Re: ODST build with EVA foam + M6 SOCOM
Howdy all! my absence has mostly been due to my partaking in holiday festivities, so I'll be back up and running soon. I've started a couple cool new projects in the time past as well, will threadify them soon.
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vbcustoms, PM is as simple as clicking on the user's name, the option becomes available in the drop-down menu. My advice is that you will likely see the best results by modifying files for foam use yourself. That's what I did with Hugh's collection on the parts I didn't scratch-build. They can be found here (
http://www.405th.com/odst/download-714-odst-hugh-holder-files-all-them-zip-file.html) and it is pretty simple once you learn to eliminate the faces that provide depth, since this effect is much more easily achieved by raising/lowering and re-gluing the relevant shapes you cut from the foam. Earlier in this thread I posted shots of the templates I made myself, If that helps. Good luck!
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ODSTSatterfield, Thanks! I got a kick out of your post from a while ago, little people in armour amuse me, haha
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Absol898, Thank you muchly, glad I could sway you towards the way of the ODST. It's a better place to start if it's your first build IMO.
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vapir, That's high praise, I'm flattered :$ the suit in your avatar pic looks pretty slick too, love me a good reach build. Did you notice the template pics I posted previously in this thread? They are just the ones that I did myself, didn't include hugh's modified files because those where pretty straight forward. If you would like to see more then feel free to be as specific as you want in your request and I will try to deliver if you think it would help. As for assembly I suppose a video would provide the most clarity, kind of missed the mark there with the suit being done and all. I pretty much follow the same process as most of the skilled foamers I've observed. The only discernible difference between myself and most others, as far as I can tell, is that I spend considerably more time on gluing my seams. I go very slowly and take great care not to allow any overflow to the outside surfaces. I have seen people get the same effect in shorter time using contact cement, but I just feel like I have more control with hot glue.
Hope that helps, and feel free to ask any more questions guys. Thanks for checking me out, I'll probably be back up and running with updates in the next few days to a week.