Bigbat23's Arkham Origins "inspired" foam build

skittle76

Jr Member

• Oct 26, 2014

• #21

Looks good bro, keep it up. Going to make a chest piece similar to this for a red hood outfit. Rock on!

 

TheVelocity7

New Member

• Oct 28, 2014

• #22

Great build man, did you put and bondo or rondo or fiberglass

 

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Bigbat23

Well-Known Member

• Oct 28, 2014

• #23

TheVelocity7 said:

Great build man, did you put and bondo or rondo or fiberglass

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Nope! Just foam, water and wood glue mixture and Plasti Dip.

 

creative stress

Well-Known Member

• Oct 28, 2014

• #24

That cowl looks amazing the fit is exelent well done [emoji106]


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MetalMilkMan

Member

• Oct 28, 2014

• #25

Bigbat23 said:

Nope! Just foam, water and wood glue mixture and Plasti Dip.

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Hey, great build so far, cowl looks great and the torso is brilliant looking. Just wanted to ask, the water and wood glue, do use that to seal the foam? And to what ratio? Thanks.

 

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Bigbat23

Well-Known Member

• Oct 28, 2014

• #26

MetalMilkMan said:

Hey, great build so far, cowl looks great and the torso is brilliant looking. Just wanted to ask, the water and wood glue, do use that to seal the foam? And to what ratio? Thanks.

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Thank you! Yes the water and wood glue mixture is to seal the foam. The ratio is 3 parts glue to 1 part water. After you've done it a few times you can just eye it.

 

TheVelocity7

New Member

• Nov 2, 2014

• #27

What foam did you use? EVA or craft?

 

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spartanbat13

New Member

• Nov 2, 2014

• #28

Great job! Your armor build rocks!

 

ClockworkRonin

New Member

• Dec 17, 2014

• #29

Awesome cowl! Wish I had your talent

 

Judge Spartan

Sr Member

• Dec 17, 2014

• #30

TheVelocity7 said:

What foam did you use? EVA or craft?

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AND what thickness? 3mm.?
Outstanding work BTW

 

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Bigbat23

Well-Known Member

• Apr 7, 2015

• #31

The cowl is craft foam from Hobby Lobby. It is 3mm. I just got back to work on this build so stay tuned.

 

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joeey2k

New Member

• Apr 9, 2015

• #32

hello looking for a arkham asylum shin guard foam

 

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Bigbat23

Well-Known Member

• Apr 10, 2015

• #33

Check out the Foam Cave.

 

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Bigbat23

Well-Known Member

• Apr 16, 2015

• #34

Okay, I made some progress on this build finally. Got the chest and rib cage armor parts all painted and glued together. I think it looks good. I also started on the belt with templates from thefoamcave. I tried one per their instructions then I did one with a few mods. More to come.

 

texxxan

New Member

• Apr 16, 2015

• #35

Great work! Very clean.

 

PhantomEvoX

Member

• Apr 16, 2015

• #36

Looking good

 

Hazmat

Well-Known Member

• Apr 16, 2015

• #37

Phenomenal work. It's hard to believe people get such great results with foam.

Edit: Just thought my tone might've come across as arrogant. Nothing against foam or people who use it, of course. I've tried foam and had middling results.

 

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Bigbat23

Well-Known Member

• Apr 25, 2015

• #38

A bit more progress on this build.

 

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Solefreak88

Well-Known Member

• Apr 30, 2015

• #39

How do you sand and shape the edges so good? What tools, techniques ?

 

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Bigbat23

Well-Known Member

• Apr 30, 2015

• #40

Solefreak88 said:

How do you sand and shape the edges so good? What tools, techniques ?

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I use a Dremmel to sand the edges. A tip I learned was to use the grinding stone to grind the sanding wheel down a bit, makes for smoother edges. I also started drawing guidelines and sand right up to the line.

Finished painting my belt. I don't like the canisters on the belt so I chose to do just pouches. The color of the belt is a bit boring so I chose a different color. I went with a copper metallic Plasti-Dip, think it looks good.


Just finished the second shoulder armor piece, so I will be attaching it to the harness and chest armor shortly.