DruidCraft Props

Name: DruidCraft Props
Address: 3809 Tommy Street, Harrison, AR, 72601, US
Telephone: +18705770865
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DruidCraft Props is a 1-man operation dedicated to creating quality props & costume pieces for cosplay, LARP, reenactment and theatrical productions.

Cosplay, LARP & Theatrical Props

04/16/2023

It's been ages since I posted anything here, but I'm going to try to get my engagement back up to regular, weekly postings. Hoping to make more craft events this year, so I ought to have some stock built up.
I've got a few esoteric projects in the works, but I also want to produce more gaming terrain.
Here's my first completed piece from the new batch. It's more of an experimental piece, but I do like how it turned out.
Construction is 1/2 inch xps, repurposed after tearing down set from one show or another. We can't use the busted pieces for much in the theatre, and I hate to chuck them in the dumpster, so I'm giving them new life. Thus, I feel a creepy, necromancy, purple-and-black theme is an appropriate start.
Have a great day, hope you enjoy the piece!

04/04/2022

Current craft: 65 gallon hex enclosure for tree frogs. Doesn't look like much just yet, but when the foam dries, I'll get to carving it into shape.
I have some aquarium wood on order, and I'll be adding a couple of bridges and ramps with those.
There are two little plastic plant pots set into the foam, as well as several shelves for planting and frog chillout spots.
Once I get the thing planted, it'll be a matter of time before we add frogs. They appear to be on the pricey side right now, so I don't mind just having a really cool terrarium until they arrive.

02/26/2022

Been a long stretch working on other projects; getting prepped to adopt a kiddo, getting the house in order, trying not to have a PTSD breakdown from seeing news clips from Ukraine.
The usual.
Today, I got a bit of the ol' inspiration buzzing through my brain, so I'm gonna use it.
I have about 2 months until PCKC/VisionCon hit back-to-back, so I'm going to try to upgrade my King Elsson and Shredder cosplays for those cons.
The missus isn't using her dress forms right now, so I get to see Elsson all together instead of in parts. It's helping me to get a better mental picture of what's going on with all the parts. I can see that I need some kind of *pop* on the chest armor, so I made a paper template to try out some detailing, and I think I like it.
Also debating going all in on the rhinestones. Like totally encrusting the shoulders & collar with spakle.
Shredder needs actual chest armor instead of just going street-mode with a grey hoodie. That's my biggest project, right there.
In any case, I'm excited to get back into the swing of con season. Hope to see all you cool kids at one of them!

11/30/2021

Been an age since I last posted, but here's my latest creation; dark chocolate coconut haystacks.
I know a lot of traditional recipes use lo mein noodles, because they're cheap. I'm making an executive decision to go with toasted coconut flakes because I don't have to share.
Also, the last two rows have pecan chips in them as well.
Yolo.

10/08/2021

Today's project, to get my sewing skills back online, is a wizard hat. I'll need to do some sewing for Jungle Book, since the puppet has been deemed to unwieldy. No worries, though. I'll still finish it, because having a giant cobra puppet is far too cool to pass up.
In the meanwhile, I've got a basic wizard hat in the works. The cone's going to be a little shorter than I originally intended, but I think it'll turn out fine.
The fabric is brown flannel, so I don't have to worry about a "right" side to the fabric pieces. The stiffening layer is some heavy duty stuff, and is also the limiting factor in how wide the brim of the hat can be. I could've probably gone with a wired brim, but I wanted this to be a somewhat floppy hat.
Now, if I was feeling real gutsy, I could try to do a felted hat, but I feel like there's a very good reason those beautiful felted wizard hats at GenCon were $150+, and I can develop that skill some other time.
Besides, flannel is the material of my generation.
I'll wrap this fella up after I rest a bit and get my back to stop spasming from bending over, hehe.

10/02/2021

Working props on Jungle Book, and here's my One Day Build (okay, 2 days, but just because I had the wrong size aluminum tape) for Mowgli's Tooth.
Construction is 1/4" craft plywood, with 2 layers sandwiched over the hilt to bulk it up. Wood glue holds it all together.
The paint is a base coat of red, followed by a coat of Plaid FX gold, followed by a coat of 24k gold craft paint. It doesn't show in the picture, but under stage lighting, that gold *gleams* like crazy.
The gems are from a bulk bucket of craft gems, and I used gold puff paint for their "settings." I'm not super happy with my line control on the puff paint, but it's part of the learning process. That stuff flows a lot faster than I expected.
Anyway, nobody's gonna see that from the audience. Hopefully, the sparkles are enough to sell the "gem-encrusted" look. If not, I can always add some glitter.
The blade is plywood covered in aluminum HVAC tape. I textured it with my fingernails and applied some gunmetal acrylic paint to show the texture off. Again, not something that'll be easily seen from the audience, but it makes the blade look less clean and perfect. It has been sitting around in jungle ruins, after all.
All said, I really love this kind of work, and I expect that my future children will have the finest toy arsenal in the neighborhood.

09/21/2021

Getting started on a great big puppet for The Jungle Book at the Lyric!

09/11/2021

Polymer clay + chameleon powder = "Dream Dragon" scale?
Maybe. Dunno. Working on some costume bits for my walking around garb for GenCon next weekend, and I figured a wizard of my stature might have been gifted a fancy scale from a rare kind of dragon.
Sadly, video never really catches the coolness of color shift materials, but it's still pretty spiffy. I'll try to post some pictures of my first ever experience at GenCon, though Instagram may be the best place to catch those posts.

08/29/2021

Been a while since I got deep into the crafting zone, but I managed to get a set of "difficult terrain" markers started. Two sets, actually. One that's more of a rubble-type and one that's all woodsy. Once they dry, I'll get to painting them properly, and we'll see how they end up looking. I tried to make them relatively flat on the top so that minis could sit on them without too much trouble. Y'know, for those times when you just *have* to end your turn on some difficult terrain.
The rubble ones are sand, scraps of plaster, some grout, and a few larger bits of stone sifted out of the finer sand.
The woodsy ones are moss, tea leaves, and a pinch of mixed flocking.
Here's hoping they turn out well!

06/21/2021

Been doing some art lately, finally breaking through my creative slump.
I tried my hand at pouring multiple colors of resin without mixing them, with mixed success. The dice tray turned out fantastic, but the "geode slice" has morphed into a flower of some sort. Poured both at the same time, but the geode flower had glow powder as a 3rd color, and it decided to do its own thing.
Not mad at it, just a learning experience.
I picked up some traditional chinese ink and brushes a while back, and finally had a chance to use them on the new DruidCraft Props sigil.
Designing the sigil was, itself, a fun learning experience. Stepping up the Druidic part of my crafting, and such.
On further examination, I can see my initials in the sigil, which makes it extra cool. Going to start using it to sign pieces going forward.
Be well, have fun, see you all when I see you!

05/02/2021

Long time, no post. Been busy with spring cleaning, fighting allergies, recovering from COVID vax after effects (only lasted about a day, felt like the flu), and gardening.
In the middle of all that, I tried some resin experiments and . . . Yeah, I'm not going to bother showing the results. Every single experiment was a learning experience, to put it mildly.
Table wasn't level, used the wrong kind of ink, used too much ink, need a better UV light to cure the UV resin, ventilation was not sufficient.
All valuable lessons, to be sure.
But, now I know what not to do. I was using the last bit of my older resin, anyway. Not old enough that it would affect the pour, just the last little bit in the bottle that needed to be used up.
Gonna be taking a little mental health break in a week or so, so there's that.
Love, peace, and chicken grease, yo!

04/06/2021

Question to the good folks out there:
It looks like we're gonna have That Geeky Con again this year (HUZZAH!), and I think I'd like to do a panel again.
I went way too broad with my last one (getting started with cosplay), so I want too narrow it down to just one element of the process.
That said, what would you folks want to see me a do a panel on? Tools? Materials? Patterns? Detailing/Embellishments?
I want to keep it limited to something I can cover in about 45 minutes, give or take. Let me know what burning questions you have!
The con should be mid-July, as far as I know. I'll probably have a booth, so if you have anything you want me to sell, let me know that, too! Just about 3 months until con time! Woo!

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