forcetrainer
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Oddly enough when I started crafting foam I dove almost immediately into my foam sealing experiment. So while I got really good at sealing and painting foam, I hadn't really put anything together expect for a basic helmet.
I decided that i wanted to take a crack at the Deathstroke mask from Injustice. In hindsight I probably should've started with something a little easier and with a whole lot less pieces, but as one of my best friends always tells me, "if you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly." This is my first actual build of anything, so I wanted to get some comments/thoughts from folks. And don't worry - you won't hurt my feelings. Any insight is helpful in refining my techniques.
There are a few glaring bits that already stick out including: a clearly damaged edge due to the Dremel catching it and pulling it under (totally my fault), the eye patch being WAAAY too thick because I used the same thickness foam (3mm next time), and the fact that the base pepakura file is about 50% too small for my head. Regardless, I learned a lot in this build phase, and I'm going to take the mask all the way through to completion with paint.
Materials Used:
- 6mm foam from a 40"x 72" sheet - Probably used about 2.5 sq. ft. of foam.
- Contact cement - While it's a pain to work with and actual gluing is a one short deal, being able to glue part of the piece together and know it's not going anywhere is nice.
- Standard array of scissors, paper, tape, etc.
Here's the foam build with no sealing yet:
In my rush to get this done (rush being relative since this took me close to 10 hours of cutting, glaring, comparing to the 3D mockup, and so on) I didn't have any reference pictures to help me along. This is definitely another mistake because I would've caught a few oddities (especially the eye patch) if I had look reference art more than once. Again, lesson learned.
The biggest pain was definitely the stenciling. I spent the time to cut out all the stencils from paper, lay and attach on the foam, cut the foam, etc. Personally I didn't like it all that much, and I was wondering if anyone has tried use frisket film or another easy to peel off stenciling paper. It seems like it may be easier, but without having any frisket paper on hand I'm not sure how well it adheres and comes out without leaving residue.
I decided that i wanted to take a crack at the Deathstroke mask from Injustice. In hindsight I probably should've started with something a little easier and with a whole lot less pieces, but as one of my best friends always tells me, "if you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly." This is my first actual build of anything, so I wanted to get some comments/thoughts from folks. And don't worry - you won't hurt my feelings. Any insight is helpful in refining my techniques.
There are a few glaring bits that already stick out including: a clearly damaged edge due to the Dremel catching it and pulling it under (totally my fault), the eye patch being WAAAY too thick because I used the same thickness foam (3mm next time), and the fact that the base pepakura file is about 50% too small for my head. Regardless, I learned a lot in this build phase, and I'm going to take the mask all the way through to completion with paint.
Materials Used:
- 6mm foam from a 40"x 72" sheet - Probably used about 2.5 sq. ft. of foam.
- Contact cement - While it's a pain to work with and actual gluing is a one short deal, being able to glue part of the piece together and know it's not going anywhere is nice.
- Standard array of scissors, paper, tape, etc.
Here's the foam build with no sealing yet:
In my rush to get this done (rush being relative since this took me close to 10 hours of cutting, glaring, comparing to the 3D mockup, and so on) I didn't have any reference pictures to help me along. This is definitely another mistake because I would've caught a few oddities (especially the eye patch) if I had look reference art more than once. Again, lesson learned.
The biggest pain was definitely the stenciling. I spent the time to cut out all the stencils from paper, lay and attach on the foam, cut the foam, etc. Personally I didn't like it all that much, and I was wondering if anyone has tried use frisket film or another easy to peel off stenciling paper. It seems like it may be easier, but without having any frisket paper on hand I'm not sure how well it adheres and comes out without leaving residue.
