Craft foam would be doubly more time consuming since I'd have to shape every scale, BUT.
You can buy plastic scales from armoring companies, if you'd want, but I think a $5 roll of craft foam from Joann fabrics would be a lot less expensive. I haven't used the method yet, but I hear painting the foam first helps out a lot, and then you could devise some kind of cookie cutter to use as a stamp, perhaps? If it's metal, the edges should be sharp enough to cut through things, and if it has some kind of brace on the back/top, you may be able to hammer it into foam for mass-production punching.
Alternately, which was almost the way we were going to go for Merrill's chain mail, you could make a stencil and fabric paint the scales on. That may be the fastest way to go. My concern with painting it on would be that fabric and leather wouldn't quite move the way scales would. :\
I wonder if there is heart-shaped trim you could layer on to get a similar effect.
Btw are you the person from the DA comm that was working on a Varric cosplay? 8D
Huh, I did not know about the plastic scales... But yeah, a stencil of some sort would be a good idea, and it'd definitely cut down on time. I think I'll try the foam out on a smaller sheet and see if I can't get the effect I want. I know I've seen people do dragon mail scales out of football shaped confetti as well.
I think the fabric paint would definitely be the last resort if all else fails. I'd been thinking about heart shaped confetti, did not consider fabric. Hm!
Also dude. Just. Dude. Serious high-fives. You look fantastic. :D
You can buy plastic scales from armoring companies, if you'd want, but I think a $5 roll of craft foam from Joann fabrics would be a lot less expensive. I haven't used the method yet, but I hear painting the foam first helps out a lot, and then you could devise some kind of cookie cutter to use as a stamp, perhaps? If it's metal, the edges should be sharp enough to cut through things, and if it has some kind of brace on the back/top, you may be able to hammer it into foam for mass-production punching.
Alternately, which was almost the way we were going to go for Merrill's chain mail, you could make a stencil and fabric paint the scales on. That may be the fastest way to go. My concern with painting it on would be that fabric and leather wouldn't quite move the way scales would. :\
I wonder if there is heart-shaped trim you could layer on to get a similar effect.
Btw are you the person from the DA comm that was working on a Varric cosplay? 8D
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I think the fabric paint would definitely be the last resort if all else fails. I'd been thinking about heart shaped confetti, did not consider fabric. Hm!
Also dude. Just. Dude. Serious high-fives. You look fantastic. :D
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