Cadian Costume - Help!

[Aeon]

Hello Imperial Guard nerds. I need your help making a suit of flak armour. I'm using tan BDU's I got from my local army surplus store as the fatigues, and my black combat boots, and I have a canteen, a belt that I will add a makeshift aquila too, a fake knife, 2 dummy grenades, and the lasgun is going to be made soon.

But the armour...oh hell, that, i have no idea how to go about

Does anyone have any good suggestions about how to make decently accurate flak armour, similiar in appearance to Cadian flak armour?

[commissarbob]

That depends entirely on how you want to go about doing it... You can do it out of metal like our good friend ltericwatts or you can do it out of cheaper materials that require less in the way of a workshop. Here are some pics of a last minute (2 days before a convention) one out of foam core, stapping, and a pair of cut down bicycle helmets all pop rivited together to a piece of atheltic gear called a cowboy collar to hold it all together and give the destinctive high collar of the Cadian armor...











It is obvious it was a rush job and I made it a bit too small. I want to make a new one and take my time this time and make it about 25% larger using foam board rather than foam core tagboard.

[commissarbob]

Sorry for the double post, but check out this link too.

www.spatcave.com/40kcostume.htm

[Kassill]

Great....but how do we make it!

[ssgtdude (M.I.A)]

If you are looking for an easy way to make the armor without the weight of metal. Just to hve something functional and still look good then you are looking for a prodcut called fosshape.

It is in all appearances like felt. After cutting and sewing and placing it over a form you heat it up and it becomes ridged. It takes paint well once it is hardened.

Here isa linky
www.dazian.com/html/fosshape.html