Hello all.
I have seen some really good unerarmor here in the forums, but the best ones that I have seen either require awesome sewing skills, or laying out some hard earned cash for some paintball armor, pressure suit, ect.
Heres my idea for creating some custom molded, flexible underarmor pieces, and the only skill required is to be able to cut and build a pepakura model. I did a small scale test and was very pleased with the result. (I will post some pics in a few days)
1.) Create a pepakura file for the underarmor part you want to mold (lower back, inner thigh, back of fingers,ect.)
[I'll need some help with this part]
2.)Build a negative model of the piece you want to mold. the important thing here is to have all of the glue tabs on the outside of your model, as you will be using the inside to cast your piece. For my test I used regular copy paper but I will test again with 60 lb cardstock
3.) Use high temp hot glue to fill your mold. For my test, I brushed the hot glue on until it was about 1/16" thick, then I used the glue gun to fill any deep pockets in the mold.
4.) Once the glue is completley cool, submerge the part in water untill the paper starts to break down. Then use a kitchen sponge to rub away the paper. This is why I only used regular 20 lb paper for my test. I am looking for other ways to separate the paper from the hot glue, but this worked fine after only 15 minutes of soaking on hot tapwater.
5.)Test fit the piece an trim the edges with scissors
6.) Paint with a couple coats of flat black paint and hot glue to your undersuit.
Thats the idea anyway. Let me know what you all think.
I have seen some really good unerarmor here in the forums, but the best ones that I have seen either require awesome sewing skills, or laying out some hard earned cash for some paintball armor, pressure suit, ect.
Heres my idea for creating some custom molded, flexible underarmor pieces, and the only skill required is to be able to cut and build a pepakura model. I did a small scale test and was very pleased with the result. (I will post some pics in a few days)
1.) Create a pepakura file for the underarmor part you want to mold (lower back, inner thigh, back of fingers,ect.)
[I'll need some help with this part]
2.)Build a negative model of the piece you want to mold. the important thing here is to have all of the glue tabs on the outside of your model, as you will be using the inside to cast your piece. For my test I used regular copy paper but I will test again with 60 lb cardstock
3.) Use high temp hot glue to fill your mold. For my test, I brushed the hot glue on until it was about 1/16" thick, then I used the glue gun to fill any deep pockets in the mold.
4.) Once the glue is completley cool, submerge the part in water untill the paper starts to break down. Then use a kitchen sponge to rub away the paper. This is why I only used regular 20 lb paper for my test. I am looking for other ways to separate the paper from the hot glue, but this worked fine after only 15 minutes of soaking on hot tapwater.
5.)Test fit the piece an trim the edges with scissors
6.) Paint with a couple coats of flat black paint and hot glue to your undersuit.
Thats the idea anyway. Let me know what you all think.
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