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Hello, I'm Odin and today I'm gonna make

another requested prop.

It's Captain America's shield, from any one

of the Marvel movies.

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I'm starting with just a single sheet of foam and I need

to find the very center.

So, I lay a ruler from corner to corner

and then make a mark.

Then, I do it again on the other corners and make an X,

which that is the center.

The foam sheets are 24 inches wide, but the puzzle piece

edges are not useful to me, so that means I can get

a 22 inch circle out of one sheet.

And, I can easily draw an outline with a pen

and a piece of poster board and then cut it out.

I am making this shield differently than the way

I did my Wonder Woman shield.

An easier way was suggested that uses just a single

sheet of foam.

Now, this technique actually comes from Chris

and his Lost Wax channel and if you haven't checked out

his channel you should, it's very good.

To force the dome shape into the foam I thought I

would help it by heating the foam with my heat gun

and trying to stretch it some.

Now, this really didn't work out at all, so don't waste

your time with this step.

I plan to use a Yoga ball to help shape the foam.

The first thing I did was over-inflate the ball

because bigger is better, right.

Then, I took the foam circle and wrapped it

onto the Yoga ball.

I'm using a small roll of stretch wrap

like what you'd use for moving.

Chris actually used some kitchen cling wrap on his.

If you wanna do this just use whatever's easy for you.

Once I had all of the sides covered I then used

packing tape to help get the last of the bumps to lay flat.

And I used a lot of tape 'cause I really don't want

any bumps on the edge of the shield.

Now, heat is what is actually going to form the foam,

so I put the whole thing in the front seat of my truck.

Now, it's December as I shoot this, so I made it a point

to park in the sun wherever I went to get the cab

of the truck to heat up as much as I could.

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Well, this thing's been riding shotgun for four days.

Let's see how well the foam is gonna hold it's shape.

I unwrap the yoga ball.

Now, I probably should have used scissors

and not a knife, but I didn't hurt the yoga ball or myself.

But, scissors would have been safer.

I had expected that it wouldn't keep as tight

of a radius as the ball actually was,

and it loosened up a little bit.

I thought it might loosen up a little more,

but it looks like it's doing okay.

Now, of course, it won't stay this shape all on it's own.

I'll need to cut a secondary circle to go inside

of it not only to put the straps on for my arm

but to help hold this in this shape because if

I just leave it alone once it heats up again

it'll flatten out.

I will need a circle 16 inches in diameter.

So, I cut one using my poster board compass again.

And, I'll mark the inside of the shield dome

where I will need to put the contact cement

to hold it all together.

The foam circle does not lay as flat

as I would like inside the shield.

It is half an inch thick.

So, I trim the edges in order to fit inside

the shield better.

This circle is the one that I'll attach the straps to.

I'm using a one dollar leather belt that I got

from the thrift store for my shield straps.

I just lay the belt over my hand and guestimate

the length of the strap and where I need to cut

the holes to glue them in.

I do the same thing on my forearm, but this time

I plan to use the buckle as well so this strap

can be adjusted for different people.

I have a concern over how bendy the foam is

So I glue a couple of paint stir sticks to the backside

right where my arm will be.

Then, I glued the circle into the shield.

There are some extra braces inside of Cap's shield.

And, it'll need to be at least five and half inches long

to go around the straps.

So, I make a pattern that's two inches wide

with a couple of 45 degree angles just like his shield has.

I cut a couple of braces from some blue

three millimeter craft foam.

And then, I make some slits so it can go around

some leather straps, and some more contact cement.

There are a series of rivets that go along the edge

of all of these braces.

What I wanted to use was a paper punch so I could

just make some from thin craft foam,

but the foam would fit in the only punch I could find.

So instead, I cut the heads off some small nails,

a lot of small nails.

I made sure to keep the nails short enough

that they would not poke all the way through the foam.

I marked the braces every inch or so all around the edges,

and this is where I want to glue the nails.

To poke the holes first I just used a nail,

but it was easier one of the cut nails and glue it

into a wooden dowel and then I could use that

to make all the holes.

With a drop of superglue I pushed the nail heads in

and that makes a rivet.

Now, you put the design on it.

Now, you could just simply paint it,

but what I want to do is draw it on first

and then lightly cut it our with a knife

and then come back with the heat gun

and make all the cuts open up.

I printed out the star that goes in the center

of the shield so I could use it as a pattern.

I poked a pin through the center of the star

and measured the radius of the circle, four and a half.

Then, I used a poster board compass to draw

that circle onto the shield.

When I made the star pattern I had also

measured the stripes.

The first two stripes are two and a half inches wide

and the outside is just two inches wide.

I draw each circle with the same poster board compass,

just measuring out for the Sharpie hole each time

to adjust to the new size.

To etch in the lines I cut out the star pattern,

lay it onto the center of the shield and lightly cut,

or score, the edge of the star into the foam.

Now, I'm only cutting about two millimeters deep or so.

I don't want to cut the star out of the center

of the shield, and I don't want to weaken the shield

anymore than I need to.

Then, I trim down the star pattern to get to the second line

and cut the foam again.

Lastly, there are radial lines that go from the center

out to each of the side of the star.

I then carefully cut each circle stripe

just like I did the star.

Now, there's no easy way to cheat this that I know of,

just go slow and steady with the cuts.

And, I rested my hand on the foam to help me

hold the knife straight and keep the cut the same depth.

I used my heat gun to warm up the foam

which opens up the cuts.

Now, this is where the depth of the cut also really matters

because the deeper the cut the more this line will open.

And, keep the heat gun moving, it's easy to burn the foam

as you go around.

I did that twice.

Before I start painting I wrapped the straps

in blue tape to keep them safe.

I applied two coats of Black Plasti Dip

to help seal the foam and work as a primer layer.

Spray paint sticks better to Plasti Dip

than just to the foam itself.

Then, I applied two coats of silver spray paint.

Make sure to warm up your cans of spray paint if it's cold.

Spray paint works much better when it's at least 70 degrees.

I let the silver dry for a couple of hours and then

I taped the star back on to keep the silver color safe.

And then, I covered the center stripe 'cause

that's gonna stay silver, too.

Making a pattern and cutting arcs into the blue tape

made taping this big circle so much easier.

Next, I covered what will be the red stripes

with blue tape and paper 'cause I wanna spray

the blue one first.

Now, what I'm using is an automotive metallic blue paint.

And, just a couple of light coats is all I need.

SO, I'm gonna wanna give that about an hour.

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I'm gonna wanna give that about an hour to dry.

And then, I can tape it off again and spray the red rings.

Then, I can peel everything off.

I protect the center circle so I can paint

the red stripes on.

And again, I just used a couple of light dusting coats.

With as cold as it is an hour was not enough time

for the blue paint to fully dry and the tape

pulled some of the paint up.

Drying overnight probably would have been better,

and I'm not willing to use more tape to mask again.

So, I sprayed some blue paint into a cap

from some empty spray glue.

Then, I can lightly brush on more paint.

I can get one swipe on only because the went paint

will dissolve the first layer and then just erase

what I had.

I still did two coats again and tried to make it even.

Once all of that was safe to the touch I flipped

the shield over and used black shoe polish to outline

all the rivets and braces on the backside of the shield.

Now, in a couple of days I'll use a gloss clear coat

to really put a shine on the shield.

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All the materials I used in this project

I picked up locally and I put a part list

in the description.

I'd like to say thank you to Chris at his channel

Lost Wax for a great idea on how to easily

dome the shield on a yoga ball.

But, the rest of this, this is how Odin Makes.

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