For the most part my experience with prop building for cosplay has been with cardboard and paper-mache. Recently I discovered EVA foam and made the leap. It's been a blast to work with, though I am taking my time to read tutorials before each step.
I just wanted to post some progress pics and ask for any advice you guys might have to offer a first time EVA user.
I've taken some liberties on the armour design to create a more realistic robot feeling, while also allowing the armour to fit a human body without being overly blocky. Here is the original character:
So this is most of the armour shaped and detailed through a combination of dremel sanding, and etching with a soldering iron/straight edge, getting ready for battle damage.
Here is some of the armour with battle damage and the first coat of 3:1 PVA/Podge brushed on. The googley eyes are meant to look like rivets after the plastidip/paint.
The fingers have string running through them like a tendon, and snap back to a mostly straight position thanks to a measuring tape core. It's difficult to explain but I'll post some photos on that process later. I don't have it photographed here but that circle in the palm is an insert for a small 3 inch blue plasma dis, to emulate an electrical attack.
This is probably the most complicated part of the build. I'm still really hammering out the design and function of these.
I had an old "bubble gum watch" which I spray painted red/yellow, and added an extra red strap to. The watch flips open at the push of a button to reveal a medacoin that I designed and had a friend 3D render then print for me. He made a slightly larger one to really show the detail, but the smaller one fits properly in the watch.
Here is the first suit up when I was figuring out how to fit all the straps and such. The helmet is a cardboard build which I resin coated and bondo'd. I'm not terribly happy with it, its fairly lumpy where it should be really round/smooth, but I fear more bondo will weigh it down too much
Anyways, I may post more detailed sections on the helmet, the gauntlets with plasma and moving fingers, and the tail build as I flesh them out more.
I will ultimately need to obtain and detail either a white, or a silver morph/zentai/spandex body suit. Any advice on where to find this, and how to detail it would be greatly appreciated.
I just wanted to post some progress pics and ask for any advice you guys might have to offer a first time EVA user.
I've taken some liberties on the armour design to create a more realistic robot feeling, while also allowing the armour to fit a human body without being overly blocky. Here is the original character:
So this is most of the armour shaped and detailed through a combination of dremel sanding, and etching with a soldering iron/straight edge, getting ready for battle damage.
Here is some of the armour with battle damage and the first coat of 3:1 PVA/Podge brushed on. The googley eyes are meant to look like rivets after the plastidip/paint.
The fingers have string running through them like a tendon, and snap back to a mostly straight position thanks to a measuring tape core. It's difficult to explain but I'll post some photos on that process later. I don't have it photographed here but that circle in the palm is an insert for a small 3 inch blue plasma dis, to emulate an electrical attack.
This is probably the most complicated part of the build. I'm still really hammering out the design and function of these.
I had an old "bubble gum watch" which I spray painted red/yellow, and added an extra red strap to. The watch flips open at the push of a button to reveal a medacoin that I designed and had a friend 3D render then print for me. He made a slightly larger one to really show the detail, but the smaller one fits properly in the watch.
Here is the first suit up when I was figuring out how to fit all the straps and such. The helmet is a cardboard build which I resin coated and bondo'd. I'm not terribly happy with it, its fairly lumpy where it should be really round/smooth, but I fear more bondo will weigh it down too much
Anyways, I may post more detailed sections on the helmet, the gauntlets with plasma and moving fingers, and the tail build as I flesh them out more.
I will ultimately need to obtain and detail either a white, or a silver morph/zentai/spandex body suit. Any advice on where to find this, and how to detail it would be greatly appreciated.
