Make Craft foam Armor Vambraces (forearms) 

your commentary has so much enthusiasm and it makes me happy. i watch your videos when I'm in a creative rut and i get right back up again. absolutely love your work

Don't forget if you're trying this at home, test if the temperature of your hot glue gun is suitable for the foam because if it's too hot, you'll end up with curled and warped areas where the glue hits (and ripples when it contracts and cools). Project looks fantastic though!

another tip for rivets that I like, is using those little craft "googly eyes", then paint over them. they're really cheap and they look pretty neat.

Its a been a few years, but Ive followed your tuts to flesh out a cheap knights costume for my son. Bracers, Shin guards and Sabtons! All with a dragon motif with rivets. Now Im back cause he's outgrown it and I need a refresher! I love your tuts! Thanks so much for posting!

I love this tutorial so much. They look so good, and they're so solid. It's worth mentioning too that heating your foam up also helps seal it, making painting on your modge podge mixture and paints a lot easier and gives it this nice smooth finish he gets. Once those pores in the foam are heat sealed you'll have a lot smoother finish because your foam won't soak up half of your products. It's done easiest with a heat gun, but can be done to a with other heating tools. The stove gets hot enough to seal it. So do torches. NEVER LIGHTERS. EVER. You'll melt your foam and it'll catch on fire and you'll have a bad time. A very bad time. Also! Each heating and molding session shrinks and hardens your foam. So when you cut out your patterns cut on the outside of your line, not the inside or it'll be smaller than you like once it's heated up and formed. If you want to add gashes or patterns to your foam you can use the blunt end of a pencil or an exacto knife and lightly score the surface of your foam. Make sure to not cut through the foam (unless you want to). When you heat it up the scores will open up and it'll look really cool. It's a very neat effect.

This is a going to be very helpful for the cosplay I am working on! I just like to add a couple things regarding craft form. Ive done the glue/water method and you need LOTS OF LAYERS! I had to put down at least 6 coats before I was satisfied that the foam wouldnt eat up the paint. I tried again with modge podge, and only needed 2 to 3 coats. I suggest putting just a little bit of water in it though, so you dont have to worry about brushstrokes appearing. I also heard that Plasti-Dip makes for a good sealant (and primer!) that Im going to try out for this project. And I like to reinforce my craft foam with some fabric. Particularly cheesecloth. Simply apply a sheet on the back of whatever you're working on (AFTER its been heated and shaped) and glue it down with modge podge/glue/water. Let dry completely and trim the excess. You can paint it whenever. Craft foam needs gentle handling, and having a backing reduces the chance of it tearing. :3

This inspired me to put more time and effort into actually becoming a cosplayer! I'm gonna start doing this more often! thank you!

This is the most brilliant and easy thing ever; this is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for.

I like your projects too much, I've been very enthusiastic with your commentary and loved all the work you do, and specially the way you do... Your projects are too easy to make and hence are encouraging...

Beautiful Vambrace! Its amazing that you can make these so simply

Awesome! I'm making the gauntlets and these vambraces this weekend. Can't wait for the new foam armor video.

Nicely done! I will absolutely be using this One tip I have is that you may want to attach some cheese cloth to the back of your foam armor piece after shaping but before painting. Cheese cloth is rather stiff after the sealant goes on and will help to reinforce your foam armor

Wow! This is the first tutorial that really dumbs it down for those of us who haven't done this before. I'm working on an elf hunter and want to add real feathers 😁

I think I'm going to use this template for making leather vambraces (same materials, but painted brown, possibly some fur edges). Great tutorial!

Awesome video. Concise. Easy to follow. Friendly. Exactly what I was looking for. It's also amazing you made this beautiful piece just from foamie. You are talented.

the rivets are made with fine foam and a hole punch, arghhhhh! Ive been making my life hard. such a simpler technique, you sir are my hero!

Nice work, Will. It goes great with the gauntlet project. I am looking forward to the next armor piece project.

Thank you for making these amazing tutorials, they're extremely helpful and fun to do.

Absolutely FANTASTIC tutorial! Keep it up!

You should do an entire craft foam suit of armor :) that would be amazing and such a fun project

We're big on Halloween in our family. we start working on costumes 6 months in advance. my son just announced that he wants to be a knight, mommy to be a princess and daddy a dragon. I loved the idea but had no idea how I was going to pull off the knight costume. I do now! thank you so much for this simple and easy to follow tutorial! excited to get started on it!

Thank you for showing that projects like this can be done with simple craft foam! It seems easy to work with and very affordable. Now I know how to complete my cosplay :D

Your videos are amazing. i'm using your tutorials to quickly build a Dark Souls Astorias for Halloween, I'm used to paper mache but with your help I'm finding using foam is a lot of fun. Thankyou.

you might like to try using paper-fastener split pins. the brass ones look like rivets and they connect base materials extremely well. i've made an armlet, low quality steampunk style, and i used these split pins for rivet-like detail and they aren't too bad for moving parts

I've also found that if you want to go for a worn look, after you apply your layer of metallic paint and let that set fully, go back with flat black paint, (I use acrylic) preferably in segments as you do not want it to fully dry! and after about 45 seconds take a towel and rub off as much as you can. this will allow dark spots, or "dirt", to be left behind in the spaces that would naturally be hard to clean. small details like that can go a long way. (and I recommend testing/practicing on a scrap first.)

I just found your channel and it is amazing! Making a costume for Halloween. Can't wait

made these for my 3 year old nephew. had to re draw these really small for him. but came out awesome

I'm doing a bloodborne cosplay and I'm making the burial blade from your template and probably gonna use the underside template from this video for the hunter gloves, since the shape when bent was similar, and they only cover the top of the wrist, awesome videos I can't stop watching them

I really like these kind of videos the craft foam armor and you should definitely do more

This is a great tutorial! Thank you so much for the tutorial and taking the time to put this up! First time cosplaying and your video and resources have given me a great introduction.

Best video so far! Your tutorial shows what others didn't! :)

thanks so much for an awesome tutorial. You gave such a cheery delivery it made starting this project less intimidating hehe.

42 seconds in and I already love this. please tell me you gonna do a boots version

OMG THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THIS!! IT HELPED ME SOOO MUCH! I cosplay Sengoku Basara a lot and I went though hell to make the arms and legs and this helped me a LOT!! THANKS!!!

Why didn't I find this earlier!?! Oh well I'll just have to remake mine. Great tutorial by the way. very concise and easy to follow.

Very realistic looking! I love it!

Love this. The rivets looks awesome!

You should really look into how to make different marvel characters armor. I looked this video up to see how to make vambraces for my deadpool cosplay and just figured the rest out for my shins. But there's a lot of stuff we cosplayers have no idea how to do unless we look it up for tutorials like this, so thank you!

Can't wait until the full armour set is done

Hello! Great work, really nice video. The template that you provided was really helpfull! Question; do you think this could be made with leather instead of foam?

Oh my God that is beautiful Will. I hope you'll be making a whole plate armor series with foam board. If i'm not wrong you already made gauntlets,helmet and vambrace?

I'm gonna use crafting gem stickers for rivets. Also I thought it would be useful to share this... I used building insulation foam and used a hair dryer to bend it into shape slowly and it works wonders.

This was super cool! I'm new to cosplay and this has been very informative! Thank you so much!

When shaping the vambrace, are you able to wrap the heated foam around your arm, or would it be too hot? Edit: Also, when applying the sealant, you mentioned a glue mix as an alternative? How do you make this? (With my luck, you explained it in the video and I somehow missed it hehe)

You saved me right in time for halloween. Now I'll get to finish my winter soldier arm correctly. Thanks! :)

Thank you so much for this tutorial and the template!! Made my cosplay go so much smoother :D

احسنت اخي الفنان اعمالك مميزة جدا وسهلة الصنع وواقعية جدااتمنا لو تقوم بتخصيص حلقة كاملة عن طريقة عمل درع كاملة

Wow that looks amazing

That's awesome! I am making a costume of Callista Ming and she is wearing something similar i was wondering how and you popped up in my feed. - perfect!

Love eva foam. these really look like metal armor!

thank you so much for these amazing tutorials! I'm using the tutorials and templates with some personalization for my first ever cosplay armor. it's really turning out well :D

You really help me a lot, more than other armour video tutorials... and I didn't understand you well xD (i'm hispanic)

If you take requests, I'd love to see a video on the Second Age Elven armor. Mostly for the chest piece and maybe the pauldrons.

You are the best. Congratulations!

This tutorial was perfect! Just one question though, can you seal it after you spray paint it? I bought a spray mod podge, will that work to seal everything or you just need to seal it before you paint it? Thanks!

Thank you for the templates and video for this :)

I don’t now if it is just me but i can’t get the template I have 1 question do you think this would work with real metal ? I am going to try it

Great video man. I love this. Thanks for sharing.

Just my luck that I see this video the day after making my own, using a completely different method. Of course, I haven't painted it yet, so I'll be sure to use your tips! I hope you do more paper mache videos. Maybe a Big Hero 6 helmet?

THIS IS SOOOOCOOOOOLLLLLLLL!!! Thank you for this tutorial!

Hey Will, are you going to do the leg and boot armor in the future, ? Im planning on doing a full Life size Knight for my livin room. Gr8 stuff buddy. I've got the Gauntlets done , made Them out of toilet and paper towel rolls.

epicfantasy Hey, Will! It's been a while since I've watched your videos and it's good to see that you're as enthusiastic as ever! The reason for me not watching your videos regularly as I used to is that I enrolled to the army about a month ago. It has been tough, but watching your projects come along is always enjoyable. So... I have a suggestion. Could you make something military/army related? Something cool and maybe even useful? Would be awesome! =D

Thank you so much for making/posting this video! This will help with my daughter's Halloween costume. :)

Love the gloves too!!

genius. and so well spoken. thanks!

thanks for this awesome tutorial! subscribed :) Keep up the great work!

looks great!!!!! wow looks like its made from the real thing

Thanks mate! Im going to do an prop for a shortfilm soon with this learning

This is cool, would you do some warhammer armor and weapons a frost axe would be an awesome build or a space marine helmet....?

i always look forward to hearing your intro!

I love your videos they are the best on the net! you should make more Syfi armor........ PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

A hair dryer could work too. Probably safer than an open flame! Great project

The craft foam i got is the color I needed the product, should i still put glue (i have mod podge) on top? Then anything else? Acrylic sealer? I have no need to paint is why

eres fantastico ,y muy inspirador muchas gracias por compartir tu talento., un abrazo y que DIOS te bendiga siempre,

Excellent tutorial thanks for sharing :) lol as a kid when experimenting with hot glue I discovered you can create sculptures using reusable cheap never dry modeling clay from Walmart etc. Clay can be used as a mold for hot glue interestingly hot glue dose not melt the modeling clay allowing hot glue to fill a clay mold and dry to that shape, Since clay is the never dry variety it can be reused to create multiple different shaped sculptures.. just thought I'd share. hmm sculpey is also pretty cheap and could also be sused for accents . I wonder if sculpey could be glued on then baked to hardness using heat gun or stove directly to armor instead of backing separately in stove I'll have to test that.

Thanks. Any tutorial for weathering? I know lots of them in youtube, but maybe you have more new tips? Thanks

Great vid, easy to follow!

me and my son had a blast making this we did the gauntlets also will be sending you a pic of them asp thax for a grate farther and son day and doing the helmet sometime this week weare makeing a full plate do you think that you could show us how to make a set of Tassets ( Thigh Armour )

Also for Rivets you can use googley eyes

Great idea! Could I substitute the foam for steal or aluminum? It seems simple enough to adjust some parts for a stronger hold. I might remake your whole armor in aluminum when you have all the videos out. :)

Looks Awesome, think I will make it. Love you vids! keep up the good work!

Hey :) I love your tutorial I have one question I want to make a princess peach armor so the colour should be light pink I already bought some craft foam in white and some "normal" colour (no spray) ' Do I still have to paint it as base black? Thank you

Very informative, thank you!

I'm only 14 and I'm planning yo make one of this. Can I use a candle instead of using stove?

Once you get to the helmet if are not planning a certain type i think you should do a full head sallet it would look nice with what you have so far!

I plan on buying the gold spray you used, that won't melt the craft foam will it?

Pretty simple and cool, as all the time ;) but could you write in the description what stuff you use to do your projects (not only for this video i mean), because i've a bit of difficulties with some of your sentences X), even if i understand the most part X) It would be cool man, ty :)

you are so inspiring, man

this is really really cool. thank you

What do you do to all of your projects once finished?

Im using these for a deadpool cosplay and i'd like to some kind of bullet brace around one but would that ruin the paintjob or break it at all?

I tried doing something like this waaaaay before I saw this video T_T wish I saw this sooner, now I know where I messed up. Next time I definitely get it right , thanks!!!

i really wish i would of found this channel a few days ago before i order a pair of gauntlets made of metal that i cant really wear because they cut into my wrist :C...also they weren't cheap and this seems like a better idea,

you are so awesome, and so is the info in this video. thank you!!!!!!!!

is there a difference between craft foam and craft sheets? are they the same?

Are you gonna make shin guards? I can't wait to see those

If you want to make Leather versions just lightly iron the craft foam. the ironing makes it look like a piece of leather. and if you put tin foil over it after balling it up some you can make it look like it has texture to it

you are saving my life!!

muito bom o seu trabalho parabéns

omg, thank you SO MUCH!! This helped me really!!! *_* THANKS