Resources

Prop making communities

One of the biggest prop communities around, a great resource for prop building; The RPF

The Dented Helmet is another good resource for prop builders

The Halloween Forum, prop section has some interesting projects

Looking for Blade Runner or Alien props?

Props forum for Star Wars fans (especially Vader)

Haunt Forum has special sub-forums on all things prop related, electronics, pneumatics, etc! 

PICAXE (Microcontroller) Sites

Picaxe.com is the one-stop shop for PICAXE information – documentation, software, everything!

The Picaxe forum is the next best place for info on these exceptionally handy microcontrollers.

Sites for inspiration

Eric Hart’s Prop Agenda has a list of 100 best sites for the prop-maker with plenty of ideas: http://bit.ly/2kh0O1T

Looking for ideas or inspiration?  Here’s an interesting list of makers in Hollywood: http://bit.ly/2jf7xfq

Tutorial sites

Punished Props has some great resources for prop-making.

Adafruit Industries has lots of information on electronics – you can start by learning all about LEDs

Parts and equipment

I’ve used these BigDawgs Sound Boards for sounds, they work great: http://bit.ly/2j80p0K