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      Brad Thompson and Ryan Lewis, Impact Props

      February 11, 2020

      Brad and Ryan share the story of starting Impact Props and sharing their designs and fun building tutorials on their YouTube channel.

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        Impact Props is a group of friends creating cool designs such as Master Chief Helmet and releasing build videos on their YouTube channel. Brad co-founded Impact Props in 2012, as a platform to post progress updates on his replica prop and costume creations. In 2017, Brad created the popular YouTube series, “Living With Chief”, which helped skyrocket Impact Props’ YouTube following to over 500,000 subscribers. Brad and his team create YouTube videos ranging from fun building tutorials to crazy antics like skydiving with your favorite video game character.

        Impact Props is a group of friends creating cool designs such as Master Chief Helmet and releasing build videos on their YouTube channel. Brad co-founded Impact Props in 2012, as a platform to post progress updates on his replica prop and costume creations. In 2017, Brad created the popular YouTube series, “Living With Chief”, which helped skyrocket Impact Props’ YouTube following to over 500,000 subscribers. Brad and his team create YouTube videos ranging from fun building tutorials to crazy antics like skydiving with your favorite video game character.

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        Brad Thompson

        Co-founder and Creator, Impact Props

        Ryan Lewis

        Co-Founder and Creator, Impact Props

        Jeremy Regnerus

        Senior Solution Consultant, SOLIDWORKS, Dassault Systèmes
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