Hardening cloth

[TENGU]

Just wondering what is a good way to harden cloth,for instance taking a shirt and Making it like arMor.

 

[Kennyd]

You can buy a solution that will stiffen hats, I doubt it will become like amour though. Probably need to use some sort of resin.

 

[Nyne]

best way to do something like that is use resin for fiberglass . we used to use sheet cloth when doing custom speaker boxes to help get a nice rounded edge.. so should work to kinda make it hard like armor.. but it will be kinda tricky because if you use a mannequin or something to hold it you will need something to help release it/ keep it from sticking.. dont know if this helps ..im just a newbie to prop making.

 

[TENGU]

best way to do something like that is use resin for fiberglass . we used to use sheet cloth when doing custom speaker boxes to help get a nice rounded edge.. so should work to kinda make it hard like armor.. but it will be kinda tricky because if you use a mannequin or something to hold it you will need something to help release it/ keep it from sticking.. dont know if this helps ..im just a newbie to prop making.

Anything helps and thank you for your input....I believe soMe ancient warriors used to stiffen their linen shirts with urine but that isnt soMething I want to try lol.

 

[sesl]

Resin itself will make it stiff but brittle. You can try the pepakura way and basically resin, fiberglass, and Rondo. That would make it "armour" like harness and strength.