and allowed to harden creating nearly identical copies of the original sculpture in fine detail. Silicone molds remain one of the scarcest prototype stages to have survived. This is the silicone mold for the head of the Lando Calrissian (skiff guard disguise) action figure. note the fine detail of the original sculpt captured in this mold resembles the actor Billy Dee Williams to a much greater extent than the production figure. Fine detail is often lost during the production process. |
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| Description by: | Yehuda Kleinman |
| Photo: | Yehuda Kleinman |
| From the collection of: | Yehuda Kleinman |
| Country: | United States |
| Film: | Return of the Jedi |
| Licensee: | Kenner |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Category: | Prototypes / Action Figure Related |