Mass Effect 2 Capacitor armor

[Rogue Spectre]

Hello All,

This will be my first blog, anywhere. I will be posting on how I made my Mass Effect 2 Capacitor armor using the popular foam flooring. I should have pics up in the next few days. If you want to see some of my pics though then check out my facebook. I will also be making a seperate thread on how I made my M-3 Predator heavy pistol.

 

[Rogue Spectre]

 

[Rogue Spectre]

This is made entirely out of EVA foam, to include the pistol. I used a hobby heat knife to cut the foam and the various attachments to burn in the detail. I also used a dremel on some parts. To glue it all together I used a glue gun with hot melt glue sticks. The paint is krylon fusion. For the power pack I used glowire.

 

[Rogue Spectre]

 

[Finnlock]

Wow, very nice!

Pictures of the back with the lights?

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Very cool!

 

[Kommissar]

it's so much cooler in person!

and the shoulders, in my opinion, are one of the best parts, since that shape is not easy to do with foam

 

[Rogue Spectre]

Wow, very nice!

Pictures of the back with the lights?

 

[Rogue Spectre]

Thanx Kommissar! Those shoulders took 5 attempts to get that shape too.

 

[Rogue Spectre]

Shoulder construction...

 

[Rogue Spectre]

I used a hobby heat tool to carve the detail before I shaped them. It's much easier to do when it is flat.

To shape them I put them in the oven at 250 for around 3+ min then used my knee to form it to the right shape. If I needed to go back and fix a smaller area I used a heat gun.

 

[Rogue Spectre]

Gauntlets: I used police frisking gloves and EVA foam. you can hot glue on the pieces with your hand in the glove and not get burned. I recommend painting the armor pieces first so you don't risk getting paint on the gloves.

 

[Panzer]

You were at SDCC weren't you? It certainly looked good in person. I'm not sure if I got a pic with you, but I was the Imperial Officer at the Bioware setup at the Hilton Gaslamp.

 

[Rogue Spectre]

Yeah, I was at SDCC, and in the bioware costume contest. I will also be @ Dragon Con.

 

[reaper63]

outstanding work there!!! very nice indeed!!

now, who wants to make me Kestrel armor! lol

 

[Talsiri]

Damn that's very nice!

How thick a foam are you using? O_O

 

[Rogue Spectre]

Damn that's very nice!

How thick a foam are you using? O_O

Thank you. It is 7/16-1/2 inch thick, purchased from Lowes.

 

[oculus1857]

Excellent work!! Also thanks for showing pictures of the inside and behind the armor. Helps a lot when you do.

 

[Ahura]

Fantastic job man, it came out great! You, me, and Harrison will have to take some sweet pictures at D*C this year.

 

[Rogue Spectre]

Excellent work!! Also thanks for showing pictures of the inside and behind the armor. Helps a lot when you do.

Not a problem! I noticed there are not many inside pics when I was doing the research to make my armor.