Thor Build

So this is my first ever attempt at eva foam costume building. I modified the Pepakura file made by: PepMaster found on pepakura gallery.

As of now i have the chest armour finished i just need to paint it. but before i did i was wondering. Before i seal it as instructed by stealth, do i sand it to remove excess glue and such? i watched all his tutorials on foam and it didn't really say one way or the other. i searched the forum but when you search for sanding 99.999% of the results deal with the resin/bondo method. I just don't wanna sand it and have it ruin everything.

Sorry about the cell phone pics. It's all i got at the moment.

finished painting it and added the straps to the back to keep it on.

I get the hammer back from my friend tomorrow who laser engraved the famous "whosoever" line on it.

Looking good! Looks like you figured out the excess glue problem

Very cool! I like how you made a blah face in the pic with the unpainted vest, and grinning in the one after painting. Probably not on purpose, but makes for a good before/after pic.

What are you planning to make the disks out of?

yeah for the excess glue i meticulously cut off as much as i could with a craft knife lol

And I'm planning on using this foam i use for model making called insulation foam. it's really easy to work with and is a lot harder than EVA foam so it'll be less bend and such.

The face was totally unintentional. i always laugh when i see myself in a self shot photo because it's so inherently ridiculous i guess i just caught it in the photo second time around lol

does anyone know a way to do the platemail arm pieces? i'm pretty stumped on this part.

I've seen people use a silver quilted looking fabric. Not sure what it was or where they got it from, but it kind of looks like a small quilt stitched with little diamonds which simulates the plated look.

Yeah I saw that too it almost looks like reflective foam padding used in cars to reflect sun light. But I can't find anything like it. I've thought about making plate mail out of craft foam sprayed silver but i don't know if that'll even work.

Only way to find out is to try!
I would cut out individuals shapes of the diamond pattern from foam, or hell, even cast resin ones, and then pattern them on top of a normal sleeve

Yeah that was how I was gonna go about using the craft foam. And I've never done anything with resin before so I'm still a bit hesitant with that at the moment. I think my next buil will probabl Be a resin build though.

So i finished and attached the metallic orbs to the torso. I also got the hammer back from the engraver so i painted it assembled it and added the craft foam leather to the handle. The hammer is made from solid wood and an oak handle.

BelowAverageJoe said:

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Yeah I saw that too it almost looks like reflective foam padding used in cars to reflect sun light. But I can't find anything like it. I've thought about making plate mail out of craft foam sprayed silver but i don't know if that'll even work.

No reason it wouldn't work but would be massively time consuming I would imagine.

A quick google search for "diamond quilted fabric" turned up a few options.

TAUPE WITH GRAY AND BLACK DIAMOND DESIGN UPHOLSTERY FABRIC-1.75 YD | eBay

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/56...ng_fabric.html

Diamond Quilted Raised Texture Fashion Fabric Gray | eBay

Even found one where it was used in dog coats lol, but a common theme seems to be upholstery fabric, so I'd look in that direction .

looking good man i made mine out of foam as well and for the mail i bout a table quilted table cloth at joann fabric and dyed it a silver color then paint took some silver spraypaint and put a few thin coats on it to give it a real metalic look and im pleased with it i also cut out a mesh and added it to the sides of my breast armor and it really sets it off and gives it a cool look

thanks guy's i'll look into the fabric. i have never done any fabric before so it'll be interesting to say the least lol