Spent way too long making fake armor out of EVA foam and still got it wrong

I've been doing budget cosplay for about three years now. For my last project I wanted to build a set of shoulder pauldrons like the ones from an old fantasy game. Simple enough right? I spent almost four evenings measuring, cutting, and heat shaping the foam. After all that work I put them on and they sat totally crooked. One side pointed up and the other hung down. I tried to fix them with more heat but the shape was already set. Ended up starting over from scratch with a paper pattern. That first attempt took probably 8 hours total. Has anyone else had a project take way longer than it should have because you skipped the paper pattern step?

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leog6815d ago

Paper templates save your hide every time. Learned that lesson the hard way too - always test fit with cheap cardboard before cutting anything expensive.

aaron19715d ago

Did you ever try using cereal box cardboard for that @leog68? I found it's stiffer than regular cardboard but still easy to cut... makes the test fit way more accurate.