Thor foam build by newb

Oh and btw the Title is supposed to be BY not my...

Good luck bro....hoping to see some updates soon

Good luck!!!!

Hi CC - I'm also new here and my costume building is very much amateur-hour compared to a lot of these guys, but especially if you're new to this you can't go wrong trying out regular sheet craft foam (sometimes called "foamies" foam) - it's like 1/8" thick closed-cell rubber foam that you can get at craft stores in 12x18" sheets for anywhere from 50 cents to a buck a sheet.

It's easy to cut if your blade or scissors is/are sharp, can be heated up to stretch a bit, and hot glue will hold it together very, very strongly. If you prime it or seal it, it'll also take paint, but it's available in lots of solid colors to begin with.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for all the suport guys and thanks for that advice PrimoOptimoso
so here are some progress pics... hope you like them

Looks really good, keep it up...

here is a reference picture

subscribe to see how it goes!

Excellent work! Perhaps my foam build can be of some reference.. see link in my sig.

hello my fellow RPF'ers. i am in need of some advice.... so as you know im makeing this foam armor and right now im using 3mm foam sheets. after looking at 5 different stores i finaly for some eva foam. so i was wondering if you guys think it would be worth it to start over with the eva foam and fix a few mistakes i made with the sheets...
again thanks for the suport, and Jordan your thread had been a huge help to me.

So here is an update, i have finished cutting and glueing the chest piece and have the material im going to use for the cape. i now have to sew the cape, build the forearm and shin pieces, paint, find a hammer, and grow a beard.
here are the pics for the chest piece and cape material.

very cool!

Sweet build, man! Really inspiring and good motivation to keep me building.

Were you going to attempt the scale mail on the arms or go skins? I'm toying with a process of gluing foam pieces on an old under armor long sleeve compression shirt I had laying around. It's tedious but hopefully it'll give the same effect as the movie prop.

Nice mate, did you use a pep pattern or are you just using the posters and images as reference?

I think your foam work looks very nice, and I'm not seeing any major errors that would necessitate a re-build with EVA. However, you should do what makes you the most happy and confident with your build.

I would however suggest using about twice as much fabric as you have currently for the cape, and adding some pleats at the top. A more voluminous cape would a) look better and b) be a lot more fun to walk around in (trust me)!

CapedCasanova said:

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So here is an update, i have finished cutting and glueing the chest piece and have the material im going to use for the cape. i now have to sew the cape, build the forearm and shin pieces, paint, find a hammer, and grow a beard.
here are the pics for the chest piece and cape material.

Nice job! You're definitely on your way to an awesome costume. Keep us updated!

Thanks every one for the support and advice! and if any one knows where to get a halfway decent (not too expecive) hammer and if you could help me pronounce it please let me know.

Kenosha Kid said:

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Sweet build, man! Really inspiring and good motivation to keep me building.

Were you going to attempt the scale mail on the arms or go skins? I'm toying with a process of gluing foam pieces on an old under armor long sleeve compression shirt I had laying around. It's tedious but hopefully it'll give the same effect as the movie prop.

i think that im going to go skin but i was thinking the same thing with the under armor, so i may toy with a few ideas.

Kromanc said:

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Nice mate, did you use a pep pattern or are you just using the posters and images as reference?

im just using a few pictures i have of the suit. and sense im makeing the avengers suit there arent very many pictures out there... cant find a very good one of the gauntlets

loganallenwolf said:

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I think your foam work looks very nice, and I'm not seeing any major errors that would necessitate a re-build with EVA. However, you should do what makes you the most happy and confident with your build.

I would however suggest using about twice as much fabric as you have currently for the cape, and adding some pleats at the top. A more voluminous cape would a) look better and b) be a lot more fun to walk around in (trust me)!

haha thanks for the advice, i dont know how to sew so im going to wait on that part for now

well done!!! amazing

can you share these templates???

They have hammers at Wal Mart...a Nerf foam one and a more costume-ish hammer.

These are the best pics I could find.

Any updates on this suit?
One question - did you simply layer the foam sheets on top of each other as you cut out shapes and glue them together? What does the back of the foam chest piece look like? Were you able to find black "foamies" foam from a craft store?

Looking forward to hearing more!

not bad mate!