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Hello!

I'm going to be taking on a huge project for the next few months. I would love to be finished by July 2006 but I'm not setting any deadlines quite yet.

I need Help Making Armor, I'm still open to material but i want it to look good not cheep.

http://www.juzzam.com/EvaWPs/AsukaWPs/a ... 24x768.jpg

I want to make a really nice Plugsuit for an Asuka cosplay. Thats right Asuka armor, i want to make a plug suit thats not just cloth but some kind of plastic or resin armor as well

I found this site a little while ago, but its completely in Japanese! @__@ Anyway this guy is a GOD! and here are some pictures of something I'm aiming for.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... D%26sa%3DG

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... D%26sa%3DG

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... D%26sa%3DG


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... D%26sa%3DG

I know this is going to be a difficult project but as a College art student i am also confident in my abilities is someone is willing to help me threw the basic process and recommend materials,
i would be grateful for any help

umm hehe sorry the links are so long
there might have been a better way to have done that.

yep, there is.

tinyurl.com

Here are a couple of sites I've found helpful:

http://www.bioweapons.com

Bioweapons goes into a lot of detail about layermolding in fiberglass. However, it does not do much with pourmolding or the actual mold building process.

http://www.digitalemerald.com/cosplay_armor_index.html

Digital Emerald goes into more detail, and demonstrates pieces closer to the size you'll be working on. However, he has a penchant for the cheap modeling clay, whereas I perfer using the sulpher added stuff and avoiding silicone molding.

For Auska's armor, I'd probably go with pour molds using a 50/50 body filler/polyester resin mix. The pieces are small enough to do it that way, and I find pour molding to be easier than fiberglass.

More later, I've got papers to write.