Cheap NERF blaster and a sharpie. Came out better than I was expecting!

We teamed up with Prusa Research to bring you something rad from Borderlands! #ad

Here's how I make metallic-looking prosthetics without paint! #cyberpunk

I needed a quick glove for a Cyberpunk costume, so I used zip ties! We also use our leather hole punch for way more than leather, the poor thing, haha

This is the jacket I found for a quick, Cyberpunk-style costume I made for a convention. Leather paints work great on vinyl and so does contact cement!

We’re zipping through Astoria, and we had to swing by this place. #shortcircuit

Years ago, when the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer came out, I made a custom necklace to wear with a cyberpunk-style costume. This totally justifies my scrap hoarding 😆

Dry brushing on paint helps add highlights to the raised up bits. Then, going over the crevices with a weathering pass really makes the contrast pop!

For attaching EVA foam pieces together, I usually use contact cement. If the foam pieces are tiny, I'll use super glue (cyanoacrylate) which has to be held in place for a few seconds. #foamsmith

A few years ago, we made our own #MYST book! Here's how we made the resin cast letters with real brass powder.

I had so much fun piecing together this helmet design! I'm still blown away with metallic finishes on visors. You really can see through them! If you're going to wipe at the inside of the visor, you'll want to spray on a clear coat over the chrome, too.

Parchment paper works great for diffusing strips of LEDs! #starwars

I finally made this silly mod for my Mini Paceman. 😂

Here's how I like to get a metallic look on props!

Over the years I've made several props for Film Riot's short films and one of which was this tiny drone! The version I made didn't need to actually fly for the film, but I had to give it a shot! #filmriot

When using a heat gun on EVA foam, you can stamp textures into the surface! If you apply the heat gun again, the texture will mostly be removed. Also, the thicker the foam, the deeper the texture can be! (also also: don't burn the foam!) #foamsmith

Who else is completely obsessed with Slay the Spire 2 right now? My wife and I are hooked on multiplayer. Also, every time this guy is defeated I snort-laugh. 😂

I 3D printed a bunch of prototype pieces for my Blade Runner blaster, and I couldn't just throw them away. I used a soldering iron and ABS filament to make a fake, "injection molded" display!

Vash the Stampede's revolver needed the plant module! #trigun

The Star Wars community already found a great, affordable visor for their helmets--a tinted grinding visor! I purchased some replacement visors for my Boba Fett and Mandalorian helmets and they work really well!

Here's the battery pack I like to use for costume LEDs, but I also had to try out a smoke machine! So cool!

Sometimes I don't want to hide my seams. Let's make them into features instead! #foamsmith

I like to paint all the kit pieces separately before assembling, so it's not until the very end of the build when I get to see the whole thing put together! #starfield

I made sure to do test fits before cutting into my one nice piece of wood, haha. This is the Rattler from the video game @starfield.bethesdastudios.com

I bought two toy blasters so I could take one apart and see how the mechanisms work!

Here's how I scale my reference images!

They put out STLs for Rocky!! www.amazon.com/salp/project...

The P1800 Volvo window handles broke off! It's finally time to impress my Dad with my art degree.

SCAM. I just had a very convincing stranger call me and try to convince me that I missed jury duty and was in a lot of trouble. Turns out these scams are on the rise, be aware! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/sher...

for folks 3d printing/painting their own xenonite models, here's a photo from our visit to the props department showing their paint and finish on one of Rocky's puppets

One of my mom’s former students is from Ukraine and her family could use some help. Please consider giving a little of you can, thank you. ♥️ gofund.me/5dfe1478d

Kristy, from The Honest Cosplayer, showed us how she makes flexible bracer molds with fine detail. Having a 3D printed core helps keep symmetry and structure during the molding process!

Foam clay push mold experiments with Steve from @sksprops.bsky.social <3

How to level up your alchemy IRL.

My Rose Quartz sword needed a gem! #StevenUniverse

Amaze! Turns out there’s a free STL to download on the Project Hail Mary website! www.amazon.com/salp/project...

When we made these ACES visors, they were too big to tint in a normal container. That's how we ended up with this metal, garden bin. It's been surprisingly useful over the years!

Our TGRI scientists needed a giant dandelion! #tmnt #secretoftheooze

Anyone else have a cat who turns into a drool faucet when they’re happy?

While playing Half-Life Alyx, I noticed the Combine Grenades look a lot like my tape measure. I designed a decorative shell to fit around my tape rule and measuring still works!

Project Hail Mary's cockpit--one of the most technically impressive film sets we've visited: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO6o...

I’m rolling around with Bender at ECCC today, mostly on the 4th floor. Say hi if you see me!

Baron Rivendare's Deathcharger is coveted by many World of Warcraft players and it's so awesome I have my own! Well, the skull part at least. Even that's too big for our space! #wow

Two years ago, we visited the production of Project Hail Mary to check out the costumes and tour the sets! The first of our videos is out today, with a close-up look at the hero spacesuit and mission patch: youtu.be/pUaxIn1N8ZI?...

Back when Britt saw Thor: Ragnarok in theaters, she had one desire--to make a full size Surtur skull! They're not eyebrows, it's a crown!

My first gateway into Blade Runner Blasters was this RAC Props kit that has some pewter cast parts. While drilling holes, I wrecked a piece! I 3D modeled, resin printed, and then molded the part. Let's see if I can cast a new part in (lead free) pewter!

Back in the summer of 2018, Evan & Katelyn visited our shop in Seattle and brought their custom made squirt gun! Bill and Britt helped them disguise the 3-D printed parts as old, industrial equipment and the results look so cool!

We found visors with the perfect tint for our Satisfactory helmets! The hexagon pattern was added with clear vinyl and didn't effect the vison much at all. The blower fan helped prevent the visor from fogging. Great success! #satisfactory

We just had to have our own squirrel totem from Inscryption! #inscryption

Bender from Futurama needed moving eyes and I'd never done something like that before! Time for lots of prototyping.