Vacuum Formed Mjolnir Armor

[Rankmastachief]

Has anyone tried vacuum forming the Mjolnir armor or had in experience with it?

 

[drgon47]

Westerfield Studios utilizes this method.

 

[Sean Bradley]

So does Briars Armor.

 

[Rankmastachief]

How are the costumes? Quality and durability?

 

[Sean Bradley]

See for yourself:

http://www.westerfieldstudios.com/gallery.html

http://www.briarsarmor.com/mastercheif.html

 

[Rankmastachief]

Just wondering. I have a NAS costume and it is heavy duty. I was thinking about getting one for my son (mini me), but don't think he would like the weight of the NAS costume.

 

[Aeon]

I'm currently working on a set of vacuum formed armor. I personally would prefer Briar's over Westerfields based on the details. Briar's dad is also a big name in the costuming world, so I know for sure his stuff is top notch.

 

[xobx]

How do you vacuum form something?

 

[smartypants1635]

A sheet of plastic is heated up, then dropped on a Master, while air sucks the plastic down nice and tight.
Then they cast out of it, At least I think they cast out of it. Thats what they do on myth busters.
Now with armor, maybe the actual vacuumed plastic is the armor

 

[AoBfrost]

You spend tons of money off clay and sculpt the helmet, make a plaster mold, make a mold of the mold so you get a replica of the clay piece, vacume form the final plaster piece with hot soft plastic.

I think the best way to do the helmet would be to do it in 3 or 4 molds, such as the top, the sides, then the back, it's impossible to vac-form the helmet as one peice with 1 piece of plastic.

 

[Rankmastachief]

Check out this web link for instructions.

http://www.warmplastic.com/how.html

After investigating vacuum molding, it would probably be cheaper and easier to buy the shells from one the above mentioned and paint it the way you want.

 

[smartypants1635]

Plus those machines are toooo small.
Go to dexknows.com
Search For prototyping in your city.

Click on some of the listings, and give them a call. They most likely have a Vacu-former that is rentable by the half hour or hour. Make sure you bring your full suit, as you will want to take advantage of the rental time.

 

[AoBfrost]

If not I know how to make one, studiocreations.com has a tutorial on how to build a cheap table.

http://www.studiocreations.com/howto/stormtrooper/index.html

 

[dannifood4less]

i like the Briars thigh part, the rest is ,,, eh so so..