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When deciding what you want to make your armor out of there are several considerations to be made. Those are how much time you have, how much money you have to spend and your skill level.
Pre Construction
There are several things that you need to do before you start to make any type of armor. Collect reference shots of the piece of armor you are making. Determine the materials you are going to make the armor out of and figure out how you are going to attach the armor to your body.
Wonderflex is type of thermoformable plastic encased in a polyester gauze or scrim. There are many other brand-names for this type of product, but Wonderflex is the most well known.
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