TylerBH2014
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Lol, what works works. That’ll gain 3-5 inches.
I am still struggling with the arms for my cosplay. I just can't find a good way. Can you please explain how you attach the arms to the shoulders? I see on your pictures that there is buckle at the top. Is that the only attachment point?After yet another long break, I've gotten the arms fabricated and up to the base paint coat.
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I never really thought about that bit, but I used elastic straps instead of nylon which is probably the key. On the upper arm it's basically just a clip glued as close to the inner top edge of the foam as I could get it, with no slack. Inside the cuirass's shoulder pieces I just hot glued the crap out of an elastic strap so it dangled down, then I threw a clip on and test fit it with the arms until I had it adjusted to the right length. I think I got everything I used out of an old set of knee pads. Since the straps in the shoulders are always at least a little bit stretched, the arm pieces are constantly getting pulled up and the cuirass is constantly getting pulled down, which keeps everything in place.I am still struggling with the arms for my cosplay. I just can't find a good way. Can you please explain how you attach the arms to the shoulders? I see on your pictures that there is buckle at the top. Is that the only attachment point?
And how do you put the whole armor on? Can you even do it by yourself or is someone helping you to put it on?
Definitely something that can be changed later, at least, so if you have a stroke of genius at some point you can modify it. I guess I kind of lucked into a manageable way of doing things, definitely not a thought I had when I designed it though.Okay well I guess I am gonna make a solution similar to yours and hope a someone will help me putting it on. This sucks for testing purpose, but well if I ever go to a cosplay event I think a friend can help me out.
I just watched a few videos of this famous cosplayer:
this is where she talks about attachment methods and she basically says that she mostly use Velcro and always relies on a helper.
You can see my exact struggles on here dressing up videos e.g.:it is just impossible to reach your shoulder once you wear something bulky.
Very dissatisfying, but there seems to be no better solution. I tried to use magnets, like Neodym magnets. But they were keep falling off. The arms just have too much movement to be attached with only magnets.
Hah, you say that as someone who's done far cleaner foam work, I've seen that Infinite suit! Would be interesting to tackle a MK VII Spartan, as 343 took a lot of pains to get the character proportions somewhat realistic this time around. They say you learn from mistakes, so I should be an EVA foam genius by the time I finish this thing.The fact that it's all made out of foam is mind blowing. Can't wait to see what your future cosplays will be.
Well, the lamp fell onto the visor and roasted my face pretty bad until I could get a good grip on the clamp. I need to put some rubber on the finger pads, otherwise I will be a walking three stooges skit.Who won, you or the lamp?
Geez, that looks so good in motion! Your suit's gonna be terrifying when the legs are complete!
I love the idea you have with attaching to a rubber slip on rather than the shoe itself, gonna steal that one. Being able to remove the shoes and sanitize them seems like it'll make the after-cosplay hygiene easier at least.
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