EVA foam stormtrooper armor build

[d503364]

Very nice job.

I've made a shoretrooper and mimban stormtrooper out of eva foam myself.

[Cheeseballs]

On 7/25/2022 at 4:02 PM, d503364 said:

Very nice job.

I've made a shoretrooper and mimban stormtrooper out of eva foam myself.

Nice man!

 

Speaking of, I’ve been modding the armor into a Mimban stormtrooper 

 

 

 

For the mud effects I simply dabbed and slapped the grey paint on with a paper towel. I’ll be going over it again with a darker color. These guys were seriously muddy in the movie lol. 
 
For the forehead piece what I did was cover the helmet dome in foil, then add slits so I could flatten it to create the template. I used two layers of thin foam for the brow cause the first layer I wrapped around the bottom of the forehead. Making it look uneven. 
 

Still gotta add the little details on the side of the forehead and clean it up. Gotta figure something out for the cloak as well.

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Still amazing to see what some can do with foam

[Cheeseballs]

Coat two so for

I think it could be a little lighter with a tint of a bit more green to match reference, but looks very much like mud lol

Edited August 2, 2022 by Cheeseballs

[Cheeseballs]

Reference

https://imgur.com/a/kZk0FL6 

 

for some reason this image won’t embed

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

22 minutes ago, Cheeseballs said:

Reference

https://imgur.com/a/kZk0FL6 

 

for some reason this image won’t embed

Try the "direct" link option (how to with mobile info)

 

[Cheeseballs]

 

 

Blast shield seams filled, and details added, gotta plastidip and paint now

 

 

Second coat done, gonna use this color for third coat

 

 

 

[Cheeseballs]

Plastidipped the blast shield, gotta fill the seams a bit better

 

 

And my mom found a sheet I can use for the cape, she’s gonna cut, dye and sew it for me. Thanks mom! 

 

[Cheeseballs]

 

 

Third coat done, gonna do one more lighter one. For the previous coat I used paper towels to dab the paint on, then I used a brush to get in in the crevices. For this coat I just used this sponge and didn't try as hard to get it in the cracks

 

 

 

[Cheeseballs]

 
 

Blast shield seams filled, white paint added, it’s a little off white compared to the helmet but it’ll probably look fine with mud lol

 

4th coat added to armor, to lighten it up a little

I think it’s close enough now lol

  

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Does look a little darker than the reference, is annoying not knowing how a mix with dry and what color change you will get, trial and error  

[Cheeseballs]

13 minutes ago, gmrhodes13 said:

Does look a little darker than the reference, is annoying not knowing how a mix with dry and what color change you will get, trial and error  

Yeah lmao

just realized I posted the same paint cup image twice lol, here’s what the armor looks like after that 4th coat

 

good enough for me lol

 

And the brow on the blast shield has been masked and painted

 

 

 

[Cheeseballs]

Tape removed, super happy with how clean the edge is 

 

closer look at side detail

[Cheeseballs]

I added white paint to the edges of the armor to give the effect that the mud was scraped off. I also dry brushed white around here and there for a little bit of a worn look

 

close up

[Cheeseballs]

 

 

blast shield affixed, I think I’m going to go over the mud with more white since I might’ve  added too much mud lol. I might use some grey too, looks a little bit too brown

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Does look like the reference has a little less grey in some areas but really it's a personal choice how much weathering is too much. Great work getting the helmet shield that curved, just note it does look a slightly different white, I guess not too much of an issue with weathering going over the top

[Cheeseballs]

I added a little bit of white on the torso areas, but didn’t like it much and covered it back up with the color of the 3rd coat. Then I roughly and quickly did the whole armor in that color. The difference isn’t much but I think I’m happy with it now, just gotta do that all to the helmet

 

 

Edited August 5, 2022 by Cheeseballs

[Cheeseballs]

Helmet done! 
 

 

It came out really good, better than the armor lol. It doesn’t match perfectly but eh it’s okay. Definitely used the experience I got from weathering the armor to help on the helmet, I was able to make the scraping off effect on the chin easier by just scraping it off rather than white drybrush cause it’s hard plastic instead of foam.

When painting the mud I simply shoved paper towel in the lense to mask them:

https://imgur.com/a/HvZQlpR 

this pic won’t load for some reason, weird. 
 

If I ever do make an actual TK kit for approval in the future I might go muddy, it was pretty fun to muddy him up with decent results, especially on the helmet. 
 

 

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

2 hours ago, Cheeseballs said:

https://imgur.com/a/HvZQlpR 
 

If I ever do make an actual TK kit for approval in the future I might go muddy, it was pretty fun to muddy him up with decent results, especially on the helmet. 
 

 

 

If you do go TK for approval you can always start out with a clean version and convert it to a sandy or muddy later  

 

Nice work, weathering on the helmet came out really well

[Cheeseballs]

The sheet has been cut, sewed, and dyed and is now the cape!

 
 

Velcro on the shoulder straps to secure it 

 
 

Test fit

 

Now I gotta muddy the cape 

Edited August 16, 2022 by Cheeseballs

[Cheeseballs]

So I didn’t really feel like doing the same sponge/paper towel dabbing process on the cape for the weathering, and wasn’t too happy with the color in the first place since it was really light and not black enough. So I went the lazy route and roughly spray-painted it black and sprayed grey on the edges for mud. I didn’t completely cover it in black so it has a slightly worn look. In some images it looks a little too saturated, but it’s pretty dull irl.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

[Cheeseballs]

Here it is in different lighting, as you can see it’s much darker. I’ll do a test fit of the whole thing sometime over the weekend

  

[Cheeseballs]

Pretty much done!

 
 
   
  
 
 
 

 
  
 

Accidentally broke off part of the Rubie’s blaster while suiting up

 

 

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Came out great, nice work. Still amazing what can be built from foam 

[Cheeseballs]

59 minutes ago, gmrhodes13 said:

Came out great, nice work. Still amazing what can be built from foam 

Thank you once again!