Arachnid FX

So Dublin Comic Con is next weekend, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August, we hope everyone has their tickets.
As we'll be attending the event and assisting with set up prior to the event as well as take down so the shop will be closed from Thursday 22nd August until Wednesday 28th August. Last orders will ship out Wednesday 21st August, any orders placed after 12pm Wednesday won't ship out til Wednesday 28th when we reopen.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

We've a whole heap of The Monster Makers, Inc. Due to arrive late next week. And we're very excited to restock not only cosclay, monster gel, Ed and alannah sculpting armatures but we're introducing monstermakers alcohol fx palettes and polymer blood into the store giving sfx fans an even bigger monstermakers range of products.
And just in time too for Dublin Comic Con - which is just over 2 weeks away so make sure to get your tickets whilst you can.

Recently we got to work on a cool little side project late at night in the studio whilst working on other projects. We were asked to make a metre tall version of the "Best Friends" pendant for the Irish premiere of Deadpool vs Wolverine.

Sfx sculpting legend popped into the shop yesterday to pick up wed clay for the course he's teaching at WWETB. Some very lucky students are in for a treat. Was an absolute pleasure to meet Brian and we grabbed a quick pic of him with our Demogorgon head - for those who don't know Brian sculpted the demogorgon head for Stranger Things (also sculpted in wed clay too) our demogorgon head was sculpted by and
For those wondering about wed clay, we're Ireland official and only supplier so check out the webstore www.arachnidfx.com

Worbla finest art and Worbla black art are back in stock. Check them out and more of the worbla product range over at https://www.arachnidfx.com/search-results?q=Worbla

Whether sculpting, molding or even casting, we have a wide range of clays and tools available. Being Ireland's only and official distributor of laguna Wed clay, Ireland official distributor of monstermakers products, chavant, buff clays, cosclay, tools and more. Head on over to https://www.arachnidfx.com/search-results?q=Clay

Thankfully our Arachnid Fast Cast resin is back in stock.
Available in various kit sizes over at https://www.arachnidfx.com/product-page/arachnid-fast-cast-polyurethane-resin

Acrylic 1 - we're once again restocked in various sized kits and products.
Available now -
1.5 kg tester kits,
A1 sealers (gloss, matt and satin),
3kg, 7.5kg, 15kg and 30kg kits,
ThixA,
A1 accelerator,
ATP powder,
A1 pigments,
Triaxial cloth, 3m and roll.
Head on over to https://www.arachnidfx.com/collections/brand-active-composites

Wed clay back in stock and moving fast. https://www.arachnidfx.com/product-page/wed-clay-laguna-25lbs

Gotta love deliveries 1st thing in the morning. We're once again fully restocked in our dirty down range of products.
https://www.arachnidfx.com/search-results?q=Dirty+down

Sf4 soft foam and Bf2 hard foam, both back in stock, both available in variety of sizes.
Check out www.arachnidfx.com for more

We hope everyone had a nice relaxing bank holiday weekend. Kicking off this week, we have Remover plus, chavant medium, skin imitator and key-cap plastic all back in stock. Head on over to www.arachnidfx.com for more

BACK IN STOCK:
Very happy to announce our range of Polytek Platsil silicones are back in stock.
Platsil gel 0030, platsil gel 00, platsil gel 10, platsil gel 25 and platsil FS 20.
Head on over to https://www.arachnidfx.com/collections/materials-silicone-platinum to find them.
We'll have Sf4 and Bf2 urethane foam back in stock next week also with more products returning very very soon.
Enjoy your weekend

Receiving a lot of attention is a new display piece made by our own Andy Davis - the legend that he is. You can follow his work over at

Dublin Comic con is underway, we're set up beside our friends in our usual spot. Looking forward to the awesome week ahead.

Just a heads up folks, we'll be packing up Thursday to attend Dublin Comic Con this weekend March 9th and 10th.
With that, the shop will be closed from Thursday 7th March. Last orders to be shipped out will be sent out Wednesday 6th when placed before 1pm.
All orders placed after Wednesday 6th afternoon shall be shipped out Wednesday 13th March. There will be no store collections from Thursday 7th until we resume shipping to allow us to unpack and recover from what once again shall be a hecticly enjoyable weekend.

New in stock!

HexFlex boasts of a new formulation, which is highly pigmented and provides better coverage.
A water based paint, HexFlex provides a solution for crafters that require a top performing paint that can be used within both the home and professional studio.
> Superior finish quality.
> Use as a brush on product or thin with water for airbrush use.
> An impressive coverage and great finish.
> Enjoy a wide variety of colours which will continuously be increased!
> Cures flexible, which is perfect for foam, fabrics and other flexible surfaces!

It is recommended to use HexFlex Sealer/Primer or other flexible primers for best results.

https://www.arachnidfx.com/product-page/hexflex-paints-50ml-pots

New in stock!

Hexflex boasts of a new formulation, which is highly pigmented and provides better coverage.
A water based paint, HexFlex provides a solution for crafters that require a top performing paint that can be used within both the home and professional studio.
> Superior finish quality.
> Use as a brush on product or thin with water for airbrush use.
> An impressive coverage and great finish.
> Enjoy a wide variety of colours which will continuously be increased!
> Cures flexible, which is perfect for foam, fabrics and other flexible surfaces!

It is recommended to use HexFlex Sealer/Primer or other flexible primers for best results.

https://www.arachnidfx.com/product-page/hexflex-metallic-paints-50ml-pots

Customer Appreciation Post :
Next up is Alan Fay of

Alan's known for his work as Batman in the cosplay community but also dabbles in prostethics, 3d printing, molding and more.
Alan uses a wide range of our products from 3d printing filaments, molding silicones, resin, Eva foam and silicone. You can see more of his work over at and no doubt you see him at Dublin Comic Con next month.

Customer Appreciation Post:
Next up we have Marie-Therese better know as Empty Cosplay Another of our regular Eva foam customers knocking out some ace cosplays. Here's 3 of them.
You can more of her work over at https://www.facebook.com/EmptyCosplay
For those interested in the materials she used, head in over to https://www.arachnidfx.com/collections/brand-polyprops

Customer Appreciation Post:
Next up is Thomas Brooks of OrangeGate Studios.
Thomas dropped into us 1 day to chat about products and some projects he had in mind.
Thomas uses monstermakers monsterclay medium grey and brown to sculpt puppers and maquettes and recently finished his first mask sculpture. We're looking forward to see this 1 completed.
You can view more on Thomas's work over at https://www.artstation.com/denizen-unknown-93

What's in the box?
Good question, you'll have to head on over to the website www.arachnidfx.com to find out.
Ps clay, new sculpting tools, restock of dirty down sprays including new patinas and more.

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION POST :

As we have some incredibly talented customers, we wanted to try something new and plan to show off some of their work.

1st off is the extremely talented duo of Jay and Emily of Team Emerald Cosplay
His Doom Slayer cosplay was crafted by himself using our range of polyprops Eva foam.
Be sure to check out their social media pages to see more of their work
And for those looking for Eva foam, our full range and soon to be expanding range of Poly-Props Ltd materials can be found over at https://www.arachnidfx.com/collections/brand-polyprops

Calibrated cups and now with lids all restocked. And new in stock. New 30cm long turbo moving sticks.

Respirators (large and medium) back in stock

We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and new year. We're v happy to be back in the studio and having fun again after the short break.
It's great seeing the 3d printers up and running again. Our 1st commission 3d prints of the year are already completed for our customer. As TMNT fans ourselves these were just fun to do. Fantastic files were by made L.A. Figures, be sure to check out their work.
We offer a full range of 3d printing services, printing from miniatures to full sized t800 terminators as seen at Dublin Comic Con
Simply drop us an email at [email protected]

Still stuck for that last minute Christmas gift. Head on over to https://www.arachnidfx.com/gift-card for an Arachnid fx gift card.
Or how about tickets to Dublin Comic Con at https://www.tixr.com/groups/comicconireland/events/dublin-comic-con-spring-edition-2024-78575 as they've just announced 3 new awesome guests for their Spring event.
Or if you love waking upto toys but not sure what to get, then a voucher from our friends at Heroes and Villains Ireland- Toys, Comics and more. https://www.heroesandvillains.ie/gift-card Should help you out.
Once again thank you all for keeping us busy this year. And we want to wish you all a very merry Christmas and prosperous New year to you and your family from ours.

So with the last orders shipped out yesterday evening, we finally get a chance to to say thank you to our loyal customers for supporting us this year again as we close the shop for Christmas. We'll be back Monday January 8th and ship out any orders placed over the Christmas period. Once again we would like to wish our friends and customers a very Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year.
Oh and for those who asked about a gremlins video like last year, well we brought the gremlins to the Stella cinema to see their own movie, What were we thinking..... Check out the video at
https://youtu.be/ozhu25NWUc0?feature=shared

Back in stock!
Eurofoam 117 Soft Foam is a two part polyurethane soft foam ideal for lightweight background props, backfilling silicone or urethane rubber props or masks which still need to be flexible and more.
3 kit sizes available over at https://www.arachnidfx.com/product-page/soft-foam-eurofoam-soft-117

Wondering what to get as that last minute gift but can't think of what.
You can't go wrong with a gift card. Help get those creative juices flowing and give someone the gift SFX materials! Choose an amount and write a personalized message to make this gift your own.
You can even choose what date you wish for it to be sent on
https://www.arachnidfx.com/gift-card