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you guys today if you're just getting
started with working with EVA foam or
are looking to get into it or even been
working with it for a little while you
may have asked yourself the question how
do I know which thickness of foam to get
to do what right sometimes it can be
really confusing there's a lot of
different EVA foams out there which one
should I use and which thickness should
I use for what it's working on if you've
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with that let's jump in so ebay foams
and foam thicknesses right there's all
kinds of different EBA foams out there
the one oh shoot I'll take his shield
out of here so you've probably seen the
format foam it's got it's smooth EBA
foam on one side but the other side has
kind of like tread marks or different
things like that
the wonder commonly made oh yeah
commonly used it for put a tiling down
on the floor for a garage or a gym or
you know something like that we're work
out very air something so this here this
was made with Evie a foam format one of
the disadvantages is doesn't come in
very many thicknesses and so you can see
some of these pieces are kind of thick
right here and you have to try to hide
the thickness if you're wanting like
thinner Armour look sometimes and it's a
little bit bulky a little bit soft of a
foam too and so you have to go with a
lot thicker foam in order to get the
hold in shape that you that you want
then on top of that you have kind of the
foams that are made more more for
cosplay so they're going to be smooth on
both sides
I'm gonna be you know a little bit
higher density and have come in a
variety of thicknesses and if you can
usually they're not too much more
expensive but it's definitely I'm afraid
to just go with these especially when
you're starting off it's gonna make your
projects and your life so much easier
because it's easier to work with as a
beginner as well it'll provide better
results and it's easier to work with and
so these work great still though they're
a little bit softer phones and so you do
have to still kind of go with thicker
pieces not as much you can get away with
doing you know a six millimeter and
create a helmet or different things like
that out of it and have it hold its
shape just great for example this one is
made out of either five millimeter or
six millimeter with the regular cosplay
EBA foams and they work awesome super
great and they come in a variety of
thicknesses which is awesome and then
after that you have are what the foam
which is kind of more of a combination
crossover between like a thermoplastic
and UVA foam has a lot higher plastic
content to it and as a lot more durable
dense and has a lot more hole to it for
the thickness right so the answer to the
question of how thick should I think
there's a foam should I get to do what
is going to change based on what type of
these phones you're using right so I'll
just kind of go through a couple
different scenarios so the different
things we've covered a little bit of
what kind of things you can make with
each thickness usually with these type
of cosplay foams you're gonna go with
like a ten millimeter or a six
millimeter is kind of your base for most
things and you'll get a pretty good hold
for for the shape and it'll hold pretty
rigid so like I said here with the
helmet this is like a stem to a five or
a six millimeter and that works pretty
well just with that and then if you're
doing props and things like that so for
armors and things like that these were
great especially the thinner you can go
with armor and have it have a good
the better for props and things like
that
you will start kind of with a
10-millimeter and go up into some
thicker foams depending on what you're
doing you can get up to you know all
kinds of different thicknesses depending
on where you get the foam from but this
one I think is like a 1 inch or like one
and a quarter or something like that and
these type of ones were great for
cutting out and creating a handle really
easily if you don't want to buy the
thicker ones though you can always glue
together a couple 10 millimeters to get
the thickness that you need just with
some contact cement that's a couple
examples there so armors generally
you'll be between like two millimeter
for details four millimeter for details
in some structure like for example here
these fins were done in four millimeter
you know because they're just gonna be
straight you're not I'm gonna worry
about too much there and depending on
how thick your needing things like this
is done in a four millimeter because I
wanted that to stick out further than
the two here right so here's a two
millimeter for details when you're using
two millimeter of kind of the cosplay
general cosplay foams it's not going to
be able to be structural you can't
necessarily use it for straps and have
it like hold and actually have some
tension and take some wear and tear but
with our what the phone you can go with
a two millimeter and use it as a
functional strap here I did a leather
look on this pauldron here with this and
have it actually functioning as a full
strap that you can just put in here and
I also have the strap that runs around
my arm made out of this as well let me
just show you an example here with our
two millimeter like
it doesn't just rip like you get from
standard you know two millimeter film
kind of thing right if I do that on this
hey just kind of give you an example of
depending on what type of foam you're
going with you can use the foam for
different things right so I love our 2
millimeter for that creating straps that
actually function and you can do a lot
more with this because it will hold its
shape really well as well and keep it
won't lose it and so you can get thinner
with these type of foams with our what
the foam
I recommend the 4 millimeter as your
base so it works really great for armors
and things like that because you can
build you know pauldrons and have them
be thinner and not have to try to hide
the thickness like I was talking about
that you have to do sometimes on pieces
like this I was able to effectively hide
the thickness but if you do look in here
it does become kind of bulky and sets
dicks off of you more then rather than
kind of sitting nice and tight
or like sitting more flesh if that makes
sense and it's it's easier to get that
wormer look with the thinner foams that
hold their shape really well so with
that what else does I want to show
here's a pauldron made with our with the
6 millimeter of what the foam which is
very very strong this one depending on
your use as well if you're a larper or
something like that you can make armor
out of this and it's it actually has you
know some rigidity to it you try to push
down on this and move right so yeah I
think that's kind of a basics on
different thicknesses what they purposes
they can serve and kind of a couple
differences between a couple different
EBA foams I think in the link in the
description I'll include links to what
the foam and then also where you can get
the different good cosplay foams I
highly recommend as well that come in
all different thicknesses as well so
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