Here’s a full list of ALL the tutorials we currently have on Worbla.com! Looking for something specific? Use the find shortcut: CTRL + F on Windows, CMD + F on Mac OS
If you’re looking for a simple project to get started with, we’ve collected some of our favorite simple tutorials that make great jumping off points here.
Remember: Just because it doesn’t show your specific character, you can use the same techniques from a Legend of Zelda bracer for a World of Warcraft or Game of Thrones bracer – the basic techniques stay the same!
Getting Started
Getting Started
- Dyeing Worbla’s Pearly Art, TranspArt, Crystal Art and Deco Art with Rit Dyes
- The Complete and Utter Beginner’s Guide to Worbla.
- A Hybrid Method – Folding and Sandwiching Worbla
- The Sandwich Method
- Attaching Straps for Armor
- Removing Air Bubbles
- The Folding Method
- Measuring how much Worbla you need
- Recycling Worbla Scraps
- Making a Thermoplastic Friendly Workspace
Getting Started Videos
- Custom Colored Gemstones with Crystal Art
- Using a Cricut with Worbla – Video
- Easy Mold & Cast with Worbla’s Pearly Art – Video
- Creating a scale pattern – Video
- Hiding Worbla Seams – Video
- The Folding Method – Video
- Creating Triangular Details for Armor – Video
- Fine detailing with Worbla Black – Video
- Attaching Armor Without Visible Straps – Video
- The basics of LED lighting – Video
- The Sandwich Method – Video
- How to Make a Pattern – Video
- Introductions to Worbla – Video
Tips and Tricks
- Preventing and Removing Air Bubbles with Worbla
- Squaring Up Edges
- Adding a Zipper to Worbla
- Filling in Gaps and Seams – Video
- Using a Die Cut Machine with Worbla
- Where to use each type of Worbla
- Removing Air Bubbles
- Recycling Worbla Scraps
Tutorials:
Accessories
- Worbla Horns – Blood Moon Katarina
- Blood Moon Katarina Mask
- Pleated and Embossed Pleather Belt with Kobracast
- Worbla Greaves – Zagreus from Hades
- Daggers – Foam, Worbla, and Resin
- Ningguang from Genshin Impact – Gloves, Hair Ornaments, Shoes
- Childe’s Foul Legacy Mask – Genshin Impact
- Childe’s Mask from Genshin Impact
- Owl Mask with Pearly Art
- Ryuko Tatsuma Winged Headpiece and Eye Cover
- Low Profile Worbla Attachments: Using Magnets for Nyx from Hades
- Stained Glass Effect with Worbla’s TranspArt
- Making an Armored Corset for Cersei Lannister with Worbla!
- Making a Chain from Worbla
- Worbla Flower Necklace
- TranspArt Crystal Necklace
- Cersei Lannister Belt from Game of Thrones -video
- X-Men Belt Buckle – Video
- Making a Pokeball Purse with Worbla’s Mesh Art
- Dragon Age Morrigan Necklace
- Loki Belt Discs
- Inquisition Buttons (Recycling Worbla)
- Creating a Belt Buckle
- Sailor Moon Tiara – Video
Attaching Armor
- Hypnos Wings Tutorial with Worbla’s Black Art
- Low Profile Worbla Attachments: Using Magnets for Nyx from Hades
- Attaching Armor: the Punch/Stud Method
- Attaching Armor Without Visible Straps – Video
- Attaching Straps for Armor
- How to Attach Your Armor – Video
Bows and Crossbows
Body Parts
- KDA Ahri 9 Tail Tutorial – Video
- DIY Prosthetic Cover
- Articulated Skeleton Hand
- Satyr and Minotaur Builds with Digitigrade Legs – Video
- Making Fake Breasts – Video
Bracers
- Darth Maul Samurai Build
- Mulan’s Mushu Armor with Pearly Art Scales
- Worbla’s Pearly Art Scales Dragon Bracer Tutorial
- Dragon Bracer
- Crystal Art: Dragon Scale Bracers – Video
- Edward Elric’s Northern Automail
- Fire Emblem Gauntlets and Vambraces
- Hyrule Warrior’s Link Bracer – Video
- Automail Build – Video
- Bracer Making Basics – Video
Breastplates and Pauldrons
- Sewn Construction for Armor with Worbla’s Black Art
- Jeanne D’Arc Alter – Worbla and Foam Armor
- Camilla’s Breastplate with Foam and Worbla Tutorial [Fire Emblem]
- Bikini Style Breastplate With Cut out Details with Pearly Art
- Sombra Cyberspace Pauldron
- Angewoman Bra Cups – Video
- Full Coverage Breastplate: Mercy from Overwatch – Video
- Movie Wonder Woman Build – Video
- Detailed Wonder Woman Breastplate
- Steampunk Armor Breastplate
- Hawkgirl Build – Video
- Female Breastplate – Video
Buckles and Buttons
- X-Men Belt Buckle – Video
- X-Men/X-Force Belt Buckle
- Loki Belt Discs
- Inquisition Buttons (Recycling Worbla)
Casting and Moulding
- Custom Colored Gemstones with Crystal Art
- Easy Mold & Cast with Worbla’s Pearly Art – Video
- Creating a Kobracast Art Wolf Head – Video
- Creating a hollow skull with Worbla – Video
- Large Molded Details with Worbla
- Molding Details with Worbla Pearly Art – A Review of Worbla’s New Thermoplastic
- Molding with Worbla’s Pearly Art – video
- Clay Molds for Intricate Details on Worbla
- Creating Yuri’s Eros Crystals
- Worbla Backing Mother Molds- video
- Using Worbla’s Finest for Resin Casting
- Casting with Worbla
Worbla’s Crystal Art- Crystal and Flower Headband with Crystal Art
- Custom Colored Gemstones with Crystal Art
- Saragosa Dragon Crown with Worbla and L200 foam
- Dyeing Worbla’s Pearly Art, TranspArt, Crystal Art and Deco Art with Rit Dyes
- Molding with Deco and Crystal Art: Results
- Crystal Art Runes
- Crystal Art: light up quartz formations – Video
- Crystal Art: Dragon Scale Bracers – Video
- Shaping Crystal Art: Magic Wand – Video
- Creating Yuri’s Eros Crystals
Worbla’s Deco Art- Deco Art Fox Ears
- Dyeing Worbla’s Pearly Art, TranspArt, Crystal Art and Deco Art with Rit Dyes
- Molding with Deco and Crystal Art: Results
Crowns and Headpieces
- Crystal and Flower Headband with Crystal Art
- Saragosa Dragon Crown with Worbla and L200 foam
- Wonder Woman Tiara
- Making a Winged Crown
- Princess Peach Crown
- Sailor Moon Tiara – Video
Detailing
- Pleated and Embossed Pleather Belt with Kobracast
- Hendry’s Art – Glorious Worbla Home Dec for Gifts and More
- Darth Maul Samurai Build
- Easy Mold & Cast with Worbla’s Pearly Art – Video
- Creating a scale pattern – Video
- Large Molded Details with Worbla
- Molding Details with Worbla Pearly Art – A Review of Worbla’s New Thermoplastic
- Molding with Worbla’s Pearly Art – video
- Clay Molds for Intricate Details on Worbla
- Fabric Stamps with Worbla
- How to Create Worbla Feathers
- Making a Chain from Worbla
- Creating Triangular Details for Armor – Video
- Embossing Worbla with a Die Cut Machine
- Fine detailing with Worbla Black – Video
- Using TranspArt for Clear Domes
- Getting a Tooled Leather Look
- Creating an Embossed Look for Surface Details
Guns and Phasers
Helmets
- Basic Helmet Construction with Worbla
- Cia Costume from Hyrule Warriors
- Darth Vader Helmet – video
- Sejuani Helmet & Flail League of Legends
- Horned Helmet – Darkflame Shyvana
Laser Cutting
- Laser Cutting Worbla on a Glowforge
- Laser Cut Jester Hat
- Lasercut Harley Quinn Hammer
- Laser Cutting Worbla: Creating a Digital Template
- Laser Cut Worbla: Universal & Epilog Laser Cutters
- Laser Cutting Worbla – Part 2!
- Laser Cutting Worbla – Part 1!
Masks
- Blood Moon Katarina Mask
- Childe’s Foul Legacy Mask – Genshin Impact
- Childe’s Mask from Genshin Impact
- Owl Mask with Pearly Art
- Octopus Mask with Worbla’s Black Art
- Soldier 76 Mask and Gun – Video
- Making a Worbla Domino/Superhero Mask – Video
- Maskmaking Examples with Worbla
- Marowak Mask from Pokemon
- Creating a Superhero Mask
Patterning
- Where to use each type of Worbla
- Making a Pattern for Armor
- How to Make a Pattern – Video
- Measuring how much Worbla you need
Priming, Smoothing, and Painting
- Hiding Worbla Seams – Video
- Filling in Gaps and Seams – Video
- Achieving a mirror-like finish on Worbla – Video
- Painting with Wax Paint – Video
- Using Flexbond to Smooth Worbla
- Flexbond Test and Review – “…And Sewing is Half the Battle!”
- Using Fiberglass Resin to Smooth Worbla – Video
- Tinting and Dying Worbla’s TranspArt and DecoArt/Friendly Plastic
- Airbrush and Drybrush Painting Technique
- Creating Woodgrain on Worbla 2 Ways
- Using TranspArt as a Protective Topcoat
- The ULTIMATE Priming and Smoothing Guide!
- Smoothing Worbla – Video
- Painting with Acrylics – Video
- Smoothing Worbla and Wonderflex
- Fixing Seams – Video
- Smoothing Worbla for Paint
Sculpture, Figures and Dolls
- Hendry’s Art – Glorious Worbla Home Dec for Gifts and More
- Creating a Creepy Anglerfish from Worbla
- Building a Demogorgon Head from Aluminum Foil and Worbla!
- Creating a hollow skull with Worbla – Video
- How to make a Stubby from NieR:Automata with Worbla – Video
- How to make Chip from Beauty and the Beast with Worbla – Video
- Creating a Snowflake Ornament – Video
- Crystal Art: light up quartz formations – Video
- Silent Princess Flower from Black Worbla – Video
- Moana’s Heihei Sculpture/Prop
- How to Sculpt a Toothless
- Making a Glowing Heart (Once Upon a Time)
- Making a Worbla Dragon – Video
- Making a TranspArt Handheld Flame
- Sasara Kusugawa Valkyrie BJD Armor
- Groot Sprout Sculpture – Guardians of the Galaxy
Shields
Shoes
- Ningguang from Genshin Impact – Gloves, Hair Ornaments, Shoes
- Removeable Armored Shoe Covers (Layered)
- Armored Shoe Cover Tutorial [Camilla from Fire Emblem]
- Transparent ‘glass’ shoes!
- Building and Altering Shoes with Worbla
Staffs and Polearms
- Sally Whitemane Staff Tutorial
- Making Aloy’s Spear from Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Making Rey’s Staff from Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Video
- Snow Bunny Nidalee Spear
- Poison Ivy’s Monster Staff
- Moon Kaleidoscope Wand from Sailor Moon
- Fay Staff Tutorial (Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE)
Swords and Blades
- Blood Moon Katarina Sword
- Daggers – Foam, Worbla, and Resin
- Making Evior’s Axes from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Working with Cardboard Instead of Foam – Sword Build
- Building a Dagger from World of Warcraft
- Skyrim Steel Dagger with Worbla’s Pearly Art – Video
- How To Build A Sword With Worbla
- Crafting Felo’melorn: Making TranspArt Blades
- Legend of Zelda Master Sword
- Katarina’s Swords from League of Legend – Video
- Vorpal Blade from American McGee’s Alice
- Creating a Sword with Foam and Worbla
Worbla’s TranspArt
- Stained Glass Effect with Worbla’s TranspArt
- KDA Ahri 9 Tail Tutorial – Video
- Dyeing Worbla’s Pearly Art, TranspArt, Crystal Art and Deco Art with Rit Dyes
- Houseki no Kuni wig with TranspArt
- TranspArt Crystal Necklace
- High Elf Shadow Warrior Bow (Warhammer)
- Sejuani Helmet & Flail League of Legends
- Moon Kaleidoscope Wand from Sailor Moon
- Crafting Felo’melorn: Making TranspArt Blades
- Princess Celestia’s Crown
- Making a Glowing Heart (Once Upon a Time)
- Vacuforming and Molding with Transpart – Video
- Making Gems with TranspArt – Video
- Making a TranspArt Handheld Flame
- Tinting and Dying Worbla’s TranspArt and DecoArt/Friendly Plastic
- Using TranspArt for Clear Domes
- Transparent (Glowing) Horns
- Using TranspArt as a Protective Topcoat
- Transparent ‘glass’ shoes!
Worbla’s Deco Art / Friendly Plastic
- Deco Art Fox Ears
- Dyeing Worbla’s Pearly Art, TranspArt, Crystal Art and Deco Art with Rit Dyes
- Molding with Deco and Crystal Art: Results
Videos on Worbla
- Daggers – Foam, Worbla, and Resin
- Making Evior’s Axes from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Custom Colored Gemstones with Crystal Art
- Using a Cricut with Worbla – Video
- KDA Ahri 9 Tail Tutorial – Video
- Easy Mold & Cast with Worbla’s Pearly Art – Video
- Dragon Horns and Ears from Worbla – Video
- Making Lightweight Ears from Kobracast Art – Video
- Creating a Kobracast Art Wolf Head – Video
- Creating a scale pattern – Video
- Creating a hollow skull with Worbla – Video
- Hiding Worbla Seams – Video
- How to make a Stubby from NieR:Automata with Worbla – Video
- How to make Chip from Beauty and the Beast with Worbla – Video
- Molding with Worbla’s Pearly Art – video
- Skyrim Steel Dagger with Worbla’s Pearly Art – Video
- Making Rey’s Staff from Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Video
- Preventing and Removing Air Bubbles with Worbla
- Sombra Cyberspace Pauldron
- Crystal Art Runes
- Crystal Art: light up quartz formations – Video
- Crystal Art: Dragon Scale Bracers – Video
- Shaping Crystal Art: Magic Wand – Video
- Adding Dimensional Details with Deco Art – Video
- The Folding Method – Video
- Creating Triangular Details for Armor – Video
- Angewoman Bra Cups – Video
- Making a Worbla Domino/Superhero Mask – Video
- Snow Bunny Nidalee Spear
- Cersei Lannister Belt from Game of Thrones -video
- X-Men Belt Buckle – Video
- Filling in Gaps and Seams – Video
- Full Coverage Breastplate: Mercy from Overwatch – Video
- Achieving a mirror-like finish on Worbla – Video
- Movie Wonder Woman Build – Video
- Prosthetic Worbla Horns – Video
- Worbla Batarangs – Video
- Female Deathwing from World of Warcraft – Video
- Thermoplastics in LARP – Bracer and Armor Test – Video
- Fine detailing with Worbla Black – Video
- Worbla Horns – Video
- Vacuforming and Molding with Transpart – Video
- Satyr and Minotaur Builds with Digitigrade Legs – Video
- Making Fake Breasts – Video
- Using Fiberglass Resin to Smooth Worbla – Video
- League of Legends Orianna – Video
- Attaching Armor Without Visible Straps – Video
- Making a Worbla Dragon – Video
- Making Gems with TranspArt – Video
- The basics of LED lighting – Video
- Hyrule Warrior’s Link Bracer – Video
- Smoothing Worbla – Video
- Katarina’s Swords from League of Legend – Video
- The Sandwich Method – Video
- Painting with Acrylics – Video
- Fixing Seams – Video
- Dark Valkyrie Diana – League of Legends Build – Video
- Automail Build – Video
- How to Make a Pattern – Video
- Bracer Making Basics – Video
- Sailor Moon Tiara – Video
- Hawkgirl Build – Video
- How to Attach Your Armor – Video
- Introductions to Worbla – Video