THEORY
open and close and you should
can glue it together and add it to
with the position glue it in place.
be able to slide your leg in. Don’t
the shin armor. You can use velcro
Now the sides of the knee piece:
forget: prime and spray paint.
tape or glue to hold it in place.
you want to make a circle pyramid
Next is the knee piece that
Now for the tricky part: the knee
using 3 circles. Once you have
goes around the top of the shin
piece that sticks out and goes on
that, take the bottom piece and
armor. Basically just take a long
top of the shin piece. We want to
glue it to your knee piece. If you
strip of the 5mm foam and wrap
use the same method we used
look at Vulcan’s leg, you can see
it around the shin armor (you can
with the half-circle in the shoe to
the large circle is facing the inside
get 5mm craft foam at your local
make the main piece for the knee.
and the other part is facing the
craft store). You want to trim the
It’s just going to be a bit tricky to
outside. With the other 2 pieces,
sides into a swoop because we’re
get the shape you want so stencil
glue them together and add it to
going to add circles on them later
the design until you’re happy with
the other side. Now add strips to
on. Use a pin to hold it in place and
the shape, then transfer it over to
make it look like the main knee
make any adjustments you need.
the craft foam. Use the 5mm so it’s
piece is connected to the side
Once you’re happy with the fit,
more sturdy, prime it, hot glue it all
pieces. Alright, now that your shin
we have to decorate it to look like
together and paint. You want to add
piece is done try walking around
Vulcan’s. Just add a strip of 5mm
this piece on top of the of the knee
in it and see how it fits and make
craft foam horizontally then add
piece. To make it more secure I
any adjustments if necessary.
little strips vertically on top of it.
suggest cutting vertical lines to the
Don’t glue anything together yet,
sides of the piece so you can slide
want to use the same method
just finish the design then prime it
it on to the knee piece that wraps
you used for the shin piece to
and spray paint. Once it’s dry you
around the shin. Once you’re happy
make this piece. Make sure it’s
26 The SMITE Community Magazine Issue #8
Now with the thigh piece you
The GameOn Magazin