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<blockquote data-quote="Zam I Am" data-source="post: 36901" data-attributes="member: 165">do you have pics of vac formed craft foam? just wondering. One thing to consider, craft foam although you say smoother and glossier, is it as smooth as sintra when vacc'd? The end product of rubnbuff/paint on the chestplating is really important for end product to look &quot;just right.&quot; I would be afraid that the foam, if porous, would be too matte in comparison to the sintra. From chestplating on down through the resin lower armour, things have to match on the Zam costume; with the color of flat aluminum, thus would pourous craft foam actually be smooth enough to hold the colors well to compare with resin?Durability - if you don't use a thick enough grade of sintra/styrene for the chest plating, you may suffer from cracking your chest plating screwing in the center hinge and/or the lower armor not being able to be supported. Thus, I would need to also really question the durability of craft foam~ does it hold the weight? And, would it support a center hinge?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zam I Am, post: 36901, member: 165"] do you have pics of vac formed craft foam? just wondering. One thing to consider, craft foam although you say smoother and glossier, is it as smooth as sintra when vacc'd? The end product of rubnbuff/paint on the chestplating is really important for end product to look "just right." I would be afraid that the foam, if porous, would be too matte in comparison to the sintra. From chestplating on down through the resin lower armour, things have to match on the Zam costume; with the color of flat aluminum, thus would pourous craft foam actually be smooth enough to hold the colors well to compare with resin? Durability - if you don't use a thick enough grade of sintra/styrene for the chest plating, you may suffer from cracking your chest plating screwing in the center hinge and/or the lower armor not being able to be supported. Thus, I would need to also really question the durability of craft foam~ does it hold the weight? And, would it support a center hinge? [/QUOTE]

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