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Started filling and and sanding seams and cracks today. You can see the hammer's checker pattern has been removed as well.And to kick off what will likely be a long week of priming and neighbor's...
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I want to kick this post off by advocating the use of what is quite possibly the best thing in the world. Adhesive sandpaper. I bought a couple of boxes off of Amazon for 14 bucks. 120 and 220 grit....
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My First Mold
After the silicon had cured I went around the edges with an Exacto knife and trimmed it to a clean edge. I then extended the underlying clay and created positive and negative registration marks to help...
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My First Mold - Part 2
So, starting on the other side of the mold I gave a quick coat of Vaseline to the mothermold and whipped up a batch of silicon and brushed it on.After about and hour I applied a second coat.And after...
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Here is my most recent build: Mad Moxxi's Megaphone from the Borderlands franchise. I will post a tutorial on it when things settle down for me a bit!
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Here are the finished prop pieces I made for my girlfriends costume for Mad Moxxi from Borderlands. The belt and holster were made from raw leather and the belt buckle from sandwhiched pieces of...
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Mad Moxxi!
May I present to you, Mad Moxxi! This costume was a collaborative effort between myself and Cosplay veteran Dustbunny! Make sure to check out her Facebook page, my Facebook page, and the tutorial I've...
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Painted Scattergun!
Wow, it has been so long since I started this thing. It is nice to finally have it finished! I can't wait to get some nicer photographs of it. But until then, here we have it. The Scattergun from...
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Article 9
I was able to finally gain access to a good shop and rather than pay the astronomical prices for real ammo, I decided to use some .38 special casings I had and hand turned some hollow point rounds out...
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Article 8
After turning the smaller .38 special bullets, I decided to step it up a notch and turn a master copy of a bullet to be used for my upcoming Heavy costume from TF2. These are 6 inches long and I will...
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Ambassdor mold box and Sasha's pellet food!
I have finally completed the mother mold for my Ambassdor prop. I ground down 23 pieces of .25" steel dowel to create the pins. The two cases fit very snugly together, so it should work out well. Now...
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Ambassador mold, pre-silicon
Put the finishing touches on the mold pre-silicon today. You can see that I have used a piece of foam core board to provide the base level for the seam. I then painstakingly sculpted clay to fill in...
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Ambassador Mold
So the mold is finally finished! I cut a pour spout and vented some undercuts after this picture was taken. I will be pulling my first casting of it in a few hours!
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Made the front sight today and MANN does it really bring it all together! Raw resin kits are available now on my Esty shop and will be sold in limited numbers. Once I nail down a paint workflow,...
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Article 3
Check out this new photo shot by my friend Zach Hunter! The castings are beginning to multiply. Arsenal shots are forthcoming!
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Article 2
Had some scale blueprints of Sasha made and put together a list of the materials I will need. This should be an interesting and quick build :)
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Haven't gotten a chance to snag nice photos yet, but here is a sneak peek of a painted Ambassador and my ninja build, the Medic's Bonesaw!
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Finally got a chance to get some quality photos of my Team Fortress 2 props, check it out!Photos by Zach Hunter
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Article 2
Currently working on putting together a video tutorial on how to finish a raw casting of The Ambassador. Here is a still taken by my friend Zach during today's shoot. Classy black primer ready for the...
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Article 1
Just wrapped up the paint on my first finished Ambassador order. So now I have my personal copy (the bottom one with the beat-to-hell paint) and the customer's copy up top. I tried a new technique with...
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Now that I have access to the machinery necessary to do it, I am remaking the above-barrel assembly on the Team Fortress 2 Sniper's rifle out of aluminium. Mmmm MM nothing quite compares to that real...
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I have repainted the new parts for the TF2 Sniper Rifle 2.0. Going to do some light weathering to really give it that extra *pop*. Beauty photos forthcoming :)
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TF2 Sniper Rifle v2.0
Here are a few images of my revamped Team Fortress 2 Sniper Rifle prop. This time around I fabricated the scope mounting system out of aluminum and threaded each piece to fit together. Not only does it...
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