Alphonse Elric - Full-body armor construction
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:50 pm
Alright, so I've checked out the foam armor tutorials and all that fun stuff, and I'm planning on using a variation of it for the Alphonse costume my friend and I are making for AnimeBoston's masquerade this year. My question is, is it feasible to use bondo on foam? Since this is full-body armor it needs to be durable. I'd like to use fiberglass resin but I've found that I really dislike the smell of the stuff, and it's expensive and a pain in the neck to work with. I'm going to use the flower cone things for the spikes on his arms, that's a definate, but other than that... well, I just need some advice. I haven't worked on anything this big and some help from people who have experience with the materials would be highly appreciated.
Here's Al, if you didn't know what he looked like...
I wanted to make it out of aluminum, like my Ed arm, but after my friends yelled at me for a few weeks I decided to take their advice and be realistic. ^^;
Here's Al, if you didn't know what he looked like...
I wanted to make it out of aluminum, like my Ed arm, but after my friends yelled at me for a few weeks I decided to take their advice and be realistic. ^^;