These pieces are shoulder pieces that connect the front to the back pieces of armor. I originally had these covered with joint compound but since these pieces flexed a lot the joint compound didn't stay. So for the modified versions, I took off all the joint compound and decided to go with craft foam. I then sealed the craft foam for painting with a glue mixture of fabric glue, sobo glue and water found at Amethyst Angel's website. After 7 or 8 layers of sealing the craft foam, I painted the pieces to match the other pieces.
The masks needed some ventilation so I put in some holes around the mouth to hopefully help with the ventilation. Its not pictured here, but I also extended the sides of the masks so it covered the ears and more of the jaws.
Next are the flags that you see the samurai have in the game. When I was researching the samurai armor, I saw how the flags were attached to the armor and used that method.
What you see here is the pattern I made to construct the boxes for the flag poles.
Using some papercrafting and origami experience, I made these out of 3 layers of wonderflex.
Painted, drilled some holes.
All flag boxes are held to the back of the armor with some bolts I got from Home Depot that I had to slightly modify. I also had to layer some craft foam together to fill a 3/4" gap between the armor and the boxes themselves.
The flag poles are 5/8" dowel rods which I just painted black and they go straight down the back of the armor. The flags themselves are being done by Bethii Chan.
This is a papercraft project I decided to start during sometime during the week of X-mas. I won't be giving much information away but I will tell you that this is a Dark version of a character and what you see here is nothing near finished! I found the pattern online so I don't take credit for it, and thought it would be a challenge so I went on a printing spree. :p You can take a crack at guessing who this character is if you want.
