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Hello, I'm Odin and today I'm gonna make
another requested prop.
It's Captain America's
shield, from any one
of the Marvel movies.
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I'm starting with just a
single sheet of foam and I need
to find the very center.
So, I lay a ruler from corner to corner
and then make a mark.
Then, I do it again on the
other corners and make an X,
which that is the center.
The foam sheets are 24 inches
wide, but the puzzle piece
edges are not useful to
me, so that means I can get
a 22 inch circle out of one sheet.
And, I can easily draw
an outline with a pen
and a piece of poster
board and then cut it out.
I am making this shield
differently than the way
I did my Wonder Woman shield.
An easier way was suggested
that uses just a single
sheet of foam.
Now, this technique
actually comes from Chris
and his Lost Wax channel and
if you haven't checked out
his channel you should, it's very good.
To force the dome shape
into the foam I thought I
would help it by heating
the foam with my heat gun
and trying to stretch it some.
Now, this really didn't work
out at all, so don't waste
your time with this step.
I plan to use a Yoga ball
to help shape the foam.
The first thing I did
was over-inflate the ball
because bigger is better, right.
Then, I took the foam
circle and wrapped it
onto the Yoga ball.
I'm using a small roll of stretch wrap
like what you'd use for moving.
Chris actually used some
kitchen cling wrap on his.
If you wanna do this just
use whatever's easy for you.
Once I had all of the
sides covered I then used
packing tape to help get the
last of the bumps to lay flat.
And I used a lot of tape
'cause I really don't want
any bumps on the edge of the shield.
Now, heat is what is actually
going to form the foam,
so I put the whole thing in
the front seat of my truck.
Now, it's December as I shoot
this, so I made it a point
to park in the sun wherever
I went to get the cab
of the truck to heat
up as much as I could.
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It's all right, I'll wait.
Well, this thing's been
riding shotgun for four days.
Let's see how well the foam
is gonna hold it's shape.
I unwrap the yoga ball.
Now, I probably should have used scissors
and not a knife, but I didn't
hurt the yoga ball or myself.
But, scissors would have been safer.
I had expected that it
wouldn't keep as tight
of a radius as the ball actually was,
and it loosened up a little bit.
I thought it might
loosen up a little more,
but it looks like it's doing okay.
Now, of course, it won't stay
this shape all on it's own.
I'll need to cut a secondary
circle to go inside
of it not only to put
the straps on for my arm
but to help hold this
in this shape because if
I just leave it alone
once it heats up again
it'll flatten out.
I will need a circle
16 inches in diameter.
So, I cut one using my
poster board compass again.
And, I'll mark the
inside of the shield dome
where I will need to
put the contact cement
to hold it all together.
The foam circle does not lay as flat
as I would like inside the shield.
It is half an inch thick.
So, I trim the edges
in order to fit inside
the shield better.
This circle is the one that
I'll attach the straps to.
I'm using a one dollar
leather belt that I got
from the thrift store
for my shield straps.
I just lay the belt over
my hand and guestimate
the length of the strap
and where I need to cut
the holes to glue them in.
I do the same thing on
my forearm, but this time
I plan to use the buckle
as well so this strap
can be adjusted for different people.
I have a concern over
how bendy the foam is
So I glue a couple of paint
stir sticks to the backside
right where my arm will be.
Then, I glued the circle into the shield.
There are some extra braces
inside of Cap's shield.
And, it'll need to be at least
five and half inches long
to go around the straps.
So, I make a pattern
that's two inches wide
with a couple of 45 degree
angles just like his shield has.
I cut a couple of braces from some blue
three millimeter craft foam.
And then, I make some
slits so it can go around
some leather straps, and
some more contact cement.
There are a series of rivets
that go along the edge
of all of these braces.
What I wanted to use was
a paper punch so I could
just make some from thin craft foam,
but the foam would fit in
the only punch I could find.
So instead, I cut the
heads off some small nails,
a lot of small nails.
I made sure to keep the nails short enough
that they would not poke all
the way through the foam.
I marked the braces every inch
or so all around the edges,
and this is where I
want to glue the nails.
To poke the holes first
I just used a nail,
but it was easier one of
the cut nails and glue it
into a wooden dowel and
then I could use that
to make all the holes.
With a drop of superglue
I pushed the nail heads in
and that makes a rivet.
Now, you put the design on it.
Now, you could just simply paint it,
but what I want to do is draw it on first
and then lightly cut it our with a knife
and then come back with the heat gun
and make all the cuts open up.
I printed out the star
that goes in the center
of the shield so I could
use it as a pattern.
I poked a pin through
the center of the star
and measured the radius of
the circle, four and a half.
Then, I used a poster
board compass to draw
that circle onto the shield.
When I made the star pattern I had also
measured the stripes.
The first two stripes are
two and a half inches wide
and the outside is just two inches wide.
I draw each circle with the
same poster board compass,
just measuring out for
the Sharpie hole each time
to adjust to the new size.
To etch in the lines I
cut out the star pattern,
lay it onto the center of
the shield and lightly cut,
or score, the edge of
the star into the foam.
Now, I'm only cutting about
two millimeters deep or so.
I don't want to cut the
star out of the center
of the shield, and I don't
want to weaken the shield
anymore than I need to.
Then, I trim down the star
pattern to get to the second line
and cut the foam again.
Lastly, there are radial
lines that go from the center
out to each of the side of the star.
I then carefully cut each circle stripe
just like I did the star.
Now, there's no easy way to
cheat this that I know of,
just go slow and steady with the cuts.
And, I rested my hand
on the foam to help me
hold the knife straight and
keep the cut the same depth.
I used my heat gun to warm up the foam
which opens up the cuts.
Now, this is where the depth
of the cut also really matters
because the deeper the cut
the more this line will open.
And, keep the heat gun moving,
it's easy to burn the foam
as you go around.
I did that twice.
Before I start painting
I wrapped the straps
in blue tape to keep them safe.
I applied two coats of Black Plasti Dip
to help seal the foam and
work as a primer layer.
Spray paint sticks better to Plasti Dip
than just to the foam itself.
Then, I applied two coats
of silver spray paint.
Make sure to warm up your cans
of spray paint if it's cold.
Spray paint works much better
when it's at least 70 degrees.
I let the silver dry for
a couple of hours and then
I taped the star back on to
keep the silver color safe.
And then, I covered the
center stripe 'cause
that's gonna stay silver, too.
Making a pattern and cutting
arcs into the blue tape
made taping this big
circle so much easier.
Next, I covered what
will be the red stripes
with blue tape and paper
'cause I wanna spray
the blue one first.
Now, what I'm using is an
automotive metallic blue paint.
And, just a couple of
light coats is all I need.
SO, I'm gonna wanna
give that about an hour.
(groans)
I'm gonna wanna give that
about an hour to dry.
And then, I can tape it off
again and spray the red rings.
Then, I can peel everything off.
I protect the center circle so I can paint
the red stripes on.
And again, I just used a
couple of light dusting coats.
With as cold as it is an
hour was not enough time
for the blue paint to
fully dry and the tape
pulled some of the paint up.
Drying overnight probably
would have been better,
and I'm not willing to use
more tape to mask again.
So, I sprayed some blue paint into a cap
from some empty spray glue.
Then, I can lightly brush on more paint.
I can get one swipe on
only because the went paint
will dissolve the first
layer and then just erase
what I had.
I still did two coats again
and tried to make it even.
Once all of that was safe
to the touch I flipped
the shield over and used
black shoe polish to outline
all the rivets and braces on
the backside of the shield.
Now, in a couple of days
I'll use a gloss clear coat
to really put a shine on the shield.
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All the materials I used in this project
I picked up locally and I put a part list
in the description.
I'd like to say thank you
to Chris at his channel
Lost Wax for a great idea on how to easily
dome the shield on a yoga ball.
But, the rest of this,
this is how Odin Makes.
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If you like the video or have any ideas
for something else for me to make
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And, if you make any of these projects
you can send me a picture.
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