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The Eagle has Landed. Ever had one of those days when things just go right - more by happy accident than design? My Eagle of Justice Shoulder Pad just sort of came together yesterday…
I had decided that the Eagle would have to be very lightweight and soft - for safety’s sake - I wasn’t keen on the idea of turning round to talk to someone while dressed as a Judge and accidentally taking their eye out with my birdie’s beak! It had to be constructed out of foam or similar, and I expected it to be a daunting task…
I chanced across a camping bed rolls in my local Homebase Store while shopping for my sander the other day and, as they were only £2.99 each, I bought a couple just in case they were useful to my costuming project. The foam rolls were light blue in colour, approximately 10mm thick and made of a dense rubbery foam.
I then idly sat with a foam roll on my lap and a pair of scissors and started to cut and shape the foam. I had no real idea of how I would construct the Eagle Shoulder Pad using this stuff and just kind of made it up a I went along - this was just a ‘what if I…’ kind of excersise. I was using bog-standard Bostick All Purpose glue to stick layers of this cut foam together and simply improvised the shape…
I’m very surprised and pleased with the results. A little rough-and-ready, but very flexible, light and a pretty good representation of what its supposed to be! A hot knife was used to etch in a few details and then a liberal coating of primer and gold paint was applied.
The Eagle (and the left shoulder pad, which was fashioned literally in minutes using the same technique but included foam pipe-insulation for the ribs) are light enough to be affixed to the finished costume using Velcro.
