CortexZerks
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This suit is just next level amazing, keep up the GREAT WORK!!!!
Thanks, I will try and get my hands on some. My reservation is that a looser cut would hopefully bunch up at the joints and blend in what I like to think of as my "slim" frame with the bulk of the suit. I'm looking at cotton coveralls right now with the hope that I can cram an ice pack vest under the suit if need be..if you're looking for a breathable undersuit material I'd look into stuff with lycra! I use a lycra dive suit for my spartan and it makes wearing the suit somewhat bearable.
Thanks! For the thighs I cheated a bit and cut in some of the seams and details, especially in the leather area. I just got a dremel, which helps a ton with making smooth indentations and edges, so I've been a little sloppy with the craft knife. The shaping is partially done with a heat gun. Usually, for complex surfaces like the chestpiece, forearms, or back of the thighs I'll get the rough shape on a flat piece of thicker foam, then build up the rough topography I need with sections of thinner foam, then put a thin piece of foam over top and heat form it so it smooths out to the shape of everything else. It's much easier than trying to heat and shape a single piece of foam.Wow awesome dude! It keeps baffling me how you manage to reproduce almost every detail with EVA foam. What is your secret? Do you use multiple layers of EVA foam with different thickness or just a lot of heat shaping? Well probably both, but I am very impressed, I would not be able to do that with EVA.
And man your paint job is on point! You're really making me think about giving my suit a weathered look too. It looks fantastic. Keep up!
Also thanks for the tip with the military style undersuit, I might could need one for my cosplay as well. Just hard to find one in my size. I also see prices ranging from $40 to $300 ^^'.
Just now saw your thread, and I'm completely blown away at how detailed this build is. Def looks like you've fought some demons with that battle damage. Can't wait to see the finished build!
Thank you, it's very exciting to be closing in on the end after nearly 3 years. It will be fun to put it all on and get some good pictures with a real camera.I may not be a big Doom fan but damn your build is looking outstanding!
Love all the details in the suit and it all accompanied by amazing painjob with weathering that makes it look like it's been used in the battlefield a lot in such realistic way.
Following and looking forward to your progress. It's amazing.
4) Fairly significant weight seems to be an issue. Any advantage of using low density EVA for the inner parts, and the higher density EVA for external surfaces? Or lighter weight materials (not sure how practical that is).
Thanks!I have to say that I am really impressed with your armor suit, Argent.
I found this forum while researching how to build an Praetor suit. My 14-year old son wants me to build one for Halloween (6 weeks away no less), and while this and some other Praetor build threads have been pretty informative, they also lead me to conclude that it would be a long time before my noob skills are adequate to the task, let alone in the short time he's left me to actually do it.And that assumes that he doesn't lose interest in helping me as I've requested, bailing out on me...
But I do have some questions.
1) What thicknesses of foam did you use? Any recommended type/seller?
2) I see that you decided near the end of the project that an flight suit to use as an base would be an good idea. Have you a source of decent ones that aren't $200? I'd actually prefer good quality knockoffs that are cotton, as the real flight suits tend to run kind of hot. No need for nomex fabric in this kind of costume.
3) Ventilation, and heat build up seem to be common issues with this kind of costume. Any thoughts as to ways to mititgate it? I thought thinning out the back of foam pieces to reduce the amount of heat buildup might be helpful, feasible/useful? Perhaps a ribbed undershirt like people who wear body armor all the time tend to wear?
4) Fairly significant weight seems to be an issue. Any advantage of using low density EVA for the inner parts, and the higher density EVA for external surfaces? Or lighter weight materials (not sure how practical that is).
Any thoughts as to how much you spent on this project? I may start to fiddle around with making some minor costume pieces just to get some experience with EVA and the construction techniques, and I don't want to spend a lot of money at the get-go.
Thank you