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Originally Posted by Emre1337
That is an awesome armor set, I always thought about the juggernaut suit but it looked like a headache to try and recreate. How did you make the collar and what materials did you use? I'm actually really interested in it and want to try to make my own.
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The collar is actually multiple layers or EVA foam measured and shaped for my approximate shoulder circumference and into a design that I thought was suitable, and was then attached with gorilla glue and then smoothed down once dry. Several layers of PVA glue/white glue were applied to seal and coat the porous material as well as prepare for applying liquid plastic resin. Resin mixture was blended then applied to the collar interior as well as the exterior side and allowed to rotate slightly after several minutes, then allowed to dry over night. The next day, I spray painted the interior a matte black and the exterior something as close as I could find to an OD Green, in this case I believe it was "Rebar Green" as found in Home Depot, I will go look once the can un-hides itself and verify.
After the paint dried, a second layer of resin was applied onto the layer of paint to seal it in, and now the collar is rather firm, but still has some flex to it.
If you want to make something like this, go to a home depot, rona, canadian tire or other work hardware store and look around for EVA foam, should have a diamond or checkered pattern on the back and it comes in various sizes and thicknesses, I think mine came in a roll of 4~5mm thick. You will need some latex or similar gloves to handle the resin and spray painting unless you don't mind getting paint on your fingers/hands. I used a bar table resin that came in 2 bottles, the resin and an activator. Best recommendation is finding some that mixes 1:1 ratio. I bought some dixie cups and poured up to the same lines in the cups for what I felt was accurate measurements. Get some cheap paint brushes that you are willing to throw away because as after you apply resin to your project with them, they are as good as in the garbage already.
