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tastybread's Cardboard Armor

in June, 2007, tastybread, a member of the Half-Life Fallout forums, began posting pictures of some Mjolnir armor he was creating out of cardboard. (He went a little further than your average cardboard armor maker, and the end result looks pretty spectacular, even though his total outlay for supplies was under $30.)

So with Halloween being four months away, I decided that now was as good a time as any to start working on this years costume. Seeing how I work at Trader Joes and we have a limitless supply of boxes, I decided to save a few bucks and make the entire thing out of cardboard. After three days I've managed to make the entire thing and thought I would share my progress.

So for now, everything has been crafted out of cardboard. The next step will be to use caulking to fill some rough spots and then coat everything with a mineral water/elmers glue combination.

In late June, the armor was submitted to Digg, where one of our readers noticed it - along with thousands of other people. The Half-Life Fallout forums quickly succumbed, and went offline for several days. When they came back up, we contacted tastybread, and asked if we could host local versions of his pictures - he said he'd be delighted. Below, you'll find his progress pictures, along with comments he made as he went.


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IMG_0017-1
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IMG_0021
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resizegun
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IMG_0056
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helmright
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helmleft
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IMG_0100
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chief2
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chief1
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