Work out all of the sizing and designs and traced it out onto a foam sheet. But I had finished the paint job literally hours before the convention.For the weathering it was various methods of burning the foam with the heat gun, skidding across the surface with a dremel, cutting at it with a box cutter, and digging chunks out for the gouge marks If I had more time to complete the suit, I would have wired lights through the suit. This helped seal the foams 'pours' so it could take paint much easier.ДЄfter spending a few hours with various spray paints, acrylic paints, and inks I managed to get the colors in a place I was very satisfied with. Next up I coated it with a rubber spray called 'plastidip' which you can find at home depot and other hardware stores. Usually I take it easy on the weathering on props and stuff, but I decided to really go at it on this suit since it was supposed to be very war torn. this helped a lot with the thin details like on the circle bits. Next a used a super thin foam called 'Foamies', also very inexpensive and easy to come by. Then I began to start adding a second foam layer to what I had to bulk it up and give it a better shape. Next I began 'roughing' out what the back plate and shoulders would be like.All of this would basically be covered up by the detailed foam layers and paint, so I felt it was alright to me a little messy with this layer. Next I used a hot glue gun to attach all the pieces together, and i began mapping out with a marker where the next, more detailed, layers were going to go

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