Angelus Lupus
Sr Member
Love the stargate helmet and Wall-E! Hard to believe that they're 'just' foam.
Something out of Nothing - Budget Builds lets see them!
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Doctor Octoroc
Sr Member
Here's my Evil Dead Ash's chainsaw I made from primarily found items. The base is a laundry detergent container, some wood in there, a bike chain, and everything else is one kind of household item or another, all fitted together with nuts/bolts. It costed around $30 total, would have been a lot less if I had more of the stuff lying around already.
I made this for my son a few Hallowe'ens ago - Total cost was about £20, maybe? Used some LEDs from Poundland's car-blinging section, corrugated card and leftover Bondo.
And the miniature arc generator is Nerf-clone, pound shop touchlights, reading lights, and plant pots.
And the miniature arc generator is Nerf-clone, pound shop touchlights, reading lights, and plant pots.
joeyock
Member
Heres a few things I have made for next to nothing. Mostly out of foam floor tiles.
Halo costume for my son.
Life size wall-e
Life size R2-D2
Foam Predator Mask.
WOW!!:eek I absolutely LOVE the WALL-E! how'd you build it!?
Harry Bardwell
Well-Known Member
Well lets see here is my Sam the Eagle all found stuff I had laying around except for buying a cheap can of spray adhesive.
Proton Pack built for less than $20
I got a few others but I can't find my pics might have to dig around the hard drive and see what I find
Proton Pack built for less than $20
I got a few others but I can't find my pics might have to dig around the hard drive and see what I find
FakeBritishAccent
Sr Member
Here's a screen-accurate prop I made from "The Dark Knight." It cost 10 cents and took 0 seconds to build.
CaptainMarvel
Well-Known Member
OK, since you asked, I'll show off my stuff
My facehugger. The body is made from two layers of craft foam with a wire frame in between, and two balloons; the legs and tail are foam backer rod coated in latex. Cost around ten bucks.
:eek :eek :eek
OMG OMG OMG . . . . Can you PLEASE create a "HOW TO" thread for this ???
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE ?????
:thumbsup
Thanks man. Not sure if I still hve all the pics in my build thread here on the boards but you can go visit my site. Costumes are cool..... - Home I have a page on the building of it there along with R2 and other creatons. It's in the Robots menu.
Lflank
Well-Known Member
Glad you like it.
Alas, I don't have any build photos because I did the whole thing in a few hours while watching TV one night, and I wasn't really sure it would work until the very end.But the basic process was:
1. I built a framework out of some wire I had lying around, by using a short length for the central "spine" and then attaching four long pieces for the legs, which ran from the toe of one leg, across the spine, all the way to the toe of the leg on the other side.
2. I used two sheets of 1/4-inch foamie to make the top and bottom of the body, cut them to fit to each other, added the foamie greeblies to make all the mouthparts and spine ridges and stuff, then glued the two halves together with the wire framework sandwiched in between. (I also sandwiched a couple of balloons I had lying around to make the "lungs"--looking at it now I wish I had used bigger balloons).
3. The legs were then done with lengths of foam backer rod that were cut to fit along the wires, and wrapped with tape. I used fiberglass resin to stiffen the length of leg between the joints.
4. The tail was done with three lengths of foam backer rod glued together, and short lengths of foamie glued on crosswise at intervals to give it a ribby sort of appearance. I did consider inserting a length of wire along the tail to make it poseable, but (1) I was a little short on wire, and (2) I found that it held its shape pretty well anyway without it.
5. the final step was to coat the whole thing in liquid latex, and paint it.
CaptainMarvel
Well-Known Member
THANK YOU for this - seriously !!!Glad you like it.
But the basic process was:
1. I built a framework out of some wire I had lying around, by using a short length for the central "spine" and then attaching four long pieces for the legs, which ran from the toe of one leg, across the spine, all the way to the toe of the leg on the other side.
2. I used two sheets of 1/4-inch foamie to make the top and bottom of the body, cut them to fit to each other, added the foamie greeblies to make all the mouthparts and spine ridges and stuff, then glued the two halves together with the wire framework sandwiched in between. (I also sandwiched a couple of balloons I had lying around to make the "lungs"--looking at it now I wish I had used bigger balloons).
3. The legs were then done with lengths of foam backer rod that were cut to fit along the wires, and wrapped with tape. I used fiberglass resin to stiffen the length of leg between the joints.
4. The tail was done with three lengths of foam backer rod glued together, and short lengths of foamie glued on crosswise at intervals to give it a ribby sort of appearance. I did consider inserting a length of wire along the tail to make it poseable, but (1) I was a little short on wire, and (2) I found that it held its shape pretty well anyway without it.
5. the final step was to coat the whole thing in liquid latex, and paint it.
PLEASE don't take this the wrong way . . . I am just a "right brained" person who is able to learn much easier/better via visual example - be it images (to accompany instruction) and/or video. The instructions you provided certainly make sense - though, for myself, I find my A.D.D. stricken thought process still somewhat befuddled at what the steps are supposed to look like along the way.
Not your problem whatsoever ... completely my own intellectual curse/burden. :wacko
Nevertheless, in closing . . . . MAKE ANOTHER ONE and PHOTOGRAPH THE PROCESS !!!!
(hehehe - couldn't hurt to beg, right?) :behave
Fuzzual
Sr Member
nice website, thanks for posting!
Fuzzual
Sr Member
Here's a screen-accurate prop I made from "The Dark Knight." It cost 10 cents and took 0 seconds to build.
lol:lol I really needed that today!
drknotter
Active Member
Made a Sting replica (the sword, not the singer :behave) out of MDF:
Made a build thread, too. Total cost for materials was probably in the range of $20.
Made a build thread, too. Total cost for materials was probably in the range of $20.
Fuzzual
Sr Member
Made a Sting replica (the sword, not the singer :behave) out of MDF:
Made a build thread, too. Total cost for materials was probably in the range of $20.
Awesome!
Weaselhammer
Sr Member
Very nice work ! you did a fantastic job !
Made a Sting replica (the sword, not the singer :behave) out of MDF:
Made a build thread, too. Total cost for materials was probably in the range of $20.
Weaselhammer
Sr Member
Some of my first builds a few years ago were very low budget, and HUGE learning experiences. I made a Boba Fett Helmet and a backpack from cardboard and mdf. The rocket on the backpack screws on and off using the top and cap from an orange juice bottle, and I used soda cans and renuizit air fresheners for the jet thrusters.
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