The basic method of making armor COS
Basically COS armor system and commoner lines are completely different concepts
It is not a commoner to find a tailor to do, then most of the needs of armor made
But of course, the effect is quite different stage of
First, the concept should be
The armor, then probably to prepare a 500 - 800 budget first (material costs, processing fees, paint charges of weapons plus other trinkets)
Hard materials are the same, fiberglass or PVC panels, fiberglass bought by the barrel, is said to be very cheap (industrial materials, can not you go) cospaly in PVC material
Advantages: cheap, simple processing (in terms of relative FRP)
Disadvantages: the impact of action, modeling rigid, complex objects processing difficulties (relatively common material terms) color trouble cosplay in fiberglass material
Advantage: Shape can do well (depending on the hand may be) ruggedized do good does not influence the stage action (www.eshopcos.com)
Disadvantages: difficult process, slightly heavier weight, but it should be within an acceptable range.
Monster Hunter for example, probably need plastic parts is generally shoulder armor and helmets, and so do other parts of the FRP plate with PVC
Roughly FRP: PVC: the ratio is 3:3:4 cloth
cosplay armor making basic scheme
1 with KT board advantages: simple processing, the cost of cheap Disadvantages: does not go, easily broken
2 steel skeleton skinning take advantages: good modeling, the cost is cheap Disadvantages: easily broken easily deformed ... ...
3 hollow molded fiberglass advantages: perfect plastic, light weight, durable Disadvantages: expensive, difficult to process
PS. On fiberglass, is relatively large because of the difficulty of processing industry seem so Hangzhou COS is still not appeared, but Guangzhou has more than one set of success stories, COS champion TB Animation Festival in Hangzhou this year mostly fiberglass props production, but this material is currently technology is still in development, the main difficulty is not much modeling division (the production process is the first with a 1:1 ratio of the props first produced Zaifan clay mold injection molding type), it is a very cheap material respects, The biggest problem is the handiwork better ...... The best sculptures basis
Props department needs people to make use of sludge clay mold, plastic can be thrown into the store to do
About material color, related to the first impression of the audience, a shape props do then fine, bad color on the material difference, are very convinced of the impact of the audience, props color problem does not seem to be affected too much attention or say is not highly regarded throughout the COS community, but this is actually a very important and is often the missing link.