Ruining Props on Purpose with Ben Eadie

[@luke0709]

These look great! I would add a couple of techniques to complete the look: 1. missing stuff: sometimes stuff just goes missing... those paracord thingies on the staps? lose one of them! 2. cut some stitches: these look weathered but all the sewing and stitches are still new! get a stitch cutter cut a few stitches here and there (but secure with a dab of superglue so it doesn't come undone).

[@galli0]

And then you could stitch it down again with some more over the top stitching to make it look like it was hastily fixed 😁

[@punishedprops]

Excellent ideas!

[@NM-wd7kx]

Also replace some cord or webbing with something of a different colour or size.

[@TerryMaros]

Robot guest is a great idea. Should use more in the future.

[@punishedprops]

I agree! =D

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

It was fun :) challenging but fun!

[@Shunnabunich]

It's so cool that it almost seems like a shame to then just have an iPad stuck on top like that! Maybeeee…maybe if they hooked the iPad up to a mini-projector and projected the FaceTime call onto the back of a translucent mask (with purposely vague features so it didn't distort the guest's face too much)?

[@theoneleggedraven1940]

I’m spoiled. I have family members that went to war and brought back their kit and gave it to me. Authentic battle damage!!! Wonderful video, guys!

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Man, that “Robot Guest” idea is fantastic! So clever guys!

[@punishedprops]

You bet! Feel free to use it yourself! =D

[@edwarddevries9214]

With should straps like that you'll also get dark spots where you would rest your hands to get weight off your back/shoulders. You'll see that a lot on bullet proof vests.

[@punishedprops]

Ooh, great idea.

[@thedoctor755]

Also, between your & Adam's videos lately, I'm REALLY wanting a Ghostbusters kit again. I did one up back in 1984 out of cardboard, but a proper version has been a long time coming.

[@WilburJaywright]

This is so funny to me, because as a part CGI artist, I’m learning that the way to make things more realistic is to add defects. Captain disillusion also said “the crumbier something is filmed, the more realistic it looks.“ I just think it’s so interesting that that’s true in physical movie props as well. :-)

[@punishedprops]

That’s so true!

[@cedarmyers6709]

I was just saying the same thing to someone yesterday. How to make CGI look more realistic? Make it dirty!

[@scbret]

As a member of the sound department (IA Local 52), your videos are so fun and enlightening. Makes me want to hang up the boom pole and go play with props instead! Keep up the great work

[@punishedprops]

Thank you so much!

[@TocTocTrax]

Again a great video! Keep up the excellent work! I'm looking forward to another awesome upload! Take care and stay in touch! 🌻🤩🌻🤩

[@brycelynch2138]

6:00 - Get a coffee can. Throw in a handful of gravel or maybe some spare nuts and bolts. Throw in the metal parts you want to weather. Close it up. Roll it around on the floor for a few minutes. Or push it down the stairs (hopefully it won't come open when it hits the bottom) once or twice. I've also put it in the trunk of my car and driven around for a few days.

[@dragonbait1]

Tape. For webgear like the straps, loose ends get taped up with electrical tape or duct tape and then abused and frayed. A wrap of tape between the frayed end and the rest of the strap is common to keep a worn strap in service. You might tape the right side straps with red electrical tape (and then weather), especially if Right and Left is hard to tell at a glance. Apply tape after the washing, but before the beating and dirt. Paint and wipe, especially on duct tape to beat down the shine and muddle the color.

[@darksamich1173]

That is the coolest tablet stand ever

[@punishedprops]

Right?!

[@atin8996]

Straps turned out great guys :) and I agree three seems to be where the magic starts to appear you use one and it looks good you use two and you think surely it's complete but then when you all the third your mind is blown because how could you have thought it'd look so much better.

[@punishedprops]

Thanks so much!

[@markfergerson2145]

That tip about a trace of green in rust is one of my pet peeves in movie props. Being blue collar all my life I know that rust comes in many colors and shades depending on the alloy and what it was exposed to. Getting the color right tells part of the prop's life story. Most people who aren't blue collar might not be able to decipher it exactly but will subconsciously know that it looks right.

[@punishedprops]

Ooh yeah, rust is a complex and nuanced finish.

[@CowlickCCM]

This is all great info for some weathering for a project I am in the middle of.

[@punishedprops]

Excellent! Glad we could help :)

[@kitirena_koneko]

Weathering and aging have always been weaknesses of mine, so videos like this one are a huge help, as are some of the suggestions in the comments! Thanks to everyone for sharing all these wonderful tips!

[@joshmote]

Oh Man, would a Rock Tumbler work for some of the metal tumbling? Or would it be too slow? Washing machines might not always be available!

[@markfergerson2145]

On military strapping the metal bits may be hard to remove without cutting stitches (they are designed not to come apart, mostly). But as another person mentioned those stitches can be redone to make them look like hasty repairs.

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Oh! I may have to try that.

[@punishedprops]

Excellent idea!

[@thorley1983]

I love the robot guest format. well done!! 😃

[@punishedprops]

It worked better than I hoped!

[@xtrmn8r16]

I built my proton pack back in 2009, that's 12 years ago! It's gotten so beat up over the years from conventions and such, it actually has this patina like it was really used to bust ghosts!

[@punishedprops]

That's so totally legit!

[@MichaelACurtis]

Excellent work on the straps! Now to weather that jumpsuit to match.

[@punishedprops]

Yeah, out in the daylight the jumpsuit looks far too clean!

[@prodestrian]

I could really use a tutorial on this, I saw how awesome Adam Savage's suit looked (lots of dirt and grime) and I'm still trying to work out how to do the same on mine.

[@markfergerson2145]

@@prodestrian An airbrush is your friend. You could always roll around in some dirt but that falls off and can smell. It will however tell you exactly where dirt should be.

[@prodestrian]

@@markfergerson2145 if only I had one, or had access to one.

[@LostLifetimes]

If you wanted to do the metal in the washer thing, highly recommend Panda Washers or the WonderWash or similar really small washers (like 10lb capacity)

[@capatainnemo]

And the words for today are exciting and excited .

[@DaBuild]

Super educative! Cheers Bill! 👊

[@ct0760]

1:48 needs a meme or loop or something 🤣 What do you recommend for the frame? (Should i tie it to the back of my car at a lopsided angle so it flips and laterally rotates as its being dragged down the street? I think I'd get a citation for that...) 🤔 Also what would be a safer at home blowtorch substitute?

[@Mat_1000]

I'm not a maker but still, very interesting video! Also, since day one, I love Brit's robot costume, the design is really nice, but the craftsmanship and the cleanness of the work is just beautiful (like 99% of the props made on this channel anyway :D ).

[@punishedprops]

Thanks so much!

[@Rheora-Lolicots]

Pretty sure the next step is having a fully functioning exoskeleton for the robot guests

[@punishedprops]

Hmmmmm…

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

I asked for usable arms... Unfortunately I think I need to go to Bills and show him how to build them into remote control appendages.

[@blizatrex]

Some great techniques to add to my utility belt.

[@punishedprops]

Right on! =D

[@billdodson207]

excellent tips -- you could write a book on weathering

[@ScrappedFilms]

Sweepy is back!!!

[@punishedprops]

Long live Sweepy!

[@ScrappedFilms]

That’s one of my favorite builds you guys have done and he is one of my favorite destiny characters

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Benpy...

[@guyfecta83]

Can you share where you found those exact straps? They match the ones used on the Afterlife hero prop and the stitch pattern at the top doesn’t match original LC-1 or LC-2 straps at all so it appears to be unique to new repros that I’m struggling to source for my project.

[@stinkyham9050]

I feel like my time as a dirty 80s kid swimming in swamps and coming home covered in mud making my mom mad as hell has prepared me for this type of weathering effects.

[@punishedprops]

You're totally right!

[@ArmoredCricket]

I've used straight up dirt and charcoal to dirty and age clothes, is there any downside to that besides it most likely washing out eventually?

[@ready-to-believe]

I was wondering where did you get your alice frame straps?

[@tlac4120]

Weathering is great fun. Some years ago I weathered a shirt for my pirate with saltwater aged metal buttons, sweat, blood, dirt, food and drink stains and ruffed the shirt up. All in realistic places. It is really difficult to get a hug wearing the shirt.

[@punishedprops]

Legit!

[@BuiltBy_K]

I would find it really cool if you guys did a pair of ecto goggles, weather it me a repaint/ mod of the spirit Halloween ones, or a 3D printed pair, I think it would be a fun and interesting video for you guys to do, and it would finish off the final piece to fully be a ghostbuster.

[@punishedprops]

Funny you mentioned that... tune in on the 15th! :D

[@BuiltBy_K]

@@punishedprops :D!!!

[@RabbitsInBlack]

Another Movie that was filmed Years ago and finally makes the Theatre.

[@RDGoodner]

Loads of fun. I would love to hear a more detailed rationale for some particular choices, assuming there is one. LIke "I burned it here because the wand goes right next to this spot, and I imagined the hot wand might burn the strap here." I'm always daunted by the storytelling aspect of weathering. (Not that I get to make a lot of props).

[@punishedprops]

I guess it's up to the maker to decide how much of a specific story they want to tell.

[@noneyabidness9644]

Dafuk is wrong with yt? They unsubbed me from your channel TWICE and even now, when I am subbed with notifications on, I don't get any notifications. I came across this while scrolling and saw it was 6 days old. Yt needs to get their shit together.

[@metalstormarms]

Short of beating up our own dryers, wouldn't a small rock tumbler get the same effects for weathering metal parts?

[@punishedprops]

It just might!

[@natty15d]

Fantastic tips, thank you for sharing! :)

[@punishedprops]

You're welcome!

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

Rubbing on the ground to weather. I remember the first time I ever saw that technique. I was a wee child then and, it was the behind the scenes for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" they showed how they aged and weathered the zombie costumes.

[@punishedprops]

That's really cool!

[@Steierespaziali]

Man, can I ask something? Is the Alice frame and straps match with the afterlife movie? Have Ben told nothing about that?

[@LiqdPT]

Weird question, Bill, but what hat are you wearing? Where did you get it? Thanks.

[@punishedprops]

I got my hat on Amazon: amzn.to/3G34nDx

[@BucketheadStudios]

An important step which I feel gets missed a lot!

[@AndresBertachiniArt]

hey Bill i love your videos! i just find your channel, i also have a small props and art channel where i just finished my samurai batman cosplay!

[@Blake-jl8lh]

with this specifically im sure a proton pack needs to be lubricated and im sure that oil or lube would stain the straps a bit. maybe add an oil stain or 2

[@CatDribble]

I just have to that anytime someone uses a tablet for a face it looks bad, but this was a well executed example

[@punishedprops]

Thanks!

[@RickDangerousNL]

Those overalls in the end... look way to clean... take some weathering to those :)

[@punishedprops]

I agree! I need to get slimed!

[@KaOlsonSFX]

where can i get that pallet of powder pigments that has yellow, green, blue, and red? time stamp 7:21

[@punishedprops]

I found that at my local Hobbytown USA. I have no idea if they still carry it.

[@coopervanbonn7525]

I hope someday I’m on video call terms with someone like Ben…

[@amandaluker7970]

I have watched so many Punished Props Academy vids and they are great... finally realised who Bills voice reminds me of........... Kermit the Frog - its brilliant!

[@punishedprops]

Yeah I get that a lot and I'm super OK with it. =D

[@GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE]

Cool

[@elorus1366]

Could you make a series on master chief armor from halo? i want to get into cosplay, but i'm not smart enough to get the shapes and things right? but i want to make myself a master chief suit out of eva foam.

[@thedoctor755]

Just be careful not to fray the threads TOO bad... don't want stuff coming undone! When I did WWII reenacting, with reproduction gear, sandpaper was my friend in artificial ageing. Was that squirrel poop under the stairs outside?? :D

[@punishedprops]

It's more thank likely that it's bunny poop.

[@thedoctor755]

@@punishedprops LOL :)

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Get to work on weathering that backpack! It looks like you just unboxed it.😃

[@zdelrod829]

I have a prop idea. What if you made a pipe gun from Fallout 4? I think it would go great with the PipBoy 2000 prop you made a while back (almost 3 years ago, and the video came out 12/10/2018! ).

[@greggcummings4341]

tumbling in a small cement mixer for a couple of hours with water, bleach, sand, gravel etc might get you in less trouble than using the household washing machine.

[@_Just_John]

I have mad respect for Bill, Adam Savage, Frank Ippolito and many others, but when it comes to weathering I stick with my own methods. This result is far from good mainly because weathering synthetic materials like nylon is painful. It looks either new or it's falling apart and paint easily rubs off it. I make only heavily weathered stuff so I avoid synthetic materials. Old Bri'ish military pouches and harness' are made out of pure heavy cotton and are much easier to work with. When you apply some of shown techniques to those you will get much better results.

[@punishedprops]

Thanks! I love that everyone has their own methods. It makes for a delightful range of final products.

[@_Just_John]

​@@punishedprops Definitely. Making stuff is not about following precise instructions, but about adapting techniques for your own use. I don't use plastic or foam as the main material, because I don't like fragile costumes or props. If I would drop my costume from a 2nd floor of a building, nothing would happen to it, but I watch your videos because you never know where you might hear good tip.

[@VaultClown]

Can you make a video painting a bunny splicer mask from bioshock and building a few of the fully upgraded weapons from the first 2 games (Like this plz so maybe he will do it)

[@wakuotaku]

Do you think you could make a video concerning making closed off masks and helmets more breathable.

[@JayKoLord]

Or…. You find it already ruined in a military surplus 😬 (Great video thanks a lot)

[@punishedprops]

Another great idea. Military surplus stores have all kinds of great, pre-weathered stuff.

[@an_what]

Tell Ben when he waves to the camera it defeats the purpose of having robot arms on robot ben just smile man just smile

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Noted ✋

[@punishedprops]

I should have puppeted the robot hands! HA! =D

[@HDBrown-wc9xt]

Why isn’t the new GB movie coming out during ghost season. I mean come on it’s freaking Halloween. Ghosts , Halloween, busting ghosts all kinda go together, right?

[@willburke]

buddahcat, propmaster's assistant

[@punishedprops]

He's a real pro!

[@ghetorange9604]

I'm gonna go day one1 It's not that I hate 2016, I love Patty, but hopefully the sour taste will be washed from my palate that was 2016 XD

[@vitoguttilla2926]

Nothing like pretending you're a Buster in Manhattan.

[@Doctors_TARDIS]

What luck. I have a fresh set of LC-1 straps sitting on my kitchen table that need weathering.

[@kalliste23]

Why not use surplus used stuff. That’s authentic ageing.

[@michaelraw8299]

Please build another lightsaber but from a local hardware store. Again, Please.

[@robertmanson5922]

I am really not sure about this, yes a bit of weathering is important but if i was wearing a nuclear reactir on my back i would keep it clean and presteen as much and as long as i could. Over weathering looks cool but just doesnt make sense realistically

[@punishedprops]

You're probably far more responsible with your belongings than Venkman! HA! =)

[@ohhooidkein58]

Came here after Hutchins death

[@MusicIsLifeChick92]

in lieu of rusty blades to slice at fabric-y props to rough them up you could make a few passes at them with a cheese grater

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

This I'm going to try. Thanks!

[@MusicIsLifeChick92]

@@DreadMakerRoberts No problem 😄

[@punishedprops]

Fantastic idea!

[@ryjinannon]

Can confirm. I've used cheese graters on zombie costumes. It's great if you have large areas of cloth to ruff-up.

[@dragade101]

@02:54 goodness. your fingers in (nitrile) nonfire rated gloves.... that shit melts to your skin before it burns. Think bad heat shrink.

[@spankyharland9845]

I just would buy used military surplus gear....the military did all the work for you.

[@isaacmchale8832]

Some high-acid toilet bowl cleaner will rust your steel and brass parts, stain wood and fabric REAL quick... just keep it well-ventilated, and FAR away from your nice tools!

[@punishedprops]

Ooh exciting!

[@Dishyg]

Wait…. An American with a frontloader washing machine????

[@punishedprops]

You know it!