Project W001 - Shoulder Template

After extensive tutorial training and getting more materials and tools, we're now going to try using floor pad foam. 

We previously printed out and built a pepekura template for the Kamen Rider W shoulders. We used card stock paper and hot glued everything together. It was a lot of jagged edges and hard lines but it was the right scale and size. Since we don't have a better template to use, we cut the finished pepekura form in half and then split one side.  

Using this we traced it on regular paper and made some registration marks. Cut this out and then traced it on our foam. Using the registration marks we'll know where everything is supposed to line up when assembled. 

Using our knife, which we sharpen between cuts as the foam dulls the blade quickly. We cut out the shapes.

Note: the template is 1/2 of a single shoulder. To make the complete shoulder flip the template over.  

After cutting the foam, it's time to shape! Using our heat gun (a hairdryer won't get hot enough) and our foam dome we heated up the foam and held it down until it was the shape we wanted. Pin the shape down until it cools. It will spring back a little.

 Next we glued the center seam together on each piece. Making what you see here.
NOTE: these pieces are both of the same shape since we didn't flip over the template yet. They will not fit together since they are the same!