xorex
New Member
Hi all,
First let me say thank you to "Brian" who showed me this armor can be done and also for his good idea for the spine.
So I decided to tackle foam, after ABS for my Sandtrooper, I thought it should be easy-ish.
Boy was I wrong,
-pattern
-trace
-cut
-heat form
-glue
-and so on...
So I have decided to show you guys what I have so far.
Chest and arms
Side view
Full front and back view.
Here you can see the finished ab plate and part one of the legs.
Well here you have it.
Here is what I used as patterns:
Chest: modified Evil Ted's chest
Arms: Evil Ted's arms and shoulders
Legs: patterned off of my Sandtrooper legs
details: all me
Also, I have a question.
I used silicone to hide the seems, and even after sealing it with plastidip, the seems still show. Also, on the forearms the silicon never actually dried (still feels sticky, and shows through the plastidip). A friend told me to try synthetic rubber, he uses it for the foam larp weapons he makes and it comes out seamless and even. I would like to have you take on that.
That same friend showed me the series Cosplay Melee (nice show). Some costumers used thermal plastic to mold it with a heat gun. I was wondering if thermal plastic is an other name for warbla.
I was wondering, would it be possible to actually cover the whole suit with thermal plastic/warbla as a sealer before painting?
Quick question (gee, do I have lots of those today): where can I buy therma plastic/warbla in Canada, more precisely near Montreal or Ottawa?
thanks all for help and feedback.
First let me say thank you to "Brian" who showed me this armor can be done and also for his good idea for the spine.
So I decided to tackle foam, after ABS for my Sandtrooper, I thought it should be easy-ish.
Boy was I wrong,
-pattern
-trace
-cut
-heat form
-glue
-and so on...
So I have decided to show you guys what I have so far.
Chest and arms
Side view
Full front and back view.
Here you can see the finished ab plate and part one of the legs.
Well here you have it.
Here is what I used as patterns:
Chest: modified Evil Ted's chest
Arms: Evil Ted's arms and shoulders
Legs: patterned off of my Sandtrooper legs
details: all me
Also, I have a question.
I used silicone to hide the seems, and even after sealing it with plastidip, the seems still show. Also, on the forearms the silicon never actually dried (still feels sticky, and shows through the plastidip). A friend told me to try synthetic rubber, he uses it for the foam larp weapons he makes and it comes out seamless and even. I would like to have you take on that.
That same friend showed me the series Cosplay Melee (nice show). Some costumers used thermal plastic to mold it with a heat gun. I was wondering if thermal plastic is an other name for warbla.
I was wondering, would it be possible to actually cover the whole suit with thermal plastic/warbla as a sealer before painting?
Quick question (gee, do I have lots of those today): where can I buy therma plastic/warbla in Canada, more precisely near Montreal or Ottawa?
thanks all for help and feedback.
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