Construction Details:

I used Darkside501st's pepakura template as a base for my suit. I had to rescale it to fit me and I modified a few parts for simplicity's sake. I also had to draft a few parts such as the neck and metal middle layer. Once I had a template that was scaled appropriately, I constructed the suit using craft foam. Most of the larger pieces are made out of 6mm craft foam, while everything else was done using two 2-3mm sheets glued together.

The foam pieces were then coated in white glue 3 times in order to seal the foam. I then coated the pieces in 2-3 layers of resin in an attempt to harden them. I don't know if I just wasn't applying enough of the resin, but I found it didn't really help in making the pieces more solid and had to papier macher some of the insides of the larger pieces to make them more durable overall.

I was a crazy person and decided to paint the red parts of the suit using Metalcast paint which is an enamel auto paint that cost an arm and a leg. Montreal is not an ideal place to be painting this since it requires humidity of 50% or less to paint. Thankfully Steph's mom was kind enough to let me use their garage with the dehumidifier on (so many thanks to both of them

Personal Thoughts:

Never again will I attempt to make a full suit of armor in three and a half weeks. >.>

I can't move in the suit to the extent that I've essentially got two poses to work with LOL. Also, the top of my abs kept falling out because I was an idiot and didn't glue them down. Eventually I just said "screw it" and just walked around without it.

Styling Notes

The ahoge was taken out. The fibers were flying all over the place, so I did a quick pass of the wig to straighten it a bit. The bangs were then cut and the back of the wig was trimmed.

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