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Posts tagged with 'foam'

  • Creation of a Stop-Motion Model Part V

    POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, JUNE 21 2008 01:59 PM | PERMALINK

    Here is the fifth part of the series that Doug TenNapel is recording on the stop-mo project he's doing with the Chiodo Brothers. In this one, they are mixing the foam for the model, and injecting it into the mold. Also, remember to check out our own, Stop-Motion Specials.

  • Wesley's Weekly HOW TO Presents... Steam Punk Goggles

    POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, APRIL 09 2008 03:06 PM | PERMALINK

    This week I am unfortunately busy with some personal projects, but in my place I bring you a guest blog by forum user Trspballer7, he made these great goggles, and I think they deserved to be shared. I should be back next week with a tutorial of my own, but I am always open to taking user submitted tutorials so people can see your hard work.                                           Swing by the thread here, and submit your own tutorial, and if it's good enough, I might post it up soon! But for now,...

  • Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Fake Rocks

    POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, APRIL 02 2008 05:49 PM | PERMALINK

    So you want to smash a boulder over one of your actors head, but you don't want that to be the final scene of their career? The answer is obvious, you need a fake rock.

     
    I love green floral foam for this, because it's very soft and easy to carve and texture. If you want to make a large stone or boulder, start by forming them in the general shape.
     

    Then I started gluing them together, a nice strong glue, like a wood glue would work for this, or hot glue.

     

     
    After I...

  • Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Fake Bones

    POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, FEBRUARY 06 2008 05:40 PM | PERMALINK

    You've requested it, now i'm going to try to cover it, how to make fake, ancient looking, bones. These can be used for fake crime scenes, anything involving cavemen, or even broken and spirit gummed to skin for major injuries or advanced zombie make-up, and thankfully won't cost a ridiculous amount like if you ordered professional resing cast bones from a medical supplier.

    Start with some styrofoam tubes and spheres. Measure the bone for how long it should be, you can use yourself as a reference...

  • Backyard FX 3: How to make a Giant Sandwich

    POSTED BY , MAY 28 2007 12:00 PM | PERMALINK

    How to make a giant sandwich

    out of cardboard, foam, and spray paint. Host Erik Beck shows you how to fulfill that craving for a giant, angry sandwich. Quick Tip: Cardboard and aluminum foil make a great light reflector. Featured Flick: "In da Hood" by On Rye LTD.

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