The EVA Foam Basics | Beginner's Cosplay Tutorial For Armor And Props

DISCLAIMER; this video talks about COSPLAYSHOP EVA foam. Foam from other shops will differ in color and density.

Thanks for the vid! Im starting cosplay and this really helps!!

Ive never actually used 7mm I usually get 6mm or 8mm foam for most props and armors

Currently dying inside whilst making 40K imperial guard armor as I had a hard time cutting straight lines

This is very informative as I'm planning a Lego costume for my son. I'm just curious what thickness would work better for the lower/upper torso. 🤔

Thank you! I’m gonna be making the berserker armour from berserk

Watching this because I just attended an event with a lot of cosplayers. Gave me the thought of trying to make props.

Hey I wanna make mask from Eva foam I need to make the eyeholes perfectly lined up and the mask perfectly shaped any tips

Love this video!!! Thank you!!!! Great info to get started!!!

Great video man! Can't wait to start on my space marine cosplay

This is so helpful! Thank you!
My son wants to be Odysseus and wants me to be Athena for Halloween this year.

He’s going to be so excited to have a cooler costume than the basic costume/armor I’ve been finding ready-made online. I love what I’ve been finding on Etsy, but can’t afford it right now, so I’ll give it a try!

what do you use to put it together?

Chroma prime here I come

Can you prime and paint EVA foam without heat treating it? The thing I wish to make doesn't need any heat shaping and I'm not really in a position to buy a heat gun.

Short, concise and explains everything like we're 5 year olds. Perfect!

hwo to harden foam ?I don't want it to be flexible but hard

Working on making props for my characters I made, the first one is a moon shaped staff, I have a version in cardboard but it just doesn't work well and looks so unbelievably crappy- I was looking for cosplay tips and this was very helpful!! Will visit this channel again :3

Would you recomend the UHD foam for a katana?

is eva foam good for making chainsaws?

I wanna make a freddy fazbear costume but idk how :(

What kind of contact cement do you use

This was super helpful & took a lot of anxiety out of it for me, thanks!

Now to dig through elden ring's gamefiles to find the textures for Godfrey's armor

can you make a video about how to use flexipaint and also test if it usable for normal spray pistols

I will be making a Spamton mask soon, and this helps a lot!

see i think i made the mistake of buying low density foam when i wanted high density, cuz when i use my heatgun on it. it melts cuts back together instead of spreading them :(

Thanks i started going to cons and wanted to dress up too I’m tryna make amour but honestly never done anything like this before this video answered many questions lol

Quick question for priming wich one do you think is better out of the 2 you mentioned. Its my first time making a Pharah cosplay armor from eva foam and I want to make sure Im doing it right

Imagene make Unit Eva from Evange lion make it from eva😂

I will have to watch a lot more videos from you guys before i start my builds. Thank god i have months before i have a workshop ready.

Just wondering(for my own safety) where did you get your mask from? I dont want to buy a low quality mask and end up in trouble.

I have a small heat gun that gets upto about 200°c. Would that be enough to heat set?

This is amazing! The website is down however

I am just getting started on trying to make my own cosplays and this video was perfect thank you!

Thank you !!! ❤

I'm going to attempt using EVA foam for my first Renfaire in a few weeks and this was a great introduction video to help get me started!

So, if anyone can help, if I want to make a scythe, what's the best foam I could use?

EVA FOAM IS GOD.

hi i need help with this i am a student and im makeing a big rocket backpack for an assesment. is there another way to heat shape foam. ive google and it recommends an iron but i cant find a video on it. could you please help me out or even do a video on this thanks. please responed i really need help

I was looking for answers on my very complex question, “what thickness should I buy”, and I learned so much that I hadn’t even thought about. I guess that all I can say is, thank you so much for making this. I honestly had no idea the different colours were different densities.
The more you know, I guess

Which EVA foam is use to make fog adapters for Fog machines ?! ( Liquid Fog directing) Thanks !!!

Thanks for the help! I’m planning on making Solar Armor and and Ankh Shield for a terraria cosplay 😁

Life sized shadow the hedgehog here I come 😊😊😊

I’m playing to cosplay Denji soon.

I’m going to make the helmet and arm saws.

Yeah, you mentioned qualities of foam and didn't discuss the differences ... relative costs would be nice too.

Could you wrap a piece in Carbon Fiber? That would be a great way to make very durable objects for many uses. A boat or camper perhaps?

Do you have any tips/great patterns for making simple goat horns for a cosplay using eva foam (and not using the clay)? As a beginner, I haven’t been able to find a good free pattern for horns, and lots of models use clay.

Thank you for the amazing tips!

What for sort of mask should you wear?