How to Create Air Bladders
Learn how to create translucent balloons, aka "bladders," for creature effects with master FX fabricator Ted Haines. In this excerpt from "How to Fabricate a Monster Suit Part 3," Haines shares the "Bill Bryan" custom bladder method, including techniques for fusing sheets of plastic, "pulling" texture into the material, and finally rigging and attaching a bladder for organic skin effects.
Free mini-lesson highlights:
- How to "Hot Trace" with a Soldering Iron
- Creating Contours in your Creature Balloon
- Rigging a Tube for Inflation
- How to Repair Holes and Tears
Check out the entire Kaiju Fury! making series here:
How To Fabricate A Monster Suit:
- How To Fabricate A Monster Suit Part 1 - Design, Pattern, & Prototype
- How To Fabricate A Monster Suit Part 2 - Detailing, Texturing & Mechanisms
- How To Fabricate A Monster Suit Part 3 - Mechanisms & Secondary Forms
- How To Fabricate A Monster Suit Part 4 - Completing Mechanisms & Assembling Components
- How To Fabricate A Monster Suit Part 5 - Kaiju Costume Finishing & On-Set Rehearsal
Building Miniatures:
- Building Miniatures: Small-Scale Model Making - Part 1
- Building Miniatures: Small-Scale Model Making - Part 2
- Building Miniatures: Small-Scale Model Making - Part 3
- Building Miniatures: Small-Scale Model Making - Part 4
- Building Miniatures: Small-Scale Model Making - Part 5
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