I'm looking to start tinkering with EVA foam. For the costume I'm contemplating, I'll need to heat it up and then curve it to fit my body... but I don't exactly want to press it down on myself while it's hot, and that would be awkward to do anyway.
I've seen some discussion of homemade mannequins out of duct tape and etc, but mostly for display purposes... that may be the way to go, but I'm worried that it won't hold its shape when I'm pressing down on it to shape my pieces. How do you guys handle that?
I was thinking of trying to replicate the tape mannequin and then filling it with expanding foam spray, but I'm worried it might just deform the piece rather than fill it... but maybe the tape would force it into the right shape. Any pointers?
I've seen some discussion of homemade mannequins out of duct tape and etc, but mostly for display purposes... that may be the way to go, but I'm worried that it won't hold its shape when I'm pressing down on it to shape my pieces. How do you guys handle that?
I was thinking of trying to replicate the tape mannequin and then filling it with expanding foam spray, but I'm worried it might just deform the piece rather than fill it... but maybe the tape would force it into the right shape. Any pointers?