Foam AR

[S111]

My first serious attempt at a foam weapon, i figured I needed one for my Reach armor.
Here is my current progress.

Made from 1/2 inch EVA foam, and some white craft foam at this point. I'll keep working on it today, and post what I get as it comes. Any critique or advice is welcome.

 

[wizardofcoz]

good job man. Is it hard working with this foam? thinking about building a sniper soon.

 

[S111]

Sort of. In my opinion, it is easier, cheaper, and faster than resin and bondo, at least for weapons and armor, but I havn't tried helmets yet. It is a strange medium, and it did take some getting used to. To make the weapon properly rounded I had to get very well acquainted with my dremel tool's sanding bit. I actually have a lot of fresh progress to show at this point, the front half is nearly done. Look at l3x's sliced files, he has a H3 sniper in there, or you could try my method when I made a SMG as a tester, which was to take just the face part of the normal pep model, print and cut, and assemble as a flat 2d piece. Then, you cut it out 3 times, flipping it over once, then, aww heck. I will just make a video. Ill post it as soon as I can. And thanks for the compliment by the way.

Also, your Halo 4 helmet looks great! You are way better at pepping and smoothing than I.

 

[S111]

Surprisingly, I am done. It took all day today, but I am happy with my current build. I would like a trigger and bolt though, if anyone has tips. Anyways, this is my foam Assualt rifle from halo 3 or 4, depending. It will go with either my current spartan outfit, or my odst when it is done, coupled with a sniper rifle and smg. Naturally, I still need some paint. But given that this is my first foam weapon, I am satisfied.

And now I'm playing Halo....

Reloading!

 

[S111]

Well, now that that is done with a lack of comment, I think I am gonna make an ODST. Just so you guys know, also I took off the little detail strip in the middle front of the rifle, because it was crooked. It looks way better now.