automail on the cheap (tutorial) - Page 3

KevinOR · 07-12-2009, 04:43 PM

A lot of this seems cramped in together and hard to read. Is there a possibility of it being typed out with some clearer drawings? This is an AMAZING tutorial, and I intend to try it out.

usakou · 08-24-2009, 03:52 AM

cool ;] I'll try make something like that!!^^

CiralFox · 09-06-2009, 12:09 PM

I will so try this out over my winterbreak so that I can be Ed in the upcoming summer.
This'll be fun and easy. xD

edward_pixie · 07-28-2010, 01:00 PM

I'm making mine out of a combination of materials, a paper base/pattern. then HARD cardboard for the grill and transmutated grill. plastic plates for the shoulder plates, and then I'm putting paper mache over all of it and covering it with a shiny cover
it's the least bulky possible, and has a lot of mobility

oh and I'm using the leg from a pair of black tights to go on my arm because it's skin tight

edward_pixie · 07-28-2010, 01:03 PM

oh and I'll post a pic of it when it's done, along with the Automail leg

talkenia · 07-31-2010, 04:16 AM

i am making it as well i finished all exept the hand, i made some little changes which i thought would be closer to the original, i showed it to my friends and they were all like O.O
for me the costs were like zero because we had everything at home, the only thing is that i completely used up all glue and now we have to buy a new one... XD
also for painting i used black and white acrilic mixed with some silver to give it some shine, i do not like the idea of walking around with a super shining arm due to metallic spray paint..

RollEXE · 07-31-2010, 05:42 AM

Featherweight, you are a god with cardboard!

talkenia · 07-31-2010, 12:38 PM

yay i am almost finished, i only need to do the fingers...
i will post some pictures soon..

air4akito · 08-19-2010, 02:21 PM

Does anyone have tips on how to harden and seal the cardboard without the use of fiberglass or resin? I just want to know if there is a safer and/or easier way before I potentially destroy/warp my shape.

yanyan110088 · 08-21-2010, 01:56 AM

wow... cutty things. xD I think I saw the picture of this.. my friend was all "and that's CARDBOARD!" and now I see it on the forums...

I agree with the chrome-paint instead of gray.

Either way, wonderful job. :P

jonrocks4 · 06-09-2011, 07:25 PM

u save me i i was about to get one for $50 but then i found this oh thx alot

Roxas666 · 06-19-2011, 01:41 AM

i got bored one night so i made an automail arm out of fun foam i had laying round my room...used a mix of white glue and a bit of warm water to seal it up a bit, painted it with bout 3 layers of silver paint, and attached it all to an under armor shirt i had
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...00000687311669
that's the link to the album...it fit nicely under a form fitting jacket, and had almost full flexibility, like, i couldn't raise my arm straight above my head...

Gypsyangelf4i · 06-19-2011, 07:36 AM

That looks awesome Roxas666!

kizzykurbstomp · 10-25-2011, 09:04 PM

this helps me [:

Ixora140 · 10-25-2011, 11:52 PM

awesome !!!!!!!! thank you so much ^^~

09-06-2009, 12:09 PM	#33
CiralFox Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 562	I will so try this out over my winterbreak so that I can be Ed in the upcoming summer. This'll be fun and easy. xD __________________ Anime Next '12 Friday Akane Tendou (Ranma 1/2)with Shampoo (Ranma 1/2) Saturday Rin (Inu Yasha)with Kagome Higurashi (Inu Yasha) Sunday Kiki (Kiki's Delivery Service)with Chihiro (Spirited Away)

07-31-2010, 04:16 AM	#36
talkenia Random person #3 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 170	i am making it as well i finished all exept the hand, i made some little changes which i thought would be closer to the original, i showed it to my friends and they were all like O.O for me the costs were like zero because we had everything at home, the only thing is that i completely used up all glue and now we have to buy a new one... XD also for painting i used black and white acrilic mixed with some silver to give it some shine, i do not like the idea of walking around with a super shining arm due to metallic spray paint.. __________________ Dutch cosplayer Last edited by talkenia : 07-31-2010 at 04:19 AM.

07-31-2010, 12:38 PM	#38
talkenia Random person #3 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 170	yay i am almost finished, i only need to do the fingers... i will post some pictures soon.. __________________ Dutch cosplayer

06-19-2011, 07:36 AM	#43
Gypsyangelf4i Places to go,People to be Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,969	That looks awesome Roxas666! __________________ Find Me On DA: http://gypsyangelf4i.deviantart.com/

10-25-2011, 09:04 PM	#44
kizzykurbstomp KizzyKurbstomp Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 12	this helps me [: __________________ "You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, To satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need... And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free, You are bound to your silent legacy." ~Melisa Etheridge, "Silent Legacy". __________________________________________________ ____

07-12-2009, 04:43 PM	#31
KevinOR Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4	A lot of this seems cramped in together and hard to read. Is there a possibility of it being typed out with some clearer drawings? This is an AMAZING tutorial, and I intend to try it out.

08-24-2009, 03:52 AM	#32
usakou Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 41	cool ;] I'll try make something like that!!^^

07-28-2010, 01:00 PM	#34
edward_pixie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12	I'm making mine out of a combination of materials, a paper base/pattern. then HARD cardboard for the grill and transmutated grill. plastic plates for the shoulder plates, and then I'm putting paper mache over all of it and covering it with a shiny cover it's the least bulky possible, and has a lot of mobility oh and I'm using the leg from a pair of black tights to go on my arm because it's skin tight

07-28-2010, 01:03 PM	#35
edward_pixie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12	oh and I'll post a pic of it when it's done, along with the Automail leg

07-31-2010, 05:42 AM	#37
RollEXE Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 38	Featherweight, you are a god with cardboard!

08-19-2010, 02:21 PM	#39
air4akito Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 233	Does anyone have tips on how to harden and seal the cardboard without the use of fiberglass or resin? I just want to know if there is a safer and/or easier way before I potentially destroy/warp my shape.

08-21-2010, 01:56 AM	#40
yanyan110088 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 18	wow... cutty things. xD I think I saw the picture of this.. my friend was all "and that's CARDBOARD!" and now I see it on the forums... I agree with the chrome-paint instead of gray. Either way, wonderful job. :P

06-09-2011, 07:25 PM	#41
jonrocks4 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1	u save me i i was about to get one for $50 but then i found this oh thx alot

06-19-2011, 01:41 AM	#42
Roxas666 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 6	i got bored one night so i made an automail arm out of fun foam i had laying round my room...used a mix of white glue and a bit of warm water to seal it up a bit, painted it with bout 3 layers of silver paint, and attached it all to an under armor shirt i had http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...00000687311669 that's the link to the album...it fit nicely under a form fitting jacket, and had almost full flexibility, like, i couldn't raise my arm straight above my head...

10-25-2011, 11:52 PM	#45
Ixora140 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 10	awesome !!!!!!!! thank you so much ^^~

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