[Rclsu13]

Hey guys, I am going to start making some weapons for characters next year. I want to mold and cast real weapons or tools and reproduce those in a another material. My question is, what material to use? I don't want to use foam, I want something a little stouter than that. But, resin? Would that be best?

 

[horrorman]

Hello. I think you could get the desired results with a foam product. I have attached a link to the BITY Mold Supply videos. You could use a higher density foam and include something inside to stiffen the final product. Best of luck and have fun!

http://www.youtube.com/user/brickintheyard/videos

 

[pir8p3t3]

You may also want to check out theRPF forum. Those guys and gals do scifi weapons and recreate movie props. I have gotten a lot of ideas over there and they are willing to share how they did things, almost as much as the people here do. The only reason I recommend them, is that this sort of thing is right up there alley.

 

[Rclsu13]

Hello. I think you could get the desired results with a foam product. I have attached a link to the BITY Mold Supply videos. You could use a higher density foam and include something inside to stiffen the final product. Best of luck and have fun!

http://www.youtube.com/user/brickintheyard/videos

That's funny, bc I just watched about a dozen of their videos and I'm pretty sure I will use their stuff. Like some of the things I saw. Looks pretty easy too.

 

[Pumpkinhead625]

I've been researching molding and casting methods myself, and BITY is a great resource. I found this awesome tutorial on their website, which has all the information you need concerning materials, methods, and calculations:

http://www.brickintheyard.com/documents/polytekcatalog.pdf


Incidentally, this is a PDF which you can download for free.