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Worbla Tutorial
Published: 2013-08-02 17:43:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 38024; Favourites: 1244; Downloads: 139
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This Tutorial:
Here is a tutorial on how to make armor from Worbla thermoplastic, using the thigh armor from my Dante's Inferno cosplay as an example.
Tell me if you have any questions!
Shoutouts:
If you use this tutorial to make your own work, or if the techniques shown here inspired your work - then I'd love to see what you've made! If you comment or message me a link to your photos, then I'll post your link right here in the description:
- FeythArtanis - fav.me/d6kgqdb
- Nephtis - nephtis.deviantart.com/art/Morβ¦
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Comments: 77
How durable is Worbla? I've been considering using it for LARP armor, but I'm not sure how much of a beating it can withstand.
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Awesome tutorial, and awesome font as well!! Can i have a link to the said font!? I Love it xD
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Thanks for the awesome tutorial ^^ If I ever get my hands on Worbla I'll definitely try it some time. But I live in the Netherlands and they don't sell it here, so I have to use craft foam for my armor
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You can buy it online! I bought it off of CosplaySupplies.com, if that's any help!
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Again - Thank you for this tutorial... You're making the Worbla Elephant smaller for me
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I'm glad! The Worbla Elephant is much smaller and friendlier than it seems
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Wow it is so easy to understand how to do it thanks for sharing its a big help.
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I'm glad it was helpful!
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Oooh that's a really neat technique! Thank you for sharing! I'm looking forward to working with Worbla but haven't taken the plunge yet xD
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Not a problem! You should try it! It's a pretty intuitive material to use. When you get around to it, show me what you make!
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Thanks! Making some worbla armor anytime soon?
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You're very welcome! Fires-storm. Now my question is, can you use your firestorm to heat up your Worbla?
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Sadly no, it is a low heat fire, lol!
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That's too bad, haha.
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This is so absolutely amazing and helpful! Thank you so much for making this tutorial. I'm planning on making some armour with Worbla for the first time and this gives me a lot more confidence it'll turn out well.
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Great! This was my first time using it too, and I can tell you that after the first piece or two of armor I made, the process of heating and working with the Worbla becomes really intuitive and easy. Good luck with your armor!
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This is so cool. I have always wondered how cos players make such realistic looking armor i hope I can get to try this someday! Thank you very much for making this tutorialΒ Β
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!!!No problem! I love worbla!!!
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I was planning on doing something similar to worbla, so glad to know it's actually DO ABLE
Thank you so much for this!
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Where do you get your craft foam and peel and stick craft foam? I live in a very rural area so we don't have access to super neat craft stores. I've used insulation sheet but craft foam just seems like it would make my life wayyy easier!
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Yeah craft foam does make things easy! And I love the peel-and-stick. I bought mine online, here is a place you can buy it! It's listed as 'self-adhesive' craft foam on the website: kwikcrafts.com/crafts/categoryβ¦
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Awesome! Thanks for the tutorial, I'm about to start using the stuff!
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Great! What are you making?
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I'm working on a showgirl version of Harley! I'm making the headpiece from it ^_^
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Awesome! I'd love to see it when its done!
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thanks for the tutorial, I've never seen fine designs on worbla done this way.
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You're welcome! This was the first time I had tried doing it this way, and I was surprised by the detail it could produce. Even if there was a piece of armor more detailed than what I showed in the tutorial, I'll guarantee that if you can cut it out of craft foam then it will look good when you add the Worbla
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And here I thought I was being terribly inventive doing the details in craft foam instead of adding them with Worbla later...
It IS a great tutorial, and I never thought of documenting it step by step myself. Great to share this with the community!
I can vouch for the level of detail you can create with this method.
The bird symbol on the chest, the raised areas on the braacers are all cutΒ out craft foam between layers of Worbla. nephtis.deviantart.com/art/Morβ¦
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You were being terribly inventive! You discovered the process on your own, and that's invention in my book. I'm sure plenty of other people out there have used the same process. But thank you, I'm glad you liked the tutorial. Well I am very impressed with your Nightingale armor, it looks awesome! I'll post your link in the description so other people can see. And it's true, your armor does have a lot of detail, and it came out really clean - you wouldn't even know it was Worbla. And whatever paint you added has a matte finish and makes the Worbla look like leather which is really cool - I haven't seen that before. Nice work!
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For once the texture of the material worked in my favor. Often people spent a lot of time smoothing the surface but here I even used dry brushing to accentuate the texture (and the details) even more.
And yes, I used a matte finish.Β
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I'd love some cookies
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That looks like a cookie with frosting
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thanks for this great tutorial I am always looking for new methods to save as much worbla as possible for it is so expensive :'D
I tried this on my Lux boots the first time an it works very well, will post some pictures after gamescom when its ready
greets
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Yeah it is expensive 
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finally uploaded a photo of my cosplay feythartanis.deviantart.com/arβ¦
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Whoa! It looks awesome! Great work! The paint job on those boots looks really good too. I'll post your link in the description!
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Congratulations on the Daily Deviation
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I used to make armor with just plain craft foam, but this looks like it'd be much sturdier. And I really like how the detailing looks with it! Thanks so much for posting this tutorial, I'll have to give it a shot the next time I make some armor!
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Great! If you end up making some armor out of Worbla, I'd love to see some pictures!
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ive always wondered how cosplayers created awesome armour. this be an awesome tutorial.Β
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Thanks a lot!
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