How to use Foam Triangle Dowels for Fast and Effective Cosplay Armor Details

How to Make Fast and Effective Fantasy Armor Details using Foam Triangle Dowels. Want to speed up your crafting time with an awesome cosplay armor trick...it's the power of Foam Dowels! In this video I go over how to apply my 10mm HD Foam Triangle Dowels to some basic fantasy armor pieces for quick and elegant details. This is also a super simple solution for covering those annoying seams you get when joining two pieces of foam together. Plus I'll show you the steps I took to pattern and create some basic fantasy armor and the processes of painting / weathering it using heavy body acrylics.
My EVA Foam dowels are sold 2 to a package and each is 36" in length. They come in Round, Half Round, and Triangle shapes and in sizes of 10,15, and 20mm.
Simple Bracer Template - www.sksprops.com/templates
You can check out my Round, Half Round, and Triangle dowels here
HD-Foam Dowels - bit.ly/375zTPs
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[@i.am.adrian]

Gorgeous work as always and the paint job is phenomenal. Every time i see a red and gold medieval armor it makes me want to make a middle ages iron man suit of armor!

[@SKSProps]

Thank you! And yeah a medieval iron man would look awesome!

[@kissmekate8]

Awesome as always! I just bought some of your foam clay and can't wait to start experimenting with it.

[@SKSProps]

Thank you! Can’t wait to see what you make with it!

[@philabot]

I love that armor!

[@SKSProps]

Me too! Just wish I hadn't had to make it on such a tight schedule!

[@karenritter2574]

Looks great

[@SKSProps]

Thanks!

[@ashenwarriorprops]

Great tutorial!

[@SKSProps]

Thank you very much!

[@WMNKK]

Super usefull as always :D

[@SKSProps]

Thanks!

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Awesome stuff. Man you make it look easy bro! LOL!!

[@SKSProps]

Well when you’ve been working with foam for what seems like forever 🤣

[@Justrex01]

You are a genius, sir. And every time my wife asks why I need so many colors of paint, I always just blame you. Painting something with just one color is no longer an option. Layers!

[@SKSProps]

Ha! Thank you very much! It’s all about the layers 👍

[@SKSProps]

Check out more of my complete builds, walkthroughs, and HD-Foam at www.SKSProps.com

[@oscarmadrid5233]

Bro sorry friend porqué no puedo hablar ese estupendo idioma de ingles, pero lo único que te puedo decir mi querido friend es que nunca dejas de sorprenderme. 🇬🇹🇺🇸🇬🇹🇺🇸🇬🇹🇺🇸

[@SKSProps]

Thank you very much!

[@samhogo6976]

Could you do a tutorial on a knife holder/holster/sheath?

[@aprilblackregentart6647]

“I don’t recommend to do that” 😂 Yet a lot of us are still guilty of con crunching!

[@SKSProps]

If only it wasn’t every single time! 🤣

[@mollypresto5899]

Awesome video! I just have one question. How would you attach it to your arm?

[@SKSProps]

The red armor was just done as a demo so no strapping. But the one I made for the Blick armor has elastic that was covered by black cloth to look authentic. And on my dragon age armor I made foam straps that velcroed into place

[@monstermorguetutorials3139]

🔥🔥😁

[@jgame8730]

Would love to see how you made the armor.

[@SKSProps]

Unfortunately no build video on him because it was made in 10 days for New York Comicon

[@diogo.rodrigues.1884]

That armour is just too awesome. To learn you did it in 10 days is just... godlike. When you do these videos, how long does it take, considering your weekly video release schedule? Also, how did you apply flexbond without leaving brush strokes? Was if from the mars black mix, or did you water it a bit down? How many coates of flexbond does your HD foam normally require?

[@SKSProps]

Thanks! On average most of the prop builds are 2-3 days that's figuring out the pattern, moving the camera around, and actually building it. Then an additional 2-3 to edit, add voice over and do the pics and thumbnails so it's usually a busy week. By using the mop brush it reduces brush stokes at least once you get used to using it. Luckily I've peen painting for quite a while. On most of my peices I just do a single layer of flexbond before I move on to other colors. Now with creature cast I usually add 2 layers because it is thinner.

[@diogo.rodrigues.1884]

A foam master and a teacher. Thank you Steve!

[@fauxmarmorer9544]

Sort of kind of unrelated, so, if I prime my foam armor with say flex seal or plastidip, could I spraypaint it with krylon primer and paint silver(for the first base layer) or should I stick to acrylics

[@SKSProps]

You sure can! If you look at most of my build Especially the older ones. I almost always used Plasti dip and then applied Krylon primer (black or red) before adding a rustoleum metallic. Then I’d move on to handpainting the acrylics. Check out my Warhammer 40k chainsword Video 👍

[@daveschalk5371]

Is Flexbond EVER going to be available? Seems like it's been on backorder forever.

[@SKSProps]

It’s been sold out everywhere in the us and Canada for a while now who knows what is going on

[@boopmistress1577]

Could've sworn that I've seen this video before :o

[@SKSProps]

😂 Yeah this video was made originally for Blick's youtube page but they are letting me port all of them over for more people to be able to enjoy the content!

[@ozekeswain2327]

This looks like Gabriel’s armor from Castlevania lords of shadows

[@hazedflames9938]

looks absolute stunning where is this armor from ?

[@SKSProps]

Thanks! It’s my own design 👍

[@hazedflames9938]

@@SKSProps awesome job on it looks epic

[@bumperxx1]

have you ever tried a mock up of the foam parts then paint them then glue them I know this sounds backward from what you just did but my paint skills suck and this is the way I build model cars and planes ???

[@SKSProps]

with foam you have to heat seal and then seal with plasti dip, flexbond, mod podge, creature cast etc. before paint. The problem is your adhesive would most likely pull this sealer layer and pain layers off. gluing the foam directly is for the best possible bond

[@nickdavis5420]

Gives me lords of shadow vibes

[@SpaceDad87]

I've been out of the game for awhile is flex bond the new go to for sealing?

[@SKSProps]

Flexbond is just another alternative that can be beneficial to some makers. Especially for those that can't spray plasti dip because of the toxicity or weather. Another product I have been using a lot lately is creature cast which is a neoprene rubber and like Flexbond is also non toxic.

[@SpaceDad87]

@@SKSProps Thanks, I've been using pasta dip for awhile, and I'm sure it's just my ability, but I never seem to get a smooth coat of it.

[@SKSProps]

@@SpaceDad87 one trick is to make sure to dunk the can into warm water for about 5-10 min before use. Kinda of another reason I like flexbond and creature cast I feel like I have more control of the surface texture

[@juicynugs699]

Did you record yourself building that armour?

[@SKSProps]

Unfortunately no with a 10 day turnaround I didn't have the time to mess with a camera. Definitely takes a lot of additional work to film building processes

[@OperativeSurprise]

How durable is Eva foam props and armor in reality? I want to make stuff for my larp but is all my effort just gonna get destroyed in the first combat mod?

[@SKSProps]

It all depends, Most larp weapons are made out of 'foam' but there are lots of different shore hardnesses and densities to take into consideration. Also what really matters is what the armor or weapon is covered or sealed with. Like the creature cast neoprene rubber I uses from time to time is very durable and will definitely help keep the foam in good shape. You also need to check with the larping group because they usually have regulations for what type of foam you can use and if your weapons need to be covered

[@OperativeSurprise]

@@SKSProps Luckily I'm staff so I get some say in the rules :) lol but thank you! I will look into creature cast- I've seen some people make gorgeous armor sets, and shields but I've only ever made more roleplay focused small weapons like ritual daggers instead of combat stuff.

[@rachidlamamra5079]

What size is suitable for printing papers?

[@SKSProps]

Paper size doesn’t matter Watch the how to print templates video

[@rachidlamamra5079]

@@SKSProps thank you so much

[@cosplaynoob956]

Is there a pattern for that bracer?

[@SKSProps]

I actually just added a simple bracer pattern to my template page link in the description

[@cosplaynoob956]

@@SKSProps that’s awesome I’d love to make a set of these.

[@thelord5010]

Can you make more star wars blasters

[@thelord5010]

Like dl-18 blaster

[@SKSProps]

I'm personally not going to make anything from Star Wars for awhile. There is just to much heated debate and negativity currently surrounding both the franchise and fanbase. Luckily I have lots of other things on my list to make so I can focus on those by bringing positivity to my builds and channel.

[@thelord5010]

Ok

[@rachidlamamra5079]

This cosplay of wich character !!

[@SKSProps]

It's my own design