I'm back!

Nearly 2 years after my last post, I saw some pics of fallout cosplays, which motivated me quite a bit.
So I decided to start all over again, since my first try (just scroll down) wasn't that good.
After I found the Pepakura files, it was only a matter of a few evenings and the whole helmet was done! And it's looking waaaay better than my first attempt back in 2012.

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Now, making the papercraft part isn't really that special, so I ordered some EVA foam and started working on the chestpiece. After around a week it was done.

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I think it looks pretty good for my first time working with EVA foam. I used a hot air gun to bend the plates and an old soldering iron to create the battle damage. The different plates are attached to 2-3mm thick foam rubber, I used a hotglue gun to glue everything together.
The only thing that bothers me is this neck piece. I think I'm going to repaint it and make the "08" smaller.

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I also quickly made the arm and handplate for the right arm. I didn't bother to make one for the left arm since I ordered a Pip-Boy 3000.

I'm going to start working with the resin and filler on the helmet during the next few weeks and post it on this blog as soon as I'm making some progress!