Tips For Magnetic Attachments On EVA Foam Cosplay Armor and Props | Cosplay Apprentice 

So glad it helped! Thank you so much for watching!! :)

Yay! I'm so glad :). Thank you for watching and for your feedback it helps motivate me to keep making more because it was helpful :)

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:) Nice :) Thanks!

Yay! I'm so glad you found my channel too! Thank you for all your comments and feedback! I'm excited to see it implemented in the helmet and Pauldron! :)

@@CosplayApprentice and thanks for correcting my spelling rofl

Thank you so much for watching and for subbing!! You rock!!! :) Thanks! It’s a pretty cool craft space, you should check out the video on my channel about my Star Wars blast door entrance to the workshop :)

@@CosplayApprentice duuuuuude...I'll have to later :o I was specifically looking up solutions for magnets in cosplay, got a weird situation xP trying to make adjustable eyebrows but my old method with 2 magnets was heavy, washers might work!! But ya, I saw you have some really cool vids and then saw the foam-mo? 🥰 ahhhh, super excite

Thanks! :)

You are definitely on the right track. If you need to increase the pull strength then both of those options are ways to do it. If you have the room for it, increasing the size of the neodymium magnet will definitely help. Depending on the type of foam you are using, you can get away with drilling the depth deeper. Essentially you want as little foam between the magnet as possible without compromising the foams integrity too much. So the denser the foam the thinner you can take it and not have issues. With the WTF ( What the foam) I used in the video I drilled down leaving only about 1mm-2mm of foam. But with High Density foams you may not want to go anywhere less than two and probably at least 3mm and up to make sure it is strong enough. Also too, if you are doing the reverse inset you will usually want to use magnets on both sides and not try metal washer on one side trick I talked about at the end. That will help to strengthen the pull too. Hopefully that helps! :)

I would use as large of a neodymium magnet as your project will allow. I think the cup around the magnet idea would be good to help hold it all in place better. Put neodymium magnets in both the anthers and the helmet to get the most magnetic hold you can get.

Yes! We actually have a couple of those coming up this month and if there is a specific look you are wanting to see, let me know and I can add it to my list and make some more for you :)

@@CosplayApprentice Damage from a sword and spears is mostly what I'm looking for but I never saw someone do arrow damage before

@@kunk__ Sounds good, I'll add it to my list :)

It all depends on what type of foam you are using, there could be issues if your foam is not strong enough and can rip easily but if you are using a denser/stronger foam, I haven't had it be too much of a problem. I would recommend try What The Foam! It's super strong and holds up great!! :)

By using hot glue to glue the magnet it, it fills that void and pulls the to sides into eachother tight so that the foam is not flimsy and will hold up surprisingly well :). Also I demonstrated it on the softest foam option and if you use High Density foams or even better WTF (What The Foam) then you decrease your chances of it tearing to next to zero.:)

@@CosplayApprentice i see..so just reinforced with hotglue is sufficent? thanks for answering...i'll try it out then :-) btw your workplace is off the chain. you already know that ;-) i wonder if you could come up with some sollutions for holding tools in place like you made for yourself?

Thanks! I love it, it is a pretty sweet space and functional too! :)

Yeah, I will add that to a list of video so show how Increased my tool holders and giving other ideas too. :) Thanks! :)

@@CosplayApprentice that's cool to hear. looking forward to new videos of yours!:-)

Woohoo! Magnets are awesome!

Cosplay Apprentice especially neodymium magnets, other magnets are not that strong

I think duct tape could work, it may just peel up and collect dirt after time but as long as it was good strong duct tape it should work for a while :)

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