A Method of Making Wound Molds for Prosthetic Makeup using 3D Printer

Abstract

Conventionally to make wound props, firstly artists carves wound sculpture using oil clay and makes the wound mold by pouring silicon or plaster over the finished sculpture then pours silicone into the wound mold to finish the wound props. This conventional approach takes a lot of time and effort to learn how to handle materials such as oil clay or silicon, or to acquire wound sculpting techniques. Recently, many users are trying to create wound molds using 3D modeling software and 3D printers but it is difficult for non-experts to conduct tasks such as 3D wound modeling or 3D model transformation for 3D printers. This paper suggests a simple and rapid way for users to create a wound mold model from a wound image and to print one using a 3D printer. Our method provides an easy-to-use capabilities for wound molds production so that the makeup artists who are not familiar with 3D modeling can easily create the molds using the software.