DIY Medieval Torch Prop
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มิ.ย. 2024
- If you've ever needed to make a medieval-style torch for a costume/cosplay, themed room, or haunted display then you'll want to stick around for this one-day scratch build.
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You just provided me with the lighting solution for my haunts tour guides. My wife and I love everything you create. Thank you!
Happy to help!
Fantastic! Can’t believe that is foam ❤
That turned out awesome! Cinnamon sprinkled on wet paint will also look like rust on a project as well.
Love the stippling metal and rust effect. Just made a cage for Hansel and Gretal at our theatre. Going to give that technique a crack to scenic the cage!
very nice !! I to just bought one of those bulbs to place inside a lantern on top of a 90 year old street clock I am doing a restoration on. I figured it would give the effect of a gas light lantern
Oh heck yeah!! EDIT: You just gave me an idea to improve upon your candelabra prop. The eva craft foam is perfect for that! I've wanted to make the little "cup" shaped holders for the base of the candles!
🤯🤩 Just a FaBuLoUs Concept 🤩❤️
This is a great quick prop.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Awesome Love It.😊😊😊😊😊 Thank You for Sharing.
You are so welcome
Love this and appreciate that it’s a simpler build that anyone can make without special tools. It’s a beautiful piece. That is for sharing your knowledge
I am SO going to build one of these! Or two. Or...
Not sure I'm up to rewiring lightbulbs, though. I'll have to find a substitute way of lighting it.
You can do it!
I love those bulbs and have a bunch but didn't realize you can hack them to run on 5v. That's a great tip all on it's own. Thanks!
Super cool. Just what I was searching for. Thank you very much. Enjoyable video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So awesome
FANTASTIC 👏
Thanks!
This was helpful in so many ways! The hack of the lightbulb to run on batteries was especially valuable. I am intimidated by the simplest electronics. I have one of those bulbs that runs on solar power, but the wires came disconnected from the panel. Any suggestions for how to reconnect it?
Another suggestion for wood grain (albeit probably not on hand) is wood-patterned contact paper.
Finally, I love your voice, Derek, and could listen to you talk all day!
Glad you liked it! As for your solar light, you’d likely need to solder the connections back in place.
A fabulous new addition to your Halloween playlist. Great way to get into the spirit of the season. Thanks Derek!
This came out terrific
Awesome build! Gonna make some of these for my garage! 👍
Go for it!
so cute!
I have been playing with ways to use modeling paste lately. mostly as a replacement for Bondo on 3d printed parts but didn't think to use it to simulate rust. That was awesome!
This is an awesome project !!!! Thank you for sharing this !!!
My pleasure.
That is f’ing cool as all get out.
Good job Derek!
You Sir would have ruled in the golden years of monster films! Thanks again 😊 😎
One of the best How To guides I've seen for prop torches. And I have this exact need at the entrance to my haunted yard walkthrough. Impressive tutorial, thank you!
You're welcome!
Another awesome build!!!
So cool! Great build!
Awesome job!
Very cool, great job 🧡🤎💛🍁🍂
Excellent prop making. Love this one.
I wanted to do this for our game room, can't believe the electrical hack was that easy. BIG thank you!!!
This is so awesome and right on time for my Pirate Haunt Build for this year...Thank you, Derek!!!
Omg I love it!
Awesome prop! Will definitely be making a few of these in the future
That’s one fantastic/awesome idea for a Halloween prop 🎃💀🎈☠️ Thank you so much for sharing
I learned a lot man, thanks!
Very cool and very simple. LEDs have made doing crafting builds more fun.
Looks cool!
An easy-peasy prop!
Thanks!
Thanks for the lists of items needed. I just wish the LED light was remote control so that it wouldn't have to be taken apart to turn on/off.
Yes I agree
Brilliant… Simple, effective with amazing results
That turned out great love the simplicity of the build !!!!
This is awesome and I can’t wait to make more then one for my jobs decorations… TY
Very cool. The shelf liner was a nice touch.
I love scrap builds. My scrap pile gets embarrassingly large at times. Thank you!
My hubs who is not a haunter but an engineer, loved this video! He was amazed how great it looked!
Is he so cucked that he can't comment for himself?
Nice build. The thing I see to truly make it medieval is the addition of rivets where the uprights meet the cross rings. And anywhere else where two pieces of metal look like they are joined together.
Fantastic, want to make a few of these just to use around the house!
This torch is awesome and pretty easy to make following your instructions! You never cease to amaze me with your creations.❤
This looks incredible! Really well done and a super versatile prop that I think could also totally fit into a Ren Faire or D&D style set-up/party!
Just love watching your creativity!! Oh and your intro music is super catchy, I catch myself humming along to it, lol.
Finally getting a chance to check this out, fantastic stuff man. Turned out great!
Love this idea. I’m actually using the same electrical concept to add a bulb like that inside a lantern for my display.
Very, very cool Derek!!! Love the textures and the lighting is fantastic! Great work my friend!!
Just fantastic! Thanks for another great build idea.
My pleasure!
I love the idea of making wood grain with the cutting wheel! Love this project!
Incredible! That looks so freaking real! Way better than a real (safe) flame could ever do. Awesome build! 👍🏼
Dude thanks! Very cool
Great job! Came out amazing!
Thank you!!
That looks great. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
So Fun!! Awesome tutorial and it turned out GREAT ! Thanks so much!!
Glad you liked it!!
Awesome!!!!
What a great prop! Thanks for your attention to detail! Well done.👍
Thank you too!
Love this build. Simple but so good! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you like it!
Fantastique travail. Merci pour ce tutoriel 👏👏👍👍
So cool, and fairly easy to do! The idea for wood-graining the PVC was really clever too, something I wouldn’t have thought of!
This is amazing Derek! Wonderfully done and clever. Thank you for putting this out! If you are in Folsom or La Jolla in September or October, look me up!
That turned out great. I've just started building a "crypt torch sonce" from the HM that your application is perfect for - THANKS!!
I just bought my very first big LED flame bulbs and now I’m fantasizing about busting them apart in the future to use them wirelessly!
Looks great. Nice work man.
Thanks a bunch!
You are so professional and so talented and your videos are so amazing !
A lot of people that make their videos always say... and then I did this.. and then I did this..
Your videos are so entertaining and so professional
Came awesome. I'm going to try to build this one. Thanks for sharing. 👍😎
Have fun!
A metal wire paint stripping wheel in a drill also works great for adding faux wood grain to PVC :)
Nice idea, well made 👍👌
Super Mad Skillz! My health hasn’t been up to par lately so my creativity and drive to do it is down but it’s nice seeing your creations!
I totally was saying, "You used baking soda before. I wonder if I could use that" and then...You said it. haha! Love that confirmation! And I love this project. I am SO in love with this project idea! Thanks for sharing your creative genius with us, once again!
You are so welcome!
I got the stuff laying around to make this. I did order the bulbs (ordered 2) from your Amazon link. That was the only thing I needed.
You're right...maybe making this will get me back into the creative juice flow I need. My creative juices had solidified into an igneous rock LOL
Brilliant build! Would love to see you rest the torch from National Treasure that way! In the meantime, I have some spare pvc and foam sheets to collect!
Thank you. Been busy getting a business started. Catching up when I can.
Sweet!
So fun!! Would have been perfect for my haunt last year. I didn’t know you could modify those LED lights.
Love it!!!!!! 🎃🎃👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I always like the 'metallic' finishes on your fake metal props. It really does look like aged wrought iron. Also, that flame light is one of the best I've seen. I'll have to pick some of those up. Very nice over all.
Add some smoke to it with a bit of stuffing. I use hairspray to make it stiff and then add a bit of black or dark grey misted to it to make it smokier... then just sit into the top!
That wood grain looks real good.
Looks awesome. I started making some out of stainless sheet metal years ago but never could figure out the mounting points. Finally tossed them out when I was cleaning the shop. 😢
That's a nice looking prop. I was thinking if it was built of meta;, it would have small rivets to hold the bands together at the contact points. A dab of hot glue for a small rivet?
I did a similar hack to that flame bulb a couple of years ago for a lantern build in my temple theme. I used a AA battery pack instead of the cell battery though.
I might have to use some of these tricks myself, maybe an EVA foam cage for a live specimen?
Makes me wonder what the circuit board is for if the great flame-like flicker doesn’t need it!
You are awesome 😎
I'll need to figure out a cool wall mount that the torch can be placed and removed from as needed
Amazing🎉🎉🎉
Thanks
I love the versatility of eva foam. Nice lightbulb hack too. Nice prop overall, I usually have issues with paint coming off pvc easily. I feel like a primer and seal coat would be ideal for longevity and handling, but a sealer would work fine with minimal handling. I’d be interested if you made a wall mount for the torch, where it could be taken off and put back. Maybe involving magnets? 🤔
Have you tried cutting EVA with the Glowforge? I imagine the heat may affect the accuracy of the cut, but it’d be interesting to see some testing, maybe using a “protective” layer of something on top… I’d be testing right now if I had a Glowforge! Curiosity got me!
PVC can definitely benefit from an acetone wipe down before paint and a clear coat. As for laser cutting the foam, that’s exactly what I did and it worked really well. It’s just critical that you make sure the foam is actually EVA and not something else that would be extremely harmful to breathe when it’s being cut.
How do you only have 63k subs? Super fun and creative ideas that are approachable. I especially appreciate the tips like 'don't have X (specialized tool or item)? Try Y and get a similar result'.
Thanks, looks like I have some fun projects ahead of me!
I appreciate that!
Ok, now do a part 2 with a wall mount for it to fit into!
Maybe next time.
Your projects are amazing and you make it look so simple. I think it’s the way you speak and your voice. It’s captivating. Is that a voice you had to practice or is that your natural speaking voice?
Thanks! It’s my normal voice
Do you ever fail at anything?? Another superb prop.
All the time. I just don’t film it. Lol
Okay, I'd like some help. Following Derek's great directions, I have made two of the medieval torches. But I'd like to be able to slide them into holders on my porch posts. Any ideas on how to do this would be appreciated.
Fantastic. What does the circuit board inside the flame bulb do? I thought for sure it wouldn't flicker when you said you were pulling it out.
It drops the voltage from 110 to 5v.
Love these! What size does the template print to and how many can you get out of one sheet of foam?
The longest pieces are 13” long, so if you use the tile print function in adobe acrobat you can tape your pages together to make the template. You can get 2 sets from one 18x12” piece of craft foam