How To Make A Steampunk Jetpack. DIY From Foam!

[@para_momal]

Love the "can't use a simple item" infomercial opening.

[@flamo3961]

Dude, a few hours ago, I smashed my fingers with a ladder just trying to set it up. I hate cleaning the gutters. Thanks for this

[@fasteddy4077]

Chris, you are truly gifted and an inspiration to us nerds that like to think outside the box. I’m definitely going to be watching you from now on.

[@TomBobdabil]

Whenever you post a new costume idea I always buy it, even if I'm not planning on doing it for a while, but your patterns are so detailed and give all the info I need. Thank you so much for another awesome project!!

[@goatelope7539]

I love the video extra story above just the build. Awesome work

[@LostWax]

Aww, thanks!!

[@LostWax]

Hey everyone, my preferred paints and supplies change over time. You can check out my current favourites on my Amazon page (affiliate link) www.amazon.com/shop/lostwax

[@omnivorouscorvid]

When this tutorial appears as soon as you decide to make a Steampunk Icarus cosplay for next comicon X'D

[@trilogic6502]

We have just finished the main structure of the jetpack. Your Templates are awesome.

[@LostWax]

Nice!

[@JDsThatGuy]

Great build, tutorial and even better story and editing!! Thanks so much for sharing

[@LostWax]

Thanks!

[@SilentReaperOFC]

DEAR GOD! Your voice is so calm I thought Zenyatta was narrating this!

[@jasminleech913]

Love that VFX at the start 😂😂

[@anitagomezxheenalaguerrera6359]

you are a great artist congratulations!!!

[@leahrice5827]

YESSSS! NEW LOST WAX VIDEO!!!

[@ShannonTorres-sx3rw]

This looks amazing for someone who's not crafty on a scale from 1-10. How difficult is this one?

[@ЛарисаКузнецова-и5ъ]

Мне жутко нравится этот парень! Огромный талант и потрясающее чуство юмора! Его идеи и исполнение блестящи! СПАСИБО!

[@nikkafrog]

Love jthm tshirt. Anything jhonan is awesome.

[@joyshappycrafts]

I instantly fell in love with your videos! Thank for your amazing videos and even tone!

[@dawneeduddy]

Love it!!!! Thanks for the fun along with the teaching!!! Will be purchasing your everything pack in a couple of weeks! :) Can't wait to see the rest of what you come up with.

[@LostWax]

Thanks!!

[@yagisan4184]

How can you be that imaginative? Oo omg, I love this video, thanks so much for doing this!

[@LostWax]

Thanks for watching:)

[@carlag1005]

you're back !!😀🙆

[@LostWax]

Yep:) For some reason, it took me forever to finish this project. I thought I'd be done by Halloween, but it looks like my estimating skills need some work!

[@carlag1005]

You did a very good job, it was worth waiting for. 😉

[@karenmusa3052]

Your amazing Chris and crazy hahaha i love it all..thanku so much. 🤣🥰

[@LostWax]

You are so welcome!!

[@SimonasSileika]

Thank you, I really enjoy your creative movies! Fun to watch! Keep going!

[@maryonhertiptoes6460]

Im so happy you are back ! I missed your crafts so much :) You have inspired my to do more steampunk items :) thanks ! Keep up your great work

[@jdhvnnibun2983]

Hello! I was thinking of using this pattern to make the jet pack for my Ulala (Space Channel 5) cosplay. I wanted to ask do you think it would work to cut the sides of the rectangle at an angle? I guess making it into a trapezoid? So that it would make a domed cylinder where the bottom is smaller in diameter than the top where the dome is? Or would it not fit together correctly?

[@LostWax]

Are you talking about the cylinders on each side or the whole centre section? If I think it would work with the centre section, leaving the two side cylinders coming closer together at the top.

[@Neliciae]

Yay! Missed your videos! So cool

[@hannahlou5176]

Could you make this with an opening in the top with a kind of "lid" and a fabric lining inside if you wanted this to work as an actual backpack?

[@LostWax]

You'd have to make it so the straps attach to the interior fabric inside lining, the foam wouldn't be strong enough to support the weight of anything too heavy.

[@rgg1009]

Yeh, Lost!!! Finaly

[@psychi1465]

im always so excited to see your new videos :D

[@beebo7071]

Love this guy

[@ObsidianIsOk]

where did you get that leather jacket?

[@skgerttula]

Love all your videos, glad to see a new one. I would love to make some of your steampunk items with my son, for him. Have you ever considered adding templates geared towards the smaller fans (he's 11)? I apologize in advance if you already offer that, I haven't looked into purchasing yet.

[@LostWax]

Hi there, a lot of my patterns offer sizes that would fit your son, I use my own 9 year old to test on:)

[@setaa2]

I WANNA DO THIS SO MUCH but I dont have money to buy the template ;-;

[@rylantaylor4529]

Same still working for my parents 😂😅

[@toniandjelovic4165]

@@rylantaylor4529 it jol i in oh m in k

[@vivianeb90]

Why can't I just trace piece 5 and then cut it to get piece 6? Haha xD Also I think you could save yourself some work by using 4 big mountain dew bottles or sth for the cylinders. Cut off the tops of the bottles, stack the ends into each other so that you get two cylinders, spray paint, voila, jet pack cylinders. But nonetheless I am amazed from your wonderful work.

[@swanriverwcgtv9441]

Cool video! Shadow's bit off at 0:31, but I don't know how to get those top-down lighting shadows right, either. Love the jetpack - did you make it for something else, or just because?

[@LostWax]

Yeah, and it should actually change size as it falls on the part of the house that's farther away. Fun to play around with though. I had a few requests for a jetpack, and I was glad to make something that wasn't a hat:)

[@katfromberlin6410]

Your son is sooooo cute!

[@kaninajames9633]

Chris help....! I’m working on this now. Just finished cutting out all the small pieces and I was watching the video to start cutting out the big pieces, for the jet pack body, when I noticed that you had all the piece #2 in 6mm foam in the video but on the pattern it says to cut it on 2mm foam.. please clarify... can I use the 2mm or must I recut 24 #2’s onto 6mm? Thanks so much!

[@LostWax]

Oh shoot, I am so sorry, it should be out of 6mm foam. My sincere apologies for that oversight.

[@RandomDudeSings]

This video is amazing and funny haha, I look forward to build this!

[@LostWax]

Awesome!

[@lauraverschure7881]

Hi Chris! I purchased your jetpack pattern and started working on it this week. I'm really enjoying it and your pattern is great, but I've got a problem with the domecaps. When I try to glue them togheter (using hot glue), the fist bit goes well, but after that's dry and I try to glue the more curvy part, the first part splits again, even when I let it dry for several minutes. Do you have any suggestions how I can solve this? Would it help to use contact cement instead of hot glue? Or do I need to cut the pieces a little bit angled? I hope you can help me out! Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@LostWax]

I sometimes run into this when using thicker foam, because it wants to resist bending. three things you can try: 1- heat the foam up and shape it a bit by hand before you try to glue it (good to let it cool before you glue or you'll have to wait longer) 2-Make sure you hold the glued part together until the glue is totally cool, 3- use contact cement, or even super glue on the parts that are causing problems. Hope that helps a bit!

[@lauraverschure7881]

Wow, that was quick! Thank you so much for helping me, i'll try this out as soon as I can!

[@richa7090]

Just curious. You use 6mm foam. I have 5mm foam readily available. Would it make much difference in the end to use the 5 instead of the 6? Thanks.

[@LostWax]

You should be fine with the 5mm foam. As long as it is relatively dense- not too floppy:)

[@richa7090]

Thanks. I'll check out its floppiness. 5mm yoga mats are pretty cheap at a local store. But the anti-fatigue roll mat is available for a little more (though, it's a little over 6mm, but it looks like what you're using in the video). Appreciate the response. :)

[@kserena25]

I suck at Hot Glue. The half speres of the fuel cylinders are driving me crazy.

[@MrNoxa13]

Wow, Already bought!!! is it possible to really fly?:)))))))

[@LostWax]

Maybe a bit more like falling with style:)

[@yuno1707]

How did you fly up

[@LostWax]

Computer and a greenscreen:)

[@jerrylin0312]

Did you get sponsored by chill thrill?

[@Zak.Attack]

LOL I TYPED STEAM PUNK JET PACK TO SEE IF I WANT IT ON BUILD A BOAT AND NOW I CAN MAKE IT IRL

[@Chop_Suey22]

Last time I was this earlier David Bowie was still performing

[@applefighterxd5095]

for second there I thought it was a commercial XD

[@kimberlydragone6015]

Did you switch to hot glue from contACt cement? I noticed you use both in your videos. I hate HG ...I always burn myslef and you have to work too fast with it. I I dont see where it would work good for this project...its globby and dries too quickly. I imagine youve switched because of the smell and flammability of CC?

[@LostWax]

Yep, you are spot on as to why I switched. Because I am stuck indoors in the Canadian winter, I decided to switch to something a little more human friendly. When I started making foam stuff, people would ask if they could use hot glue and I said "Nope" until one time I actually tried it and I was surprised that it actually worked. Then I found a silicone baking sheet and that made all the difference in the world for getting smooth seams. Also if you can control the heat level of you glue gun, you can avoid most of those burns. So, yeah, contact cement is a bit stronger and you can work differently with it, but since both my son and father having cancer, I am trying to use materials that have less risk associated with them. Have fun making!

[@kimberlydragone6015]

Lost Wax thanks for your response. Love your projects. Best wishes to your family members on health issues.

[@kimberlydragone6015]

Btw how does the silicone sheet help making smooth seams?

[@reaganpreshong7486]

Kimberly Barcello the silicone mat gives you something to glue against, and if the glue comes through the seams it flattens the glue and makes it look neat

[@luna_cat1019]

Hot glue is my savior. I used to use duck tape XD

[@happydayshappycrafts4611]

Hey Lost wax have a look at Camden market I think there is a website but you might get some ideas anyway I love your videos Kept up the good work XD

[@toivonjxy3023]

Ребят, если тут есть русскоговорящие, подскажите пожалуйста, что за материал этот парень использовал?

[@Chubercik]

Yo Lost Wax! I'm not sure why, but two pictures on your supplies site redirects to the same page :v I mean the color foam sheets

[@LostWax]

Ooh, thanks I will have a look at that.

[@Chubercik]

Lost Wax No problemo :D

[@mariamami4976]

your channel and you are excelant :v

[@xXCarryOnKillingXx]

do you twitch or instagram or anything else like that @lostwax

[@LostWax]

No twitch, but I do Instagram - instagram.com/lostwaxoz/

[@ThriftyVideoTutorials]

What would you want to see him do on Twitch?

[@xXCarryOnKillingXx]

Thrifty Video anything creative really. such awesome builds etc on here.

[@ThriftyVideoTutorials]

Cool. I'm familiar with the gaming side of Twitch but didn't realize there was some of @Lostwax's style stuff on there as well. /CE

[@xXCarryOnKillingXx]

Thrifty Video yeah there is a WHOLE other creative side of twitch now. we got glass blowers, seamstressers. heaps of cosplayers, prop makers. all manner of things. just like this

[@rgg1009]

Is Sad. IS unreal.

[@ace-nk8ln]

pls dont stop posting about steampunk...ty

[@scottthompson8823]

Never mind. I found it.

[@rbbelleza]

Wow nice jet pack does not fly tho but hey nice better if reaal

[@scottthompson8823]

How do i get the pattern?

[@ThriftyVideoTutorials]

I don't want to be an adult channel. I want to just have a few more friends ok? :)

[@lanesteele240]

Well shucks. My kite string broke :(. Now i no longer own a kite.

[@988achestnut3]

You can make steampunk gun?

[@LostWax]

I would love to!