Recent content by WindPhoenix

A sharp blade and more pressure during the cut should make you go through the textured side easily. I suppose the texture is gonna be on the inside of the armor so it doesn't have to be super clean anyway.

Any updates? One month left before the Denver CC deadline.

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Dude, it redirects you to the direct download links. The files are hosted on 4share. Click on the download button. What more do you want? That the files appears in your hard drive by magic?

PVA glue. Thin it with water to a milky consistency, apply with a brush and let it dry. Apply several coats until the foam is smooth.

I'm in need of some advices regarding painting and weathering the armor. I've looked at many tutorials online and many painted armors as well. Some of them look very nice from afar but upon closer look they really don't look like real steel; showing clear brush strokes from the dry brushing...

From looking at the Dwarf battle at the gate of Moria, I couldn't spot any strapping on the side of the breastplate, so I decided to attach the front and back plates with neodymium magnets. The magnets needed to be small enough to fit in the thickness of the 1/8 foam. So I bought 200 with a...

Dremel at lowest speed with a grinding stone bit (not sanding bit) and a steady hand... should sand it down without the risk of taking chunks out.

It's fine to have great expectations, but if it's your first build, I think you should act a little less cocky in dissing others' work and talking big about what you haven't done yet. Let your actual work speak for itself when the time comes.

Are you gonna start building soon? Can't wait to see that awesome 8 feet-tall gundam that will scare the living sh:t out of other cosplayers. :thumbsup

My bad I think my picture is from the first movie.

It's the light reflection that makes the honeycomb look silver. On a high res picture of the movie costume you can see a navy blue honeycomb which looks silverish when hit by light:

Not the sharpest image but it should be enough to make customized license plates from. Otherwise maybe somebody can redraw them as vector files.

Instead of printing stickers, why don't you get a customized embossed license plate from an online company? It would look more like the real stuff.

You really work fast. If I had to redo all the stuff I'm no particularly happy with in my build it would take me years. I procrastinate too much. :facepalm