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Helloooo!!

Today I came to bring you the Princess Hornet head!!😊

It took 3 days of work, first I made the mold on paper, passed it to 10mm E.V.A foam and molded it all with E.V.A foam clay, the same scheme I did with Terrako! https://www.patreon.com/posts/44217895

Then I sanded it, fixed some defects with spackling and painted it with white spray.

For the eye I used "stiff netting tulle", as the holes are big, I used 8 layers one on top of the other for those who see from the outside, not being able to see my eye, but inside, you can see perfectly!

What did you think??❤️

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Anonymous

Hi! I'm trying to make this one myself, thanks for the models btw. I was wondering, what glue do you use to glue the parts together? Any tips on assembling and glueing everything? Or is the EVA foam clay holding everything together?

LayzeMichelle

First of all, I always try to help as much as I can and I'm glad it helped! Well, I use contact glue for shoemaker/rubber on any piece of E.V.A foam! The secret is after you apply it, wait for it to dry for about 10 minutes before joining them or else accelerate the drying process with a heat gun, once it is dry, when you stick one piece to the other it will stick VERY resistant! The E.V.A putty is just to be able to leave a smooth finish, it has nothing to do with strengthening the junction of the pieces. ^^

Anonymous

Hi! I've cut out your paper template for hornet's head and I have a few questions: - Did you heat shape each piece of foam before you began assembling them? - When you join the pieces with contact glue, do you have to hold them together or do they stick once you join them?

Anonymous

A few more questions: - When you cut out the EVA foam pieces, did you cut them at an angle? - What grit of sandpaper did you use to sand down the EVA foam clay? - What did you seal the headpiece with before painting?

LayzeMichelle

Hi! Answering the first questions: - Yes and no, I heated only the horn parts so that they were glued and molded, being heated little by little to facilitate the gluing, since the tip of the horn is very narrow. - They stick perfectly depending on your glue, but I recommend that you glue thin strips of the E.V.A material horizontally in the middle of the connection of each slit so that it becomes more resistant for the future during uses so that the slit does not open. #(In the seventh photo where the head is with E.V.A foam clay, you can notice that I glued a strip horizontally on the back of the head, you can do it exactly like this!)

LayzeMichelle

Answering the second part: - Nop, you don't need to cut them with angles, it can be straight! - I used a very thick one to sand the bulk of the foam clay (p800) to even out the surface and a thin one (p150) to finish with the smooth finish and the brand is norton sandpaper! - As you can see in the eighth photo, I used a gray primer, I applied the primer, sanded the defects and then sanded more until it was completely smooth and then I finished it off with white acrylic spray paint, with the size of the head there was a total of 2 cans of 300ml of primer and 2 cans of white. I hope with this you can work better on your helmet!💖