Vacuum Forming ODST armor parts

Recent process video showing my homemade vacuum former in action.

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• Vacuum
• former
• Halo
• ODST
• Sean
• Bradley
• armor
• costume

[MeSoHappy]

Im making a Vacuum Forming machine. How much HP is your shop vac. Mines is 3.5 Hp would that work

[SeanBradley]

@MeSoHappy: That can work depending with some smaller platens. For the full 2'x3' frame I'm using above I'm using three 3HP shop vacs in parallel... but those who really know how to do this properly will tell you that shop vac HP does not correlate to vacuum pressure, which is measured in Hg or PSI.

[jegsimmonsproduction]

so where do you get the blueprints for the armor?

and on the visors, do you use like clear polystyrene?

[SeanBradley]

@jegsimmonsproduction : just google 'halo costume files'.

The clear plastic is called PETG. Cheers : )

[IlyaSPARTAN108]

Would you be able to make a visor out of this? Also are there any plaes which you can buy armour from that you could tell me? Thanks

[SeanBradley]

@IlyaSPARTAN108 : I do make visors this way absolutely. As for buying/selling armor, most of that is handed through forums or personally among fan groups. There aren't many places to buy because most franchises don't want to give permission. For instance the 501st Star Wars costumers mostly make costumes for their own group and do not sell outside of that for legal liscencing reasons. There are a few studios out there though.. you'll have to google them.

[jegsimmonsproduction]

so tell us something about the molds you used? i assumed you made the paper armor first then hardened it and use those to make the molds?

[sharkboy1107]

what plastic did you use is it hard

[Armyman3422]

do you sell the costume parts???

[ToaEyrik7726]

i'm still a little bit confused about the vacuum forming. what do you use it for? making molds to make copies later on?

[jimmymohoney]

lucky my school has 1 i just needa pay for the plastic sheet

[kendigjl]

Have you tried a holding a heat gun over the more detailed parts while the vacuum is applied?

[FearlessMongoose]

could you vacuum form a helmet, or do u think it would be too tall?

[Stepchild06]

so whats the base molds made from???

[shoopwhoopX]

are these vac formed parts for sale? like as in a parts kit?

[rcsuperhornet]

Can you make a Video on how this machine work and what you used to do it