foam buil cap america shield

Hi all. I was thinking of making a captain america shield from foam. Does anyone have any suggestion how i would get started as never done a shield before so need some help with sizing and coating. any help would be great. thanks

 

This has definitely been covered before. Use the search bar to have a look around.

to start you off this link has a template for a foam shield.
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=162618

You'll need to use some sort of filler material to smooth out the curves before painting. There's been a lot of talk about this already so spend a bit of time going through the different options.

 

Ok thanks. Will have a look.