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RuffleButtCosplay β How to make Armor with Foam Sheets and Fabric
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Been wanting to make this one for a while. I'll post one on making armor fingers later! Thank you to Goldy for introducing me to this method.Related content
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This is perfect! I needed this because I planned on doing some Overwatch cosplay and I needed to learn how to make a metal arm!
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This is brilliant! I write a series of books about an armored character and have had some interest in cosplaying her.Β Now they can build their armor. Thank you very much for sharing this.
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What type of foam do you use? 
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Can this be used on a large scale, such as with full chest pieces? I plan on cosplaying Tetsujin-28 in the future, and this would be a really neat, lightweight way of doing his armor.
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I don't know if you got an answer yet, but using thicker foam, like EVA foam, is better for large chest pieces like that. you'd need a heat gun though, to help mold it; although you could still use an oven (which is just much more hot). I've never fabric coated armor, bbut if you use the smooth side of the foam, i believe it would work! I hope this helps!
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What about covering details with fabric? Like,for example a glove with swirls? How does that work?
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Muy util, bien explicado y las fotos concretas. Me gusta <3
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Asking a question probably a million years late but... where does one acquire metallic spandex (or something that works just as well)?
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I just struck gold two days ago at my local Joann's.Β I was so happy, because every other tutorial I read said you have to buy this stuff online.
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It's usually under active wear, or just ask if they have silver spandex.
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Uhh hi so i am extremely new to the whole cosplay thing never made a thing for it in my life, i went to my first con october this year, i had extremely more fun then i thought Β tho 
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Awesome tutorial! I have a question about fabric.Β Is there a particular place you buy your fabric from for this technique?Β Thank you.
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i'd personally use this fabric here :spandexworld.com/c3/catalog/brβ¦
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What do you suggest for pieces where both sides are seen?
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how do you get the foam to hold a shape or fold?
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I've never used this particular technique before with the spandex and stuff, but if you heat craft foam, put it in the shape/curve you want, and let it cool like that it will keep the shape.
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oh awesome but do you happen to know the durability of the crafting foam?
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Not off the top of my head. You could get some extra and experiment
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Okay thank you so muchΒ
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Nice!
Will try following your tips for our costume/s
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That. Is. So. Cool
I need a project to work on so i can try this!
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This is TOO awesome!Β This tutorial is just what I was looking for~!Β Oh thank you thank you thank you for posting this method.
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You're welcome! Good luck!
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this is perfect!!! iΒ΄m doping a thor cosplay and will need this for the front piece, will it work as smoothly with larger pieces?
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Yup! Just more work.
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You're tutorials are so helpful! And your cosplays are beautiful~
I've got a few questions tho, so bare with me~?
Would you recommend this method for something that looks a little more "mecha"? MY friend and I are doing Vividred and Vividblue from Vividred operation, and most tutorials are just craft foam and paint. Do you think this would make it look a little cleaner and more like mecha?
Is it possible to put some sort of gloss over the finished armor to make it shinier?
And did you have much trouble moving around this the armor?
Thank you for your time?
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Thank you!
Absolutely! Goldy is the man I learned this method from and he makes huge mech suits and stuff with this.
I did have trouble raising my arm up.
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Hey, quick question on this. If you are going to use heat to bend the foam, do you heat and form before or after adding the fabric?
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I can't get over how creative, yet simple and awesome this is!! I can't thank you enough for this tutorial. I was actually browsing for your costumes and then stumbled upon this which I desperately needed for my upcoming costume. Talk about luck!! This will save my butt!!
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Good luck! Hope it was useful for you.
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So helpful, thanks for posting! Quick question: have you ever used this to cover "seams" in the foam? For example my armour has fairly large pieces, some of which I have to make by splicing together smaller foam sheets. This left a line where the two pieces were cut/joined. If you did this technique over the foam do you think it would cover the "seam" or just mold into it?
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Not sure. I have not tried. For the fingers, after I glued them together, I sanded them, which got rid of the seam.
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This is very helpful, and I plan to use this method to make some armor. But I have a quick question, did you form the shape of the pieces as they dried, or how did you make it curve to shape?
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Shapes the pieces first then put the fabric on them. you just kind pull it till it fits and it will stay.
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Amazing, thank you! I'm not a cosplayer, but I was told I should build a (real) iron man suit. Well, this is a start.
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Thanks so much! This may help a lot with my magneto cosplay!
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Thanks so much for posting this
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No problem! Good luck!
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Oh my god, this looks so much more comfy than other styles of Armour.
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