SilentWings
New Member
Hey all!
I've been here for a while, and only posted a few times, then I vanished and now I'm back with a vengeance.
Last time I was here, I had started on a pep armor build and managed to finish an AR and a helmet. Sadly, a heavy box was dropped on the pair of pep models and they were damaged beyond repair. Disheartened and off put by the event, I left the forums and swept the dream of having a suit of armor under the bed.
I'm back, however, and I have decided to take another crack at it. Only this time, I'm looking into foam builds. I've already done quite a bit of research on foam builds, and looked at several great foam builds here (Nick Nack's foam build for example) and I have to say I'm sold on the foam.
But there is one problem I do have with the foam, and that's the helmet. Of all the foam builds I've seen, only a small few make the helmet out of foam. Nick Nack pepped his, and so did another build I've seen, the name escapes me at the moment, and I was wondering what the reason for this was. Does the pepped helmet just look better? Or is it a sizing issue? If it is a sizing issue, why wouldn't I just get a thinner foam and make it from that? But then, wouldn't that be a stability hazard? *sighs* So many questions.
Furthermore, what is your favorite type of armoring? Pepping or Foam? Or maybe something else. Keep in mind I'm not asking what your dream armor would be built of, but what your favorite medium for working is.
I've only tried pep this far, and I'm hoping foam will be not only an entirely new beast to tame and have fun with.
I look forward to everyone's answers ^_^
I've been here for a while, and only posted a few times, then I vanished and now I'm back with a vengeance.
Last time I was here, I had started on a pep armor build and managed to finish an AR and a helmet. Sadly, a heavy box was dropped on the pair of pep models and they were damaged beyond repair. Disheartened and off put by the event, I left the forums and swept the dream of having a suit of armor under the bed.
I'm back, however, and I have decided to take another crack at it. Only this time, I'm looking into foam builds. I've already done quite a bit of research on foam builds, and looked at several great foam builds here (Nick Nack's foam build for example) and I have to say I'm sold on the foam.
But there is one problem I do have with the foam, and that's the helmet. Of all the foam builds I've seen, only a small few make the helmet out of foam. Nick Nack pepped his, and so did another build I've seen, the name escapes me at the moment, and I was wondering what the reason for this was. Does the pepped helmet just look better? Or is it a sizing issue? If it is a sizing issue, why wouldn't I just get a thinner foam and make it from that? But then, wouldn't that be a stability hazard? *sighs* So many questions.
Furthermore, what is your favorite type of armoring? Pepping or Foam? Or maybe something else. Keep in mind I'm not asking what your dream armor would be built of, but what your favorite medium for working is.
I've only tried pep this far, and I'm hoping foam will be not only an entirely new beast to tame and have fun with.
I look forward to everyone's answers ^_^
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