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What happened to The BFG sci-fi gun?

Where in new york are you?

Dude this episode is flippin awsome!!! in case you havn't got my message i sent to you on youtube, my friends and i are making a monster movie and we need some good stop motion models. we tried using wire frame and tin foil and clay and nothing works! i did some research and all the methods are like these professional expensive methods. please help me erik! i love your show!!!

is this method also usable for faces? then you could make a perfect replica of your face to blow up instead of some dude with a mustache, glasses and a wig...

6th woohoo

Ha, Zadi...

i was in new york once, very busy

This is really cool because I actually emailed him for how to make a fake hand to stick in a blender.

WOW AWESOME!!!!! love it, and definitely gonna give it a go!!!
THANKS ERIK!!!

hey guyz how did u land this one... i think its awesome that you were sponsored by 'war'...( Jet LI rocks!!)

Can you dye the ballistics gel with an opaque flesh colored substance? we used to mix liquid foundation makeup with Knox gelatin to make a gel that could be added to the face with cotton balls. The makeup made it look like great flesh... less peeling.

haha the edward scissorhands tribute! love that!!
you are sooo lucky! kep up the good work!!!

Dude! Whoa, nice job guys! Congrats on the sponsorship, and the awesome tutorial about fake hands. You know, I bet you I can be daring enough to mold my face in plaster. Hmm...I'm sensing some very creative thoughts here. Maybe I'll send it in.

How much did this all cost?

i would really like to know how movie makers do the shot of a person running around on fire. I would also like to see how they make make burn marks on burn victims. If u could do this for me i would be really happy,

couldnt you doe the same for your feet?

I love the show and glad you got sponsored by 'war'....but i would like you guys to stay awesome and not get any more banner adds or let people spam you user's with pop-ups. Love the show still and was thinking you should do an episode about making squibs(the exploding kind) with firecrackers or something.

Carbuncle: It's trickier to use plaster on someone's face, since there's a lot more hairs to catch it on, you need to keep a breathing passage clear, and you don't want to get it in their eyes.

A lot of people use dental alginate for molding a face.

where did the quick tips go???? where did the next week previews go???? and is that the chick from Jetset?

what happend to the sci fi blaster thing?

Hey guys... great cheap way to do this. I was surprised that you didn't explain the health risks of using the plaster of paris on skin. From experience I know that (not always) sometimes the chemical reaction in the hardening of the plaster of paris can cause chemical burns on certain types of skin... that's why they mentioned to remove the mold as it's heating up. Also, Dental alginate is a much safer way to do a mold, but requires a mother mold (hard mold) beacuse the all alginates are "floppy" or bendable. Alginates are more expensive too and are typically only good for one MAYBE two castings if your lucky.

If you want to mold a foot, you'd probably have to do a 3 part mold (bottom, top/front 3/4 of foot & back of the foot "behind the ankle").

I would HIGHLY not recommend molding a face with Plaster of Paris. If you do decide to do this, make sure you have at least one other person around (at all times) when attempting it and work out some sort of non-verbal communication first.

Hope this is helpful...

Hey, I'm a loyal viewer, I love the show, but I just wanted to mention that it wasn't as good as when the episodes aren't sponsored. I applaud that you got Lionsgate to sponsor the episode, and that you got that good of a connection with them, but I just noticed so I thought I'd bring it up. Awesome show, though, and maybe this would have benefitted from the Wheel of Prosperity? Or maybe just mentioning the total price at the end of the show or something. Still a good technique though.

Awesome comment RoadKill --- those are all some good safety tips we should be aware of.

re: Blake - thanks for your comments, we shot this in NY so it was a bit hard to travel with the Wheel of Prosperity! We missed it too so it will definitely be included next time.

Don't worry. The Sci-fi blaster is coming soon. And YES, that was Zadi from Jetset. It was SO cool having her help us out with the test film. JETSET ROCKS!!

Very cool video, just remember the "B" in BFX guys, dont get carried away with your awesome sponsorships!!! :)

Great episode guys!

I'll agree about the sponsorship but it was still a good episode.

hey erik, if you put caulk on the mold, how do you get the hand out, you would have to break the mold apart right? then you couldnt use again.

I noticed that the ballistics gel hand had a wire endoskeleton. How do you do that and why wasn't it mentioned in the video?

punkandska66: If you use a non adhesive caulk it should come apart without breaking the mold.

Deadite280: The "endoskeleton" is some stir straws we had laying around the office. We only added them because a few fingers broke of when de-molding. Although if you did add some type of support structure it would certainly help.

omg! congratulations on getting sponsored ! im a skateboarder so i know how cool that must be. thats ever skaters dream. but it had a different feel to it :( it didnt even have a price. your friend. john!.

coudnt you have just taken a glove like one of those dish washing gloves and filled that with ballistics gel.

nice job erik and crew! The episode was awesome, hopefully I can replicate that. Good luck in New York!

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i stand corrected

lol

didnt see the box

you should hollow out some of the inside of the hand and fill with fake blood

cuz it dosnt look real without blood

How do I make believable futuristic weapons such as plasma cannons for under $30?

Gwiz: The laser cannon is next week!

If your Making a face appliance Or one that covers a large portion of your skin For the Purpos Of filming It's good to paint it red before you make the Color blend with your flesh and the reason is The camera Pics up our red pigment (It's red under our skin!) and if you have a full face mask on then it won't blend with rest of your body and will ultimantly not look as good in front of the camera as it does behind it!
But if it's red under the makeup it will read like the rest of your body does on film!!!

Your providing a fine service for all film makers. Thank You

hey eric what's your address i want to send you my vedio. because i don't have the stuff to connect my cam to the computer. add a comment or call me at (765)435-3685
thanks

wow talk about SELLING OUT!! WHENDOES THAT MOVIE DROP AGAIN???

thanks for answering my question on how to make a fake hand

Kewl!

whoah!! I just noticed a mistake on that clip from war! when that Asian guy gets stabbed in the hand, try pausing it, and you will notice an extra hole behind the stab wound. it is closer to the wrist. You'd think they would use a different hand for the practice tests!!!

:)

you should have more movies sponsor your show. that was cool!

Hey Erik, i read alot of viewers were asking how to make fake glass bottles and i was thinking,what if you make 2 half molds of a beer bottle out of plaster or molding compound.Then add your sugar mixture and after it dries glue the two halfs together. I havnt tried it yet but what do you think?

drumsofdoom: Yeah I thought about adding some fake blood. It would be pretty simple to do, but in the end I thought we got enough gore last week with the "fake heads" episode. You should make a blood filled hand and send in a video!
Thanks everyone for watching and commenting,

ty eric! i'm a big fan!

one prob though... i'm only 11 and i dont have that kind of gelatine, liquid latex or plaster of paris D:

I love this site. I have been doing propmaking for a few years, and I had always heard using plaster of paris to mold body parts can be dangerous.Paster of paris heats up as it cures and there is a danger of being burned.

drumsofdoom im a kid 2 an' to get that stuff u can get it most likley at a hardware or model shop, and eric we need KAIJU SUITS!!!!!!!!(godzilla type suits :P)

i noticed wen jared took his hand out of the mold there was a line down the middle of his arm wat does that have to do with anything.

Lol, why couldn't the guy just shave his arm? Or...use Erik. Seems he has less big boy hairs.

*cough*...sorry Erik

who does camera

jared kinda looks like sirius black

@avery
that's just a tattoo i have.

quik, help sirius,.. expexcto paaaatronom!!!!! lol im making the hand mold right now .. ouch i missed a part of my arm when applying vaseline and let me tell you that sh@# hurts. i felt like it was tearing my skin off..lol ps for all you out there bi$%^&n and moanin yea its not safe to stay for hours on the plaster morons. its ok for about 18 to 20 min after the 20 minutes it starts heating up. use common sense people .. hot!! me take arm off.. peace .

I was only making an observation. I don't think I need to be called a moron.

i apologize drkreepy if u were offended but i wasnt talking about you, i meant it in general , use common sense.peace

another way to make a fake hand is to make a reverse cast. you can do this by yourself and i have made a fake finger and hand using this method. first cover your hand with powder to stop sticking, then apply layers of liquid latex to you hand..drying each section with a hair dryer and powdering. after about 10 layers you can peal off the latex. then stuff it with cotton wool and q tips for bones. seal the end with latex and apply fake blood, (best is ben nye blood effects as it drys- though the colour can be a bit to bright) seal the latex with castor sealor befor applying foundations and cremes. the nails can be painted and cuts made. this is best for a hand that is not too close up.

The hand was cool,but I was wonnerin' if there is goin' 2 be any bolistics gel heads 4 decapotstions

yeah i was wondering if you could use the same process to make a head mould bc i saw them do something similar to that on mythbusters

In the ballistic gel episode, he says one ounce, one cup. one ounce, one cup. How many cups/ounces did it take to form HIS hand in this episode?

Great site ... my 8th grader has to make a working prosthetic hand that can grasp a ball... with things we have around the house ...what would be the easiest way to do this?

looks cool, but i would have bought a basic plastic skeleton hand into the gell. But, i would aply the latev to the inside of the mold BEFORE the rest. this should give it a more realistic look.

if you cut a hole in the elbow of your long sleav shirt then you can put you hand through that hole and stik the fake hand into the other half of the sleav, then; you never have to cut the scene.