Monday, April 20, 2009
Movie Prop Replicas
Props: "As I’ve mentioned a few websites dealing with film props, I thought I’d point out some communities based around replicating famous props from films. These are great resources for a lot of tutorials, such as vacuforming, casting, and working with fiberglas. They also focus on DIY and inexpensive solutions, so any prop shop can benefit from diving through the wealth of material they have."
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Thank you for the list of resources!
I'd like to add a few more links to the list for people who make props. Most of these come from the cosplay community and are specific to making good-looking props but on a low budget and without much special equipment.
Armor Making for the Fiberglass Phobic: http://amethyst-angel.com/armormaking.html
Great resource for making props out of craft foam and polystyrene. Pretty much the first person in cosplay to use this technique.
Automail Tutorial (Japanese): http://community.livejournal.com/fm_alchemist/876717.html
Comes from a Japanese cosplay magazine, but the pictures are pretty self-explanatory. Comes out looking great and uses a similar concept to that of ArtsAngel; craft foam covered with pvc fabric instead of polystyrene.
Props made with Polymer clay: http://www.thenoodlebowl.com/jongleur/
There are a lot more sites dealing with polymer clay but this one remains amongst my favorites due to the specificity of the tutorials to prop making (as opposed to jewelry or charms). I also recommend looking up animation maquette techniques.
cosplay.com also has an entire forum dedicated to help in prop making with a lot of useful tutorials posted.
I guess you can tell what communities I subscribe to on the internet...I still recommend these sites - they have so many techniques I'd never have thought of otherwise!
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