so are you going to keep them black or are you planning on something else.
Sweet! Just curious, have you worked with acrylic paint yet? I am testing it out now on a scrap of EVA but I am thinking with the way it is working out, I may use it on my Binary Rifle and then figuring some sort of hardened matte clear coat to give it the rigidity I want. That or epoxying the EVA, then painting... still undecided. I want to hear what you are planning for after the PVA.
I used acrylic paint on the pathfinder helmet, but had a few issues with it.
If your going to use acrylic paint on eva foam it is best to have a layer on top of the foam (ie something like pva glue)
because the foam soaks up most of the paint.
I had to put 5 white layers of paint onto the helmet and you can still see the foam a little underneath.
I am planning on going a different method with these pieces.
Once pva glued and sanded smooth, I am putting 4 coats on.
1st: Spray-paint Matt Black
2nd: Spray-paint White
3rd: Detail paint Green
4th: Emblem / extra detail
The gap sealant is now dry so onto the next stage...
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well the armor looks pretty BA with just the black. but it's your build.
Thanks
If you think it looked good in black then I have some pics of it with the matt black layer complete.
Had to hold my hands up like that because I haven't attached the shoulder pieces together yet.
Was pretty funny trying to pose like that while balancing the shoulders in place
So since the last update, I had a ALMOST major disaster.
In the last photo I posted, I was letting the gap sealant set outside.
Doing some other things while waiting, the foam began to heat up from the hot sun.
About 45min later when I went to check on the pieces, I discovered that the foam had become so hot that the
glue attaching the parts together had began to melt.
As the glue heated up, pieces were coming apart, so when I took it inside the glue reset in its new form.
I spent the next 3 1/2 hours repairing the damage to the pieces.
If I had of checked in on it about 10min later, I would have had to start from scratch again.
SO I send this warning to all foam makers:
Never leave exposed foam in the heat of the sun for longer than 30min.
Anyhow to finish off, the chest and shoulders have now been pva coated, sanded back, and 1st layer painted.
Hoping to finish the painting soon...
