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Either of us had never ever before done an armor. So let's have a look on how it went.

Continuation from previous post where we told about paper mache and this flour-water mix up goo, the chest armor is made by using these same methods.

Firstly using the chicken wire we shaped it directly on Dalins torso. Because of chest armors shape Dalin didn't need to bind her boobs to the point where the breathing would have been painful. Ah, the joys of crossplaying.

Back part waiting it's turn to be shaped. 

After getting the right shape out of chicken wire Dalin started to cover the whole thing with paper mache. This took some while because the insides needed to be covered also and to get the structure durable and unbreakable there had to be multiple layers of newspaper strips.

Welcome to Night Vale

It took one day to do the shaping and cover it and almost three days for this thing to dry properly because of the size and all the layers. It's a miracle that this thing dried exactly to a correct shape.

At the same time Dalin also made the collar, shoulder guards, knee pads and toe protectors from chicken wire and paper mache. All of these parts needed to be covered with wood filler and sanded to get (almost) a smooth surface.

Pattern planing 

Craft foam is the ultimate cosplay material !!!

Gintama episodes playing at the background...

The chest armor needed to be covered with some thick fabric before the velveteen cover. Just to hide all the roughness and to get the surface smooth. Some hot glue to keep the pieces intact and that's it !!

Toe protectors, knee pads and the collar.

There are some parts missing from the pictures, because on this phase we were in a hurry to get all the work done so either of us didn't remember to take any pictures. Sorry for that. These latest pictures were taken a week before the competition....not good.

We'll post a pictures from the details and tell a bit about those also. Too bad there isn't any pictures about making of the Mitsuhides shoes or Chachas dress.

- D