Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
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Section 1: The Medium of Foam: Materials, Tools and Safety
Chapter 1: Materials
Chapter 2: Safety
Chapter 3: What Type of Foam to Use?
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Section 2: Design
Chapter 4: An Approach to Design
Chapter 5: Renderings, Working Drawings and Simplicity of Form
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Section 3: Translating Design into Reality: Techniques used in the
Patterning Process
Chapter 6: Additive Patterning: Adding a Surface layer.
Chapter 7: Subtractive Patterning: Cutting away the Surface Layer.
Chapter 8: Speed Patterning
Chapter 9: Free Form Foam Patterning
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Section 4: Determining the Pattern Divisions, "Truing" Patterns and Changing Scale
Chapter 10: Determining the Pattern Divisions
Chapter 11: Transferring Patterns to Paper and "Truing" Pattern Pieces
Chapter 12: Scale: Determining the Size of the Finished Piece
Chapter 13: Formula for Reducing and Enlarging
Chapter 14: How to Enlarge and Reduce Pattern Pieces
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Section 5: Putting It All Together: From Pattern to Object
Chapter 15: How to Bevel Corners and Utilize Darts
Chapter 16: Cutting Pattern Pieces out of Foam
Chapter 17: Gluing and Sewing
Section 6: Finishing the Design
Chapter 18: Fur and Fabric Coverings
Chapter 19: Uncovered Foam: How To Finish
Chapter 20: Detailing and Bringing To Life
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Section 7: This Section Goes Through The Full Process For 6 Projects
Chapter 21: Free Form Reticulated Foam Construction
Chapter 22: Making Two Different Shapes from the Same Foam Pattern
Chapter 23: Patterned Foam Mask
Chapter 24: Patterned Foam Armor
Chapter 25: Patterned and Carved Raptor
Appendices
A. Sources and Supplies
B. Bibliography
