EVA foam stormtrooper armor build

[Cheeseballs]

filled the seam some more

 

 

finished painting dropboxes and the pyramids

 

 

also finished the thigh ammo belt

 

a short summary of how I made it:

my dad cut some wood blocks for me, and i primed then plastidiped them, then glued them to a piece of foam. pretty simple, and i'm happy with how it turned out.

[Cheeseballs]

sanded the seam again. i'm gonna add some filler primer so I can see how it looks so far.

 

 

 

also sanded the logos and stuff on the back

 

 

before

 

 

after

[Cheeseballs]

finished filler primer

the seam is still barely visible, but im not too worried about it. I'll probably just sand it a little more. after that, I'll use plastidip then paint the details.

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Hard to believe it's made from foam, nice work, applaud your patience and skills 

[ukswrath[Staff]]

14 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said:

Hard to believe it's made from foam, nice work, applaud your patience and skills 

 

Right!? Fantastic work

[Sly11[Admin]]

I must agree, this is indeed impressive for an item made from foam. Great work trooper.

[tarok[TK]]

Amazing work! And that helmet: wow!!

[CableGuy[TK]]

You’re making a good job of reworking that plastic Rubies helmet. Does the colour match nicely with the foam Armour? :-)

[Cheeseballs]

2 hours ago, CableGuy said:

You’re making a good job of reworking that plastic Rubies helmet. Does the colour match nicely with the foam Armour? :-)

thanks! and yup, im painting it with plastidip just like the armor, so it should match perfectly.

 

 

ok finished plastidip on the helmet

 

 

im quite happy with it. now i just gotta paint the details and add the gloss top coat.

[Cheeseballs]

update:

I tried to mask off the vocoder area, but the masking tape peeled off the plastidip. i'm so angry right now. I feel like screaming. my dad suggested cutting off a the plastidip of the entire lower face till the crease so it will be less noticeable, then repaint. if that doesnt work i'll have to peel it all of the whole helmet and paint it all again. arrrgh

[Cheeseballs]

alright that after alot of peeling and scraping I got off the plastidip and primer on the front face only, so now i just need to repaint then the decals and NO MASKING TAPE!!!!

I left the primer on the vocoder, mic tips, and teeth cause I don’t think I need to scrape it off there.

Edited April 18, 2021 by Cheeseballs

[Cheeseballs]

a few days ago my rubber blaster from imperial warfighters came in.

 

I also finished the belt, ammo belt, and WIP holster

 

 

entire lower body test fit with imperial warfighters blaster in holster

 

the imperial warfighters blaster is too heavy for the holster and keeps pulling it down, so if I need to have the blaster holsterd for a longer peirod of time i'll have to use the rubies blaster.

 

I also added the pyramids to the knee and the thigh ammo belt to the thigh

 

 

[tat2trooper[TK]]

NICEEEEEE. Little brother you got the skills. I peep your attention to detail 

[Cheeseballs]

56 minutes ago, tat2trooper said:

NICEEEEEE. Little brother you got the skills. I peep your attention to detail 

thanks! all those hours of staring at reference pics and build threads is paying off.

 

I added the ab dots 

 

 

then i repainted the ab, forearms, shoulders, backplate, and helmet, and painted the chestplate and shoulder straps. I just have to add glossifier to them.

 

after that I painted the ab dots with some citadel model paint (Macragge Blue) and (Dawnstone)

Edited April 18, 2021 by Cheeseballs
forgot a pic

[Cheeseballs]

finished details on the helmet!

first i started with black

 

 

then the gray parts

 

then I touched-up with some white paint. this part took awhile cause I messed up alot.

 

then the black stripes tube stripes, ear bar, and mic-tips, and I'm done!

 

now I just have to add glossifier to it.

 

I finished the glossifier on these parts aswell.

[Cheeseballs]

so awhile ago our trampoline broke, and I saved this small scrap.

 

I cut it and used it for the mouth piece.

 

I like how it looks compared to the usual mesh.

 

 

I also added the bicep to forearm elastic piece.

 

 

 

now I just need to add a visor and rubber trim to the helmet, a neck seal, boots, finish the holster, and a compression top and I'll be done with this whole thing!

[Cheeseballs]

helmet trim and visor done

the visor is just two layers of tint, one green and one black/gray

for the rubber trim, I took this rubber bucket trim, cut it in half, the sliced it down the middle, and wedged the edge of the helmet int the slit.

 

 

now I gotta add padding, then the helmet will be done!

 

[Cheeseballs]

I added padding, so now the helmet is officially done!

 

[Cheeseballs]

WIP neck seal

I took some more of those bucket seals and cut them in half, then CA glue'd them together. the glue made white marks though, so I'm planning on painting it with black plastidip.

[Cheeseballs]

test fit

 

the chest flares out at the sides way too much, so my dad suggested a side strap, like the ones on ROTK's. I'll probably do that.

[tat2trooper[TK]]

Dang bro good job. Great job on the helmet.

[Cheeseballs]

5 hours ago, tat2trooper said:

Dang bro good job. Great job on the helmet.

thanks!

 

boots came in!

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Nice work Iza

 

Keeping true to FISD form and for accuracy sake, I highly suggest shortening the length of the chest plate (starting at the top). The biceps also look like they could use some shortening (from the bottom). Both are a bit large in relation to other sections of the armor. On a positive note this is by far the best foam built adult armor I've seen, hence the reason for the accuracy suggestions. 

[Cheeseballs]

47 minutes ago, ukswrath said:

Nice work Iza

 

Keeping true to FISD form and for accuracy sake, I highly suggest shortening the length of the chest plate (starting at the top). The biceps also look like they could use some shortening (from the bottom). Both are a bit large in relation to other sections of the armor. On a positive note this is by far the best foam built adult armor I've seen, hence the reason for the accuracy suggestions. 

thanks for the suggestions! I want this to be as accurate as possible, so I'll make those adjustments. I'm actually a teenager, not an adult. That's why it all looks a bit wonky, cause I'm about 5"5 tall, and the templates I'm using were meant for a 5'8 tall person.

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Just now, Cheeseballs said:

thanks for the suggestions! I want this to be as accurate as possible, so I'll make those adjustments. I'm actually a teenager, not an adult. That's why it all looks a bit wonky, cause I'm about 5"5 tall, and the templates I'm using were meant for a 5'8 tall person.

 

That's impressive, fantastic skills. 

 

Regarding the adult side, the only other sizes I've seen were pre-teen, I mean small