My 1st Build Iron Man Mark 47 XLVII Foam Armor

[suitmeup]

Hey! I'm in the exact same boat as you. Total newbie to the pepakura game. I've been at it for a while, off and on for about a year, but I've never accomplished much because i was learning and made so many mistakes.

First off. Glue is not a filler for everything.You can just it to fill cracks in the back (the not seen side) of the piece to reinforce it, but make sure you can't see large globs of glue on the front. It just looks ugly and a pain in the behind to clean up later. Be careful when filling cracks as it has a tendency to slip through.

Wasting foam is good (sorta). Yes it's a bit of a waste, but it's better to botch and replace that one tiny piece instead of ruining the whole suit component. Be prepared to botch some cuts and to have the financial back bone to buy more foam. It will be better as time progresses and you know what and what not to do.

Pepakura on foam is different than normal pepakura with the tabs. I think you are trying to just the same guide lines (dotted) to indicate how to fold the piece. In order to create the folds, use the angle cutter you just got.

Stealth has a great tutorial on editing pepakura files for foam. I can't find it at the moment, but check his Youtube channel.

Don't rush it. Haste makes waste! Trust me, I've learned the hard way.

Good luck!

 

[Pepakuraprep]

Hey! I'm in the exact same boat as you. Total newbie to the pepakura game. I've been at it for a while, off and on for about a year, but I've never accomplished much because i was learning and made so many mistakes.

First off. Glue is not a filler for everything.You can just it to fill cracks in the back (the not seen side) of the piece to reinforce it, but make sure you can't see large globs of glue on the front. It just looks ugly and a pain in the behind to clean up later. Be careful when filling cracks as it has a tendency to slip through.

Wasting foam is good (sorta). Yes it's a bit of a waste, but it's better to botch and replace that one tiny piece instead of ruining the whole suit component. Be prepared to botch some cuts and to have the financial back bone to buy more foam. It will be better as time progresses and you know what and what not to do.

Pepakura on foam is different than normal pepakura with the tabs. I think you are trying to just the same guide lines (dotted) to indicate how to fold the piece. In order to create the folds, use the angle cutter you just got.

Stealth has a great tutorial on editing pepakura files for foam. I can't find it at the moment, but check his Youtube channel.

Don't rush it. Haste makes waste! Trust me, I've learned the hard way.

Good luck!

Thanks bro

I've learned a hell of a lot in the last couple weeks from JFcustom's FOAM Speed Building Files'n'Tricks Thread it's everything I needed to know about making foam costumes.How to make certain cuts on the inside the foam to get those mountain or valley folds. As opposed to cutting the piece separate and 45ing it and having to much cut lines. Anyhow I'm ready to dig in with all my new found knowledge and understanding of how to make foam costumes. I just finished adding my mark 47 Chest templates to foam right now. Tomorrow night I can start cutting man I can't wait, of course I'll always need help and opinions on various things but at least now I have a excellent base of how to do this mostly on my own.
JFcustom's FOAM Speep Building Thread
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=148889


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[Pepakuraprep]

Next Step Cut Em Out


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[Pepakuraprep]

Well guys I'm about to cut the parts out of my templates today. Being that I have strep I was sent home from work today. I'll be working on the chest piece today and will start on the back tomorrow night. Also i bought a hot knife craft set. In hopes of eliminate those pesky foam nubs and also for the detail work.Wish me luck I'll be posting the pics of the finished piece tonight.

Lateaz


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[Pepakuraprep]

Here it is guys my assembled iron man mark 47 chest piece let me know what y'all think

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[IMIM2]

Re: Need Help Bad Please Read

Glad that you finally figure out the flaps.
Nicely done!
Plus point for able to do it using 10mm

 

[Pepakuraprep]

Glad that you finally figure out the flaps.
Nicely done!
Plus point for able to do it using 10mm

Thanks bro coming from you thats means a lot.I'm gonna start on the back tomorrow night stay tuned


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[Pepakuraprep]

Just my thoughts but does anybody else here think That the iron patriots neck would be good for this build or should I just wait till someone releases the file for it

Tell me what y'all think

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[thetrentandpaul]

Re: Need Help Bad Please Read

I'd say for something like a neck the file Iron Patriot would work just fine, unless you have more time and can wait for a file to be released. You an always slightly modify it too as your're building it. Keep it up!

 

[Pepakuraprep]

Well it's official I have strep so the doctor gave me the next to days off work so with that being said I now have the time to start on the back piece witch
I have already started on so I'll post some pics of it in a little while


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[Pepakuraprep]

Quick question is PVA glue applied to the foam before you plasty dip coat it ?


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[thetrentandpaul]

Re: Need Help Bad Please Read

^^ Yes, and I believe Xrobots has a fantastic video tutorial somewhere on here if you have any more questions about that whole process. Never done it myself (yet) but he put together a very helpful video.

 

[Pepakuraprep]

Thanks I'll look into it



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[Pepakuraprep]

Well I did it before the new years
Here it is the chest and back

Let me know what y'all think

Happy New Year To The Whole RPF family hope 2013 brings good things for you all and many many more awesome new projects can't wait to see good luck with everything you do and drink responsibly






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[omarbou1]

Re: Need Help Bad Please Read

not to be mean but you should re-do your back from scratch cuz imim2 files are good for foam and all but they are not very accurate ! looking good though

 

[Pepakuraprep]

That's what I'm doing I'm gonna make my template layouts different and freehand some parts. It should come out looking way better this time around. it wasn't bad for it being 10mm thick


trial & error u just gotta love it


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[IMIM2]

Re: Need Help Bad Please Read

I'd use the mk4/6 neck. It is more similar to the Mk8.
I posted several ref pics in my thread.

I am not sure what to comment on the back, but it is not supposed to be like that. You drew/copied mountain and valley lines, which is not necessary.
Those mountain/valley can be done by heating it.
I think you misinterpret specially the spine section, and you should not use 10mm. It is a bit difficult to build and 10mm just making it harder.

I can't give you any good picture for the back,because it is all black, but I have posted ArmalieHamster's work that already finished and painted in my WIP. Hope these will be a good building ref pics.

Helagak also post his side-by-side picture from reference pic and his 3D model.

The picture above shows clearly that the mountains and valleys should be gone when transferred to foam. Just follow the template outline, bending it when necessary.
The mountain and valleys shows the "resolutions" or number of polygons.
For pepakura sake, the polygon should be less, however for presentation, the polygon should be high (or people referring to Hi-res file). You'll see in my WIP thread, some are rendered nicely, and actually that's for presentation sake only.

Well, again, I am not judging on how percentage of movie accuracy, but we posted that pictures for comparison and welcoming people's opinion and specific comment if something seems off.

 

[Pepakuraprep]

Thanks for that


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[Helagak]

Re: Need Help Bad Please Read

Hey pepa. It's good to see this being built. Your chest looks quite good. Your back... I'm not sure what happened. Seems to be a miscommunication between the designer (me), the unfolded (imim2) and the builder (you). When using foam, disregard the mountain and valley lines. They should have been turned off by default. I not sure why they even showed up for you. Also, look at reference pics to see the different "levels" of the pieces. Just because you are using 10mm foam, not every "step" needs to be a full 10mm.
I am going to start building the chest and back tonight. So hopefully I can give a good idea of how it should look. (I've spent so much time studying this dang suit, I could probably scratch build it from memory!)
Good luck my man! Can't wait to see this finished. And make sure you get pictures of you with the kids!

 

[Pepakuraprep]

Okay cool I will and can't wait to see the pics of your chest and back pieces


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