Propmaking & Special Effects How‑To's

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.
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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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Cosplay Tutorial: How To Cast a Flexible Foam Hellboy Fist

Cosplay Tutorial: How To Cast a Flexible Foam Hellboy Fist

Smooth-On fan Jon N. uses FlexFoam-iT! X to make a durable, lightweight "Hellboy" inspired fist for cosplay.

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How To Make a Wonder Woman Cosplay using UreCoat™

How To Make a Wonder Woman Cosplay using UreCoat™

How to make costume armor using craft foam and Smooth-On's UreCoat

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How To Use Habitat Cast N Coat™ to Coat Carved EPS Foam

How To Use Habitat Cast N Coat™ to Coat Carved EPS Foam

In this project, EPS foam board is used to carve a theater mask design. The display is then hard-coated using Habitat Cast N Coat.

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Tested Presents ‑ How To Slush Cast a Prop Helmet

Tested Presents ‑ How To Slush Cast a Prop Helmet

Frank Ippolito shows you how to create a hollow resin cast of a helmet

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How To Make a Silicone Mold of a Hand Using Ecoflex™ 00-35

How To Make a Silicone Mold of a Hand Using Ecoflex™ 00-35

This lifecasting video tutorial shows how Ecoflex® 00-35 silicone can be used to lifecast a hand

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How To Make a Breakaway Glass Window Pane

How To Make a Breakaway Glass Window Pane

This tutorial takes you step-by-step through the process of making a large window pane suitable for using as a breakaway glass prop for stage or movie special effects.

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How To Make a Floral Arrangement Using Encapso® K

How To Make a Floral Arrangement Using Encapso® K

This video demonstrates using Smooth-On's Encapso® K to create a realistic floral display.

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How To Use Encapso® K To Create a Cereal Prop

How To Use Encapso® K To Create a Cereal Prop

After preparing and discarding over 30 bowls of cereal in over two days, an ad agency contacted Smooth-On...

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Moldmaking and Casting For a Woodgrain Finish

Moldmaking and Casting For a Woodgrain Finish

In this how-to, Smooth-Cast® 320 resin is cast in a Dragon Skin® silicone mold to reproduce woodgrain

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How To Make Flexible Foam Prop Cinder Blocks

How To Make Flexible Foam Prop Cinder Blocks

The scene in Spider Man 3 called for the heroine, Mary Jane, to again be in peril...

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How To Make a Two Piece Silicone Mold of a Knife

How To Make a Two Piece Silicone Mold of a Knife

We demonstrate using Mold Star 30 silicone, a platinum silicone for mold making...

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How To Make a Flexible Foam Prop Concrete Block

How To Make a Flexible Foam Prop Concrete Block

This tutorial shows how Flex Foam-iT! X can be cast to create a realistic cinder block prop.

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How To Cast TASK® 7

How To Cast TASK® 7

TASK® 7 is a low viscosity, fast set flame resistant plastic.

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How To Use Psycho Paint to Paint Platinum Silicone Rubber

How To Use Psycho Paint to Paint Platinum Silicone Rubber

This step-by-step video outlines the use of Psycho Paint® silicone paint base to color the surface of a platinum silicone casting.

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Martha Stewart Makes Encapso® K Specimen Jars

Martha Stewart Makes Encapso® K Specimen Jars

Martha makes prop specimen jars for Halloween using Smooth-On Encapso® K silicone rubber.

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How To Make a Fake Potion Bottles Using Encapso® K

How To Make a Fake Potion Bottles Using Encapso® K

In this video, Smooth-On fan Jara shows how to make fake potion bottles using Encapso-K silicone rubber.

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How To Make a Silicone Glove Mold for a Resin Cosplay Helmet

How To Make a Silicone Glove Mold for a Resin Cosplay Helmet

Jon N. shows us how he made a glove mold for his cosplay helmet

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How To Cast a Resin Cosplay Helmet

How To Cast a Resin Cosplay Helmet

Jon N. shows us how he brushes Smooth-Cast 57D to make a helmet for cosplay.

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How To Make a Wonder Woman Amazon Armband

How To Make a Wonder Woman Amazon Armband

Jon shows us how he created an Amazon armband for a Wonder Woman cosplay.

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How To Make a Bear Claw Necklace Replica

How To Make a Bear Claw Necklace Replica

How to start with one bear claw and end with 24 perfect copies

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Cosplay Tutorial: Iron Man Helmet - Part 1: How To Make a Silicone Glove Mold

Cosplay Tutorial: Iron Man Helmet - Part 1: How To Make a Silicone Glove Mold

How you can use Rebound 25 silicone rubber to make a mold of an Iron Man helmet.

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Cosplay Tutorial: Iron Man Helmet - Part 2: How To Make an Epoxy Support Shell and Hand Rotated Casting

Cosplay Tutorial: Iron Man Helmet - Part 2: How To Make an Epoxy Support Shell and Hand Rotated Casting

How to make an epoxy fiberglass support shell using the EpoxAmite laminating epoxy system

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