Make Your Own Lifesize WIZARD STAFF

Are you playing a spell slingin' wizard, or looking to add some cool props to your D&D room? What better than a LIGHT UP wizard staff! In this episode learn some new techniques for working with foam and plastics and why basic 3d printing can save a project.
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[@Atmoseeker]

Have any other ideas of how to use the FREE Gemstone STL? Let me know in the comments!

[@Nergy]

Could pop one in a crown, or smaller scale like a big glowy ring!

[@plasticarcade]

I’ve built some of these out of pvc definitely work outside or with an industrial shop vent and a mask with the pink and yellow bio voc filter. PVC puts off some nasty fumes that will cause brain damage and lung damage very quickly…. Alternatively polycarbonate tubing is much safer to use and almost as durable. I would still work in a ventilated area or with a mask but you have less risk of brain damage or blindness or lung failure with it.

[@deenagleason1225]

I'm surprised you didn't take the time to go out and find a stick of wood for sending out there.

[@LucifurVanGohl]

I just realized the staff looks a little similar to the staff from the movie shazam but i can also see a major difference "with great power, comes great responsibility" i just love how it turned out

[@Atmoseeker]

Thanks a lot! Yeah you're spot on, Shazam was definitely an influence on the design 👌

[@grizzlyironbear]

While i'm not fond of the pvc staff idea, That gives me ideas for the use of those road flares...

[@BlackFoxLeather]

I like how comfortable you are in front of a camera. I hope to be like that someday.

[@Atmoseeker]

Thank you! It's something I've been trying to work on so I really appreciate the complement 👍

[@MrSpookyDave]

Another brilliant video mate! Thanks for all you do to inspire.

[@PipsqueaQ]

So inspired! I'm going to make one with a hanging lantern

[@Atmoseeker]

Sounds awesome! Thanks for watching 🤘🔥

[@ConstructedChaos]

Really cool prop!! I need to make one of these for the game room!!

[@rjhowtos4130]

Amazing🔥✨

[@Atmoseeker]

Thank you!

[@kodakodiak3949]

I have been wanting to create a set of columns, from a 3d print or resin cast, that look like they are made of natural crystal growths. The goal is to have them lit from beneath by hidden dmx lights of some kind so that I can control the color and lights of them from my stream deck. It's a project that your videos inspired and I had been struggling to find an stl file for a large crystal. It's so amazing that your video had pretty much exactly what I was looking for!!

[@Atmoseeker]

Sounds like a fantastic project! Glad you found the videos helpful 😊

[@ZaneMorganCrafts]

I give you props

[@Atmoseeker]

**slow clap** ...well played

[@snoryman]

I really love all your creations, your videos are awesome! Keep up the great work!

[@Atmoseeker]

Thanks so much! 💙

[@SanDiegoBass]

Love it! Awesome to see more craft content! Thank you!

[@topdogjr0068]

I’m doing a project for college and this looks really useful (not to mention awesome as hell) Thanks for the tutorial! I just had one question, do you have an alternate method to creating a crystal for the tip? I unfortunately don’t have access to a 3d printing machine but I’d be willing to try whatever to get this thing created!

[@Atmoseeker]

One thing that might work is a method I used to make some ice formations. Grab some plastic from a blister pack (or something similar), and finding a decent rock the size you want for the crystal. Then warm up the plastic with a heat gun and try and form it around the rock. It's tricky because you have to get it quite hot (use gloves) but could do the trick. If you had access to a vacuum former, that'd be a fancier way of doing a similar thing.

[@deenagleason1225]

I thought that glue stick with such a good idea but it was 260 $16 for 60 of them I just need one good job on your staff

[@groob_dude]

Very Nice.

[@KnarbMakes]

Nice technique for bending that pvc pipe!

[@WylochsArmory]

Y E S .

[@ianbarber2937]

For mine I went into the woods and found a cool stick

[@Atmoseeker]

That's awesome. Yeah where I live in Australia, good sticks can be hard to find in dryer bush lands.

[@TheHypeGoblin]

Me: looking for inspiration for a staff. *sees this video* Oh perfect! 🎉

[@Atmoseeker]

Hey thanks! Glad you found it! 😄

[@uoraziel]

Wow ! This is epic... i like the decore alot, potions and nic nack you have in the back round. Im looking for ideas too sort of decorate some of my room. I saw your pirate theme video can you do a tour for us please. And how did you make those big potions in your video?

[@Atmoseeker]

Thank you! A lot of the potion bottles are finding cool bottles from the craft store or dollar store, then using either food die, or acrylic ink to tint water inside them. In some cases I use some Led strips or colored led tealights placed behind them to make "glowing" potions

[@uoraziel]

@@Atmoseeker wow! Epic ...

[@CampaignTerrain]

Cyanide gas is a poor start, but the finish is brilliant. And you clearly didn't die, so... yeah. Really nice addition to the atmosphere

[@Atmoseeker]

Heating a lot of materials often causes fumes (a lot of crafters melt and cut foam) but I think the danger always comes if you burn the material and see black smoke (foam included). I don't know about cyanide, it's hard to find that specific info, but all the more reason to wear protective gear when working with materials. Heating and warping PVC pipes is a common method amongst haunters and cosplay artists.

[@richardparsons]

I believe it’s hydrogen chloride, but either way, between creating a toxic gas and creating all that pvc dust, as cool as this thing looks… no thanks.

[@TimLewallen]

I always like your videos. This looks great. I do have a question however. You went through a lot of trouble to make plastic and paint look like wood. Why not just start with a wooden staff?

[@Atmoseeker]

Thank you! You absolutely could start by using a regular stick. The problem is that perfect stick isn't easy for everyone to find. Plus you could use that method to make different kinds of "wooden" props in a variety of shapes.

[@isaacborden32]

Make your own, as long as u have a 3d printer. Lol

[@Atmoseeker]

Would love to hear any suggestions on how you'd create the transparent crystal 👍

[@s-wo8781]

I want to make Mimikyu's fake tail as a wand. Should I get some kind of foam? I don't want it big like this.

[@notlazyy]

you might need to get some EVA foam for it but you can probably use poster board and some paper mache? and good luck if you haven't done it and still wanna!

[@misterpegasus1105]

Damn it was amazing or rather epic this staff I don't know much about RPG, but this staff reminds me a lot of Ian Lightfoot from Pixar's Onward. And as Ian says: ✨ALOFT ELEVAR!!!✨

[@Atmoseeker]

Ha well you nailed it, It was actually my kids pushing me to make one after seeing that movie. Voltar Thunderseer!

[@misterpegasus1105]

@@Atmoseeker hahaha, I understand but what did you think of the movie?

[@Atmoseeker]

@@misterpegasus1105 loved it! I ended up grabbing the Quests of Yore board game which has been fun with the family

[@misterpegasus1105]

@@Atmoseeker I'm glad you're your family, they had fun I've heard of this game, it's just like the movie where Barley is too passionate about this game, I could play it but there's the however like I said I don't understand anything about RPG mainly if it's a board game and here in Brazil unfortunately it doesn't sell the game.

[@misterpegasus1105]

@@Atmoseeker And Onward is my favorite Pixar movie is number one in my top 10

[@anetrom]

I see this is an "old" vid, but just be careful around heating PVC. The fumes he talks about is hydrogen chloride gas, which when mixed with water/steam/moisture makes hydrochloric acid. And you dont want that anywhere near you!

[@AABlackwood]

How thick is EVA foam dowel used here?

[@Atmoseeker]

Ooh it's been a while since i had those dowels, but looking back i'd probably say about 1.5cm thick

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

Do those battery operated road flares have a specific name? I tried googling it and I'm not seeing anything like them. Mostly seeing these orange puck things.

[@Atmoseeker]

Thanks for watching! There should be an eBay link in the description, another name for them is "Reusable Glow Sticks"

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

@@Atmoseeker Ah yeah. Sadly for me, in Australia. With £101.47 shipping (which is $180.18AUD) to the UK. Sod that noise lol. I'll just hope I can find a decent solution with the term "reusable glow sticks", though so far most results look like cheap rave crap.

[@Atmoseeker]

Yikes! Here's a UK source that might be better www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313618443202?var=612427033274&hash=item49051dabc2:g:GykAAOSwhvJhALyI

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

@@Atmoseeker Cheers but though that is eBay UK, the seller is still AU and it looks like they don’t even ship to the UK on my end.

[@Atmoseeker]

@@RainMakeR_Workshop that's weird. I'm in Australia and originally found these in a Costco. It looks like the brand is "Infinity X1". Could try looking at the links in wyloch's original video, but pretty sure those are US links. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2qmXqlp8eFmdk These are super handy, so I'll continue to try and find a source.

[@DeeJoke25]

What type of light did you use

[@Atmoseeker]

3:02 Shows the light in action, with a link in the description.

[@mandydandy12843]

Can I just use a real stick?

[@Atmoseeker]

Haha absolutely! This pvc pipe approach is a prop making technique that can allow you to make some really interesting shapes and gives you that control. We don't have European/American style forests here in Australia (it's more bush/scrub lands), which can make it really hard to find the perfect wizarding stick.

[@MarekMirocha]

Use real wood and materials because them the staff will work

[@KortovElphame]

*I'm old enough to remember when DnD wasn't overrun with nerds and cosplaying hipsters* Ahh the good old days

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

Cosplaying hipsters is new. But nerds and geeks have always been the core players in Dnd.

[@karensmith4000]

The average person does not have one of the machines around for forming the stone. Disappointed in this video

[@Atmoseeker]

Sorry to hear you didn't like the video. I'd love to hear crafting alternatives for creating the gemstone! I've found 3d printing a really useful tool and my hope with this build is to inspire some creativity.