Foam Prop: The Blackrazor

Something I always wanted to see in real life and not just a drawing. So with my beginning of learning how to Foamsmith I decided to make: The Blackrazor.

This really is a total D&D geek project for me. I might have went a little crazy with some aspects of it (hilt guard) but I really like and it brings a big smile to my face.

Special thanks to Bill Doran and crew over at Punished Props for the teachings.

Added Page: Foam Prop: Hunter Knife

Added the page about the Foam Prop: Hunter Knife from the video game Destiny.

Staff and Stick….and Foam??

So, I recently picked up a new hobby, Foamsmithing.

In a nutshell that is the art of making items, usually weapons like: swords, laser guns, replica guns, armor, helmets, the list goes on, out of foam.

The foam comes in various shapes and sizes with my current medium being foam floor mats, which I had lying around from my old music studio floor.  They are relatively inexpensive which is great as I am a beginner and tend to mess up.  A lot.

I first heard of this via a podcast created by Scott Johnson a few years back.  He had a guest by the name of Bill Doran and he was speaking about making items for Skyrym, after Bethesda had reached out to him.  I went and checked it out back then, but life being what it was I thought some day I’d give a shot, then into the back of my mind it all went.

Bill and his wife Brittany, along with Paige and Everett, run an academy called Punished Props.  They seek to educate people on every level of prop making.  The lion’s share of my knowledge comes from videos on their YouTube channel.  I plan on purchasing their books at some point as well.  They are also partnered with a lot of other outfits that can be found on their web page.

Fast forward to today and after seeing a video of theirs pop up on my YouTube feed I was reminded.  And now I am trying to learn it.

As I’m beginning there are challenges and I am learning.  It has been fun, and I am excited to not only create more but get better along the way.  I already know what tools I will need to progress, and they are on the list.  After I pound out a few more items then I will super focus on detail and getting the items close to perfect as I can.  I feel my first step is get the books I previously mentioned and go from there.

Will I ever attempt to make money at this?  I don’t know.  There are things to keep in mind when trying to sell items like: licensing, quality, pricing, etc., that I am not focused on now.

But for now I am having a lot of fun and am looking forward into incorporating what I am learning into the wood working stuff I have previously done and maybe adding resin into it.  I have finished two projects and I’ll have some stuff up on them shortly.