Textured Foam with 3D Printed Stamps? Awesome Foamsmithing Trick!
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Bill's been experimenting with 3D printed texture stamps for EVA foam. Now he's putting them to use to make an epic foam helmet!
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I dunno you spend years telling us how to get rid of texture on foam and now you're putting it back! It's madness I tell ya, madness! Joking aside that is a very clever idea Bill!
We just can't be trusted! :P
Here's an idea to help make your press a bit more user friendly when stamping plates like that. Print your plates with a small lip, say 1/8" wide all the way around. Then on your upper wood piece put a couple of thin clips on each corner to hold the plate in place. That will hold it in place so you aren't trying to get it aligned all the time. You can put a guide mark on the edge of the wood to help you center things in the press as well.
Thanks for the suggestions!
@punishedpropsacademy - Leather worker here, if you properly "case" the leather you will end up with a cleaner and crisper image. Casing is soaking the leather, then allowing it to dry back to an almost dry state (only the top side is allowed to dry, by leaving the bottom in contact with a marble). This allows the corium and flesh side of the leather to remain damp, meaning the grain (outer surface) is drier, and able to take a much crispper impression.
Woah cool, thanks so much for sharing that info!
@@punishedprops Not at all, I got lucky and met a local who has been doing the stuff for 2 decades. If you all have any questions about leather, please ask! sooo much of it isn't quite as clear as it could be.
Nice touch with including both manual *and* specialized tool methods for so many steps. I always try to explain to friends about how the specific tools are nice, but not always "essential" to the process.
Granted, they make life easier, of course. But like anything else, understanding the raw method can make you better utilize the tools.
Absolutely! Everything done with a power tool can be done by hand, it just takes longer and might be less precise :)
I love it when you see a tool or a technique that you never saw or thought of before and you have that moment of "how did I just never realise this was a thing?!" That masking tape/paper tool looks so useful!
Thanks for taking the time to create, film, and share!
It's such an exciting feeling! Thanks so much for watching :)
Bill, the texture on a pistol grip would be perfect for this!
Totally!
that's ingenious!
Thanks!
Hey jake
@@punishedprops I wanna know if you guys are still working on that 3D Flex glove with the Robot Shell?
Collaborate together?
this is really great. The simple helmet pattern has been elevated to lofty heights by the stamps. That chrome is very sneaky.
Thanks very much!
It’s going to be a great week, know how I know? There is a fresh new Punished Props to kick things off! Thanks guys!
Aww thanks so much!
Hi brian
I'm really happy that you kept your cyberpunk caution emblem, that was one of my favorite parts of that build
Yeah me too!
Such a sweet technique!!
It is JUST the coolest, we're having a blast messing with it
If your on a budget I also find cookie cutters can do wonders. I used a scale cookie cutter and with some extra sanding it came out 👌
Hey that's a great idea!
A stamp pattern to do faux-chainmail would be fantastic. I might try to whip one up myself, but I'm not sure I've got the skills to make it look good.
Oh that's a cool idea!
An amazing idea! I love that you demonstrated the leather work option as well. This has so many applications for surface finish!
It's really neat!
This type of stuff reminds me of my older brother. He was hard core with it. He would go as far as taking fiberoptic lines and individually light the window port holes on humongous Battle Star Galactica models in his dinning room! Then again you would you expect from a hoogy shop owner and the creator of the 501st Legion Storm Trooper Squadron Chapter in my city of Baketsfield. LOL, I miss my super nerd of an older brother. RIP 2015.
Another awesome video! and hilariously, 3279 is actually the postcode of a place I used to live - WANGOOM in Victoria, Australia!
Woah!
@@punishedprops It's a small world! (although I wouldn't want to have to paint it)
this is honestly game changing. thank you for sharing the technique
You're so welcome!
Also so happy got to see Britt in the reflection of the visor... Hi Britt
Hello!
LOVE this, time to make some stamps.
Also pores are good for a worn look, I think its nice on a project like this that is kind of grimy and dirty. A super smooth paint job can feel a bit of
Very true! Thanks so much for watching :)
That treatment on the visor is like a magic trick 🪄
Isn't it fun?
Hey Bill! I just wanted to pop in here and say you have some fantastic rewatchability. I saw this when it first came out, and it would be awesome to see you revisit this idea. Maybe do those rollers you were talking about. Love your work!
I recently discovered you guys, and I can’t express my gratitude! I love those kind of crafts, and I’ve been working on Hela’s headpiece for Halloween. Most of the videos I found on YT are rather useless, but your videos are AMAZING! Learned a lot! Thank you so much!
So glad we could help!
Wow that's just a great idea.... This just adds another level for makers and especially prop makers.
Fun right?
I want to see a workshop tour and or an entire invintory review of all your amazingly created projects and props
We have several that we've shared with our Extra Credit Club: punishedprops.com/extra-credit-club/
Few things really bright my day. Thank you B&B!
Aw we're so glad to hear that! Thanks so much for watching our content!
Bill and Brit in videos remind me of parents trying to entertain their kids and I love it so much!
We're just trying to entertain ourselves XD
What a simple but extremely effective idea
Isn't it fun?
love the 70's Sci Fi style of the Helmet , like the old Figures from Adventure People of Fisher Price or Space 1999
Nice to see a foam build again.
Always a good time :)
That mirror chrome looks absolutely fantastic,so many cool possibilities to use it. Now I wanna put it on everything :')
Right?
Fantastic! And the roller idea is next level!
Fun, right?
This helmet reminds me so much of the pod-racing gear from the phantom menace! I love it!
Totally!
I picked these up and gave them a try. Worth every penny Bill! Great technique!
That's great to hear! Thanks so much for supporting our content!
The tape sticking out like it did really reminded me of the side fins from a plesioth helmet from an old monster hunter game lol. Great video as usual. I've been looking for something like those stamps to texture with. Thanks for including the stl's for that. Much appreciated. 😁
hey nice to see this technics i used with an adjustable double roll i've 3D printed, juste need to adjust the gap between roll depending of the piece thickness, heat the EVA and then pass it through the roll and boom !
BILL! You mad genius! You can totally make a roller. If you create a flat sketch with your texture outlined, just like you did but make the length the circumference of the roller you want. And the height the width of the roller you want to use... Create a cylinder the circumference and height you calculated. You can extrude the sketch from object face instead of from plane, select the cylinder face as the object, and it will self wrap around. If you are careful to make sure the two edges that seam match, you will have a continuous pattern. Punch a hole down the center of the cylinder and Bob's Your Uncle! Hope this helps. - Love Fischer Builds
The roller should be solid (100% infill), and the inside diameter of the hole in the center should match a metal tube since the metal is less likely to deform under pressure. It would allow for printed details, but rigidity of steel. You could just go with a rod for an axil, but thinner print and more metal might be more durable. But the tolerances have to be pretty tight. Otherwise, there is unnecessary strain on the parts.
Thanks for the tips!
Great video through and through, also love your use of spaz airbrush paint.
I have about four bottles of the stuff and use it a ton, but never thought it could be used like that.
I swear I'm always learning new things from you!
We're so glad to hear it!
Cool idea. As a refinement for the continuous pattern maybe you could print the texture on a cylinder then roll it along the foam.
Yeah we thought about that but I don't know how to model one - yet!
@@punishedprops In fusion 360. Make a cylinder, make a sketch for the pattern. Then 'Emboss' the sketch onto the cylinder face. Apologies, Just watched again and you mentioned you'd already thought to use a roller.
I printed a deck box for MTG in gold filament, then wrapped it in black leather and stamped a name printed in resin into the leather. Worked well!
Oh cool!
need to try this technique with our large heat press. Usually we use this for shirt printing. We can now emboss all the things!
Oh that would be super cool!
Very nice result, and a great way to show what the printed stamps are capable of!
Thanks so much for watching!
Great vid, I have been doing leather crafting for little over a year, been trying to create a makers mark. Never considered 3d printing a stamp, always wanted to get a 3d printer but till now never had need.
Right on! Super glad we could help :) I know you can also custom order them in brass - our employee Paige does leather work and ordered one from this vendor on Etsy: www.etsy.com/listing/198582860/customized-brass-stamp-for-vegetable?ref=shop_home_feat_2&bes=1
Oh man thats so cool and i cant wait to see what ppl think to make 😅
I have watched most all your videos. You have inspired me to start my own channel. It’s been slow moving but I am enjoying the journey. Thank you very much.
That's really fantastic to hear! We wish you the best of luck!
So I had an idea. What if you print a roller with the texture and make a roller press with inter changeable texture rolls. I made a crude drawing while at dinner.
I'll install it to you to show you what I drew.
....insta not install
That way with the roller it woukd give consistent pressure and continuous pattern laying. It gets rid of the possible heat taking away the pattern and not being to line up correctly with each press.
Funny that you say that, because that is a common trick that modelers do for wargame terrain, like cobblestone streets or brickwork walls!
That would be cool!
So cool! The texture makes it look like a completely different material! Great tip!!
Isn't it neat? We're obsessed
If you haven't tried it, you can do 1/8 & 1/4 inch foam on your vacuformer. Just clamp it up & heat it like plastic... It'll hold it's shape when cooled, & works great for flexible face shells and formed areas like armor joints...
I should try that!
Printmakers have a rolling press which would make it easier to do larger pieces. Using that combined with something like the heater element from a vacuum press might be very efficient. Another option would be to use what Frame shops use. Frame shops often have large machines used for dry mounting which will use a vacuum and heat to dry mount artwork. If you happen to find one for sale in your area I'd check to see if it can reach the required temperatures.
Yeah that would be cool!
For larger pieces, print multiple stamps and glue them to a board.
Good idea!
Such a fantastic technique!! Ooooh the ideas you’ve given me. Thank-you kind sir! (and ma’am behind the camera😊)
Youy're so welcome, thanks for watching!
I love the results! Visors are always tricky, but that's a really cool chrome paint. I need to try some.
It's a fun effect!
Really neat trick and a brilliant idea!
Thanks so much for watching!
One of my favorite Prop Helmets was the one used by the Mobile Infantry in Starship Troopers.
Ooh yeah!
they make foam texture rollers for things like diorama making, it would be cool if you made some custom ones!
Yeah I don't know how well it would work since it requires a lot of pressure
I like the texture on the blue foam it looks like cast metal (like cast iron)
Oh true!
You should totally sell the texture blocks printed out, im sure this would sell well as a lot of people dont necessarily have access to 3d printers!
Unfortunately we're not equipped to meet high order volumes like that, but folks without printers can always use services like shapeways.com !
That's actually genius, I can't believe that anyone else came up with it earlier. It seems so obvious
I'm sure some folks have! It helps to have a large mass of followers :)
Hey punished props I’m making your mandoalorian helmet and your templates work great AND there free! Amazing stuff my guy!
That's really great to hear! Have fun with your build!
Just a suggestion, if the embossing also heat seals the foam, then for any flat bits just heat and press with a flat stamp. That way all the parts will be heat sealed.
Not a bad idea! that would definitely work if you know what your final build is going to be ahead of time - in our case I was partially making it up as I went
It'd definitely be possible to make a cool roller, I've used something similar to impress a cobblestone pattern into some Milliput for use as a miniature base. I think rolling it over a larger expanse of foam would be pretty difficult, though, maintaining the same pressure all the way through would take some practice - and of course heating a big area at once would be tricky
Cool!
As soon as you said roller I was thinking what about a heated roller with impression or have the press heated.. this was awesome
Right?
I have that's same press... A couple of things:
- You can use it to stamp leather, but the working area is only a couple of inches square at most.
- If you bolt it to a bench you can get MOAR POWER (leverage).
Good to know!
For the love of God I always think your at the top of your game guys and then you just surpass it again!!!!
Aww thanks so much!
This has been the latest greatest in card making - heat the foam, press your embossing folder or stamp into it, and boom - you have an inverse stamp. Ink your foam and stamp it on paper.
Oooooh!
Not sure if it has been suggested but a T-shirt Heat Press might be a way to heat a larger foam areas, then if you had metal stamps they could heated bit like a hot foil printing plate instead.
Not a bad idea!
You could apply the techniques used to make knurling in fusion to make a roller
Oh yeah!
Oh nice, been playing with Lasering textures for stamps since it is quicker than printing.
Ooh that's fun too!
It's been a while Bill and Brit, welcome back!
Thanks!
im guessing you can make some sort of a roller like the ones used in baking to make a sheet of dough for cakes and pizza and etc, you'll have to use it by hand unless you make some sort of jig kinda like a pasta maker, one side has a surface roller, one side has a flat roller and you push the foam or leather between the rolls to make the textures, it should work
Yeah probably!
The foam stamping is great and all, but those stained glass spray paints are my big take away. Those would have been nice to know about a few projects ago.
Aren't they neat?
Amazing!! great job and love the presenting style
Thanks very much!
Very informative, I have learned a new thing for sure.
Glad it was helpful!
This is so fucking cool! This would save so much time and blades.
Right? We're so into it!
The DJ could have been Dante. He’s a local here.
Bangarang!
That would have been cool!
This is awesome! love the work
Thanks so much!
Expert level......thanks master!!!!
Thanks for watching!
You might want to look into how things like perler bead boards connect. Adding those style tabs to your patterns would allow you to cover large areas in one go but still be modular for storage. Maybe heat the surface, put the big pattern on, and then roll it with a weighted roller?
Clever!
Started with 3D printed stencils and we ended with a whole build video! 👍🏼
We just couldn't stop!
This would be perfect for a commander keen helmet
Totally!
Have you guys thought about finding a way to get some heat-resistant material ones, maybe out of some sort of metal? I bet it'd work great if you could sear the patterns into the foam, and be able to apply heat to the foam after for molding and such. Plus, heat sealing!
Maybe if we end of making a lot of them, but it's really fun to be able to just print them as needed!
"I don't know what it is, but someday I'll use it"
if I had a nickel for every time I said that i could buy your foam smith books out of stock
Super cool stuff man
Thanks very much!
Thank you for your message of encouragement on my new RUclips channel. It’s really helpful.
You're so welcome!
Nice prop as always! I like all your videos, but the long build videos are the best! Especially on mondays! :D
That patterning technique gave me an idea. On Shapeways on other 3D printing companies, you can print in metal. I already printed some jewels in steel, bronze etc... and I can say the prints have reasonably good details (made a little snake with scales and the scales have printed nicely).
So maybe you could print your patterns in cheap metal like steel or aluminum (not that cheap but fairly cheap), and then heat the metal pattern to make like a hot plate that you could then press on the foam, and even can keep heating up with the heat gun while pressing on the foam. Maybe that way the pattern will imprint even better and deeper.
Well, that was just a thought :D That's a really nice and interesting technique you came up with!
Thank you for all your content, all your time filming, building, editing etc... That's very much appreciated!
Ooooooh that is a fun idea!
Looks awesome!
Thanks very much!
Start with Clear coat, thin it with paint thinner, add any color for pigment works great for tinting glass/plastic
Great tip!
As a suggestion, if you didn't already try it, use the impression mold as a heat block when doing long pieces.
We can't heat the print unfortunately, it would get melty
Using a pipette to draw solvent! 2nd genius tip ...
Add lights just under the visor, I think it would look super cool
Ooh fun idea!
Kinda like the ah ha moment when we learned VFX mixed with SFX is the way to go. Foam + 3D printing ... Bingo. Thanks for opening anew door !
You're so welcome, thanks for watching!
You should make the edges of your stamps keyed like the edges of some matting, or those square kids mats. Working with two stamps you could key to the new stamp to the previous stamp for an aliened pattern. Working with the previous stamp in place might work with the heating process as well? Just food for thought, it's not my wheel house. Cool stuff!
Clever thought!
Time to make 3d printed texture roller sleeves for different roller devices to roll the texture on
That would be cool!
YESSSSSSS! A new video! This makes my month!!!!!
Aww we're so glad to hear that!
With the amount of fiddly hand cutting y'all do you should look into getting a cutting machine like a Silhouette Cameo. I've found so many uses for mine, and I use it more often than I expected to. Mine will cut 15" wide by I think 8 feet or something. I think it could be a lot of fun for y'all!
Edit: doh. I saw you use the vinyl cutter literally as I hit post!
Yeah we love our vinyl and laser cutters! Sometimes it's just fun to do the fiddly bits by hand :)
I notice the pewter ring lol good stuff
Great idea! Try oak woodgrain and lizard scales. Dinosaur skin and alligator too. Oops, too much. ✌
We included some wood grain in our first stamp series!
Another level of awesome.
Thanks!
PPA always delivers!
Glad you think so!
To make a roller you can use the emboss tool in fusion 360. Or use blender to do a heightmap deform on a cylinder.
Thanks for the tip!
YOU GUYS ARE SO AWESOME!!! Can you guys please make the Tablet of Ahkmenrah from the Night At The Museum movies. I have never seen anyone make that prop before!
Thanks for letting us know you're interested in that build! We have our current schedule worked out, but there could be room for this kind of video in future plans.