New to foam and here's BATMAN WIP

NickDanger

Active Member

• Jun 27, 2016

• #21

Thank you Creative Stress. I am pretty anal retentive about my artwork. The costume looks great in pictures or up to a few feet away. Up close however the asymmetry and flaws in the cuts of foam or small globs of glue I missed before painting drive me nuts. The belt was fun to paint. You can go wrong with weathering when you build it in layers rather than heavy and fast. The base gold was a nice color. Rustoleum I think. I debated on glueing the belt right to the armor or attaching with Velcro. I opted for Velcro. The thigh armor and neck pieces are next. I'm saving the cape and cowl for last. Oh and a harpoon gun and maybe a bat-a-rang.

 

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Htofstead

Well-Known Member

• Jun 28, 2016

• #22

For someone who is new to foam you come off as a season professional

 

NickDanger

Active Member

• Jun 28, 2016

• #23

Thank you Htofstead. Although I have never worked with foam I have over 30 years of modeling, fabricating, prop and costume making and graphic design.

 

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Htofstead

Well-Known Member

• Jun 28, 2016

• #24

Cheater

 

NickDanger

Active Member

• Jun 29, 2016

• #25

As an amateur that is.

 

Anakinos

Well-Known Member

• Jun 29, 2016

• #26

Great job bro. This looks fantastic. You should be very proud. Two thumbs up.

 

williamsboy

New Member

• Jul 21, 2016

• #27

This build is amazing! great work! sub'D

 

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Vlair

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2016

• #28

This is absolutely stunning, both on it's own, and doubly so as a first project with foam!

 

NickDanger

Active Member

• Sep 19, 2016

• #29

Almost done! I got my mother in law to sew a cape. After three tries I was able to make a useable mold of my head so I could make an armature of myself. I used the armature to make a template of the cowl and made the first draft. I have made some adjustments and will get the final (I hope) piece made this weekend. It looks like I will have everything ready to go for the local comic con on Oct. 15!!!

 

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NickDanger

Active Member

• Sep 19, 2016

• #30

So I uploaded the pics from my iPhone and they show up sideways...sorry

 

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WhiteWing83

New Member

• Sep 19, 2016

• #31

Wow, this is looking awesome!

 

NOMAD202

Well-Known Member

• Sep 19, 2016

• #32

Awesome!!!!!

 

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Cjames3

Active Member

• Sep 19, 2016

• #33

Anyway to get a few shots of the neck piece and some tips on how u made it?i am needing to make one and am at a wall. Amazing job as well

 

NickDanger

Active Member

• Sep 19, 2016

• #34

I'll get some pics of the neck for ya soon.

 

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Bixby

New Member

• Sep 20, 2016

• #35

Great job!!! Everything is coming along nicely!!! If you don't mind, how did you form the chest? I'm trying for the first time and wasn't sure how your getting that center crease, between the pectorals. Are you doing two separate pieces of just one?

 

williamsboy

New Member

• Sep 21, 2016

• #36

brilliant work!

 

NickDanger

Active Member

• Sep 22, 2016

• #37

I used floor mat foam for the pecs and lobes of the abs. To get the hard vertical line in the middle of the chest I cut about a 1/8"- 1/4" wedge out of the back almost all the way through and then glued in a slightly wider wedge. I heated and tried to make the pecs bulge outward but the chest still looks a little flat. I would remake it a little differently now and add separate pieces of foam on the bottom of each pec to make them more contoured. I'm sure gluing seperate pieces of foam would work too. I hope that helped.

 

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Bigbat23

Well-Known Member

• Sep 22, 2016

• #38

I KNEW you could do the cowl! And it looks awesome so far. This build makes mine look amateurish.

 

NickDanger

Active Member

• Sep 23, 2016

• #39

Thanks man. The real test will come when I spray the cowl with plasti-dip. I want it very smooth and seamless...fingers crossed. You've got some good stuff going on with your outfit. I'm really digging how you made the pieces for the neck and traps. Don't kick yourself bro. I have a life time of art/graphics/design experience.

 

NickDanger

Active Member

• Sep 23, 2016

• #40

Cjames3 said:

Anyway to get a few shots of the neck piece and some tips on how u made it?i am needing to make one and am at a wall. Amazing job as well

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I used 3mm foam. I measured the diameter and height of my neck and made a rough draft from thin cardboard. I trimmed it until I got a good fit and could move my neck around with a decent range of motion. Then I transferred that to the foam. I used reference pics of other Arkham Origins cowls and pics from the game to plan the layout of the pieces. Mine is more linear with straighter lines than one of the coolest reference pics. I heated and formed the curve of the base collar and then super glued the individual panels on. I hot glued Velcro at the neck. This piece still need to be sprayed with plasti-dip. I hope this helps Cjames3.
this helps...

 

Last edited: Sep 23, 2016