Bill answers prop and costume questions about molding a helmet, cutting foam with table saws, making prop templates, respirators, Epsilon Pro, metal powders, smooth finishes on foam, and more! Q&A Show Notes: The Best of Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 Foam Helmet Template Video Foam Helmet Detail Additions Video Adam Savage’s Cosplay Cave at Silicon Valley Comic Con Molding & Casting 101: Brush on Molds for Helmets & Masks Molding and Casting – Full Playlist Pattern and Template Designing How to Draw Patterns, Templates, & Blueprints With Inkscape Quick Latch Respirator 6001 Organic Vapor Cartridge Making a Large Prop Gear from Insulation Foam Cosplay Melee Compressor Metal Powders ConStruct Psycho Paint – Platinum Silicone Paint Base Guide to Sealing Foam Props and Costumes Rocket Props Zprops – Fatebringer Angelus Leather Paint Thinner How To Make Clean Seams for Foam Armor Thank you for using our Amazon Affiliate links. Your purchases help support Punished Props shows! Questions from the Show: Mary Ellen Katz I’m making Milly’s Stun Gun from the Trigun anime. PVC tubes are super heavy for this large-scale build. How can I make cheap, lightweight cylinders? ScaleThor Cosplay I’m working on a 3D printed small scale Reinhardt helmet display. I’d like it to be hollow on the inside, like a helmet, so how would I mold this piece? Kenny Can you use a table saw to cut EVA foam? Specifically, for fairly accurate bevels. Joseph Nastasi I need to craft a fairly realistic looking khopesh for an Ancient Egyptian Costume. How can I provide proper structural support in the severely curved blade so it doesn’t wiggle or wag when swung? Safety Sam What happens if you mix super glue and hot glue while glueing foam together? Ender from the land beyond skyrim Hi Bill! How do you make your templates for your props? Travis11011 What respirator do you prefer? Also, is it a replaceable filter type or is the mask itself disposable that you use? Nostalgr I’m working on an XPS Foam insulation and PVC Pipe build for the current #GoProYourselfChallenge to make a hammer. Would Epsilon Pro be a good finish option for XPS and safe for making a mold? Magically Dunn Creations Question 1: What is the secret to getting straight cuts when you don’t have a band saw? With a retractable blade, I keep getting beveled cuts in my foam when I don’t want them. Question 2: Do you have any experience with app-controlled color changing bulbs, like the ones in the provided links? What your thoughts are on them? https://www.balsamhill.com/p/app-enabled-color-changing-6mm-christmas-lights?sku=4000176 The Schlitzie Hey Bill and Britt, are there any chances of seeing one of you on Cosplay Melee next season either as a contestant or possibly even a guest judge? GP Do you use larger paint sprayers or just airbrush and shaker cans? If so, what do you use? Ari Do you have a favorite/preferred cold casting powder? I’m looking at trying it for an upcoming project. Rusty’s props Is PLA your favorite filament? bazuka Do you have any tips for painting silicone? Bethany Will there be a third book in the Foamsmith book series? PatinaProps/Matthew Davis I know that this is not exactly your expertise, but do you have any suggestions for mailing weapons so they don’t get detained by the postal services? RevboltCosplay I’m making the armor from Trollhunters out of EVA foam and sealing it with plastidip…what’s the best way to get it nice a and shiny silver with a slight blue tint. I will be using spray paint/rub n buff because I do not have a airbrush kit yet. nerdyviews I’d like to make Chirrut Imwe’s lightbowcaster to go with my cosplay. Any tips on how to make the mechanism that extends the limbs into firing position and what to make them out of? bueshang Any tips on cleaning mold release from resin casts before you paint them? George I’m currently making a Destiny Fatebringer out of EVA foam and I’m wondering how to make the bottom light thing. Have you got any tips for that? Nic Neidenbach When you use Angelus Leather paints in an airbrush, do you need to thin it, and if so what thinner do you use? Rusty’s props Have you done any super screen accurate, hard edge models? Cosmicflux I failed to make nice, clean cuts on my foam helmet. Shame! What is your favorite filler to try to hide the seams? Or which of our videos already has that answer? The post Prop: Live – Q&A with Bill – 4/21/2017 appeared first on Punished Props.
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