Corrin Build writeup?? Since I really need to document my craft stuff
Materials: 4mm, 6mm EVA foam, 2mm craft foam, contact cement(main adhesive), hot glue(mostly to keep conjoined parts from wobbling) plastidip, lightweight spackle, gold acrylic, rustoleum spray paint, 3d printing(used filler primer to fill and prime any 3d printed pieces)
1.) Closeup of chest plate (I’ll probably be resanding parts of it when I have time)
2.) The cape is 100% polyester, I pretty much just used any scissors to cut holes based off the reference, then I took a sanding sponge(regular sandpaper works fine) and roughed up the edges. That also keeps them from constantly frayin
4.) There’s plenty of bracer tutorials out there so the base of this is pretty much easier to figure out, but the shark fin looking pieces was two pieces of foam sandwiched together. I then dremeled the top part of the piece along to edge to make it look sharp. After I contact cemented it onto the base of the bracer, I took some lightweight spackling, watered it down and smeared some along the edge where I glued the piece down. After you smooth it out, wait for it to fully dry, and sand it out, that’ll give you a nice curved edge. I thought that it’ll crack easily, but using plastidip as a sealant has kept it from doing that.
5.) Diamond shaped knee pad is just attached to the calf piece cause I’m lazy
6.) 3D printed diamond shapes! (ignore the support)
I got them printed at my university for about 13$. I then used a spray filler to make it smooth and sanded it down.
There was no worbla used at all, don’t always feel like you need expensive materials!
Always remember when building armor with contact cement, let it get a little tacky before sticking pieces together(like how you would apply eyelash glue). For pieces that will be pulled together a lot (say if you’re gluing the front and back of the chest piece together) you have to first coat a first layer of contact cement on both pieces, wait for that to dry, and then apply another layer and wait for that to get tacky and then attach the pieces together. That will make the pieces adhere MUCH easier and last longer.
EXPENSES:
(general estimate, there’s probably a few things I’m missing)
Mini contact cement x 4 = 20$
TNT EVA foam = 40$
Heat gun = 20$
Dremel = 30$
Paint, x 4 plastidip = 30$
Bodysuit = 15$
Craft foam roll = 8$
Cape fabric = 15$
Dangerous Ladies resin kit = 30$
Spackle = 6$
Sandpaper, sanding sponges = 10$
3D print job = 13$
Filler primer = 5$
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