Propmaking & Special Effects

Propmaking & Special Effects

Smooth-On rubbers, plastics, foams and other materials have been used for years to bring movies, TV and stage special effects to life.

Movies that have used Smooth-On products to create spectacular special fx: Jaws, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, James Bond Series, Alien, Aliens, Saving Private Ryan, The Matrix, Harry Potter Series, X-Men Series, Lord of the Rings, Saw, Ghostbusters, The Chronicles of Narnia, Batman

TV production companies have created special effects with Smooth-On products: Star Trek; The Next Generation, The Sopranos, Dexter, Battle Star Gallactica, CSI; Miami, Nickelodeon, Myth Busters, Dirty Jobs, Saturday Night Live, MTV.

Broadway shows that use Smooth-On products to create stage props, theme effects and more: Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Stomp, Blue Man Group, The Little Mermaid, Spam-a-Lot, Beauty & The Beast, and many more productions too numerous to list!

Featured Step-by-Step How-To's

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Turning a Clay Sculpture Into a Metal Cold Casting

Turning a Clay Sculpture Into a Metal Cold Casting

Milo demonstrates how to make a silicone mold of a clay relief sculpture, then creates a metal cold casting.

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Creating an Epoxy Mold for a Silicone Makeup Prosthetic

Creating an Epoxy Mold for a Silicone Makeup Prosthetic

Watch as we craft an epoxy mold for an encapsulated silicone prosthetic of a snake person makeup.

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Painting Latex Rubber Using Maker Pro Paint

Painting Latex Rubber Using Maker Pro Paint

Learn the process of painting a latex rubber mask using Maker Pro Paint in this video

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How To Create Realistic Artificial Vines Using The Ultimate Vine Kit

How To Create Realistic Artificial Vines Using The Ultimate Vine Kit

Learn how to use the Ultimate Vine Making Kit to make "animal tough" vines for zoo habitat exhibits.

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Making Things with Milo - Hollow, Impact-Resistant Flexible Prop

Making Things with Milo - Hollow, Impact-Resistant Flexible Prop

Milo demonstrates how to do a rotational casting with amazingly strong KX Flex 90

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Making a Lightweight, Strong, Hollow Casting by Rotocasting Matrix Dryve™

Making a Lightweight, Strong, Hollow Casting by Rotocasting Matrix Dryve™

Milo shows how to rotocast Matrix™ Dryve™ polymer gypsum

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How To Make a Silicone Block Mold of an Irregularly Shaped Model

How To Make a Silicone Block Mold of an Irregularly Shaped Model

Learn how to save material and money by making your silicone mold conform to the shape of your model.

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How To Make a Hollow Resin Casting Using Smooth-Cast™ 57D

How To Make a Hollow Resin Casting Using Smooth-Cast™ 57D

Using the slush method of casting to create a hollow, impact resistant piece.

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How To Make Metallic & Glitter Effects In Resin With Cast Magic™

How To Make Metallic & Glitter Effects In Resin With Cast Magic™

Cast Magic® Casting System is an easy way to add an endless variety of bright metallic, glitter and color effects to your castings.

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What People Have Done With These Materials

Molding an Original Ghostbusters® Prop

Molding an Original Ghostbusters® Prop

Artist Paul Francis shows how he reproduces an original Terror Dog from Ghostbusters®

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Hyper Realistic Silicone Art From Tom Kuebler

Hyper Realistic Silicone Art From Tom Kuebler

Tom creates his works of surreal art using silicone, foam, resin, any material which triggers his imagination.

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Daft Punk Helmet by Volpin Props

Daft Punk Helmet by Volpin Props

This helmet was the fruit of 17 months of work.

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SMASH! Plastic™ And Rubber Glass Take The Lead In James Bond Movie

SMASH! Plastic™ And Rubber Glass Take The Lead In James Bond Movie

Over 1.5 tons of Rubber Glass was used in “Die Another Day”.

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Betting It All On The Rocks

Betting It All On The Rocks

Employing the right materials to meet an impossible deadline.

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Freeze Cast Process uses Smooth-On Rubber for Precision Casting

Freeze Cast Process uses Smooth-On Rubber for Precision Casting

Rubber molds can be made quickly and will accommodate the expansion of water during the freezing process.

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Jeff Birch's 'DESTRO' Mask Project

Jeff Birch's 'DESTRO' Mask Project

Jeff's research into moldmaking and casting materials went a long way towards making his project a huge success.

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Lifelike Babies Created with Dragon Skin™ Silicone

Lifelike Babies Created with Dragon Skin™ Silicone

Tasha Edenholm creates hand made and "One-Of-A-Kind" lifelike babies with Dragon Skin™ Silicone

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Silicone Artistry By Stevie Bettles

Silicone Artistry By Stevie Bettles

Stevie achieves extreme realism by creating appliances which visually and physically blend into the actor's skin

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The Scarehouse - Pittsburgh's Ultimate Haunted Attraction

The Scarehouse - Pittsburgh's Ultimate Haunted Attraction

To maintain their reputation as one of the most advanced haunts in the U.S.,The Scarehouse incorporates Smooth-On silicones

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Benicio F/X Creates SMASH! Plastic™ Castings As Few Can

Benicio F/X Creates SMASH! Plastic™ Castings As Few Can

Mario Benicio has provided special effects for films around the world

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Animatronic Zombie Made Using Mold Max™ 10T Silicone

Animatronic Zombie Made Using Mold Max™ 10T Silicone

MisteRoboto has created an extremely realistic zombie animatronic using Mold Max® 10T

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A Whale Of a Tale About Smooth-On Rubber

A Whale Of a Tale About Smooth-On Rubber

Smooth-On silicone takes the lead in making animatronic whales.

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Gary Willett's Animatronic Monster Comes To Life!

Gary Willett's Animatronic Monster Comes To Life!

Gary has turned a part time hobby into a full-fledged lifelike animatronic.

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The Many Faces Of Guy Louis XVI

The Many Faces Of Guy Louis XVI

It is simply impossible to readily discern that Guy's figures are not alive.

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Tripping The Light Foam-Tastic

Tripping The Light Foam-Tastic

Prism artisans have perfected a technique for making incredibly detailed food items

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Foam-iT On The Set Of 'The Pink Panther 2'

Foam-iT On The Set Of 'The Pink Panther 2'

For the upcoming film 'The Pink Panther 2', the action takes place at many locales around the world.

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Screamline Studios Makes Props To Die For

Screamline Studios Makes Props To Die For

Operating out of Mentor Ohio since 1996, Screamline Studios has provided professional design, construction, and coordination for primarily the haunted attraction industry.

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Bad Dog Creations Speeds To The Rescue Of 'Gotham's Finest

Bad Dog Creations Speeds To The Rescue Of 'Gotham's Finest

Working on a film-set is one of the most time-intensive occupations on the planet.

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Universal Designs Pushes The Envelope Of Costuming

Universal Designs Pushes The Envelope Of Costuming

UD Replicas makes amazing costumes using Smooth-On materials.

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Real-Life Futurama Hypnotoad Animatronic

Real-Life Futurama Hypnotoad Animatronic

This Amazing Animatronic was Created With Ecoflex® 00-30

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Arcana Workshop Creates Fantasy Monster

Arcana Workshop Creates Fantasy Monster

Mike Turner and the Arcana Workshop Created This Amazing Life Size Fantasy Figure Sculpture

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Customer Spotlight – Calen Hoffman

Customer Spotlight – Calen Hoffman

Calen Hoffman creates the Hylian Shield from the Legend of Zelda series.

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Arcana Workshop Brings to Life Xenomorph with Smooth-On Products

Arcana Workshop Brings to Life Xenomorph with Smooth-On Products

There is a new creature roaming the halls of Smooth-On. It stands seven feet tall and has razor sharp teeth!

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