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Repairing the Mechanist Costume – Prop: Live from the Shop

PunishedProps August 24, 2016 Blogs, Fallout, Foam, Repair, Videos

Bill touches up a couple of damaged parts of his Mechanist costume from Fallout 4. He also installs a new face plate for his iPhone Pipboy gauntlet.

Painting the Assaultron Armor and Bodysuit – Prop: Shop

PunishedProps August 22, 2016 Blogs, Costumes, Fallout, Foam, Painting, Videos

Britt from Punished Props seals and paints her Fallout 4 Assaultron armor and undersuit. The armor is sealed with latex, then painted with oil paints. The bodysuit is airbrushed with Createx airbrush paints and detailed with fabric markers.

Casting Urethane Resin Prop Pieces – Prop: Live from the Shop

PunishedProps August 5, 2016 Blogs, Fallout, Molding & Casting, Molding & Casting 101, Videos

Follow along with Bill in the shop as he shows off three different methods for casting urethane prop parts.

The Mechanist Goes to Comic Con – SDCC 2016 with Punished Props

PunishedProps July 29, 2016 Blogs, Cosplay Adventures, Costumes, Fallout, Videos

Bill from Punished Props runs around San Diego Comic Con in his Mechanist Costume from Fallout 4.

Prop: Shop – Fallout 4 Mechanist Costume Assembly

PunishedProps July 20, 2016 Blogs, Costumes, Fallout, Videos

Mechanist shenanigans. See you at Comic Con!

Prop: Live – Fallout 4 Assaultron Costume – Hands

PunishedProps July 10, 2016 Blogs, Costumes, Fallout, Foam, Laser Cutting, Videos

After several attempts, Britt finally settles on a foam build that works for the Fallout 4 Assaultron’s hands. In this live stream, Britt uses Inkscape to import her final finger template to the laser cutter and shows the whole cutting process.

Prop: Live – Fallout 4 Assaultron Costume – Upper Arms

PunishedProps July 8, 2016 Blogs, Costumes, Fallout, Foam, Templates - Patterns, Videos

Britt figures out the bicep and forearm pieces for her Fallout 4 Assaultron Cosplay. She also shows how she made the back antenna and shoulders out of foam.

Prop: Shop – Painting the Mechanist Helmet – Foam & Rubber Cement Paint

PunishedProps July 4, 2016 Blogs, Fallout, Foam, Painting, Videos

With San Diego Comic Con rapidly approaching, Bill gets to work painting his Mechanist helmet. Follow along as he shows you how to apply rubber cement paint to a foam helmet that’s been sealed with latex rubber.

Prop: Shop – Combining Foamsmithing with 3D Printing for my Mechanist Helmet

PunishedProps June 27, 2016 3D Printing, Blogs, Fallout, Foam, Videos

Bill has been building his Mechanist helmet from Fallout 4 and needed to add the ear antennas. So he tried out mixing some materials and 3D printed them to add to the foam helmet.

Prop: Live – Fallout 4 Assaultron Costume – Foam Torso

PunishedProps June 22, 2016 Blogs, Costumes, Fallout, Foam, Videos

Britt goes over the foam fabrication for her Fallout 4 Assaultron cosplay’s torso armor and adds some details.