Tiggerbozz
New Member
Hey lovely folks,
My cousin works with a company that sends actors to kid's parties as various super heroes. Their Iron Man suit is getting a bit beat up and when she saw the Pepper Potts Rescue Armor (from JFCustoms thread) I was working on for myself, asked if I could make them a new set. I am still REALLY new to armor making so I told her I would certainly try, but couldn't make her any promises. The reason I am here this morning is because after seeing video of their old costume I realized I could definitely make one at least as good, but I worried about how many uses they would get out of it. I was originally going to go with foam using JFCustom's pepfiles of the MkIII, but from watching videos and reading here, it sounds like foam might not survive a bunch of college kids very long. Any suggestions on ways I can increase the life span on foam? Or a suggestion on a different material that can stand up to the kind of wear and tear this will likely see?
Cheers!
~Loeri
My cousin works with a company that sends actors to kid's parties as various super heroes. Their Iron Man suit is getting a bit beat up and when she saw the Pepper Potts Rescue Armor (from JFCustoms thread) I was working on for myself, asked if I could make them a new set. I am still REALLY new to armor making so I told her I would certainly try, but couldn't make her any promises. The reason I am here this morning is because after seeing video of their old costume I realized I could definitely make one at least as good, but I worried about how many uses they would get out of it. I was originally going to go with foam using JFCustom's pepfiles of the MkIII, but from watching videos and reading here, it sounds like foam might not survive a bunch of college kids very long. Any suggestions on ways I can increase the life span on foam? Or a suggestion on a different material that can stand up to the kind of wear and tear this will likely see?
Cheers!
~Loeri