Foam Blocks

[Captain Needa]

Does anyone know of a store I can go to to by a block of foam large enough to use as a mold for an Imperial Guard helmet?

 

[corranhornjje]

I'd just buy a sheet of pink/blue foam from Lowes/HD and stack & glue it. Cheap and easy.

 

[armourerdoug]

where are you based?
kewel converters in Bedfordshire sell plastazote among other foams, or try Pentonville rubber near the Angel, Islington, London

hope that helps

Doug

 

[Captain Needa]

Originally posted by Captain Needa@Dec 3 2005, 11:55 PM
Does anyone know of a store I can go to to by a block of foam large enough to use as a mold for an Imperial Guard helmet?

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About how much do those cost?

 

[armourerdoug]

About how much do those cost?


No Idea, depends on type of foam,grade and amount I guess?

Doug

 

[Lello999]

What´s the best type to use? EPS, EPP, PU or PS Foam?

Thanks a lot
Domenik

 

[armourerdoug]

Originally posted by Lello999@Dec 6 2005, 08:09 AM
What´s the best type to use? EPS, EPP, PU or PS Foam?

Thanks a lot
Domenik

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depends what you want to use it for there are hundreds of types of foams my fried. :confused

 

[WookieeGunner]

By mold, do you mean a positive that you can mold? I.e. you want to sculpt a helmet out of foam. Or do you mean as an outer case for the helmet mold to keep it from warping?

 

[Captain Needa]

I mean I want to sculpt it to use as the mold.

 

[WookieeGunner]

Ok, so your plan is to cut into the foam and create a negative? The negative is what you would put whatever you are making the helmet out of.

On the other hand, if you sculpted what the final mask should look like, then that would be the positive. You would then have to use something like RTV silicone to create the mold.

 

[Lello999]

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@Dec 6 2005, 08:09 AM
What´s the best type to use? EPS, EPP, PU or PS Foam?

Thanks a lot
Domenik

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depends what you want to use it for there are hundreds of types of foams my fried. :confused

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Ok, I´d like to sculpt some kind of rocks, perhaps later on (after I got a little bit more experienced) some kind of statue.
I heared PU should be quite good, but I´m not able to find it blocks only the aerosol cans.

Any help would be great. Thanks a lot.

Domenik

 

[Captain Needa]

Originally posted by WookieGunner@Dec 8 2005, 12:30 AM
Ok, so your plan is to cut into the foam and create a negative?  The negative is what you would put whatever you are making the helmet out of.

On the other hand, if you sculpted what the final mask should look like, then that would be the positive.  You would then have to use something like RTV silicone to create the mold.

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The positive is what I should of said. Thanks for you help guys. This is my first time making armor.

 

[JDFett]

what did you use for glue to glue the pink foam together?

 

[GeneralMayhem]

Try this source I found a while back...

http://www.generalplastics.com