how to EVA foam??

[SonOfTheGun]

Hey everyone, I am brand new to the 405th and to cosplay as a whole and decided to hit the ground running by building a full suit of Emile's armor from Halo: reach.
I am 3d printing the helmet and have no problems there, but I have no idea how to even start with EVA foam. I have watched tutorials on youtube, but to no avail as it seems my technical prowess falls short when working with soft squishy things. Are there any tips to making my journey down this rabbit hole any less painful?
Also I have looked around the armory page but have yet to find a full set of patterns for complete mjolnir Mark V armor.

Thanks for any and all help!

 

[PlanetAlexander]

Hi SonOfTheGun, welcome to the 405th! There's a lot of resources out there on foam smithing. In the Tutorials section there's a guide on working with EVA foam, and one of the contributers, RandomRanger, has his own Youtube series on making a Reach Spartan out of foam.

Foam Guide

Contributors: RandomRanger , Fallen Introduction This is a tutorial targeted at beginners to help understand what EVA foam is, the different types of EVA foam available, how and where to buy EVA foam, and some basic tips/tricks/and tools for working with EVA foam. Index What is EVA foam? What...

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Some other good Youtube channels to get into foam smithing would be Punished Props, Evil Ted Smith and Kamui Cosplay. And of course, plenty of us here can answer your questions when they arise.

 

[SpartanSweed]

It’s all about your mindset going into it, the way I saw my suit was like a giant jigsaw puzzle, complete it one piece at a time

 

[SonOfTheGun]

It’s all about your mindset going into it, the way I saw my suit was like a giant jigsaw puzzle, complete it one piece at a time

Thanks, that actually helps a lot.

I think another one of my problems was i started out making everything from scratch just looking at reference pictures and not using templates. not fun.