Recent content by chinbeard

Thanks for the kind words everyone! If anyone is interested, I drew up some blueprints for my version. You can get them right here.

I am loving all of the different methods that people are utilizing to knock out this gun! Here's my take on the gun. All 3D printed, molded, and cast. I also did a full video on my build if you're into that sort of thing. =)

I'm attending the meetup.

Hey all! It's been a good long time since I've updated this build thread. In fact, I finished the build a couple of months ago, but didn't find the time to get it all down on paper. Luckily I did document the whole process in photos and videos over the entire 17 day process!YAY! Photo by...

Boy howdy it's been a while since I've posted a build on here. Well, I just started a new costume build for myself and I figured I'd keep progress updated in this thread. I'm planning on working on this armor every Friday. I've been playing a LOT of Destiny. I do love my titan, so that's what...

Yay another Dota Mask! Let me know if you have any questions. My full build write-up is here: DotA 2 ? Juggernaut Mask | Punished Props

I get most of my sheet plastic from Tap Plastics. They have a retail store near where I live. The styrene is about 1/16" thick. For thicker stuff they also have sheets of foam PVC (aka Sintra). I have a bunch of that in 1/8", 1/4" and 3/8". It is very similar to the styrene, but it has a but of...

Thanks for the feedback everyone! The client requested that I "dirty it up" a bit, so I went over it with a little Rub 'n Buff Patina. Now it is totally finished and ready to ship out! I have the molds now, so I think I'll be making some more of these if anyone is interested.

It is finished! I went out and took some nice photos of the finished prop. I'm pretty stoked about how it turned out. =D Tah daaaah!

There are some tiiiiiiiny bubbles in it, though they are barely visible. The one pain in the ass issue I've had with the Clear-Lite is that even 2 days after casting it was still tacky. I had to sand my way through the goo to the solid layer. Once I did that, it was smooth sailing!

Update! Pieces were finished. Molds were made. The blade was cast with Tap Plastic's "Clear-Lite" with a little blue and green pigment. Pieces were cold cast with bronze powder. The whole shooting match was assembled! Better photos are forthcoming!

I finally got a good bite on a commission to build this super unique and amazing dagger from Skyrim! I made sure to take the time and do all of the necessary research (i.e. playing Skyrim all day until I had acquired the dagger in question). Since I played on a PS3, I grabbed my reference images...

Way to raise the bar once again! =D

He is a middle school teacher, after all. Hit patience is legendary. =)

Bravo, clone. =)