I finished my Lightning Returns boots today!!
I took some progress photos throughout the process & thought it might be help others making armor out of craft foam. It's really lightweight & affordable! (cost me under $10
How I did it:
1:Cut a pattern out of paper.
2:Trace pattern onto craft foam & cut it out.
3:Use stove (or heat gun) to warm up foam so it's moldable for shaping.
4:Trace pattern on poster board or cardstock & glue it under the shaped foam to stabilize it.
Tip: if you need raised edges just hot glue on strips of foam.
5: Glue separate solid pieces together if necessary
6: Coat foam in clear craft glue & let dry.
7: Spray paint base coat (darker color)
8: Paint/detail desired color
9: Attach elastic, velcro, straps, ect.. in desired areas to make it wearable
10: Put it on & look like a badass! ;D
I took some progress photos throughout the process & thought it might be help others making armor out of craft foam. It's really lightweight & affordable! (cost me under $10
How I did it:
1:Cut a pattern out of paper.
2:Trace pattern onto craft foam & cut it out.
3:Use stove (or heat gun) to warm up foam so it's moldable for shaping.
4:Trace pattern on poster board or cardstock & glue it under the shaped foam to stabilize it.
Tip: if you need raised edges just hot glue on strips of foam.
5: Glue separate solid pieces together if necessary
6: Coat foam in clear craft glue & let dry.
7: Spray paint base coat (darker color)
8: Paint/detail desired color
9: Attach elastic, velcro, straps, ect.. in desired areas to make it wearable
10: Put it on & look like a badass! ;D
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but i can tell you that craft foam is generally 2mm thick, if you're getting the sheets.
Sometimes craft foam is labelled "eva foam sheets" in some shops, but when cosplayers are talking about EVA foam, we're normally on about the floor mat kind.
Hope this helps in the future!
Could you please give more details on that? A link to such glue maybe?
Thanks!
I've used tacky glue in the past on craft foam, many to prime AND seal, but the downside is that tacky glue normally drys shiny.
But you may or may not have heard of Mod Podge, right? Mod Podge can be used the same way that tacky glue can, but you can get different varieties of it! So you can get the Gloss one or the Matte one!
Hope this helps out in the future!
It looks awesome! Congrats!
Raven (she's a mutual friend of ours!) is actually going to help me make Bunny's Hero Suit from Tiger & Bunny! So I want all the tips and tricks I can get ^^
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