Then, youll learn how to make armor templates and combine the foam pieces together. The book of cosplay armor making uses worbla, wonderflex, and foam for armor projects. Fortunately, this book breaks it down for you in a way thats easy to pick up quickly. If you dont have a whole lot of crafty talent, foam building might be a little tricky at first and it might take some time to understand how to make it work. 48 full colour pages that cover material definition required tools. Did a few test pieces of depron and epp with a thinned mixture of the foam armour, water and some lightweight household filler. Working with foam is easy and fun, and with some time and work you can be on your way to building a great looking costume piece, prop, or other project. Vat if you are new to cosplay or interested in building your own eva foam armor cosplay, this is the tutorial book for you. Learning is an endless journey, whether in the classroom or at home. How to create foam armor costumes helps you create stunning, comfortable pieces of costume armor as painlessly and cheaply as possible. May 12, 2015 foamsmith is all about building a suit of armor out of eva foam.
See more ideas about foam armor, cosplay armor and cosplay tutorial. Learn everything you need to fabricate, paint, and wear your stunning foam armor creations. A book about building foam armor costumes crafting suits of armor from foam is a topic i cover semiregularly because its knowledge that can completely change the way people cosplay. Learn the tools, materials, and techniques youll need to design, plan, and fabricate extraordinary pieces of costume armor. It dries to a surface that can be painted and glued easily and will reduce damage. Also, learn how to add lights to your amazing costume. Jeremy pillpows channel, black magic craft, is a great source of terrain and model building tutorials. In this volume youll learn all you need to know to get started with foam armor it covers everything from tools and materials, to choosing the right foam, creating tight and loose patterns, cutting, glueing, heatshaping and sanding foam, becoming a dremel master, creating textures, priming, painting and finally attaching foam armor pieces to. Foamsmith 2 is a deep look into the tools, materials, and techniques youll need to know to make your own incredible foam prop weapons. That worked well to put a smooth, tough finish on epp in particular, and i covered. Inspect all your seamsedges to make sure youve completely glued the edges together. Theres no need to be nervous foam work is by far the easiest of all the types of prop and costume making. And a neat thing about this helmet is that the visor goes up and down. Sep 06, 2017 full eva foam armor medion erazer girl.
I was searching for a cheap, light, but nicelooking material to make armor out of, and i discovered one craft foam. I found multiple tips within the book that helped me avoid grave errors in designing and building a large armor costume, notably making the rear armor removable. So check it out if you still need some help or inspration for your upcoming costume. Foam is described as a substance that is formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid. We are a cosplaying family husband, wife, and brother who post our progress updates and make tutorials and videos. Spray foam insulation offers several advantages over other types of insulation, including higher rvalues per inch. This post has links to products i used to do this project. It also fills in cracks and penetrations as it is sprayed, thereby doubling as an air barrier. Go over painting techniques and how to add straps to your armor.
In 48 pages and over 170 pictures youll learn every important step from start to finish. In this report, composite metal foam panels are manufactured using powder metallurgy technique and 2 mm steel hollow spheres in a steel matrix and used in conjunction with a ceramic plate to fabricate a new lightweight composite armor system. This tutorial is designed to show what you can create using only materials that are widely available at general craft stores, with no need for specialty shops or internet orders. May 02, 2019 eva foam is a great and affordable material for cosplay. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. He began with a series of ebooks on different foamsmithing techniques, and has now collected them into a single print volume. Building foam armor is not a hobby of mine, but it might just become one after this book. If you know you can build any armor you see, the number of characters you can cosplay as increases significantly. So, i really hope this inspires you to create eva foam costumes as well. The book of prop making with foam and worbla book by kamui cosplay.
The book of foam armour print version by kamui cosplay. Cosplay tutorial books learn to make costumes with my step. Building with foam a beginners guide to building model. If you are just starting out and feel a little overwhelmed, dont worry. Foam costumes are comfy, affordable and fun to build. With the techniques in this tome, youll be building incredible prop swords and guns quickly and cheaply in no time. Much dm crafting makes use of blue board insulation foam and this video runs through most of what you need to know to work with this cheap, versatile, and lightweight. Kamui book advanced cosplay armor making, creating advanced weapon patterns, shaping foam, tutorial, detailed guide. While i personally lean more towards worbla and crafteva foam myself, id recommend getting your hands on a couple different types of materials and playing around with them. Oct 28, 2011 making armor using foam making body armor there are many many different ways to make many different types of armor. Cosplay tutorial books learn to make costumes with my.
In this backtobasics video, he shows you how to make dungeon tiles. Foam weapon making can be a challenging proposition for the uninitiated. This method is to make a defined style body armor for the chest, shoulder or knee. Arms, armor and awesome 1,595 photos productservice. Detailed, high quality, pictures accompany the descriptions. A thick water based resin that sets to produce an attractive, durable, scratch resistant coating on foam to prevent dings, wear and disintegration.
Ballistic performance of a composite metal foamceramic armor. So i made a tutorial on how to get started, where to find the products and everything you need to know for a simple costume piece. We have the full range of tutorial books by kamui cosplay showing you howto get started, what materials to have at hand, how to build that armour and rifle and. Composite metal foam is a lowweight, highstrength porous material capable of absorbing great amounts of energy under loading. Advanced cosplay armor making, kamui books, tutorial.
Even if youve never worked with foam before, you can have a full suit of armor built by the time youre done with this book. May 19, 2016 but if youre building larger pieces, youd probably opt for a material other than craft foam. New material called composite metal foam produces air filled steel plates. The author gives detailed instructions for the whole crafting process, beginning with what tools youll need through how to paint and wear the creations. So, think youre ready to start a foam halo costume. This build was orginally a commission for medion deutschland, but its simple and sleek design made it a great example on how to create a cool armor out of super affordable eva foam. Due to a few requests, i have decided to make a fairly detailed tutorial for my foam armor. Evil ted smith also has armor patterns you can buy and punished props has a really good book on making foam armor. This book covers everything from tools and materials, to choosing the right foam, creating tight and loose patterns, cutting, glueing, heatshaping and sanding. Armor patterns to be resized and cut out in search of a good pep file template to use, found this. Learn how to craft foam armor costumes in the foamsmith book and then learn. This way you can figure out for yourself what you like best. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
May 11, 2017 this is a full length craft foam armor tutorial to show how we went from concept to finished product for the steampunk banshee costume. By ordering the book of foam armor youll get easy stepbystep guides, tutorials and explanations for the following points. How to make foam armor for arms and legs simple practical. Hopefully you can use these tips to make your own craft foam pieces, or just get a fun behindthescenes look at the creative process. Make craft foam armor vambraces forearms craft foam is some terrific. I have stuck every file ive come across, onto this thread and i ask you to do the same as it. May 11, 20 discussion foam armour by deluxe materials foamies scratchbuilt i have not tried it on a full airframe. Youll be introduced to basic tools to work with eva foam floormats. Full range of cosplay howto tutorial books by kamui cosplay. The book of foam armor, kamui book, tutorial kamui cosplayshop. This is my suit create last year from foam, its my second suit of armor and i am currently working on my third.
Much dm crafting makes use of blue board insulation foam and this video runs through most of what you need to know to work with this cheap, versatile, and lightweight material. How to make foam armor that looks like hammered metal for a roman centurion costume, including the forearm armor called bracers and the leg armor. I continue in my series of tutorials on how to make armor out of foam. In 48 pages and over 170 pictures youll learn every. Find product information and buy the how to make a foam cosplay armour online at. In this volume youll learn every important step from start to finish. The book of prop making with foam and worbla mycostumes. Here you can find guides to make metal chainmail, both western and eastern styles, as well as guides on.