Mitcheg1
Active Member
After taking my son to see Iron Man 3, he told me he wanted to build an Iron Patriot costume. After whipping together a really bad cardboard version, which he loved, I decided I could do much better! That's when i first stumbled onto the RPF and learned about building costumes with EVA foam and Pepakura.
I have no experience with building costumes, although I do build props for halloween occassionally! So i read as much as I could on working with EVA and got to work.
I've struggled with sizing and built an initial helmet and chest piece that was way too big for my son. However, it gave me a good practice run at working with the foam. I also attempted to harden the design using wood glue with an overcoat of polyurethane! It definitely hardened the suit but painting was a challenge. I couldn't mask off areas with masking tape as it would peel the paint off underneath. I ended up painting by hand with acrylic paints.
I'm almost complete with my "MKII". Version and have finally got the sizing down. I'm most proud of the details I was able to etch into the chest and forearm. I found that a soldering iron was ideal for capturing these features.
Only a few weeks left til Halloween so I need to get moving. Gotta rebuild the helmet and neck piece and this time I plan to Rondo the whole piece. Hopefully I don't mess it up and the process.
Hope you all like it!
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I have no experience with building costumes, although I do build props for halloween occassionally! So i read as much as I could on working with EVA and got to work.
I've struggled with sizing and built an initial helmet and chest piece that was way too big for my son. However, it gave me a good practice run at working with the foam. I also attempted to harden the design using wood glue with an overcoat of polyurethane! It definitely hardened the suit but painting was a challenge. I couldn't mask off areas with masking tape as it would peel the paint off underneath. I ended up painting by hand with acrylic paints.
I'm almost complete with my "MKII". Version and have finally got the sizing down. I'm most proud of the details I was able to etch into the chest and forearm. I found that a soldering iron was ideal for capturing these features.
Only a few weeks left til Halloween so I need to get moving. Gotta rebuild the helmet and neck piece and this time I plan to Rondo the whole piece. Hopefully I don't mess it up and the process.
Hope you all like it!
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