aareth2000
New Member
After a short period of furtively lurking around the friendly 405th, I too have found my inspiration. I choose foam primarily because I love the excellent foam builds done by LilTyrant and RoxyRoo. So, having gotten a lot of good advice via the threads I've read through, I felt it fair to post my own progress. This build is actually two full suits, one for me and one for my brother. I figure I'll goof up and learn the tricks with mine and make a good suit for my sib. While more time consuming, I can't imagine it to be significantly more difficult to make two as opposed to just one.
So, the details:
I found foam templates on www.therpf.com created by robogenesis and crackhead09 and adapted for foam by demolition
I utilized HaloGoddess' very helpful scaling tutorial and her tips for working with foam
I watched drack's foam tutorials - very helpful!
After all that - I jumped right in.
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So, I started first with a cardboard mock up of the chest and helmet...
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which I found very useful in getting a feel for these entertaining 3-D puzzles. (Please ignore the clutter!) This also allowed me to double check the scaling done on Pepakura Designer.
Taking my lessons from cardboard, I went to foam. I bought black EVA foam - 10 mm, which necessitated picking up metallic markers so I could see my marks.
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Straight pins secured my templates. I planned out one arm and then...
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the other by flipping the templates. That gave me this:
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Many #11 blades sacrificed their edges for what I have lovingly named Forearm B.
The backs were scored to ease shaping of the pieces.
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Prior to applying the heat gun and hot glue, I pinned together the pieces, just to double check I hadn't missed anything important, and that I had a good idea where I was going.
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Which then allowed for glue!
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And more glue...
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So I now have a forearm to make Popeye jealous. On to Forearm A!
So, the details:
I found foam templates on www.therpf.com created by robogenesis and crackhead09 and adapted for foam by demolition
I utilized HaloGoddess' very helpful scaling tutorial and her tips for working with foam
I watched drack's foam tutorials - very helpful!
After all that - I jumped right in.
View attachment 14358
So, I started first with a cardboard mock up of the chest and helmet...
View attachment 14359(<---- Showing only the good side of the helmet here)
which I found very useful in getting a feel for these entertaining 3-D puzzles. (Please ignore the clutter!) This also allowed me to double check the scaling done on Pepakura Designer.
Taking my lessons from cardboard, I went to foam. I bought black EVA foam - 10 mm, which necessitated picking up metallic markers so I could see my marks.
View attachment 14360
Straight pins secured my templates. I planned out one arm and then...
View attachment 14361
the other by flipping the templates. That gave me this:
View attachment 14362View attachment 14363
Many #11 blades sacrificed their edges for what I have lovingly named Forearm B.
The backs were scored to ease shaping of the pieces.
View attachment 14364
Prior to applying the heat gun and hot glue, I pinned together the pieces, just to double check I hadn't missed anything important, and that I had a good idea where I was going.
View attachment 14365View attachment 14366
Which then allowed for glue!
View attachment 14367
And more glue...
View attachment 14368View attachment 14369
So I now have a forearm to make Popeye jealous. On to Forearm A!