![]() Hello, for this prop making tutorial I will be showing you all how to make a super cool and inexpensive dragon egg!!! ![]() The first thing you will need is either a foam or plastic decorating egg, you can buy these everywhere around Easter time or online, they aren't to expensive, probably 8$ for a dozen (I suggest foam eggs for beginners). ![]() The second and last thing you will need is Thumbtacks, around 200 of them and those will cost about 3$ for a case of 200-300. Any color will do. ![]() You will start by placing the tacks at the bottom of the egg. ![]() You will want to overlap each tack on each other as you climb the egg ![]() Make sure that you keep the tacks even around the egg otherwise the egg will look wonky at the end ![]() Like I said before you will want to keep overlapping the tacks to achieve that scale look, but also play around with the distance of the overlap to get different effects ![]() Once the whole egg is covered you will want to glue the last tack into place so none of them fall out. Each egg takes about 30-40 minutes to complete so this is a fast, cheap, and super cool prop/nicknack that anyone can make with a little patience.
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Every 3D objects starts off as just points and lines, but then it starts to take shape and solidify then its true form shows.
I have four steps I go through when making my prop/costume.
The first step is getting the idea for what I am going to make, this usually happens either when I am watching a movie or playing a video game and I see an item that intrigues me enough that I just have to make it, or I will get a commission to make a specific prop for my client. Wants I have my idea, step two is to start preparing my work station, this step includes getting reference images, materials that I will be using, and cleaning my work station. Step three for me is just waiting until the last minute until I only have like 2 days left out of a month to make the prop that I want. Finally step four is actually sitting down with all my materials and reference images and just working until the prop/costume is made. Aloha! Today I am going to give you a list of Prop and Costume sites for you to look at, that I have used for the last 3 years. ![]() 1. Studio Creations 2. Volpin Props 3. Punished Props 4. Yaya Han 5. TheRPF 6. EvilTed 7. Chronicle Collectibles 8. Stony Props 9. Kamui 10.
For this video I have chosen to do another review but this time I added a little bit of humor to it, since not much can be done in 2 minutes, review wise.
This live stream that I did was about me pulling a cast of my yngol helmet mold, the video is only 2:57 seconds long since my garage is freezing cold, and the video is low quality since a light is constantly glaring in the camera. The plan that I was gonna do, was to have a twenty minute long live stream of me pouring and pulling molds for you guys and going into detail about what materials I was using, but life got in the way. The good news is I still did a live stream and I got to feel what it was like so when I find some time I will have a much better stream Question 1: What is your company StudioCreations about? Reply: Studio Creations has been morphing and changing over the decades, depending on what my artistic whim is at the time. Currently, we specialize in the creation and education of costumes for the cosplay community. This focus on cosplay spawned from my personal hobby of creating and dressing in costumes at various local Science Fiction conventions, something I have done since I was a teenager. As I grew up, so has this unique fan-based industry. The education part of Studio Creations came from a desire to share with others what I had learned along the way. Question 2: How exactly has costuming/cosplaying changes from 20 years ago to now and why? Reply: The internet answers both the HOW and the WHY. Materials, access to Information and overall popularity in cosplay have been the big changes that I've seen in the past couple decades and they all revolve around the internet. Materials are ever changing and the internet has given costumers access to newer and better materials like EVA foam, Worbla, Urethane Resins, new Adhesives, new paints... the list goes on and on. The internet was in it's infancy 20 years ago , so watching it explode with Information has been a great joy to see. No need to run to a dusty library or wait months for a convention to happen so you can ask questions to a fellow costumers or industry guests. Now we can type an inquiry into our favorite search engine and start gathering info within seconds. Youtube has been a huge boon for costumers/cosplayers for the past 10 years too. It has allowed the quick sharing of techniques, which in turn helps costumers to understand what the specific technique is and how to go about doing it. Text and static images can only help so much. The popularity of Cosplay and Costuming has exploded due to social media and the fact that more and more people getting online everyday. 20 years ago there were only 70 million people online, now they estimate it's over 3 billion people. Once all those new users start using social media, then people can easily meet other people with like-minded interests. I will say that geek culture in general has become more and more popular in the past 20 years too. Is that due to everyone growing up with computers in their homes, or mass media flooding the markets with scifi, fantasy and superhero movies, I am not sure... but it has been very popular with the younger generation for a long time now. Question 3: if a person wants to make a super cool costume/prop, but does not have much money or skill should they give up on that idea? Reply: No. I would never tell someone to give up on something they want. They might not have the "Money". They might not have the "Skill". But they do have "Time", nd with time comes the ability to see any project to completion. You can learn skills over time, and over time, money for the project can be accumulated. If you want something bad enough, it's your determination and drive that will be the deciding factor as to whether the project is completed or not. I say never give up. I have a couple projects that are going on their 15th year of being 'works in progress'. I truly feel, if your love of a project is strong enough, eventually you will see that project completed. Question 4: What are your thoughts on CGI taking over movies and leaving less room for practical costumes and props? Reply:I do not mind 3D visuals at all. I understand the reasons for doing something in CGI due to budgetary or safety factors on a film or TV production. I do think the actors give a better performance when things are done "in the real world", but it's all trade off. As a costumer trying to recreate something from what we see on the screen, it's difficult weather it's CGI or a real object. We have to do the same amount of research to recreate what we are seeing on the screen. Last Question: Will 3D printing eliminate traditional skills and practices for making costumes/props? Reply: In the near future, 15-30 years, I do not see 3D printing eliminating the traditional techniques used in costume and prop making, but it will change them. 3D printing is one of the various tools at the craftsmans disposal, and, it's still in its infancy at this point. We have lots of miles to go before you can print something out and it be ready to be used straight out of the machine. Lots of clean up, prep, and painting to do in the current technology. This is similar to the way CGI was handled in TV/movies in the past 30 years. For a while the industry used CGI for everything, minimizing the use of practical effects. But, as time wore on the industry saw the limitations of CGI and started going back to traditional effects techniques for certain things. They saw the actors doing better performances, and the effects looked more realistic because of natural light used in the on-location photography. Knowing the limitations of a technology is a big factor in making the decision of what technique to go with. HOW TO RELIEVE HALF THE AMOUNT OF STRESS YOU WILL EXPERIENCE WHEN MAKING YOUR PROP OR COSTUME2/25/2017 ![]() They're are three things that need to be decided upon on every project before you go any further . Number one; how much time do you have/want to put into making your prop, two; what is your budget, high or low? and three; how much quality do you want. The most essential thing to know about these three is that you can only have two of the three. So if you want your prop to have high quality and be made fast then you are gonna be breaking the bank, or if you want your costume to be made fast and cheap then you will lack quality. So you will need to asses what is absolutely necessary for your specific project at that time. I always start this process by deciding the budget first, the amount of time second, and the quality last. If you know what you are leaving behind before you even start your project the amount of stress it gives you will be cut in half, most of the time.(at least that is how I feel) Another way to eliminate stress is to be honest with yourself of what your skill level is at, because of all the artists I have met, every single one puts higher expectations on themselves even me, so when you get half way done with your project and you are noticing that it is not coming out the way you want it builds up stress and most of the time that will cause you to take a longer amount of time that will end with the same outcome. I hope this will help you and thanks for reading. Photo from, The Project Management Blueprint http://www.theprojectmanagementblueprint.com/?p=244 |
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