#cosplay cardboard
When you were younger, you made spaceships, suits, houses, clothes, all out of a cardboard box. You can still do that today! It’s just a matter of proper planning, precise cutting, and patience.
Armor
That’s not one but threewearable, true-to-life Iron Man suits made out of cardboard. Because of how stiff and boxy cardboard is, it makes a great material to use for plated armor. As long as you’re careful you can recreate smooth bends and stiff folds to build shape. There are a few different ways you can do this.
Layering and molding: http://thegadgetfish.deviantart.com/art/Basic-Cardboard-Armor-Tutorial-325580032
Layering alone:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z51JVYqphQ
And pepakura:http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-Halo-Helmet-using-Pepakura/?ALLSTEPS
Weapons
You’ll need to be a little careful with them, but you can make very convincing weapons out of cardboard.
Here’s an example of how to make a shot gun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZzpfqFHVuA#t=126
Entire outfits
viaDestructoid
Those aren’t sprites lifted from Metroid–they’re cardboard costumes made by Dan Cattell. If you’re going for an 8-bit look, cardboard is probably the single best medium you could use. The way you do it is really simple and straightforward:
Part 1: http://wonkyfacecrafts.blogspot.com/2010/10/tutorial-how-to-make-8-bit-video-game.html
Part 2: http://wonkyfacecrafts.blogspot.com/2010/10/tutorial-how-to-make-8-bit-video-game_30.html
There you go! And just as a reminder of what’s possible…watch this cardboard gun fight, complete with cardboard pistols, grenade launchers, and tank.
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