How to Make a Domed Foam Shield. DIY Wonder Woman/ Captain America Cosplay Shield

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Learn how to make a really strong, light, cosplay shield out of EVA foam.
In this video I show an excellent way to form EVA foam floor mats into a smooth dome by using an exercise ball, some cling wrap, tape and contact cement. This makes a shield that is the perfect shape for a Captain America shield, or a Wonder Woman shield.
I only show how to shape the foam in this video, but if you are going to etch lines into your foam shield, I recommend drawing them while the foam is still flat. It's so much easier!
So, when you need that perfect prop for your Wonder Woman Costume, make it yourself, and get a super amazing result!
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@LostWax 4 года назад

Hey, I just released an updated video showing how to do this process without a hot car!! Watch it here: bit.ly/cap-shield

@joeespinosa2030 3 года назад

I’d love to see a complete video on the detailing of the shield. Awesome work!

@hannahlou5176 7 лет назад

If you don't want to drill through your ruler for any reason, use a loop of string (when stretched out flat the right length) instead.

@SafetySpooon 7 лет назад

That's what I was thinking.

@misterwinkybluff 6 лет назад

Yeah, or just use a ruler that comes with holes. Most rulers already have a hole at the tip and/or in the middle. It doesn’t even have to be one that stretches all the way across the foam. As long as it’s at least *_half_* the length you want, it should work fine.

@TanealyaKimBeauty 6 лет назад

Hannah Jones exactly what I was thinking!

@utubewillyman 5 лет назад

Yeah, or just a long stick of wood!

@DrunkenDarkSoul 2 года назад

@@utubewillyman yeah! Like a ruler. *rich girl pose* Ohhohoho-ho!

@mariahwagner5343 Год назад

Great tutorial! Low tech and very accessible

@arthipex8512 7 лет назад

I would really love to see you make videos about how you paint your props. That shield and the steampunk gauntlet are really beautiful!

@trollkarlarmory 3 года назад

The cardboard trick blew me away :') that's big brain stuff.

@CosplayApprentice 7 лет назад

This technique is brilliant!! Thank you for sharing your awesome tips! Your wonder woman shield is looking incredible as well!

@LostWax 7 лет назад

Thanks! I was just checking out your channel, you've got some sweet builds own there, nice work!

@CosplayApprentice 7 лет назад

Lost Wax Woah! Thank you! That is a huge compliment coming from you, you're stuff is awesome! I would love to coordinate a collaboration with you sometime if you'd be interested! :)

@LostWax 7 лет назад

That could be cool, send me an email sometime and we'll see what we can figure out:)

@CosplayApprentice 7 лет назад

Lost Wax For sure! Will do!!

@sixdegreesoferic 7 лет назад

He's a costume making genius!

@DollopussD 13 дней назад

This will help me a lot with my Larp Targe 👍

@juliehamel8330 7 лет назад

Oh you smart coockie! I particularly appreciate the cardboard tip for the contact glue. I wish I had tought of that before the catastrophic failur that was my last project.

@JoshArtisticGenius Год назад

Thanks man. This has saved me soo much time and worry. Who knew that exercise ball I never used could help in such a way. Genius!

@LostWax Год назад

Glad it helped!

@mart9125 7 лет назад

Brilliant, I can use this for Solaire costume!

@joseph2604 7 лет назад

This is brilliant, thank you I have been racking my brain on an easy way to make a shield.

@user-vv3ur4fr3p 7 лет назад

Man I love all of your techniques. They are so useful to make my own costumes. Thank you for making this channal.

@acexkeikai 6 лет назад

I wanted to remake my Rose Quartz sheild I think you just gave me the right technique tu do it Thanks :D

@LostWax 6 лет назад

Nice!

@heatherpayne1995 6 лет назад

Love your technique with the ball. I made my daughter's foam shield a year ago and I used a heat gun and used a plastic garbage can lid to shape it. It worked about as well as your Captain America shield.

@LostWax 6 лет назад

Nice idea to use the garbage can lid- For my Captain America shield I used a beanbag chair and pushed the disc into the chair. Works O.K. but this way is so much sturdier.

@WitteArtistry 7 лет назад

What a brilliant solution with the ruler holes! 😲 I was like... What's he doing.... Oh!! Awesome! Very cool new technique and I feel like I could give this a go :) 💚

@LostWax 7 лет назад

Yeah, I have one ruler with holes all over it:) It's so simple, but really handy.

@ellam5931 6 лет назад

Wow, thank you! This will be great for my Captain America costume!

@markjordan8116 Год назад

Excellent! Thank you!

@LostWax Год назад

You are welcome!

@ericbrown6557 5 лет назад

making your shield with my son for his year 7 history assignment....thanks for an awesome video

@latterdaywarlock 4 года назад

Wow..that method is genius!!!

@LostWax 4 года назад

Thanks!

@Quintus468 5 лет назад

ooh, I love this! maybe I'll make an amazon trail shield this way

@SeareanMoon 6 лет назад

love that cardboard tip, about to make our big shield and loved the tips and hope we get a hot day soon!!

@gabmax1013 7 лет назад

you should make a video wearing everything you have made lol

@paulpardee 6 лет назад

Man, could have used that contact cement tip a few weeks ago. Curse RU-vid for not notifying me of your video! Also, the detail on that shield is sublime. Absolutely gorgeous.

@LostWax 6 лет назад

Glad you like the shield! If you want to make sure to be notified of new vids, make sure to click the bell beside the subscribe button:)

@XXiXib 7 лет назад

super cool

@abbymendoza6298 6 лет назад

THANK YOU VERY MUCH is a easy tutorial love my shield

@TWBArts 7 лет назад

Awesome video! I may have to do this for my daughter if she can ever make her mind up what she wants to be for Halloween ;) When I have to sand down the "diamond" side of a foam mat, I usually cut some shallow cross sections into the area I am going to glue to give the glue more to stick to. It's always worked well for me.

@Luis_GND 5 лет назад

no puede ser te quedo increible!!!

@AGothNamedWednessday 7 лет назад

If you do the outside heating method instead of in the car, take some Aluminum foil and make a surface area a bit bigger than the shield. then tape the edges in line with the sheild so that there is a little space between the shield and the aluminum; this will create an oven like effect and heat your shells faster. I don't think it will melt the plastic.

@chaserwilliams1 7 лет назад

I'm really looking forward to the build video for the rest of the shield! It looks awesome!

@thegermaniccoenus2525 5 лет назад

Heh, thanks man. Now I have an idea for my Macedonian Phalangite shield.

@eggsyhd2340 4 года назад

Im Macedonian and i have done the phalanx cosplay it turned out great

@laurenmuller4218 7 лет назад

Chris, I wish you'd upload more frequently, I love your videos, they're fun but also very helpful, you deserve way more subscribers

@LostWax 7 лет назад

I wish I'd upload more frequently too:)

@howdareyou6700 6 лет назад

Your technique is greate! Thank you! We use your thechnique to create some steampunk stuff for the theater play! Greetings from Ukraine!

@LostWax 6 лет назад

Awesome!

@juanmanuelsanchezviveros6253 2 года назад

Guau que bonito 😻😻😻😻😻😻

@seriphone 7 лет назад

That's brilliant. Such a great result.

@tylerlloyd1190 6 лет назад

Thx this is going to go perfect my Assassins creed origins costume

@thedouchebagsithspodcast3678 7 лет назад

Awesome designs, a fan from Mexico

@OnlyinUrMind 7 лет назад

Nice, thanks now I can use that ball for something and thanks again for your great videos.

@loochboy 7 лет назад

Great tip, thanks for sharing. How did you actually make the shield? Was it freehand or laser cut?

@LostWax 7 лет назад

It's all freehand, and the outside v shapes are hot glue.

@loochboy 7 лет назад

Cool-what about the rest?

@TanealyaKimBeauty 6 лет назад

I'm confused as to what you're asking when he CLEARLY shows step by step how he made it lol

@wilfredodiaz8743 4 года назад

Cool technique!!!

@angelinaliptak5681 7 лет назад

parabéns por ser você

@JGDeRuvo 7 лет назад

Nice technique!

@gruzfr6201 7 лет назад

Hello. I want to buy your pattern for mechanical arm but on the link i push "buy now" and nothink happends. Cant you give me one right link Plees. Thank you

@kathyreinhardt8998 7 лет назад

l would very much like to see how you made that beautiful design around the top of your shield. Also, what can you use if you don't have an inflatable medicine ball?

@LostWax 7 лет назад

I'll make another vid showing making the design, I have used a beanbag chair set outside, and keep pressing the foam into the shape you want. You won't get quite as significant of a dome, but it will give you some.

@balazsdombi7225 7 лет назад

Cool T-shirt

@query1527 5 лет назад

Awesome thanks. I'm making giant saucepan lids 🥰

@LostWax 5 лет назад

Of course! Everyone needs giant saucepan lids!

@query1527 5 лет назад

@@LostWax ok I learned something good. I couldn't get water based contact adhesive in time but I found some spray on contact adhesive for sticking flooring. It was 4 bucks and worked super well.

@youshallnotpass3937 7 лет назад

I love steampunk!

@MikeRappoold 6 лет назад

This is really fantastic. Do you have any guides/tutorials on how to do the etching?

@LostWax 6 лет назад

Not for this exactly, though I do often etch foam in my projects. I like to use the back end of my scalpel- it is rounded and a couple mm thick. Just press it into the foam to create indentations.

@paolabettinelli3636 3 года назад

Wow, that's a great idea, but could you please show us how you painted it?

@LostWax 3 года назад

Sadly I didn't take any footage of the painting... It's a similar technique I use in most of my painting, rubbing the metallic colours on with my finger.You can see it in my knight armor video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3ajOJivJisg.html

@paolabettinelli3636 3 года назад

@@LostWax Thank you

@jmanusmc2006 4 года назад

Got a video on how to paint the shield?

@aaron527 7 лет назад

Do you have a template for the pattern on the shield?

@ericbrown6557 5 лет назад

im am also wanting to know this

@glitchthegothbot970 7 лет назад

Clever clever buddy buddy

@DALILOMODIY 7 лет назад

great tips! :)

@gregdark9980 7 лет назад

Another awesome tip..will be using this tip for sure... would this technique work with a heat gun at all ?

@LostWax 7 лет назад

I'm not totally sure... This technique relies on the fact that you are heating up the whole surface at the same time, whereas with a heat gun, you can generally only do a small section at a time. I think it could be done if you have a bit of patience, and heat it all up gradually.- Just try not to melt the plastic wrap.....

@gregdark9980 7 лет назад

Lost Wax ... I see what you mean..just trying to think of a way to achieve this on those less then sunny days 😊

@LostWax 7 лет назад

Yeah, I agree, it would be good to have an alternate technique that would work well when it's cold.

@facetiousfemme 7 лет назад

It would work with a heat gun, however as Lost Wax mentions you need to be careful how you go at it. Something to try that I have down is after covering your bust or ball or whatever shape you are foaming the foam too is covered in cling wrap and tape, press tin foil over top to act as a barrier between. It helps deflect SOME heat and can heat up your foam a bit more quickly from both sides. But whenever working with heat, be careful!

@18632ewa8 5 лет назад

I like your Shield enough that I am actually going to subscribe good job

@mackenziewardlow6214 11 месяцев назад

Do you know an approximate diameter of the exercise ball you used? I just got one secondhand and I think it may be too small for the right curvature.

@LostWax 11 месяцев назад

I don't actually, but I think it was about the same size as our door openings....

@violetrayn3639 7 лет назад

I love your JtHM shirt😍😍

@javitauchiha17 7 лет назад

you are tooooo smart!♡

@jmkscosplay5966 5 лет назад

Would you recommend scoring lines to be heated before or after the ball ! Awesome job !!

@LostWax 5 лет назад

I don't score my lines and then heat with heatgun like most do. I just go over them with a pen until there is a good solid valley in the foam. I think you'd probably have to do it before and after heating because the heat will release some of the stress.

@jmkscosplay5966 5 лет назад

Lost Wax awesome !! Thank you

@xxxyaarxxx 7 лет назад

sigh this vid came a week to late for me T^T thanks anyway chris for this great way of curving foam ^^

@LostWax 7 лет назад

Awww, sorry.

@scareletuchiha667 5 лет назад

So question; I’m from a country where it’s cool 99% of the year; can this be done with a heat gun as well?

@LostWax 4 года назад

Yep, check this out: bit.ly/cap-shield

@raggedyanarchist 7 лет назад

You are so fantastically talented. Dunno if the sun gets hot enough in my part of Canada, and the warm part of the year is over. Do you suppose a hair dryer might work?

@SuicideNeil 7 лет назад

hair-dryer, or a heat gun if you are careful- heat is heat, after all...

@joeofdoom 7 лет назад

If your going to use a hairdryer it might make sense to make a box enclosure for the piece so that the heat is even and it shouldnt take as long to heat up a smaller area. Cardboard should do fine for structure and its a decent insulator.

@stuarttaylor7419 7 лет назад

Hey I've wached all your videos and I'm in to steampunk were did u get the eye pach on your pirate hat and jacket videos and where did u get it from

@jameshowlett1546 4 года назад

Can't I wrap the inner and outer shield at the same time? Or does the inner part not need to be dome-i-fied?

@LostWax 4 года назад

Yes, you definitely can do both at the same time. Just remember to do the inner disc with the texture facing out.

@MandalorV7 6 лет назад

Nice. I wasn’t sure how I was going to make a perfectly round shield for the Captain America/Deathstroke cosplay I want to do. Does this shaping process work with other shield types too?

@LostWax 6 лет назад

Yep, any two layers of foam you glue together will hold the shape they are in, for example, I made a knight shield that had a curve on the vertical axis, and it worked the same way.

@shihankev 6 лет назад

I live in the UK so got any tips for big balls rainy days. Ta

@LostWax 6 лет назад

Not yet, but I have some ideas I need to try out.

@vincentkuglerjr.7576 4 года назад

What size is that ball? Want to get one, largest ones are 65 meters and 75 meters. Will either of those work for this method? By the way this is a genius method!

@LostWax2 4 года назад

That's a really good question, and I don't actually know the answer. I think I'd go with the larger one, if it's too small, you'll have a hard time getting the foam to curve enough and you'll get wrinkly edges. ( I am assuming the sizes are cm, not meters, otherwise, your ball won't even fit in your house:)

@vincentkuglerjr.7576 4 года назад

@@LostWax2 Yes cm, and thank you

@ratstarone 6 лет назад

Wow that's awesome

@nikkisamborski9385 6 лет назад

beautiful shield! but would this technique work for any type of foam? Because I bought this really thin foam from lens mill store that I really wanted to use, but I’m not sure if it’ll work and I don’t want to waste it...

@LostWax 6 лет назад

I don't know if it'll work for any type of foam- and it it's quite thin, it won't be strong enough to hold it's shape properly.

@erikmalm6425 7 лет назад

Omg love you

@alanysgriffin5257 6 лет назад

I’m super late... but could you use a heat gun to speed up the process of shaping the foam instead of setting it outside? Just wondering! Thanks! :)

@LostWax 6 лет назад

I haven't tried it yet, but I think it could work- just depends how much heat cling wrap can handle I guess....And how careful you are with the heat gun. I'll have to give it a try.

@gioteya 7 лет назад

Super Nice..!!

@absolum8989 7 лет назад

"I call this one big ball hot sun" same

@isauromanuel Год назад

Has anyone tried resistol 911 glue on eva foam

@gaugustop 7 лет назад

Amazing!!!

@jmattos 3 года назад

How did the dome-in-a-dome design retain the curve long term?

@LostWax 3 года назад

It's retained the curve really well, still looks the same as when I made it!

@jmattos 3 года назад

@@LostWax AWESOME! I've got some foam in my car RIGHT NOW! excited to try it. My biggest concern is getting the paint and teachings right. I got your templates, thanks for those!

@LordSolfan 6 лет назад

Thanks for the ruler trick! You got a like for that ;)

@radhakrishnan8343 5 лет назад

I'm finding it difficult to get EVA Foam in India... Can I use the EVA Foam in yoga mats for craft work? Reply please!

@LostWax 5 лет назад

hi, you should be able to use EVA foam yoga mats.

@pixel_ppl2504 7 лет назад

Nice man

@foxiecolor2415 6 лет назад

Hello, how have you hardens the shield? And how made you the forms above?

@LostWax 6 лет назад

The shield isn't hardened, it's just foam that is painted.

@hasbi1300 5 лет назад

totally useful for the shield i wanna make, same but smaller and i mean very small since it's goblin slayer's shield. this is a really great method mad thanks a lot, i was thinking of heating than molding it myself manually but i didn't thought about using rubber balls, also do you think there are any substitutes for something to use other than rubber balls? cuz i don't have that currently

@LostWax 5 лет назад

Anything round with the diameter you need would work. You can also think about using the inside curve of something, like if you have a pot lid or something that is domed.

@hasbi1300 5 лет назад

@@LostWax noted, thanks a lot for the tip man. im gonna try using some cooking tools now cause some has a rounded part on them, keep up the good videos man your ideas are genius

@kevingregoire2764 5 лет назад

Do you have a post somewhere of how you painted it ?

@LostWax 5 лет назад

I actually didn't film the painting part for some reason, not sure why, so sadly I don't have a video. If I remember correctly, I used the same technique I use on most of my projects, where I rub a little metallic paint over a black base coat. I think I used DecoArt metallics "pewter" for the darker areas.

@kevingregoire2764 5 лет назад

Lost Wax I watched your Wonder Woman head band video. I think that's probably the technique.

@kerenmartin4973 6 лет назад

How did you do the details on the Wonder Woman shield?

@johnclarke7626 5 лет назад

I can haz Boromir's shield!

@Bonnieboxer23 7 лет назад

Any idea on how to make a foam baseball bat? :)

@theoraclehostvessel 5 лет назад

What if you dont have an exercise ball like a normal person?

@karolinebarros5799 7 лет назад

continue? much your video, I liked

@rmoosepig 3 года назад

Thank you for this! I currently use Barge. What type of water-based contact cement do you use? I did not see it in your materials list link, but apologize if I missed it.

@LostWax 3 года назад

The one I used on this was Lepage low odour contact cement. I'm not sure if that's a Canadian company though. It's alright, but has room for improvement. It could definitely be stronger- I only use it on large surfaces, I don't think it would handle edge gluing foam. If you've got proper lung protection, I would stick with Barge though.....

@rmoosepig 3 года назад

Thank you! Great videos and content in general, BTW!

@LostWax 3 года назад

@@rmoosepig Thank you very much!!

@SafetySpooon 7 лет назад

Are you able to "redome" the Captain America shield by re-doing the process?

@LostWax 7 лет назад

Yeah, I probably could. I would probably want to take off the straps and add the inner layer of foam to lock in the dome shape. That one I originally domed by leaving it out in the sun in a beanbag chair:)