Advice/Help needed

[Zander]

I am wanting to make a new warcraft costume. But me being the "BIG STUFF!" prop/costumer that I am, I want the biggest stuff I can find. lol.

Here is where I need some advice/help. Anyone got any tips for making this shoulder armor? I am wanting to do this on the cheap, but want it to hold up at cons.

Thanx in advance.

~Z

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[clonesix]

Cheap? If you go to the trouble of building these and wearing them (to a convention) they will need to withstand the punishment that comes with the territory. You could make them out of paper, but the first time they get bumped, either by a careless conventioner, or you bump them going through a doorway, All that effort is wasted.

My first suggestion would be to vacuform them in front/back halves and glue them together. That is a lot of work and time, and certainly won't be cheap.

Next I would suggest fiberglass, but not only will it NOT be cheap, it will be messy, toxic, and need a large work area.

The skulls can be foam Halloween skulls ordered on line.

Do you want to add the red glow? More $$.

How much is you budget for this? That is the starting point.


...And I am sorry, but I have to mention that you are NOT "wanting" to make... You "want to make" is correct english. Stop using the present participle verb!


Learn it. Live it. Love it.



Carry on.

 

[JBReplicas]

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=66034&highlight=pink+foam

 

[the_batdemon]

I'd suggest using EVA foam. Check out the "armor tutorials for the fiberglass phobic " This foam will be lighter in weight and hold up to conventions. GWAR used similar methods for some of their props.

 

[Zander]

The skulls I can get from work. We started to get Halloween shipments in.

I guess I am just used to cheap stuff. My Pyramid Head and my Proton pack were made from Foamcore that I get for free.

XD

 

[DaddyfromNaboo]

Since it´s a 3D character I´d say pepakura and fiberglassing would be a good way to do it.

 

[Zander]

This is, I cant do the fiberglassing thing. ;_;

 

[Hamsterstyle]

This is, I cant do the fiberglassing thing. ;_;

Make it out of cardboard with hot glue,then put 2-3 layers of paper mache over the cardboard. Dirt cheap and non-toxic.

 

[Ramiel]

I suggest paper mache too, and then use a good body filler over it to smooth it out, it works like a charm (for me at least):cool

And you can get cardboard, newspaper paper, white glue and all that stuff for free (more or less...)

 

[knightoftheroc]

I suggest paper mache too, and then use a good body filler over it to smooth it out, it works like a charm (for me at least):cool

And you can get cardboard, newspaper paper, white glue and all that stuff for free (more or less...)

I have to agree with the pink foam idea. The parts, by the way, are called Pauldrons. Based on the size of these monsters, something light yet strong is the only way to go here, unless you want to walk out of the con 6 inches shorter than you walked in. I'd suggest maybe using a very light gauge sheet metal over the foam understructure, for the realism the metal would give, and the protection it would provide the foam parts. Try using the plain silver aluminum flashing sold in rolls as the metal- again, it's light yet strong.

Another benefit to the foam is that you can hollow out a portion for the orange/red glow portions, and even install lights behind them if you wanted to. 3M spray on adhesive would, I believe, bond the sheet metal to the foam without eating the foam up- I've never tried it on pink structural foam, but I know it bonds very well to metal surfaces- aluminum RV roofing is attached with it, and that has to withstand winds at highway speeds!