Hello all,
I'm new to prop making but I've been lurking the forums here for a little over a year now. I've been working in my spare time to create a vacuum forming table as I'd like to build a set of stormtrooper armor for display in my office. (And random trooping here and there)
My question concerns obtaining a mold to form from. I see alot of people on here create theirs from plaster or clay but I have a friend that can do cnc work for a decent rate and wondered if finding somewhere to buy a cad drawing of the armor and having it cut from mdf to make a mold would be viable. I'm sure at the cost of all of this I would be off just as cheap buying a set but something about making it myself seems more fulfilling. Plus I then have the option to make sets for friends down the road.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I'm new to prop making but I've been lurking the forums here for a little over a year now. I've been working in my spare time to create a vacuum forming table as I'd like to build a set of stormtrooper armor for display in my office. (And random trooping here and there)
My question concerns obtaining a mold to form from. I see alot of people on here create theirs from plaster or clay but I have a friend that can do cnc work for a decent rate and wondered if finding somewhere to buy a cad drawing of the armor and having it cut from mdf to make a mold would be viable. I'm sure at the cost of all of this I would be off just as cheap buying a set but something about making it myself seems more fulfilling. Plus I then have the option to make sets for friends down the road.
Thanks in advance for your help.
