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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 28/09/2026

I was helping my friend make copies of his sculpt and thought it'd be a great time to try out 3D printing a matrix mold jacket!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 04/09/2026

We’re hitting the floor at Dragon Con in our new Slay the Spire costumes! Come find us!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 03/09/2026

We’re all unpacked and ready for an incredible #dragoncon! Who can guess my costume??

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 31/07/2026

Our good friend Erin's new book is available for preorder! Preorder The Crafting Con: whimsicalpublishing.ca/shop/preorde... #cosplay

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 30/07/2026

My buddy Erin is the one that got me into cosplay, back in 2009! Check out The Crafting Con: whimsicalpublishing.ca/shop/preorde... #cosplay

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 23/07/2026

I bought this resin kit years ago from The Crafsman, sculpted by CrafsSon! I love the Mail Snail, it looks great next to my Free Range Chicken!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 21/07/2026

I didn't own a tiny hammer so I made one, using metal scraps, on my lathe! I love knurl patterns and I want to add them to everything! #knurling

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 17/07/2026

A fiberglass rod can add tons of structure to foam prop handles! #foamsmith

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 16/07/2026

I made an axe from Avowed! You have to wet the EVA foam with water and then the epoxy clay sticks really well. The clay cures rigid, so you lose the foam flexibility, but I didn't need that for this build.

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 15/07/2026

I wanted to give you a quick tour of my childhood basement hobby shop, and the kind of projects, where I found my love of making.

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 14/07/2026

I used stamp ink to make custom printed fabric and it worked great! I 3D modeled the stamp with registration on the edges so I could line up the repeated pattern. #bg3 #baldursgate3

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 13/07/2026

Here's how I make patterns for bracers! When you only have one arm free, it sure helps to have a partner nearby. Thanks, Britt! #bg3 #baldursgate3 #cosplay

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 11/07/2026

I made Gale's Mystra earring from Baldur's Gate 3 but my ears aren't pierced! Luckily clip on earrings exist. #baldursgate3 #bg3

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 10/07/2026

Metallic stickers look so legit! #ghostbusters Ecto Goggle Stickers designed by demon-vice-commander on DeviantArt

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 07/07/2026

When I was 12 years old my family got to see two World Cup matches in NYC. Tickets were $50 apiece.

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 04/06/2026

We teamed up with Prusa Research to bring you something rad from Borderlands! #ad

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 03/06/2026

Here's how I make metallic-looking prosthetics without paint! #cyberpunk

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 01/06/2026

I needed a quick glove for a Cyberpunk costume, so I used zip ties! We also use our leather hole punch for way more than leather, the poor thing, haha

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 28/05/2026

This is the jacket I found for a quick, Cyberpunk-style costume I made for a convention. Leather paints work great on vinyl and so does contact cement!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 24/05/2026

We’re zipping through Astoria, and we had to swing by this place. #shortcircuit

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 22/05/2026

Years ago, when the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer came out, I made a custom necklace to wear with a cyberpunk-style costume. This totally justifies my scrap hoarding 😆

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 20/05/2026

Dry brushing on paint helps add highlights to the raised up bits. Then, going over the crevices with a weathering pass really makes the contrast pop!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 18/05/2026

For attaching EVA foam pieces together, I usually use contact cement. If the foam pieces are tiny, I'll use super glue (cyanoacrylate) which has to be held in place for a few seconds. #foamsmith

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 14/05/2026

A few years ago, we made our own #MYST book! Here's how we made the resin cast letters with real brass powder.

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 12/05/2026

I had so much fun piecing together this helmet design! I'm still blown away with metallic finishes on visors. You really can see through them! If you're going to wipe at the inside of the visor, you'll want to spray on a clear coat over the chrome, too.

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 07/05/2026

Parchment paper works great for diffusing strips of LEDs! #starwars

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 06/05/2026

I finally made this silly mod for my Mini Paceman. 😂

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 05/05/2026

Here's how I like to get a metallic look on props!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 30/04/2026

Over the years I've made several props for Film Riot's short films and one of which was this tiny drone! The version I made didn't need to actually fly for the film, but I had to give it a shot! #filmriot

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 28/04/2026

When using a heat gun on EVA foam, you can stamp textures into the surface! If you apply the heat gun again, the texture will mostly be removed. Also, the thicker the foam, the deeper the texture can be! (also also: don't burn the foam!) #foamsmith

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 28/04/2026

Who else is completely obsessed with Slay the Spire 2 right now? My wife and I are hooked on multiplayer. Also, every time this guy is defeated I snort-laugh. 😂

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 27/04/2026

I 3D printed a bunch of prototype pieces for my Blade Runner blaster, and I couldn't just throw them away. I used a soldering iron and ABS filament to make a fake, "injection molded" display!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 23/04/2026

Vash the Stampede's revolver needed the plant module! #trigun

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 22/04/2026

The Star Wars community already found a great, affordable visor for their helmets--a tinted grinding visor! I purchased some replacement visors for my Boba Fett and Mandalorian helmets and they work really well!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 21/04/2026

Here's the battery pack I like to use for costume LEDs, but I also had to try out a smoke machine! So cool!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 17/04/2026

Sometimes I don't want to hide my seams. Let's make them into features instead! #foamsmith

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 16/04/2026

I like to paint all the kit pieces separately before assembling, so it's not until the very end of the build when I get to see the whole thing put together! #starfield

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 15/04/2026

I made sure to do test fits before cutting into my one nice piece of wood, haha. This is the Rattler from the video game @starfield.bethesdastudios.com

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 14/04/2026

I bought two toy blasters so I could take one apart and see how the mechanisms work!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 13/04/2026

Here's how I scale my reference images!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 11/04/2026

They put out STLs for Rocky!! www.amazon.com/salp/project...

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 10/04/2026

The P1800 Volvo window handles broke off! It's finally time to impress my Dad with my art degree.

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 07/04/2026

Kristy, from The Honest Cosplayer, showed us how she makes flexible bracer molds with fine detail. Having a 3D printed core helps keep symmetry and structure during the molding process!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 31/03/2026

Foam clay push mold experiments with Steve from @sksprops.bsky.social <3

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 30/03/2026

How to level up your alchemy IRL.

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 26/03/2026

My Rose Quartz sword needed a gem! #StevenUniverse

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 24/03/2026

Amaze! Turns out there’s a free STL to download on the Project Hail Mary website! www.amazon.com/salp/project...

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 24/03/2026

When we made these ACES visors, they were too big to tint in a normal container. That's how we ended up with this metal, garden bin. It's been surprisingly useful over the years!

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 18/03/2026

Our TGRI scientists needed a giant dandelion! #tmnt #secretoftheooze

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