Grapple Gun Milling All Done.

After a very steep R&D curve, I've managed to finish up my home made mill, and the slots needed for the Arkham Grapple gun.



The first one took me about 3 days to make. The other two took about five minutes each. Hooray for process improvement.

Success With Home Made Mill

After a few attempts, and a of trial and error, I'm now getting really spectacular results out of my home made mill. It's sort of single purpose, and will really only cut THESE slots on this piece, but hey, it's a start!

Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Display Base

A little something Laamberry and I are collaborating on.

RPF 2012 Challenge Coin Is Here!

These turned out great! It's a very simple design, but I think it really embodies the forum. Whoohoo! If you want one, drop me a line. They are for sale.

HIC Side Panels All Cast!

I finally cranked out all eight of these.

Arkham City Prop Base Finished

I just finished painting this tonight.



I am extremely pleased with how it turned out. I essentially threw every technique I know at it, except for a wash. And I might still do that.

The next video in my Grapple Gun build series will walk through the entire process I used to get it to this point. I'm feeling very proud tonight!

The Ladies of The RPF Calendar

After many weeks of hard work and steep learning curves, I have finally finished my very first calendar! This one features a number of costume and prop making members from the RPF, who all happen to be women.

Here's the back cover of the calendar, which shows who appears.



If you're interested in getting one, please send me an email at jablonskyexpress ___ at ___ yahoo ___ dot ___ com

Here's a sample of what can be found in the calendar. This is Miss January, Hydra:

ZF-1 Update, and Machining!

Amazon recommended this book to me, as it somehow knew I was going to be the proud owner of a mini mill and lathe. Although I have already had a ton of formal training on a mill and lathe, I think this will make for a great piece of reference, and will also help me learn some new tricks.



I can say with almost 100% certainty that Dykem was used on the ZF-1. It's a dye that is used in machine work. It's blue. I picked up a little bottle of it from Amazon so I can use it when I start in on the ZF1.

Mold For Arkham City Base

The other day I poured silicone on top of my acrylic master of the base for my Grapple Gun project.



Here is the finished mold, with the flash untrimmed:

89 Batman Spear Gun: Case Closed!

As some of my regular readers will know, this prop is something of a Holy Grail for me, one which I have had many trials and tribulations because of. Most recently, I've been quite satisfied with what is believed to be an all metal copy of the SDStudios resin piece. It's VERY nice, slightly flawed, and in retrospect, a bit inaccurate.

So when it was recently announced that new reference had come to light, and a newer, updated replica would be made available, I couldn't help myself.

This is a FANTASTIC replica, and I'm totally excited to have it. I consider this prop officially "done." Thank you SDS for making this a reality.