Winter Soldier arm tutorial

Hello my lovlies!!
Captain America: The Winter Soldier was a fantabulous movie!! Wasn't it? Who didn't wish to have Cap's shield or Bucky's arm or Falcon's wings?!?! 

Well.... here is the tutorial for Bucky's metal arm!!!!
I'm planning to make all three (like professional cosplay made) sometime in the future.... but I decided today to just stop procrastinating and sit my butt down, and at the very least, plan out how I'm going to make the arm. Being a teenager with school and no job I needed to think of a way to make this without having to break into my saving account! ;)


I figured the easiest way to get the basic shape of my arm (without having to buy foam or plaster), was to make a pattern.... some of your guy's might have boxes of patterns down in the basement from back when your mum used to sew. No? That's okay.. it's really easy to make one :)

Just wrap paper around your arm,and tape!!

Here is the bicep/shoulder piece. For me it took two pieces to make this. You can use as many pieces as you want though... there is no limit!!

 

You want it to be able to reach all the way around your arm and tape together. The second piece makes it so it is a little bit longer and reaches from the top of your shoulder to your elbow. You want it lose enough that you can pull it off of your arm like a glove. Trim the top so it's a rounder shape to match the shape of your shoulder.

Here is it on:

You don't want the inside part too high that it gives your underarm paper cuts

But you DO want the outside to be a little higher than the top of your shoulder.

So it kinda make a spoon-resembling shape...

Next you need to make an elbow piece:

 (Yes... that is a picture of Batman wearing a princess dress... my best friend gave it to me don't judge!)

 It's a diamond shape folded in half and taped. Super easy. :)

You want where the points meet to be on the inside of your elbow. Make sure that you made the diamond big enough that it reaches both your forearm and bicep. Again.. make sure it is lose enough to slip on and off your arm.

The forearm is kind of tricky :)

This can take 1 to 3 pieces depending on how you do it and how big or small your arm is.

 Because if you look at your arm... the end by the wrist is smaller and the end by you elbow is bigger... This is going to make it hard to slide on and off... 

(Look! You can see my sister coming to ask if she can have some of my food!)

Tape it to desired size and mark where the paper aligns. Use as many pieces of tape as you need to make it feel right :)

When you are all done taping, carefully pull the tape off, take it off your arm, and place the tape in the exact same spot....

When you are done taping all three pieces, Go back and tape over all of the seams (So there is no places where the tape could come undone).

Make sure it all fits the way you want it too and VWAA-LAA!

(Yup.. just created a new language peeps)

Anyway... I hope this helps or gives you an idea on how to start your own arm!!

The next step will have how to build the hard shape and flexibility!!

New Post Monday!!!

(It may be the next step... it may be about the new fandom I just joined..You never know..)

TILL NEXT TIME MY DARLINGS!!