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Carving finished, styrofoam eyes attached, eyelids made from craft foam, and the innard-looking musculature stuff filled in (with the insulation foam, uncarved). After this the entire thing was painted in a layer of Foamcoat (used for giving a hard coating to styrofoam theatre props), and spraypainted.Related content
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THANKS for the FAV, that Souledge up there is awesome!!!
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could you use spackle paste instead of foamcoat?
This is big dude! some person did one too and it was like half size.
do you have any finished pics?
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woah, thats so awesome!
so the foamcoat stuff puts a shell on it? like, if you dropped it on the floor, would it dent?
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Thanks...
That's the idea, but I don't think I used enough to do much good... it gave me a paintable surface to work with at least.
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ah, cool. i was thinking of cosplaying talim and i was wondering how to make the tonfas, and your way looks pretty awesome
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hm... well, this method's got its problems... for one thing, the foam doesn't sand very smooth. Nice for organic things, but not so much for simulating metal, or for smaller pieces and detail work. I've heard of people using blocks of pink housing insulation foam glued together and carving down from that, then painting it over with a coat of fiberglass... really want to try out that method myself, next time I get a chance to cosplay.
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ah. that sounds like a pretty goo dmethod too. thanks
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Where in the world can I get material like that to make a sword? I've been wanting to cosplay as Sieg and I need to make the sword.
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gah, sorry for such a late reply! If it's not too late to be helpful, the stuff I used came mostly from Wal-Mart and Lowe's hardware. The big cardboard sheets for the base were from a nearby appliance store - they let me have an old refrigerator box they were throwing out. 5-foot PVC pipe from the plumbing section of Lowe's, styrofoam and craft foam for the eye from Wal-Mart, and the cans of insulation foam, spraypaint, and contact cement you can get at either place. The only thing that was special-ordered was the Foamcoat coating, which you can get from theatrical supply stores/online. It's supposed to give a paintable surface and prevent the prop from getting damaged, but it still chips if you're not careful.
I don't know if I'd recommend this method too highly though, unless you want to carry a 20+ lb sword around a convention... I've been wanting to try again with blocks of housing insulation and fiberglass... you can probably find tutorials for that online. Hope this isn't too late to be of some help... I'm sorry about that! Good luck!
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wow i confess man this is so impressive
ive never used styrofoam (triple expanding) before
so is it like an extinguisher u buy from art shops or just any diy store?
i need to get all the details for this and would love to try something using the same method u did
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You can get it at hardware stores, or the home-improvement sections of places like WalMart. It comes in a regular spray can. only thing is that a project like this takes a lot of it - I used about seven or eight cans, I think - and it ends up being pretty heavy.
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