How To Make A GIANT Face from foam - 3d cnc milling blue foam

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stuff you need
foam safe liquitex spray paint: amzn.to/3SjvYXW
A gallon of elmer's glue: amzn.to/3Ig9NwT
00:00 intro
00:32 3d scanning
01:10 cleanup in Nomad
02:15 CNC setup in vcarve
03:15 cnc carving
04:23 assembling
05:30 sand and prep
07:13 painting
10:07 final results
10:15 what would I do differently
14:21 thanks!
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[@spcglider]

This is a lot of fun. After 25 years as a prop builder, here are some of the things I can recommend.
Options of techniques:
1) To hold the parts together while the glue dries and you intend to do some filling and sanding, bamboo skewers are long and can be inserted through the foam layers to secure the parts together while the glue dries.
2) Construction adhesive works well and is designed for these sorts of applications. Wood glue works, but is designed specifically for wood. Which might slow the drying process as the moisture in the glue has nowhere to go except out the sides of the join.
3) Surfacing. You can use sheetrock compound to fill and smooth the foam. It sands well and doesnt shrink much.
4) Coatings. If you'd like a tough, leather-like surface coating, a mixture of dry clay powder and Flex Glue is awesome. The downside is that the surface becomes fragile in cold temperatures. Room temp it is really sturdy.
Or you can use dry clay powder mixed with latex paint if you have an old can of paint hanging around. It's all water-based, so it's easy to clean up.
5) Be sure your foam is completely coated in a brush on latex or acrylic paint (flat paint is best) as a primer barrier before you use any spray paints.

[@CalebKraftmakes]

great tips!

[@spcglider]

I do this dort of thing on a much smaller scale with the pink insulation foam board to make mini Flintstones BEDROCK CITY houses.

[@MakeSomething]

This is cool! Great trick with coating it in Elmer's glue.

[@CalebKraftmakes]

thanks! it's a sloooow process but I think it really helps and is much easier/cheaper than resin of some sort.

[@noondlyt]

This is a wonderful piece ❤

[@nalgaman]

excelente obra de arte

[@AndyCPugh]

That's great work.

[@CalebKraftmakes]

thanks!

[@MrAlicia130]

Wow!!!

[@chickenyeet]

Wow you should make multiple with different facial expressions

[@freakenstein1984]

Hey love the video. Could you use the same Process to build a 8 foot Statue?

[@CalebKraftmakes]

I don't see why not. It would be a little more work because of undercuts but yeah

[@freakenstein1984]

@CalebKraftmakes what if it's something simple like a 8ft optimus prime?

[@CalebKraftmakes]

@@freakenstein1984 that doesn't sound simple but the answer is the same. Yes totally possible but you may find a few little issues you have to work to resolve, such as undercuts.

[@freakenstein1984]

@@CalebKraftmakes how much would you charge to make something like that

[@CalebKraftmakes]

@@freakenstein1984 I’m not taking on any work like that right now. My schedule is OVERLOADED and I barely even have time for my own projects. Sorry. If I did take it on it would probably be a few thousand

[@duubqnnp]

do you think I can sculpt a piece like this in other software? I started learning fusion 360 and it takes a lot of hours to learn a software like this, also it's another cost to pay for another software and I'm just doing it as a hobby

[@CalebKraftmakes]

depends on what exactly you're referring to. I didn't use fusion at all in this project. are you asking if you can do it in fusion? you can totally do the CAM parts in fusion. The face itself will hit the polygon limit in fusion, so you'll have to reduce the complexity of the digital sculpt, but it would work in fusion.

[@duubqnnp]

@@CalebKraftmakes i was't enough precise, what i wanted to ask is if it was possible to create the gcode of an sculpted piece in fusion 360, and later I've found some people doing something like that in fusion, so it is possible, what I don't think it's possible is to create a model as complex as yours in fusion, it's not it's purpouse! thanks! nice channel! have a nice day!

[@mensahniikweikwuma-ss1qs]

❤

[@dammitcoetzee]

nice one! so is this just like... hanging above your couch? ready to scare the shit out of someone in your attic?

[@CalebKraftmakes]

it's in my office, over my monitors. You can catch a peek of it towards the end at about 14:15

[@sleepyfacedangel]

So sweet... 🥰/

[@MrMittens1974]

A blended mix of yoghurt and moss brushed into her eyebrows and hair would really weather her (the model of course not your real wife). I quite like the way she's staring up at the heavens moreso than if she's just staring ahead. It's more enigmatic.

[@ari8908]

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