What I'm working on now is a mock up of a suit of samurai armor. Its not gonna be an authentic replica of one, but one that is a bit simpler to match a game.
Found a pattern for a 'Hotoke Do' at this place and modified for my body size. Was gonna make the whole suit out of craft foam but decided to try my hand at Wonderflex. This stuff is great! No glue needed cuz it bonds to itself w/ some heat. It stays in any shape you put it in and when it cools, its pretty rigid.
This is the front piece of the armor. After finishing, I thought the 1 layer of wonderflex is a little bit flimsy, but after doing the shaping its not bad.
This is the back of the armor. For this one I decided to double up the layers to see how things would turn out. This back piece is really hard. It'll take a punch, maybe even a stab from a tiny knife or something. There is enough material there to make two so thats alot. I don't know if I want to use 2 layers or not. Shaping this back piece was interesting. Had to shape it myself to myself by myself. Fun fun fun.
I've got a hinge that I'm ready to put in and will be testing the lacing w/ shoelaces. Next is making the two shoulder panels, then the 4 panels that go around the hips.
I am working on a katana too. The prototype sword is basically done and I have what I need to start on teh scabbard. Pics later.
On a little side note, I caved in and bought this Bubble Gun at Michaels. It was out w/ their spring stuff and it was only $5. Now it doesn't have the cool LEDs in it but it does shoot out a nice steady stream of bubbles though. Gonna see if I can incorporate it into my steampunk some how.
Gonna get back to work.
