No worries Chris. Don’t be sorry, the gun still looks great with the best part being the tip with the burnt metal looking parts. Love your work and your channel
It's very refreshing to see someone who will go over their failures in order to inform others. Honesty is always the best policy. You've always been a stand-up guy, completely devoid of ego. It's very cool. Something you don't encounter very often in general--not just in the realm of custom toys. And I'm talking about life! Thanks Chris. You're an inspiration. End result is excellent, as always!
Great vid Chris! A good method for painting carbon fiber is to get a fishnet legging and cover the prop in it and airbrush a silver onto the black surface. You have the illusion of texture and it soooo much easier than working with vinyl.
OMG Llitteraly my mom got me two of these for Christmas and needed to find a good video and only Chris can do it. Plus got my dad the Han Solo blaster as well. Thanks Chris!
Saw the scorched barrel in the thumbnail before what it actually was and I was all in. The attention you give to stressed metal under heat is just sick man.
I think it's always beneficial to show our mistakes and not just successes. It shows people that everyone makes mistakes, that everyone's human, even "experts." I think it gives people permission to try new things and to risk failures. Good on you for keeping the segment in.
Great Videos, and thanks for the blaster heat damage with paint brushes, not all of us are good with an airbrush.....I think the blaster came out GREAT. Most people do not realize how much work goes into these projects and while the grips did not turn out like you wanted, seeing how hard that material was to work with was helpful. We love the projects you work on.
Another great teaching video Chris, love the fact that even you with your skills has issues makes me feel easier that i'm not alone ! looking forwards to your next vid !
Thank you for sharing what didn't work as well. The hardest thing, I feel, about making custom collectibles (or anything creative for that matter) is when things don't quite work out the way you envisioned it, and finding a new way. Most creatives are pretty critical of their own work as well so when something doesn't quite go right it can be even more frustrating. Just keep at it, try a different route and you will find something that works and you'll be happy with. That's what I try to do at least. :) Huge fan of your work, and it's because of you that I've been giving a go with my own attempts at custom collectibles. Several things I want to work on, including a diorama of a 2.5 ft tall AT-AT that I need to blow up. ;) I always look forward to your videos. Keep up the great work.
The Marvel GOMA Exibition was such an amazing event and a golden opportunity for prop and costume designers such as yourself. I wish I could keep going back to look at all the awesome screen-used memorabilia!
Love your work mate.. you always amaze me with you customers collectibles and your cosplay. And still amazed on how much you like the cosplay Chris pirate batman logo I made for you.
I used a roll of that foam mat with the square pattern that you can use to line drawers as a stencil for my carbon fiber effect on my Death Stroke helmet. You just drape it down and pin it and place and spraypaint silver over your black pattern. It came out pretty nice. Cheers!
Thank you so much for this video! Definitely made me more confident in making my first cosplay props. Tip for anyone that tries this, definitely DO NOT skip the step where he drills out the barrels with the Dremel. It makes it SO much easier to separate the two pieces. I made this mistake on the first one and it was so hard to pry them apart. The second one I drilled out the holes in the barrels with a power drill, removed the screws, and easy peasy to separate.
Very inspirational and helpful. You might have fallen in love with your vinyl carbon fiber and neglected to search RUclips for how to make faux carbon fiber with shelf liner, spray paint, and a little spray sticky glue.
Literally just bought 2 of these to do this… good to find someone I recognise to learn from! Frustrating thing is they both right handed so I’ll have to remove that little tab.
Great video, I designed these pistols for Quill GOTG, the carbon fibre was the trickiest part for the prop makers too but they ended up using a water tank and floating on a transfer then sealing it.
Jackanaitor250 it is going to come out, it’s not cancelled. It’ll likely be 2023, James Gunn is still directing it and recently offered updates on the script.
I really love your work and I haven't read the other comments but if you use a spray bottle with just a drop of hand soap and spray it on before applying the vinyl you're able to readjust the vinyl and get the air bubbles out easily and then when you let it dry after using the heat gun it should easily wrap and hold its shape and form
Gday chris, I have four of those guns that I’m doing up (for a full star lord cos). 2 to practice with, 2 to cosplay. I’ll be hyrodipping carbon fibre wrap. You should give that a crack. Easy and cheap. Love ya work man👍🏼
I need to make this so much. I had to use a water pistol from Kmart painted for my Starlord costume, it turned out really good tho. Make a post for this video on Facebook for people to share their own painted props.
Hey Chris, great video! If you ever give this another crack I suggest using a primer pen for the vinyl wrap especially in those tricky corners. It’ll help give that extra stick that you’re looking for. Thanks for another wicked awesome video mate!
an idea and/or suggestion, to still achieve the carbon fiber look, I've used those cabinet rubber mats that have a sort of carbon fiber checkered pattern to create that look. just some light dusting with a silver spray paint.
You're brave enough to fail. The Nerf modder Drac does the vinyl film dips you talk about at 16:00. My thought process says you might want to use Bill's film at 1/8ths of the faux scales so step 2 firmly pastes step 1 down. I'd go front to back. Or do a faux katana lace? Thanks for all your videos; you're a real treasure.
Chris, I've seen people emulate carbon fiber with foam cabinet liner. The little holes create a similar look. Base coat black with silver over top. Try it out! Looks awesome though!
one technique I have used for carbon fiber is get some of that foam rubber drawer liner , its like a square checker pattern with half the squares open , paint the base plastic in black then cut the liner to the same shape of the handle and then lay it on the plastic, use a silver spray paint from a distance, it will make the open squares silver and leave the others black and it mimics carbon fiber. Then for smaller areas you can even cut a small shape of it and line it up with the already painted areas and match the pattern, as its flexible you can wrap it around the grip and airbrush and with some practice looks just like the carbon fiber
I happen to be very familiar with Star-Lord's blasters for reasons I can't talk about publicly but you definitely nailed the colors, weathering, and blast marks. If I had to "guess" how a good replica would be made I'd say it'd have to be hydro dipped.
Actually did the exact same thing with the vinyl wrap with the Rubies replica a few months back. Not sure which vinyl you had exactly but if you get the Vivvid glossy carbon fiber it looks even better and it’s a lot easier to put the handle, best way is not to do any cut-outs beforehand and place a full piece of the wrap and make the cut-outs after you’ve heated it up to the handle if that makes any sense. Either way great paint on it! End result was amazing! Keep up the awesome vids
After watching Bill's vid last year and spotting yours, I knew the vinyl wrap was going to be a pain Chris! :( Great outcome though, looks fantastic! PS. Started on a pair of Rubies blasters myself so fingers crossed!
HI Chris, great video,just wondered if your spray sealer is the stuff to use on repainted hot toys iron man figures i used rustoleum spray paints on one & enamel paint on another, cheers ian.
Just found you here in Doncaster, England on You Tube, after searching for a good informative Cosplay channel came across yours with Cap suit and Shield and then this one, as I'm hoping to do a Starlord Cos next year at a con. Loving the videos you put out. Very Informative, clear and too the point. I would love to have access to the things you do such as the 3d printing and other contacts such as your Cosplay and make over friends. Keep Up The Geeky. Ade
Chris you make awsome vids..! Very inspired for me.. hope you find some time and make a roomtour !? Keep up good work and Always remember... cosplay chris do it at its his best !
Blaster looks awesome! This is why I like you so much Chris. When you face a problem you know you can't work around, you just say Fuck It and move on. True teacher right there!
It's a bummer you had such a hard time with the carbon fiber wrap. It's good to try new things, but it always comes with a risk. Instead of carbon fiber you could just fake it? Air brush on a lite checkered pattern with some silver, using a stencil? Like this ruclips.net/video/DDnm3joTu6o/видео.htmlm49s
hey Chris the carbon fiber look you wanting can be done by resting some none slip matting over the matt finish of the grip then mist some metallic gloss black over then lift the none slip matting off before it drys
Sweet only thing I would do differently is plug the holes once I had is back together and paint those to match, and have gotten the seam to disappear with a bit of sanding and filler, sick prop man
Hey don’t know if you have dupli-color spray paints there but they have a carbon fibre paint kit that works good enough to give you the look for future reference. They have a demo video on RUclips you could check out. Used it in the past it does an ok job.
My thoughts on the carbon fibre wrap would involve cutting the handle out then vacuforming it with the vinyl. You can do it with a plastic bag and a hoover.
Looks great. If you want to revisit the carbon fibre rap for the hand grip. To ensure it sticks use 3M spray mount (spray adhesive). That should make it stick
I’d love to see you take a Jakks Pacific Batman and turn it into your cosplay of Pirate Batman.
Heck yeah
Adrian Jones best suggestion I've heard! Do it Chris! 😆
That would be awesome.
Adrian Jones yes yes yes holy fuck yes
Adrian Jones Genius idea
Awesome work, Chris!
God yes, needed more of these custom collectable videos.
For real, getting bored of just seeing Batman costume videos pop up all the time.
TheUnholyOne init
You don't have to look. It is not mandatory.
No worries Chris. Don’t be sorry, the gun still looks great with the best part being the tip with the burnt metal looking parts. Love your work and your channel
It's very refreshing to see someone who will go over their failures in order to inform others. Honesty is always the best policy. You've always been a stand-up guy, completely devoid of ego. It's very cool. Something you don't encounter very often in general--not just in the realm of custom toys. And I'm talking about life! Thanks Chris. You're an inspiration. End result is excellent, as always!
Great vid Chris! A good method for painting carbon fiber is to get a fishnet legging and cover the prop in it and airbrush a silver onto the black surface. You have the illusion of texture and it soooo much easier than working with vinyl.
OMG Llitteraly my mom got me two of these for Christmas and needed to find a good video and only Chris can do it. Plus got my dad the Han Solo blaster as well. Thanks Chris!
I also wanted one, as i planned to make one for my next cosplay prop video, and Chris Video comes out :D
punished props has a great video as well.
Caleb Iozzio who gives a shit
🎁💩
I do.
Saw the scorched barrel in the thumbnail before what it actually was and I was all in.
The attention you give to stressed metal under heat is just sick man.
I wanted to build one for my cosplay prop series project! Thank you for the Video Chris!
You should make Solo's blaster from star wars
I think it's always beneficial to show our mistakes and not just successes. It shows people that everyone makes mistakes, that everyone's human, even "experts." I think it gives people permission to try new things and to risk failures. Good on you for keeping the segment in.
Awesome job Chris it looks great. That carbon fiber stuff looks like a beast to work with.
Great Videos, and thanks for the blaster heat damage with paint brushes, not all of us are good with an airbrush.....I think the blaster came out GREAT. Most people do not realize how much work goes into these projects and while the grips did not turn out like you wanted, seeing how hard that material was to work with was helpful. We love the projects you work on.
does this mean we can expect a star lord cosplay because it would be a beaut
Good work Chris, I never tire of watching you do your custom collectibles.🤘🏼
Another great teaching video Chris, love the fact that even you with your skills has issues makes me feel easier that i'm not alone ! looking forwards to your next vid !
I really liked that you kept in the Carbon Fibre stuff! Brings it back to diy. love it!
Thank you for sharing what didn't work as well. The hardest thing, I feel, about making custom collectibles (or anything creative for that matter) is when things don't quite work out the way you envisioned it, and finding a new way. Most creatives are pretty critical of their own work as well so when something doesn't quite go right it can be even more frustrating. Just keep at it, try a different route and you will find something that works and you'll be happy with. That's what I try to do at least. :) Huge fan of your work, and it's because of you that I've been giving a go with my own attempts at custom collectibles. Several things I want to work on, including a diorama of a 2.5 ft tall AT-AT that I need to blow up. ;) I always look forward to your videos. Keep up the great work.
The Marvel GOMA Exibition was such an amazing event and a golden opportunity for prop and costume designers such as yourself. I wish I could keep going back to look at all the awesome screen-used memorabilia!
Absolutely brilliant! That is phenomenal Chris, keep up the damn good work!
Thank you so much for doing this, waited so long. The wait was definitely worth it.
Love your work mate.. you always amaze me with you customers collectibles and your cosplay. And still amazed on how much you like the cosplay Chris pirate batman logo I made for you.
You need to do a bearded Cap cosplay!
Pikapool a captain with no country cosplay is here
Nomad cap.
I liked the end result! Well done!!
I used a roll of that foam mat with the square pattern that you can use to line drawers as a stencil for my carbon fiber effect on my Death Stroke helmet. You just drape it down and pin it and place and spraypaint silver over your black pattern. It came out pretty nice. Cheers!
Thank you so much for this video! Definitely made me more confident in making my first cosplay props. Tip for anyone that tries this, definitely DO NOT skip the step where he drills out the barrels with the Dremel. It makes it SO much easier to separate the two pieces. I made this mistake on the first one and it was so hard to pry them apart. The second one I drilled out the holes in the barrels with a power drill, removed the screws, and easy peasy to separate.
Amazing job Chris love it
Bro...you have some sick mad skills! I just ordered the same gun. This video is what I need!!!! Thanks!!
Very inspirational and helpful.
You might have fallen in love with your vinyl carbon fiber and neglected to search RUclips for how to make faux carbon fiber with shelf liner, spray paint, and a little spray sticky glue.
Literally just bought 2 of these to do this… good to find someone I recognise to learn from! Frustrating thing is they both right handed so I’ll have to remove that little tab.
Great video, I designed these pistols for Quill GOTG, the carbon fibre was the trickiest part for the prop makers too but they ended up using a water tank and floating on a transfer then sealing it.
Yours turned out awesome!!! And OMG I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THAT VINYL WRAP. I ended up just leaving it and weathering it just like you did.
You should do a full star lord cosplay one day. Maybe when Vol 3 comes out
READ Comics rip that confirmation
READ Comics they're all dead tho
Scary Anti-Vax Kid... seriously?
IF Vol 3 ever comes out
Jackanaitor250 it is going to come out, it’s not cancelled. It’ll likely be 2023, James Gunn is still directing it and recently offered updates on the script.
That shoe polish lookes amazing with that silver stuff
I really love your work and I haven't read the other comments but if you use a spray bottle with just a drop of hand soap and spray it on before applying the vinyl you're able to readjust the vinyl and get the air bubbles out easily and then when you let it dry after using the heat gun it should easily wrap and hold its shape and form
Gday chris, I have four of those guns that I’m doing up (for a full star lord cos). 2 to practice with, 2 to cosplay. I’ll be hyrodipping carbon fibre wrap. You should give that a crack. Easy and cheap. Love ya work man👍🏼
The music was especially good in this episode
Preston Clark yeah i need the final song do u know it??
Once again you amaze me with your gentian to detail
I need to make this so much. I had to use a water pistol from Kmart painted for my Starlord costume, it turned out really good tho. Make a post for this video on Facebook for people to share their own painted props.
Hey Chris, great video! If you ever give this another crack I suggest using a primer pen for the vinyl wrap especially in those tricky corners. It’ll help give that extra stick that you’re looking for. Thanks for another wicked awesome video mate!
I make my own costumes and props and make mistakes all the time bro it's what makes us better ,coming up with ways too solve problems, great vodeo
You could had put a mesh on top and sprayed a patter on the grip to fake carbon.
when putting on decals i always start in the middle and stretch outwards, works perfect everytime.
That looks pretty awesome nice job man
why is this so amazing, I-
Thanks you Chris! I found a similar video months ago but didn't look as good and as accurate. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I can tell purely from the thumbnail that this man is an absolute miracle worker
Just Awesome Animation You're in for one hell of a ride my friend
Hydro dipping is relatively cheap and easy, maybe a good alternative to a wrap?woul love to see you give it a go on a custom
Looks amazing mate have a good week
What is the song that starts playing around 17:24? I like it a lot!
Hey Chris, love what you do, I was the music you used at 17:26 to 18:11 what band is that?
an idea and/or suggestion, to still achieve the carbon fiber look, I've used those cabinet rubber mats that have a sort of carbon fiber checkered pattern to create that look. just some light dusting with a silver spray paint.
Damn good work,love your customs.....
the hairs looking awesome!!
You're brave enough to fail. The Nerf modder Drac does the vinyl film dips you talk about at 16:00. My thought process says you might want to use Bill's film at 1/8ths of the faux scales so step 2 firmly pastes step 1 down. I'd go front to back.
Or do a faux katana lace?
Thanks for all your videos; you're a real treasure.
Chris is a much more disciplined customizer than me I would've stopped after the dry brushing lol
Chris, I've seen people emulate carbon fiber with foam cabinet liner. The little holes create a similar look. Base coat black with silver over top. Try it out! Looks awesome though!
one technique I have used for carbon fiber is get some of that foam rubber drawer liner , its like a square checker pattern with half the squares open , paint the base plastic in black then cut the liner to the same shape of the handle and then lay it on the plastic, use a silver spray paint from a distance, it will make the open squares silver and leave the others black and it mimics carbon fiber. Then for smaller areas you can even cut a small shape of it and line it up with the already painted areas and match the pattern, as its flexible you can wrap it around the grip and airbrush and with some practice looks just like the carbon fiber
www.amazon.ca/Drawer-Antislip-Liner-Cushion-150cm/dp/B00BG9IO7K/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1516254086&sr=8-7&keywords=foam+drawer+liner
I happen to be very familiar with Star-Lord's blasters for reasons I can't talk about publicly but you definitely nailed the colors, weathering, and blast marks. If I had to "guess" how a good replica would be made I'd say it'd have to be hydro dipped.
I love your videos. They inspire me soooooo much
Actually did the exact same thing with the vinyl wrap with the Rubies replica a few months back. Not sure which vinyl you had exactly but if you get the Vivvid glossy carbon fiber it looks even better and it’s a lot easier to put the handle, best way is not to do any cut-outs beforehand and place a full piece of the wrap and make the cut-outs after you’ve heated it up to the handle if that makes any sense. Either way great paint on it! End result was amazing! Keep up the awesome vids
I was nervous just watching the carbon fibre thing lol good job as always 😁
That's really awesome. Have you tried looking into DIY water transfer printing for the carbon fiber looks on the handle?
After watching Bill's vid last year and spotting yours, I knew the vinyl wrap was going to be a pain Chris! :( Great outcome though, looks fantastic!
PS. Started on a pair of Rubies blasters myself so fingers crossed!
Will you ever do a custom collectable video for the Dredd Lawgiver gun? The Karl Urban version.
I LOVE IT! STAR LORD IS SO COOL
No apologies needed, man. Really great work!
+Cosplay Chris I just ordered 2 of these, can't wait to pimp them out!!!
this is an amazing video, you my friend have got a new subscriber :)
HI Chris, great video,just wondered if your spray sealer is the stuff to use on repainted hot toys iron man figures i used rustoleum spray paints on one & enamel paint on another, cheers ian.
Just found you here in Doncaster, England on You Tube, after searching for a good informative Cosplay channel came across yours with Cap suit and Shield and then this one, as I'm hoping to do a Starlord Cos next year at a con. Loving the videos you put out. Very Informative, clear and too the point. I would love to have access to the things you do such as the 3d printing and other contacts such as your Cosplay and make over friends. Keep Up The Geeky. Ade
dude awesome video cant wait to see what other custom collectables you got coming up :)
About damn time you do a video like this man!!
very cool man looks awesome it sucks that the wrap didnt work but when cosplaying your gonna be holding the handle so awesome work man
Por las dos😁
Chris you make awsome vids..! Very inspired for me.. hope you find some time and make a roomtour !? Keep up good work and Always remember... cosplay chris do it at its his best !
Omg that looks so good
Blaster looks awesome! This is why I like you so much Chris. When you face a problem you know you can't work around, you just say Fuck It and move on. True teacher right there!
Yass please do the black panther gauntlets too
Venom the lethal protector i know
I like being called a geek, I feel acknowledged, understood and empowered
It's a bummer you had such a hard time with the carbon fiber wrap. It's good to try new things, but it always comes with a risk.
Instead of carbon fiber you could just fake it? Air brush on a lite checkered pattern with some silver, using a stencil?
Like this ruclips.net/video/DDnm3joTu6o/видео.htmlm49s
I was going to comment this but then I saw yours, I was even thinking of the same video haha.
Or use cabinet liner as a stencil, that works a treat too
In Bill's video he never lets the handle get any paint, he masks it off. That may have lead to the lack of adhesion.
I was suggesting a hydro drip paintjob...
AlphaProto iI'm
Awesome video Chris love your videos get good tips
Good job love your videos. Copied so many of them myself. I did this and then paid about $20 to hydrodip it like you said.
This guys f ing good.jesus Christ.For the record,those random guitar riffs In the background music are hilarious.
hey Chris the carbon fiber look you wanting can be done by resting some none slip matting over the matt finish of the grip then mist some metallic gloss black over then lift the none slip matting off before it drys
Cosplay Chris man....the legendary prop maker?!!
What Was That Song At The End?
Sweet only thing I would do differently is plug the holes once I had is back together and paint those to match, and have gotten the seam to disappear with a bit of sanding and filler, sick prop man
🎉a new costume collectible
You could have hydrodipped the carbon fiber part. It has become quite a popular technique in the Nerf community.
I was just thinking the same, hydro dipping produces some really awesome results.
Great build up as usual! Did you consider carbon fiber waterslide decals? Scale Motorsports has them in several colors/patterns.
I went to that marvel exhibition too.
Hey don’t know if you have dupli-color spray paints there but they have a carbon fibre paint kit that works good enough to give you the look for future reference. They have a demo video on RUclips you could check out. Used it in the past it does an ok job.
My thoughts on the carbon fibre wrap would involve cutting the handle out then vacuforming it with the vinyl. You can do it with a plastic bag and a hoover.
There should be a star lord blaster that actually shoots bubbles
The gun look so litttttt
Awesome Tutorial!!!
You Are Amazingly Amazing.
It still looked good at the end
Looks great. If you want to revisit the carbon fibre rap for the hand grip. To ensure it sticks use 3M spray mount (spray adhesive). That should make it stick
Will you do another one?