How to make armor by Maguma by DynamiteBreakdown

I would probably skip the vinyl, but would this type of armor hold up to, say, getting whacked with pool noodles with fiberglass cores?

i think using camping mat material is better for me because i can actually get it frm the store

i need to try it with the walmart camping mat

Awesome!!! This will definatly help with my Bastion cosplay!!! Thanks!

Would you say that this would be appropriate for the great Siegmeyer of Catarina?
more broadly knight armor in general?

Do you think this method would work for a Dark Eldar armor?

very helpful

Your tutorial is easy to understand and you make it seem easy! This is very helpful

I'm definitely thinking of using this tutorial for Madara! ^^ Thanks!

Would you mind me asking which brand of foam you use? I love how this turned out!

Oooh camping mat! That's a great idea!

You, my good sir, are a genius. Thanks so much for putting this up!

I may try this soon, thanks for sharing!

How did you bend the camping mat to that shape?

Hmm... What material is pleather?
Sorry, google doesnt translate that. I assume its something like fake leather perhaps? Leather covered with plasic? --> Pleather

And if it is sth like that, then if you pin it down with the needles, doest it leave little holes in the fabric later? :I

the results you got on this are really nice! i've seen a lot of people do foam armor w/ vinyl wrapped over, but rarely show there in progress work and results! Did you have to shape the mat to get it to curve like with a heat source? or is it a natural curve the mat had if it was rolled up and thats why it has that curvature? Sorry to bother with all the Q's!

Thank you very much! This will be quite helpful for me in the future.

This tutorial is featured in "Costume Design 101" for Costume Week.

Thank you for sharing your design techniques with the community!

Or man up.
Teehee.

Oh You

That is a great tutorial. I love it, and I plan on using it for cosplay purposes. And here I thought that sort of thing was impossible!

This is so going to help me one day.

Aniki this is amazing. I'll totally use this when I need to >D

That is an awesome idea!!! I've been racking (not sure if that's right) brain on how to go about making Hikaru's armor from Magic Knights Rayearth. This will be very useful. Thank you for posting this.

this is the easiest method of making armor, and even for people who don't have fancy prancy stuff like foam! Thank you so much

just a quick question about how much did the pleather and camping mat cost you?

oh and where did you get the pleather (i dont think the walmart near me carries it)

This is a Mister Tutorial!!! It'll be very useful in the future XD Just let me ask you a question:
Due to the nature of my cosplay, I'll need to make an armor without fabric.
Is it good to varnish the mat, once you put on it some hands of vinavil glue? A friend told me that the glue will "seal" the mat, allowing you to varnish with ease...