I'm a cosplayer looking to give back to the cosplay community by making the tutorials that I wish I had when I was starting out. My goal is to help people like you either get into the hobby or learn how to improve their craft. I'm also prone to unprovoked shenanigans.
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I'll have 3 weeks to do as much as I can between and of semester and before con. Now I'm gonna watch your tutorial and do a "to buy" list, wish me luck Also, thank you for making it, it's gonna be my first time doing cosplay stuff and I'm super greatful for a whole tutorial <3
Thanks for going into so much detail on blade sharpness! Most people, even outside of cosplay, will say you need to keep blades sharp, but it's hard to tell at what threshold that is and what some of the signs you'll get once you need to replace the blade are. Super helpful seeing the comparison side by side and other cues like audio. Especially showing that sharpening the blade still isn't as good as a new blade since that might be a first response to foam quickly dulling blades.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I really apreciate leving the files in the discription, I know a lot of creators that would put a price tag on those so thank you. Do you have any tips for sizing these to my frame? 6 4 220
I wish that people could make their templates accessible to all operating systems and not just windows because I don't have a windows computer so I can't use pepakura or armorsmith
Hey i'm just wondering what happened to this series, id love to see the chest be built i feel its the most complex part of a build and it seems to be the only one missing 😢
Now i understand why manny use foam, simply sheep. Not like leather or methal, much harder to work and gigger prices. Finally i hate plastic matetials....
Hey there! Unfortunately I had to put the videos on hold last year as I was on a cosplay contract for Halo eSports that left me with little free time, and while I'm doing the same thing again this year I should be recovering some of that lost free time soon and hope to resume where I left off :)
I'm trying to download the files, but the files are known as .PDO. Can you make the files into PNG or a PDF. If your using some program to open these files feel free to let me know. I wanna build this thing.
I understand what you're trying to do, but I don't think that's what you want. The reason .pdo is used is because this is what allows someone to scale the armor to fit them, which is absolutely crucial when making something from Halo. If you have a PC, you should be able to install a free program called pepakura viewer and open the files there, scale them to your size, and then print.
If you open in Pepakura Viewer you can rescale the part to fit you. Unfortunately, knowing what size to scale it to is a bit of an art as well as science and I haven't had the chance to make a video on this yet. If you struggle with the scaling I'd recommend looking for assistance on 405th.com as it's too much to explain in youtube comments
Hello, I’m interested in buying EVA 2mm or 1MM foam in wholesale for my business. I need large quantities of foam rolls. Please help I’ve been trying to find a wholesaler.
I normally buy the floormatts since they are higher density then ones I can buy online and is normally flat so I don’t have to fight it The floormatts I buy are 10mm and it’s £10 for 6 sheets of 60cm squared So it’s about £1.50 per sheet The other foam I buy is 2mm foam roll and 5mm foam roll for details and extra stuff like making a prop slightly thicker than the 2 sheets of foam but thinner then 3 sheets
One irritating thing about Eva foam is how quickly it dulls blades I use a craft knife so I can get nice long edge cuts and sharpen it at least twice every day I have to use it
I just started my reach armour project, I’m first turning the game files into peoakura files so I can use them which is taking ages but soon im gonna start building, I’ve been using Eva foam for props and armour for about a decade now and I still have my first prop, the halo 3 ODST smg The only issue with it is that my armour has odst parts, EVA parts, scout parts and grenadier parts And to seal the deal I’ve got to cut my left arm and left leg off to make a perfect one This armour I’ve been using since reach launch and I was so happy to be using it again in infinite
good video but i suggest investing in better magnets.i think thicker cup magnets would be stronger and if you want to extend the life of the prop you can bolt a plate on the magnets this will mean when sunk the plate will spread the force across the prop
Hey buddy,idk if you'll see this ,I like the armor,I'm trying to find someone to make me a suit actually, wondering if you could help me here ,I've got a fairly big budget on it aswell
A good question! Yes, I shoe goo all parts of the costume, and I put a particular focus on making sure all seams are well covered. I've worn my armor for hundreds of hours now and have had to make very minimal repairs thanks to how much durability this adds :)
I personally use TNT-EVA 38 10mm on most of my builds and get it from TNT Cosplay. There's a bit of logic that goes into picking the best foam for your use case though, and I tried to cover that in one of my early videos here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PFGuwFGGsQo.html
@@RandomRangerCosplay oooooh that's true because that's where I got the templates from for my armour haha shoutouts to the 405th but your videos are super helpful, thank you so much! And would the best way to keep in contact be Instagram? If I may ask
Would it be possible to recreate this for a female body type? I REALLY want a suit, but have no idea where to start and have struggled with finding female ones. So I was hoping it was possible to make this one and know if it will still look decent for a female body. ;-;
@@RandomRangerCosplay I see! Thank you so much for the valuable insight and the "resources" for what to do! I unfortunately don't have the means in terms of money and what not to build any armour as of yet, but I'll defo gather up some info and join the discord too! Thank you so much again! 😊
