Starting with eyeballed, roughly drawn paper templates I cut out the base pieces of the gauntlets from thick EVA craft foam sourced from gym mats using a steel ruler and hobby knives, which were then super glued together to the required shape.For the bandolier of shotgun shells running along the gloves those were made from cheap thin plastic tubes pulled off dollar store mini bicycle pumps, these tubes were cut in half with a rotary tool and cut to length. Semi circles were attached to the tube halves which give the impression of shotgun shells and were thus glued to the rest of the gauntlet.For the gun barrels those came from me carefully sawing them off cheap cowboy pistols and grinding them in such a way that when they were attached to the rest of the gauntlet they would appear in line.Before painting could begin the foam had to first be sealed. My go to method for sealing foam is a 1:1 mixture of PVA glue (wood glue) to water which is then brushed onto the foam and allowed to dry for 8 to 10 separate coats which as a results hardens the surface and ensures the paint isn’t absorbed into the surface when it is applied.With the foam sealed to a required degree next was the fun task of painting. The paint job consisted of several stages:First was a grey primer layer, followed by a flat yellow acrylic spray-paint layer, for added flare I did light gold sunbursts and gradients along the edges of the gauntlets with an airbrush.To cap it off a layer of weathering was achieved by dabbing a combination of black and brown acrylic paints onto the surface, allowing it to dry slightly and then smudging and wiping away with damp paper towels to get the desired look, before finally sealing the job with acrylic clear coat.I should also mention that the shotgun shells were coloured with red enamel hobby paints and gold acrylics, and the gun barrels spray painted chrome and weathered in a similar manner mentioned above.Visit the Build Write-Up