EPS foam is a great material. Light weight, not too expensive & relatively safe to work with. Its only flaw is it’s fragility. We spray a strong 2 part plastic coating on our props. Then we finish the look with automotive paints. Using materials that are industry proven means our sculptures last indoors and outside in the elements. The prop I’m coating in the photo was designed for children to climb on.
Posted 8 years, 11 months ago at 11:06 am. Add a comment
These sculpted creature displays were fun to make! A 6 foot long field ant
and a 4 ft tall Red Breasted Nut Hatch. That's a bird.
The accomplished exhibit company Condit Exhibits gave us this project.
They were great to work with and supplied us w/ all the measurements, templates and
CAD drawings we needed. The ant sculpture has a steel skeleton and an epoxy and
urethane coated eps foam body. The bird is made of eps foam w/ a Futura urethane
hard coated shell. Tough stuff! Chris Blarsky at Absolut Extremes painted the bird for us.
Thanks!
Posted 13 years ago at 8:27 pm. Add a comment