Hello 405th!
I posted a brief "Hello" earlier this morning with a promise to post some progress pics of my build. So without further ado...
This is what I'm going for.
The first thing I did was to make my torso dummy with duct tape. I did some research and read several posts on the best way to do this and I ended up picking up a cheap bunny suit coverall from Lowes. I put on the suit, began sweating immediately (I have no idea how people work in these things!) and began the difficult process of taping myself from hips to neck. My wife was out of town so I had no help in this process. Luckily I have long arms so I was able to completely cover myself except for some places on my upper back, which I was able to cover after I cut off the taped suit. I saved the legs and arms for future dummy making. After all was said and done, I ended up with this:
Then I continued the research for the best choice for a first project. I have been lurking around the forums for about a month now reading, reading, reading and, oh yeah, READING some more. The amount of inspiration I drew from this community was astounding. I do have to give alot of credit to Nick Nack Patty Wack for his foam armor thread, as I drew most of my inspiration for this foam build from there.
So I had my armor choice (Reach) and my materials, and I found the pep files for the piece that I want to start with (the chest) from L3X.
Then I began to cut out the pieces that I wanted to transfer to the foam. I used an Xacto knife and a steel ruler to cut straight lines and I used a Crayon (yes a crayon!) to trace the shapes onto the foam. I watched a tutorial on this and the method seemed very sound. By using the crayon I was able to use the non-colored lines as a guide. Also, when you use a crayon, when you press against the edges of the piece it indents into the foam which makes the lines very clear and easy to follow.
So after cutting and transferring I began to assemble the pieces I had cut from the foam.
Now to fast forward several hours to my progress to date (I haven't had time yet this evening to work on anything).
Overall I am very pleased with my progress. As this is my first ever foam armor build I drew heavily on the work of the giants that have proceeded me. You guys absolutely rock! I am excited to continue and I think I am ready to accept that this will be a very long project indeed.
Thanks for the awesome information, the incredible inspiration, and thanks for checking out my build so far!
Ghost01
I posted a brief "Hello" earlier this morning with a promise to post some progress pics of my build. So without further ado...
This is what I'm going for.
The first thing I did was to make my torso dummy with duct tape. I did some research and read several posts on the best way to do this and I ended up picking up a cheap bunny suit coverall from Lowes. I put on the suit, began sweating immediately (I have no idea how people work in these things!) and began the difficult process of taping myself from hips to neck. My wife was out of town so I had no help in this process. Luckily I have long arms so I was able to completely cover myself except for some places on my upper back, which I was able to cover after I cut off the taped suit. I saved the legs and arms for future dummy making. After all was said and done, I ended up with this:
Then I continued the research for the best choice for a first project. I have been lurking around the forums for about a month now reading, reading, reading and, oh yeah, READING some more. The amount of inspiration I drew from this community was astounding. I do have to give alot of credit to Nick Nack Patty Wack for his foam armor thread, as I drew most of my inspiration for this foam build from there.
So I had my armor choice (Reach) and my materials, and I found the pep files for the piece that I want to start with (the chest) from L3X.
Then I began to cut out the pieces that I wanted to transfer to the foam. I used an Xacto knife and a steel ruler to cut straight lines and I used a Crayon (yes a crayon!) to trace the shapes onto the foam. I watched a tutorial on this and the method seemed very sound. By using the crayon I was able to use the non-colored lines as a guide. Also, when you use a crayon, when you press against the edges of the piece it indents into the foam which makes the lines very clear and easy to follow.
So after cutting and transferring I began to assemble the pieces I had cut from the foam.
Now to fast forward several hours to my progress to date (I haven't had time yet this evening to work on anything).
Overall I am very pleased with my progress. As this is my first ever foam armor build I drew heavily on the work of the giants that have proceeded me. You guys absolutely rock! I am excited to continue and I think I am ready to accept that this will be a very long project indeed.
Thanks for the awesome information, the incredible inspiration, and thanks for checking out my build so far!
Ghost01
