Izhari
New Member
hi there! i'm becca and i joined this board really...because i saw so many great replicas on here. i've lurked forever, grabbing some tips here and there for my first undertaking of foam body armor, and i figured it wouldn't be fair not to sign up and show as well. so here i am!
as of this posting i've been doing a major material overhaul; making my foam thinner, and cutting out the bulk.
instagram pics ahoy, that's all I really use. on the right i was testing some acrylic coated rubber pipe and it didn't turn out so well, i think i may use rit dye/boiling water to dye it later.
regardless, where i've left off today are the thighs.
the top made with EVA foam matting, and the bottom of the thigh made with craft foam. In all, i'm not sure yet if i want to plastidip or cover them with bondo. i want the polished, plastic/hardened look & feel instead of foamy, seeing as how i may be traveling with it upon it's completion. the only things left foam would be the ab plates and back plates for flexibility reasons. i've read that using bondo right over the foam is pointless because paper does the same thing/some foams will melt, that pepakura was the best way to go when bondo'ing, but i had already started on the EVA and i lack a reliable printer and body model/body cast for scaling. (also, i am useless at pepakura.) all in all, this suit is already reaching across the board with materials, including foam, bondo, and the breastplate i'm looking into making with worbla/plaster because every foam mold i've made looks like a cutting board sticking out of my chest.
i forget who's paper patterns i used, but when i find them (and i will) i'll link them here.
as of this posting i've been doing a major material overhaul; making my foam thinner, and cutting out the bulk.
instagram pics ahoy, that's all I really use. on the right i was testing some acrylic coated rubber pipe and it didn't turn out so well, i think i may use rit dye/boiling water to dye it later.
regardless, where i've left off today are the thighs.
the top made with EVA foam matting, and the bottom of the thigh made with craft foam. In all, i'm not sure yet if i want to plastidip or cover them with bondo. i want the polished, plastic/hardened look & feel instead of foamy, seeing as how i may be traveling with it upon it's completion. the only things left foam would be the ab plates and back plates for flexibility reasons. i've read that using bondo right over the foam is pointless because paper does the same thing/some foams will melt, that pepakura was the best way to go when bondo'ing, but i had already started on the EVA and i lack a reliable printer and body model/body cast for scaling. (also, i am useless at pepakura.) all in all, this suit is already reaching across the board with materials, including foam, bondo, and the breastplate i'm looking into making with worbla/plaster because every foam mold i've made looks like a cutting board sticking out of my chest.
i forget who's paper patterns i used, but when i find them (and i will) i'll link them here.
