Warhammer 40k Space Wolf Bracers

I actually started on this bracer before making eldritch ones but had to wait for some materials to arrive before I could finish it. In case you are wondering why I am making so many bracers, it is because I just started playing with worbla. Bracers are relatively simple to make and take less material than other pieces of armor if I make a mistake.

As usual, here are some progress shots:

Sketched out a rough design on my iPad, using Paper.

Drew the pattern on a piece of craft foam (the first wolf was too derpy so I had to draw another one).

Cut out the foam and two pieces of worbla that were large enough to cover the foam.

Covered the foam with heated worbla.

It took a couple heating for the details on the wolf to show up.

Curved the entire piece by pacing it on a vodka bottle.

Added details with strips of worbla.

Primed it with many, many, many, many, many layers of gesso.

Primed again with a couple layers of black acrylic paint.

Painted with a rough layer of base colours.

Added some highlights.

Added some "battle scars" and sealed it with an acrylic spray.

Now, for attaching the straps to the back.

Bend some garden wire into little rings (you should take better care of your pliers than I did with mine...poor thing was falling apart with rust).

Attached the rings to the back of bracer with small pieces of heated worbla.

Sew nylon webbing and buckles onto the rings.

And we are done! The straps are adjustable.

Eldritch Eye Bracer - Worbla and Pretty Rocks

Cold days and WoW servers down meant more arts and crafts! This bracer is made with a pretty rock I painted and Worbla (a kind of thermoplastic). Visit my facebook page for more Worbla fun!

I learned about thermoplastics and painting armor from books by a cosplayer named Kamui. She has many excellent tutorials and books so I will not explain it any further here. Instead, please enjoy the progress pictures!

I started with a basic pattern and a rock I painted to look like red eye (with GLITTERS)

Then I used my heat gun (the pink phallic thing in the background) to activate the worbla and molded it to my wrist.

Added a little bit of detail and drew on a basic design.

Added more details and molded the "eye" onto the bracer.

Covered the eye with painter's tape. Primed with 10-15 (who's really counting any way) layers of gesso to even out the small dents. This is the hardest part - apparently, watching paint dry is REALLY boring (rum helped).

Cover with black acrylic paint.

Paint with coloured acrylic paint.

Fix all the small nooks and crannies, then seal with an acrylic spray.

And we are done! No need to add claps or anything since it was molded to my wrist.