how to convert pepakura pattern to eva foam armor

Harbor Freight->Thinner foam that bends easily, has a hatched pattern on the reverse side Lowe's-> Thicker foam that doesn't bend as easily, very durable and has a hatched pattern on the reverse side Home Depot-> Thinner foam that bends easily, has a diamond pattern on the reverse side. And of course.the foam! I typically use EVA foam from three retailers which are all a little different in terms of composition. Hot glue & Glue gun (I prefer one with low/high temperature setting so that you can quickly join parts and avoid burns) A knife (carpenters or hot knife, or even a scroll-saw)

Here is a list of needed materials for foam armor. For the purpose of ease, I will be showing pictures from both suits to help show how a suit of your own might be made. That book opened new doors for my creativity, as it show me several ways to make thing look 'real' as well as practical and stronger.Due to a few requests, I have decided to make a fairly detailed tutorial for my foam armor. This is my suit create last year from foam, Its my second suit of armor and I am currently working on my third. Then on one fateful Christmas day, I got the book Make: Props and Costume Armor. I then started learning more and more tips and tricks. That cosplay was my first one using EVA foam, and it turned out fine, but I eventually got better and better. Later on my friend wanted a Shore Trooper from Star Wars, so we built that together. My next cosplay was my own Star Wars/HALO soldier, which turned out as my best cardboard build. As well as sabatons (Knight shoes) but those came the day after my Comi-con I went to. I made the helmet, pauldrons, and shin guards, but bought some real knight gauntlets. It looked ok for being made out of cardboard. My first cosplay was the Witch King of Angmar. I am not new to cosplay however, and I've been wanting my own HALO suit for quite some time now. I will take even more pictures of the steps I go through, so that those of you who are interested, can learn more if you want. So I am instead going to be making the suit of EVA foam, which I know how to use, and will hopefully do better at. I first tried using pepakura, and was able to successfully make a fore arm, but found that that process, is not for me. This will be my second attempt at making the Infinite Master Chief.

How to convert pepakura pattern to eva foam armor