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Make: Props and Costume Armor: Create Reasonable Science Fiction & Fantasy Weapons, Armor, and Equipment

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Have you ever been making an attempt to think about a technique to conquer your native comedian conference via cosplay? Do you gaze with envious eyes upon the fan-made fits of armored awesomeness strolling round yearly on Halloween? Do you will have a spot in your wall, bookshelf, or desk that desperately must be crammed with a screen-accurate duplicate of your favourite science-fiction or fantasy weapon? If that’s the case, look no additional. We have got simply the e-book for you!

On this e-book, grasp prop maker Shawn Thorsson makes use of his distinctive mix of humor and perception to show years of painful expertise into detailed explanations. He’ll present you lots of the instruments, strategies, and processes that you should utilize to create professional-looking science fiction and fantasy props and armor. The last word collision of artistic creativeness and sensible maker expertise, making props and costume armor includes sculpting, molding, casting, 3D printing, CNC fabrication, portray, and numerous different strategies and applied sciences.

On this e-book, you may be taught:

  • Fundamental fabrication strategies utilizing cheap, commonly-available instruments and supplies
  • Easy, low-cost strategies to make foam armor out of easy-to-find foam mats
  • The right way to use the favored Pepakura software program to construct 3D fashions with paper
  • A number of molding and casting strategies
  • The right way to construct a “vacuforming” machine to make armor from plastic sheet inventory
  • Portray and weathering strategies that can deliver your props to life
  • Simply sufficient security recommendation to maintain you from shedding physique elements alongside the best way

    Whether or not you are only a newbie or a seasoned builder with numerous initiatives behind you, this e-book is certain to be a useful addition to your workshop library.




  • From the Writer

    Make: Props and Costume Armor
    Make: Props and Costume Armor

    No matter It Takes: Three Questions for Shawn Thorsson

    Who’s your e-book written for?

    This e-book is written for anybody serious about constructing prop replicas or wearable costume armor. It is designed to be helpful for everybody from the newbie with no thought the place to start all the best way as much as the skilled craftsman seeking to develop his or her repertoire.

    What’s your favourite materials?

    I do not actually have a favourite materials to work with. Each undertaking is totally different and every one brings alongside new classes realized. These days I appear to be constructing a number of issues with fiberglass, but it surely’s completely not my favourite materials. It is sticky and smelly and gross. At any time when I am simply beginning to plan a undertaking and somebody asks me what I’ll construct it out of, I all the time give them the identical reply: ‘No matter it takes.’

    What is going on on with cosplay today?

    Cosplay and prop gathering is more and more mainstream. You are beginning to see it extra in well-liked media and information protection. My e-book describes processes for constructing wonderful issues with easy instruments and supplies, most of which will be present in your native ironmongery store or workplace provide store.

    Make: Props and Costume Armor
    Make: Props and Costume Armor

    From the Preface

    This e-book will present a stable leaping off level on the journey towards creating all method of phenomenal props and costume items. That mentioned, it won’t be the end-all, be-all tome that can inform you all the things there may be to find out about this wonderful interest.

    Each skilled prop maker could have his or her personal strategy to fixing each downside they encounter. Should you ask a dozen Hollywood particular results artists methods to create a selected impact, you’ll in all probability get a dozen totally different solutions, and so they’ll in all probability all work. The actual trick is discovering a technique to make issues that works together with your talents and the instruments you will have out there.

    Make: Props and Costume Armor
    Make: Props and Costume Armor

    From the Preface

    This e-book will present a stable leaping off level on the journey towards creating all method of phenomenal props and costume items. That mentioned, it won’t be the end-all, be-all tome that can inform you all the things there may be to find out about this wonderful interest.

    Each skilled prop maker could have his or her personal strategy to fixing each downside they encounter. Should you ask a dozen Hollywood particular results artists methods to create a selected impact, you’ll in all probability get a dozen totally different solutions, and so they’ll in all probability all work. The actual trick is discovering a technique to make issues that works together with your talents and the instruments you will have out there.

    Make: Props and Costume Armor
    Make: Props and Costume Armor

    From the Preface

    This e-book will present a stable leaping off level on the journey towards creating all method of phenomenal props and costume items. That mentioned, it won’t be the end-all, be-all tome that can inform you all the things there may be to find out about this wonderful interest.

    Each skilled prop maker could have his or her personal strategy to fixing each downside they encounter. Should you ask a dozen Hollywood particular results artists methods to create a selected impact, you’ll in all probability get a dozen totally different solutions, and so they’ll in all probability all work. The actual trick is discovering a technique to make issues that works together with your talents and the instruments you will have out there.

    Make: Props and Costume Armor
    Make: Props and Costume Armor

    From the Preface

    This e-book will present a stable leaping off level on the journey towards creating all method of phenomenal props and costume items. That mentioned, it won’t be the end-all, be-all tome that can inform you all the things there may be to find out about this wonderful interest.

    Each skilled prop maker could have his or her personal strategy to fixing each downside they encounter. Should you ask a dozen Hollywood particular results artists methods to create a selected impact, you’ll in all probability get a dozen totally different solutions, and so they’ll in all probability all work. The actual trick is discovering a technique to make issues that works together with your talents and the instruments you will have out there.

    Make: Props and Costume Armor
    Make: Props and Costume Armor

    Warrior Mannequin

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    Make: Props and Costume Armor

    Paper Helmet

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    Make: Props and Costume Armor

    Vacuum Kind Mannequin

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    Make: Props and Costume Armor

    Foam Breastplate

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