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Intro to Propmaking

FX School of Hard Knocks: Intro to the world of Propmaking.

OK a lot of nice people have written to me saying they want to learn how to do what I do and was wondering if I can share some secrets over NOTEs.

I don't want to seem like I'm blowing off you guys who are noobs to the Prop making but there are a few things you need to know before you waste money and time to find out this is not what you had in mind. So this is me giving you a basic picture of what it is like - in words.

First thing you guys need to know is "Prop Making" deals with making REAL LIFE PHYSICAL PROPS THAT ARE MADE WITH CHEMICALS AND A LOT OF MONEY COSTING MATERIALS TH

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Making a Badger Hoodby ~melesmeles-faber

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Making ears for this hood in late November 2011 :[link]

25/10/2011 Unfinished Badger Hood , my badger snout, and 12 coats of latex painted onto my head (5 hours work), will hopefully paint him tomorrow......[link]

26/10/2011 I've got quite a sore face this morning (and last night) where the prosthetic was glued to it. This is not an allergy, but just because the prosthetic was pulling a the skin. The soreness goes away in a day or two........

This hood weighs 50g less then the last (dog) one. My badger prosthetic which I attached to this one was quite heavy and sturdy, so I suspect I should have (at least) painted another 2 layers on the head.....Hopefully I can make up for this when painting on the coloured layers..... This happened maybe because I used a foam and not a bristle brush......

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~Frazzled-Niya Nov 15, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

if say you are allergic to latex is there something you can put between your skin and the latex to avoid the irritation??

~melesmeles-faber Nov 16, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

I really don't have an answer to this....

Barrier cream? Wouldn't suffice I think. One solution would be not to use latex, but silicone instead,of which I have no experience, but have heard it has all the properties of latex....

~Frazzled-Niya Dec 8, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

trial and error I guess.

~melesmeles-faber Dec 8, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Try a small of amount of latex on a patch of skin for a few hours, see the reaction, then see if there are any after effects up to several days later.....

~Frazzled-Niya Dec 23, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks!

~melesmeles-faber Dec 23, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

No problem !

~bethyeehah Oct 26, 2011 Artist

thats a great photo shoot thing youve done - makes the process very visual - so interesting. not sure i like the feel of that latex though! for me personally! does it give a lot when you give his snout a squeeze? could you do larger out rigging kind of projections off his face (i know you wouldnt with a badger, but just assuming i wanted to) or would you start needing to support the latex (maybe you already did that with the snout..?)

~melesmeles-faber Oct 26, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Yes latex is maybe hated or loved.... It's really just rubber though, from a tree

.... The snout on this was more solid then earlier castings, but yes it can still be squeezed! I'm not sure yet of how big a horns or ears one could add if one wanted to this sort of mask, if made out of latex. I've been only doing this for 2 months...... The lower jaw of that snout has a rectangle of denim stuck in it for stiffness

~bethyeehah Oct 26, 2011 Artist

yes i hope it IS out of a tree - thats somewhat better

theres something so sad about the softness though.. i want my masks to be solid and hard with no give whatseoever. it does make you question why though doesnt it!

~melesmeles-faber Oct 27, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

No , if I had a mask out of metal I'd want it to be hard too. My idea of something interesting, (and possibly weird) if I can get back to sheet metal bashing, is a metal badger mask as part of an armour. You lift the badger visor, and find no human underneath, but a (latex) badger snout......

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