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Cardboard Iron Man Infinity Gauntlet

Cardboard Iron Man Infinity Gauntlet

Sure, you can go out and buy an off-the-shelf replica of Iron Man’s infinity gauntlet from Avengers: Endgame, but there’s something so satisfying about building your own. Seanscrafts shows us his DIY gauntlet he made using cardboard, a glove, hot glue, and paints.

Inside a Hollywood Prop Warehouse

Inside a Hollywood Prop Warehouse

Ever wonder what happens to all the props, costumes, cars, and other items seen in movies go when filming ends? Insider takes us on a trip to the Warner Brothers Corporate Archive, an extensive warehouse where many older props get stored.

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Vintage Electronics Prop Library

Vintage Electronics Prop Library

When TV shows and movies want to go back in time, they head to an unlikely place, the LES Ecology Center. This Brooklyn, NY urban sustainability organization has found a new use for old E-Waste, operating a prop shop housing thousands of retro gadgets.

Star Wars Death Star Section

Star Wars Death Star Section
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Most of the prop sections used to film the assault on the Death Star in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope have been lost. Hollywood Memorabilia got its hands on one of the few surviving sections. It was previously owned by an ILM employee and a Star Wars collector.

Making Monster Hunter’s Jawblade

Making Monster Hunter’s Jawblade

Rooster Teeth’s Master & Apprentice is about a master prop maker and a cosplayer showing us how professional props are made by crafting movie and video game items. Here they make the Giant Jawblade, a great sword from Monster Hunter: World.

Brilliant & Memorable Movie Props

Brilliant & Memorable Movie Props

(PG-13: Language) “Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough…” A tool. A gag. A clue. CineFix presents its top 10 movie props of all time, be they extremely effective on their own or fully supported by the film itself. And no, the top pick isn’t Rosebud.

Weta’s Ghost in the Shell Props

Weta’s Ghost in the Shell Props

Tested visited Weta Workshop to take a look at some of the props they made for the live action Ghost in the Shell movie. In particular, they showed off the Major’s thermoptic suit, as well as the masks and animatronics for the robot geisha.

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DIY Cardboard Terminator Arm

DIY Cardboard Terminator Arm

MudbrainsTvDIY gives us a brief glimpse at an amazing build – he replicated the T-800 arm that Miles Dyson had in Terminator 2. It’s made entirely from cardboard, glue, and varnish. If you’ve got about 7 hours to spare, you can watch how he built it, step by laborious step.

DIY Zenyatta’s Orb

DIY Zenyatta’s Orb

Like Overwatch? Awe Me shows us how to make a floating replica of Zenyatta’s Orb of Destruction using a plastic ball ornament, EVA foam, an electromagnet and an LED. The beauty of this guide is that you can easily spin it off to make other levitating orbs.

Dark Knight Batpod Movie Prop

Dark Knight Batpod Movie Prop

Prop Store is auctioning off one of the six Batpod motorcycles that were made for and used in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. It’s in display-only setup and is slightly damaged, but this one-of-a-kind ride is expected to fetch at least $80,000.

Prop Wars: Prop Harder

Prop Wars: Prop Harder

Sneaky Zebra offers up an all-out battle for geek supremacy, with its soldiers equipped entirely by awesome and iconic replica props from sci-fi and superhero series, and a heaping helping of VFX to bring them to life.

Scarface’s Little Friend

Scarface’s Little Friend

Julien’s is auctioning off the Colt AR15 rifle and M203 grenade launcher props that Tony Montana used in Scarface. The launcher was handmade for Brian De Palma’s film, but it was reused in Predator as part of Dutch’s gun. So it’s Schwarzenegger’s little friend too.

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Fictional Hotel Notepads

Fictional Hotel Notepads
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Herb Lester offers stationery based on six fictional hotels, including The Overlook Hotel (The Shining), The Great Northern Hotel (Twin Peaks) and The Green Man Inn (The Wicker Man). Available individually or as a set. Sadly, no Grand Budapest Hotel.

The Superhero of Cosplay

The Superhero of Cosplay

Wired talks to Shawn Thorsson, whose life changed course after he saw a trailer for the first Iron Man movie. After making a replica of Tony Stark’s suit, Shawn never looked back and has been making amazing costumes and prop replicas ever since.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: BB-8

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: BB-8

Forget about magnets, how the heck does this droid work? Star Wars: Force Awakens roller-droid BB-8 surprised attendees of the movie’s live panel at Star Wars Celebration by rolling onto the stage and having a brief chat with R2-D2.

Han Solo’s Blaster

Han Solo’s Blaster
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Profiles in History is auctioning off Han Solo’s weapon of choice. Harrison Ford (and perhaps Mark Hamill also) used this non-firing DL-44 Blaster in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

Elysium TST Chemrail Rifle Replica

Elysium TST Chemrail Rifle Replica

A perfect copy of the dual-stage linear motor rifle wielded by Matt Damon in Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium. This prop is made from fiberglass by the talented craftspeople of Weta Workshop, who also made the original movie weapons.

Breaking Bad Prop Auction

Breaking Bad Prop Auction

It’s time to say farewell to Breaking Bad’s many iconic creations – Los Pollos Hermanos, Hector’s wheelchair, Walt’s Aztek, pink teddy bears, and yellow hazmat suits. Or you could take them home forever. Auction runs 9/29-10/8/13.

Epic Halo Needler Replica

Epic Halo Needler Replica

Harrison Krix of Volpin Props shows off his incredible replica of the Needler from Halo 4, as it goes from concept to completion in this time-lapse. The gun measures 31 in. long, weighs 10 lbs. and is lit by 54 LEDs. Build log on Tested.

Team Fortress 2 Weapon Props

Team Fortress 2 Weapon Props

Nathan Longest is an animator and digital effects specialist by trade, but he’s also got mad prop-making skills. Here are his replicas of some of the weapons in Team Fortress 2. Contact him for commissions here.

Johnson Arms

Johnson Arms

Brian Johnson makes custom Nerf guns “and other object-spitting devices.” He can make both prop and working replicas and is great with steampunk, videogame-inspired and realistic designs.

GoW Digger Launcher Replica

GoW Digger Launcher Replica

A jaw-dropping replica of the Digger Launcher – the pistol-sized grenade launcher from Gears of War 3  – made by Ryan Palser and his wife Dena for the Make it Real contest on Instructables.

Mass Effect Omni Tool Prop

Mass Effect Omni Tool Prop

Designer Chris Myles made this kick-ass replica of the Omni Tool used by Shepard and the other characters in the Mass Effect universe. It’s made of sheet acrylic and has a swing out Omni Blade.

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