Thanks people!
@Snikt haha unfortunately, I'm not looking for a relationship at the moment :lol
Interesting. Does it delaminate at all?60% vulcanised Latex + black pigment.
Thats cool. Usually I see people go the plastidip route, but that can be tedious and time consuming, not to mention costly. You may or may not have seen this, and its a lot of work, but have you thought about coating some of the foam pieces, like the shoulders and helmet, in plastic, to make them rigid? Using Smooth on 65D? There is an XRobots tutorial/method that I found works really well.Only when I mess up and the latex sticks to itself. But other than that, it doesn't. If you want better adhesion, just spray some adhesive on the foam
Actually, a gallon of 65D is only 80 bucks, then again, it might be tougher to get in the UK. IT would just be a shame if that rad helmet got bent up or tweaked or something.Yes, but it's expensive, and I actually want to retain the flexibility so transport is not so much of an issue and it's more durable. Now it becomes LARP quality and it can take a beating.
Sweet, good luck then. I spend a ton of money on stuff like this( I built a foam latex oven from scratch) so 80 bucks for a gallon didnt seem that much to me, when you can pay upwards of 250 bucks for a gallon of silicone :lolIf everything goes right, the helmet can be bent, but spring back into shape when it's released. I'll test this, but Bill Doran (Punished Props) used the stuff and his axe basically got folded in half but survived fine without problems.
Also 'only' 80 bucks is ridiculously expensive to me, as 1 liter of this latex was only £9.40 and is going to cover my entire armour without problems.
Im still jealous though!Yeah, keep in mind I'm a poor student :lol