do u think it would be possible to make a metal al costume made of thin metal?

I'm not sure...... possibly.

and cloth material for the joints?

I don't know. Ask a girl. They know about this stuff.

lol i dont think that will work ;) :blink:

well unless you're a blacksmith you're going to have to find a thin suit of armor. then yes black leather/clothes underneath or for joints, also thick blackish brown gloves.

You said to ask a girl so here is my imput, The metal must be sturdy so it doesn't bend, yet it is thin enough to be molded into the shape you desire. I also agree with the cloth joints. It might be difficult, but good luck.

dont u think that would be cool?

If you have access to really thin metal then I would go for it! All you would need is a blow torch to melt the metal togeather. To shape thin metal would be easy but a lot of work. You would need a pretty strong hammer, or if the metal is thin enough you could bend it in to a certain shape then weld it togeaher to make a circle. To cut the metal into the shape you wanted you could use a blow torch make the metal hot enough then put it on a straight surface and hack the excess metal off with a strong hammer. Or you could put aluminum foil on cardboard, caurd board is easy to cut and shap with scissors or even an exacto knife, plus you could tape everything together with duck tape. You could also make the whole costume with duck tape. Those are some ideas I am just shooting out here. Hope I've helped!

That's really seeming like a good idea Jewel. What has Greed said? "There's no such thing as no such thing." And he's basically right, just have the right amount of will, and the right amount of materials. The only problem with that is that theres no way to prove it right or wrong, but i believe it.

I dont know much about metal or armor crafting, so i think Jewels advice would be worth trying.

Good luck!

I didn't mean that in a sexist way... just.... a guy doesn't know crap about that stuff. At least I don't.

I saw a picture of a guy who made an exact replica of Al's armor..it wasn't thin metal or anything, it was actually a suit of armor, pretty cool, but you have to be really talented.

........well negate my advice then all the girls have more detailed and thought out advice

Thanks for the Props Blood Metal!!!

Girls know it all!!!!!

We Rock!


Now that i think about it. how would you know blood metal? wow you must be a lady's man huh? ha ha ha

hey that's not bad at all!!!

We guys know some stuff! Like football and stuff.

Don't forget cooking and eating..............

LOL, of yes how could i forget. that's our specialty. Right next to shopping. i mean were just incredible multi untelligent woman. We know everything. And i mean EVERYTHING fellas/ ;) :P

hehehe i would like to see that if ever you can make that...and i think you can

An Al costume...that sounds like quite the fun challenge, I think you should go for it, we will be rooting for you ^w^

run a search for alphonse Elric on google. its one of the first images.

It would be interesting if you can actually make it out of metal. Seems like a lot of work to me.

How about we stick to foil first and then work our way up? ;)

Well, I'm no authority on building armor, but I'll put in my two cents.

I reccomend a lightweight plastic called polystyrene. It's SUPER flexible and relatively easy to work with.

I made an automail arm out of it, and people thought it was real metal, so apparently it works well. :D