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Dremel a Batman Foam Board Master for a Plaster Mold

Dremel a Batman Foam Board Master for a Plaster Mold
This may be a little late for Halloween this year but if your like me you'll need some practice and a jump on next year. The main tool I used was the Dremel so I decided to enter this into the Dremel contest, what the hech, Right? This foam board master is based on the Batman Dark Knight Suit. I have used this method on Batman, Creature from the Black Lagoon and Godzilla (planned later this year) Costumes. Once this foam board is done you can pour plaster of paris into it and make a reverse stone mold. Pour latex into that and you have a batsuit (in this case) costume! I will go into detail for those steps in a different ible, Expect that one early next year! Anyway back to this one, this is just instruction on how to make a foam master. Again this has the potiental to work for nearly any costume, your only limited by your imagination!

Please feel free to ask questions post comments and rate this if you feel it deserves it
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Step 1Materials

Materials
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Dremel w Assorted Tools
Blue/Pink Insulation Foam Board
Transparencies
Your Batman Design
Projector
Sewing Tape
Sharpie
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9 comments
Dec 3, 2010. 1:24 AMstayalive says:
coool doodz
Nov 17, 2010. 7:46 AMthechicken says:
That's pretty cool. Might try that for Halloween next year.
Nov 15, 2010. 5:02 AMPhil11 says:
Great job! Looking forward to seeing your next 'ible.
Nov 2, 2010. 1:21 PMCoolHat17 says:
You know, you should try submitting this in the Halloween contest.
Nov 1, 2010. 9:17 AMTekoMuto says:
HOLY BATFOAM! This is a great Idea!

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