How to Make Guyver Armor
Guyvers are bio-mechanical beings in the "Guyver" series of anime, manga and movies. If you do not have a special effects background, it is not easy to accurately build a Guyver suit at home. However, with cardboard and acrylic paint, you can build Guyver armor that will probably suit your needs. Cardboard Guyver armor is cheap to build, so anyone is able to do it.
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Things You'll Need
- Long pieces of cardboard
- Cardboard box cutter
- Velcro strips
- Pale-colored acrylic paint
Instructions
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Sketch the headgear on the cardboard. Guyver armor has a long horn that sticks out a foot or so above the head, so emulate that in your design.
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Draw the arms on the cardboard. Basically, draw these to the length of your arm. Guyvers' arms look a lot like battle armor, so draw the design to look like this.
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Draw the chest armor design. The chest of Guyvers' armor looks like that of a chiseled athletic man with two big pectoral muscles and a six pack of abs.
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Build leg designs that looks like a human leg's muscular system. Draw the thighs to look like a thigh muscle and the knee with one large kneecap.
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Cut the designs out with a box cutter.
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Place Velcro strips on the back of the pieces of armor so that they will stick to your body.
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Paint the armor and Velcro strips using acrylic paint. Guyver armor is pale green, blue and even pink. Paint the armor the pale color of your choice.
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