First attempts at foam armor.

[jimbo only one]

Well I spent my morning painting the new arm parts as well as the new hand guards. I also experimented with stencils.
heres how it came out.

and the hand guards

the whole arm laid out, need to finish battle damage:

let me know what you think,

 

[braytak]

Well I spent my morning painting the new arm parts as well as the new hand guards. I also experimented with stencils.
heres how it came out.

and the hand guards

the whole arm laid out, need to finish battle damage:

let me know what you think,

looks awesomes i am about to finish my chest pep but i think i might start over with foam since i just got my foam in the mail

question the the lines in the hand plates and top and bottom of shoulders you use a hot knife to cut? what did you use for the 45 degree cuts a hot kinfe to?

 

[Solo]

man this is looking real good. looks like i'l be making my wife's armor out foam

 

[setabkcin]

That's some awesome armor. The paint job is amazing.

 

[jimbo only one]

looks awesomes i am about to finish my chest pep but i think i might start over with foam since i just got my foam in the mail

question the the lines in the hand plates and top and bottom of shoulders you use a hot knife to cut? what did you use for the 45 degree cuts a hot kinfe to?

I didnt make the hand plates so i cant say how they were done, they are from privateer, awesome pieces btw, cast in plastic with hardfoam centers.
The cuts for al the foam was done with an X-acto knife and steel ruler.
The pannel lines were all burned in with a soildering iron.
I strongly suggest if you can, PM or email privateer about the hand plates, and he has some pre-stenciled chests for reach that are sweet! I plan to get just stencils to make my own chest.

 

[TheBradinator]

Lookin GREAT brah! Love the handplates from Privateer!

 

[TD2253]

Love the weathering and the battle damage effects! Awesome job dude!

 

[jimbo only one]

OMFG!!!!! All you guys who do pep have earned my respect! Working on the EOD helmet pep, and wow this is a pain!

And i found out, I printed way to small!

Well back to the drawing board!

 

[wiyumishere]

incredible

 

[caleb]

sizing is a pain... I messed up my 1st 2 helmets before I got it right, but now My measurement works.

 

[Reign]

That stuff looks GREAT man, I can't believe it's foam!

 

[jimbo only one]

Well this is what I want to eventually get to, designin my own props and being able to make them as well, here are some rough un-reworked designs:

hope you like them. I will of course finish my Halo armor first. Finish one and start another.

 

[Prime]

Wow, simply clean and professionally done work. I just started getting into this...learning-intensive...hobby and the first thing I've learned is that if you wanna do this right, you have to have the patience to do something agonizingly slow, only to find out its not quite right, and then start over again until you've reached what you're truly happy with. Sizing is a bit of a nightmare, but at least you'll improve everytime you spend too much time making something too small . Your foam work looks awesome, I love the panel lines and weathering. I may have to try this stuff for detailing and whatnot...trying to get crisp lines outta pep for those teeny tiny parts is beyon painful. Keep up the good work, I want to see how this goes on.

 

[Grave Hawk]

Holy Cow your paint work is amazing! Almost as amazing as your artwork! Totally awesome what you've done so far. Keep up the cool work. I'm sure someone can model and unfold those designs for you when you get to it. I can't wait to see this costume finished first though.

 

[wiyumishere]

very cool drawing. Great opportunities come from this kind of stuff. Great work with the foam

 

[pridefulmonkey]

this armor looks amazing and the paint job has great detail too it!

 

[Sutekhian]

Gorgeous build mate! The forearms blew me away and the shoulders a work of art!

 

[jimbo only one]

Well been a slow day, decided to finish my Steampunk armor for sunday in galveston. Hope you like it, now back to peping a helm!

here it is on me,

C+C welcome...
sorry for the horrible pics....

 

[braytak]

Are u kidding me bro? Damn man it's awesome I wanna be just like you I wish I live near u guys

 

[TheBradinator]

Lookin SICK!!