Hello everyone!
I hope you all had a good Halloween and now close to Thanksgiving. Wow has time passed since my last post. Been very busy with helping out the 501st at Boo At the Zoo here in Colorado Springs and on top of that in about 2 days I will be leaving to Wizard World Austin Comic Con!
Today I would love to go over the difference between Worbla and Wonderflex.
Back Ground of both products - Worbla is a German product their for it has to be transported to the US. On the other hand Wonderflex is an US product.
Their is some differences between Wonderflex and Worbla, but not much.
Color Worbla is orange and Wonderflex is white. See picture down below.
They are basically the same however Worbla has the same texture on both sides, it can be heated and form around molds much more easier . When making armor pieces you would need two pieces of the same template or design, and a long with a piece of foam to stick in between the worbla pieces, once the worbla is heated.Then just press the worbla pieces together around the foam and make sure you press out all the air bubbles, doing the two pieces of Worbla with foam will make it very sturdy and will not be flexible but can take a beating, so keep in mind that if you make a chest plate armor you will not be able to bind down.
Let Worbla cool then heat it back up to form to the desire look you would like to have. Such as the pictures below are shown. Worbla can become heavy due to the doubling up the pieces.
Worbla you can buy from http://www.cosplaysupplies.com/store.php?p=WORB1 which is located here in the US , but costs about - $80 per sheet for a big roll. The reason for the high cost is transporting worbla from Over Seas.
Let Worbla cool then heat it back up to form to the desire look you would like to have. Such as the pictures below are shown. Worbla can become heavy due to the doubling up the pieces.
Worbla you can buy from http://www.cosplaysupplies.com/store.php?p=WORB1 which is located here in the US , but costs about - $80 per sheet for a big roll. The reason for the high cost is transporting worbla from Over Seas.
Wonderflex which has a mesh on one side of the product, and the other side is smooth for painting and details. Keep in mind due to the mesh it does not form well in or over molds. Worbla is great with forming over or in molds.
The mesh can make it sturdy without doubling up on Wonderflex unlike Worbla, but it can still be flexible, but can take a beating as well, its Light weight. If you had no choice but to get wonderflex you can still double up on it to use it like you would with Worbla.
Wonderflex you can buy from http://www.wonderflexworld.com/products-page/
Wonderflex can be much cheaper in costs, about $40-45 per sheet due to it being made here in the US.
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| I hope you can see it, I tried to take a close up on the mesh that is on the Wonderflex. The mesh you would have this on the inside of the armor pieces unless you wanted your armor pieces to have texture for a more battle look |
So their isn't really anything to it ,. Both work with heat guns or hair drier.Forms to designs to make armor. Do not have to use glues or anything like that to form to armor or designs. once warm both become sticky Worbla or Wondeflex can stick to one another or anything plastic like another produce is called Friendly plastics which are great for details
Before painting if you have to attach anything to Worbla or Wonderflex like jewels or making harnesses to make the armor stay on use superglue. Do Not use hot glue due to both products are plastic hot glue will peel right off , I know this is weird but I've tried it and always peeled off. Also do this before painting, if you paint before trying to stick things on. The paint will peel right off the Worbla or Wonderflex if the harness or jewels fall off.
Painting these two produces are easy and the same process. Primer and color paint. Do not paint then shape your armor, the paint can bubble up and peel off with heat. So always shape then paint.
I hope you liked this post. I will post new pictures soon of new costumes and also from Wizard World Austin. Also come like my Facebook cosplay page https://www.facebook.com/AurorahailfrostCosplay
Thanks For Reading Until next time Just Keep Swimming.
