COSTUME FOAM ARMOR 101BUILD AMAZING COSPLAY ARMOR FROM CHEAP MATERIALS QUICKLY, SAFELY, AND EFFECTIVELY!

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FOAM JEDI GAUNTLETS

FOAM HAND CANNON

MASS EFFECT ARMOR

SKYRIM DRAUGR ARMOR

EVA FOAM WHAT IS IT?ANTI-FATIGUE FLOOR MATS “FUN FOAM”/CRAFT FOAM L200

WHERE TO GET IT?AMAZON.COM HARDWARE STORES CRAFT STORES (JOANNE/MICHAELS)

SAFETY GOGGLES RESPIRATOR VENTILATION EAR PROTECTION FOOTWEAR DANGLY BITS FIRST AID KIT

TOOLSKNIVES, SHARPENER & ROTARY TOOL

I HAVE THE POWER Band Saw Belt/Disc Sander

Scroll Saw Hot Knife

Power Drill/Press

ADHESIVESBARGE//DAP CONTACT CEMENT, SUPER GLUE (CA), & HOT GLUE

PICKING YOUR PROJECT• AMBITIOUS YET REALISTIC • PICK SOMETHING YOU LOVE • START WITH A SMALL PIECE YOU CAN FINISH • GIVE YOURSELF MORE TIME THAN YOU THINK YOU NEED

REFERENCE IMAGES• GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH • HIGH RESOLUTION • COLLECT MORE THAN YOU

THINK YOU NEED • TRY TO GET MULTIPLE

ANGLES • 3D REFERENCES FROM

VIDEO GAMES

THE ALMIGHTY FOAM RULER

DRAWING TEMPLATESTAKING MEASUREMENTS, WITH LOADS OF TRIAL AND ERROR.

FOAM IS CHEAPMAKE AND MODIFY SEVERAL TEMPLATES

CUTTING YOUR FOAMKEEP THE BLADE AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO YOUR CUTTING SURFACE

GLUING WITH CONTACT CEMENTBRUSH, WAIT, & STICK!

HEAT FORMING

GLUING SEAMS

GLUING LAYERS

ADDING DETAILCIRCLES, LINES, & HOLES

SEALING YOUR FOAMPLASTI DIP, LATEX, PVA GLUE, EPSILON, OR NOTHING

PLASTI DIP

PRIME YOUR PIECEREAD THE CAN

SPRAY YOUR BASEREAD THE CAN

READ THE CAN?YES, READ THE CAN.

MASKINGADD LAYERS OF COLOR TO YOUR ARMOR.

WEATHERING

GET STRAPPEDNYLON WEBBING, ELASTIC, VELCRO, & HOT GLUE

STRAP ADHESION

PUT IT ON

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