Clone Trooper for my 8 year old and Admiral Thrawn for 11 year old. (thrawn pix pg 3)
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wildabeast
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old.
Craft foam is awesome for Halloween armour. I did a Republic Commando a couple years ago for my son. Great job so far.
Craft foam is awesome for Halloween armour. I did a Republic Commando a couple years ago for my son. Great job so far.
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IndyFanChuck
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old.
Awww, man that is so sweet. My 3 year old says she is going as a Princess this year. I have no say in the matter. She's the boss!
lol
Awww, man that is so sweet. My 3 year old says she is going as a Princess this year. I have no say in the matter. She's the boss!
lol
kibosh
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old.
Awesome!
Is it just me, or does anyone else remember so many dad's doing so many sweet costumes for the kids at the same time? Great work guys!
TK409 had a thread years ago doing a stormtrooper out of this craft foam. You guys might be able to pick up some tips & tricks from it, or learn from his experience.
Awesome!
Is it just me, or does anyone else remember so many dad's doing so many sweet costumes for the kids at the same time? Great work guys!
TK409 had a thread years ago doing a stormtrooper out of this craft foam. You guys might be able to pick up some tips & tricks from it, or learn from his experience.
firesprite
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old.
NICE! That's one heck of a costume.
NICE! That's one heck of a costume.
Guri
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old.
Thanks everyone. It's always great to have Halloween to get back to costuming.
I started to paint and weather it yesterday, but the blue is off a bit (looks good in photo, not good enough in person) and I need more grime on the helmet for sure.
Here's what we're going for:
And here is what we have so far:
Thanks everyone.
It's always great to have Halloween to get back to costuming.I started to paint and weather it yesterday, but the blue is off a bit (looks good in photo, not good enough in person) and I need more grime on the helmet for sure.
Here's what we're going for:
And here is what we have so far:
precisionk
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old.
Looks great!
Looks great!
Guri
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old.
Awesome! Look for the large rolls of foam at Micheal's. Everything I've done so far took one $8 roll and I still have some left over.
The technique I use is to reinforce each piece by ironing fabric on the back of it with "heat n' bond". I shape it as it's cooling and it stays rigid.
You probably know it, but you'll want to make your pattern out of paper first... but also, if you're going to heat the foam, iron the entire roll of foam BEFORE you cut it. Craft Foam shrinks a tiny bit when heated. You'll notice it starting to curl as you iron, I placed a large flat board on it so it would cool flat.
I can't believe after all this time I haven't made a tutorial specifically for craft foam.... If the above doesn't make sense I can go through steps. I still have to do the glove pieces so I can try to take pictures too.
Let me know.
Way to go!!! I love what you have done. You've inspired to go the craft foam route for my 4 year old son. I had seen some actual abs plastic stormies on the bay, but comfort wise, cost, and ease to mod...this is the way to go
Awesome! Look for the large rolls of foam at Micheal's. Everything I've done so far took one $8 roll and I still have some left over.
The technique I use is to reinforce each piece by ironing fabric on the back of it with "heat n' bond". I shape it as it's cooling and it stays rigid.
You probably know it, but you'll want to make your pattern out of paper first... but also, if you're going to heat the foam, iron the entire roll of foam BEFORE you cut it. Craft Foam shrinks a tiny bit when heated. You'll notice it starting to curl as you iron, I placed a large flat board on it so it would cool flat.
I can't believe after all this time I haven't made a tutorial specifically for craft foam.... If the above doesn't make sense I can go through steps. I still have to do the glove pieces so I can try to take pictures too.
Let me know.
JediBlutarsky
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old.
For those of you that suffer from an inadequate Michaels foam selection here is a link where you can order the 2mm by the roll. They also sell 6mm sheets.
http://craftsuppliesforless.com/kidscraftsupplies_foamsheets.html
For those of you that suffer from an inadequate Michaels foam selection here is a link where you can order the 2mm by the roll. They also sell 6mm sheets.
http://craftsuppliesforless.com/kidscraftsupplies_foamsheets.html
Guri
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old and Admiral Thrawn for 11 year old.
Did some more work in the clone trooper, but no pictures yet.
Here's the first fitting of Admiral Thrawn:
He's laughing because his daddy just asked, "Where's your 'cat'." :lol (Only those who have ready the Thrawn Trilogy will understand that one)
Did some more work in the clone trooper, but no pictures yet.
Here's the first fitting of Admiral Thrawn:
He's laughing because his daddy just asked, "Where's your 'cat'." :lol (Only those who have ready the Thrawn Trilogy will understand that one)
Egon Spengler
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old and Admiral Thrawn for 11 year old.
Wow! It's great to see you on here again Guri! You do fantastic work!
Wow! It's great to see you on here again Guri! You do fantastic work!
Guri
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old and Admiral Thrawn for 11 year old.
My son's costume, nearly done - before I painted the shoes and put on the hand armor:
Here he is while we were waiting for the parade/contest. He found a few other clones and they were having a blast chasing each other around. There were also a couple of Jangos that made for a fun time:
Note on the far right and below - dead Rex. *L* clever costume.
Below, my son gets a taste of being a superstar as the kids admire and point out details on his costume. I felt a bit bad about painting his dress shoes white for the costume, until one of the kids noticed it. :$
Oh and... he was one of the winners. $25 gift certificate to Toys R Us... It's nice after his costumes being overlooked for so many years.
My son's costume, nearly done - before I painted the shoes and put on the hand armor:
Here he is while we were waiting for the parade/contest. He found a few other clones and they were having a blast chasing each other around. There were also a couple of Jangos that made for a fun time:
Note on the far right and below - dead Rex. *L* clever costume.
Below, my son gets a taste of being a superstar as the kids admire and point out details on his costume. I felt a bit bad about painting his dress shoes white for the costume, until one of the kids noticed it. :$
Oh and... he was one of the winners.
$25 gift certificate to Toys R Us... It's nice after his costumes being overlooked for so many years. 
Guri
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Re: Clone Trooper Rex for my 8 year old and Admiral Thrawn for 11 year old.
ARGH!
My oldest has been sick since Wednesday and my youngest just came down with a fever. They are both pretty devastated at the timing.
Thankfully Rex made it to the costume parade/contest last week, but I don't know if Thrawn is going to see the light of day now. :cry
Maybe I can take Thrawn out specifically for a photo shoot if he's not up and around by tomorrow. And buy them candy. Poor little guys.
ARGH!
My oldest has been sick since Wednesday and my youngest just came down with a fever. They are both pretty devastated at the timing.
Thankfully Rex made it to the costume parade/contest last week, but I don't know if Thrawn is going to see the light of day now. :cry
Maybe I can take Thrawn out specifically for a photo shoot if he's not up and around by tomorrow. And buy them candy. Poor little guys.
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