Inside the workshop

How it gets made.

Every piece starts as a digital model and ends as something you can actually hold. Here is the path it takes: printed, assembled, sanded, primed, painted and finished by hand in Central Florida.

A character face mask printed in pale filament on a 3D printer bed
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Printed

The model goes onto the print bed in the sizes and materials that suit the piece — full props, busts, masks and custom parts, printed in the studio.

Matt Baribeau holding a large assembled armored bust straight off the printer
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Assembled

Printed sections are dry-fitted, glued and joined up, so the real size and proportions of the piece show before any paint goes on.

A primed grey character figurine standing beside its maker
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Sanded & primed

Seams get filled, sanded and primed, over and over until the surface is smooth enough to take paint the way it should.

A large sculpted head on a wooden turntable with purple base coat painted over the back
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Base coats

Big blocks of colour go on first. That is where a piece starts to read as the character instead of a pile of printed parts.

Close up of a hand-painted character figurine with painted eyes, lips and a silver ring
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Painted by hand

Eyes, teeth, weathering, gloss and matte — the small details are done by hand, one layer at a time, until it looks alive.

One piece, start to finish

Deadpool, in three sittings.

The same life-size bust at three points on the bench: red all over, then detailed and weathered by hand, then done.

See the finished work
A life-size Deadpool bust covered in a glossy red base coat against a black background
Base coat

One colour, everywhere. The whole bust goes red before a single detail exists.

Matt Baribeau flashing a two-finger gesture behind a Deadpool bust with black detailing and weathering painted in
Detailing

Black patches, shadows and wear go on by hand, and the piece starts to look used rather than printed.

Matt Baribeau beside the finished Deadpool bust with harness straps, buckles and painted eye mesh
Finished

Straps, buckles, eye mesh and a final seal — it is done when it reads as the character from across the room.

A workshop table holding a character bust, a Spider-Man head, a painted sculpted head and a printed arm, all at different stages
The bench, mid-project

Several pieces at once.

Busts, masks, arms and figures all live on the same table at the same time — each one at a different stage.

See the finished work

Your imagination.
Made real.

A life-size prop? A one-of-a-kind sculpture? Let’s make something wicked good.

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