New useful material?

I have had some issues with craftfoam and gesso-like materials of different kinds. Mostly because gesso is not very flexible, so it doesn't go well with craft foam. It just snaps or breaks.. No good "putty" material is flexible, right? If it is like rubber you will not be able to sand it down which is the whole point of it, sanding it nice and smooth. But what about plastic? Plastics are somewhat flexible but still hard and possible to sand. I asked around a lot looking for plasti-sands and bondo of different kinds. At last I found a possible solution: Plastic Padding.


It seems like this is a good alternative and it is:
1: Sandable.
2: A bit flexible. Not as flexible as the craftfoam but it is more like plastic. A thiiiin layer of this might break but if you reinforce the craftfoam first so it doesn't bend so much it seems to be fine.


I have applied some Plastic Padding to the rough edges where the craft foam and the wonderflex created uneven edges. Once I sand it down it I hope it will be really nice and smooth!

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The last day

Last day before the con, things are almost done now but it's really hectic.. Maybe it's always like this? I don't know ^^


The gloves are almost completed, 1 more layer of gold on the large armor plate on the back of your hand, as you can see it's not as shiny. It's taken in a weird perspective and the fingers appear longer in reality.

The glove is made from craft foam, glue and gold spray color. Quite flexible and allows for some movement though I'll find eating with it quite impossible. Everything now is basically done. Basically :I

I'll post some pictures of it all after this weekends convent I hope :)

It's not all quite finished and polished but it'll do.

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