First timer help on Deathstroke build!

[TwinswordS]

Hey everyone, I have just started getting all of the materials I need for my Deathstroke build and I have a few questions seeing as that I am a newbie.

I have a pep file for the helm, but I need help with the scaling. Most tutorials I have found don't explain it too clearly as far as the measuring of my head and how to actually bring that chance in the the pepakura designer. Could anyone either explain this is some detail or post a link to a good video?

I am going to be doing my build out of foam so anything regarding the best ways to use the pep file with foam would be much appreciated.

I would also appreciate it if the community here has some tips or tricks for me. This will be my first significant build and I want it to look good.

Of course as I progress I will be posting some pictures. My supplies should all be here within the next week so if I can get a little help from all of you that would make for smooth sailing.

Thank you all ahead of time, I look forward to getting this finished!

 

[afdanw]

helms are hard. i dont have any really good advice for scaling. i just puild one at random, hope it is right, if not, i ajust from there, and build another, until i get ir t right. It is more expensive and time consuming that way, but it does work.

 

[T073]

If you right click on the screen in pep designer you can measure the distance between 2 points, get some measurements of the helm and compare them to the same point you'd want it on your head then scale accordingly. I'd leave a bit of room since foam is thicker than paper then make a quick and dirty trial one. This is just based off my experience with a big head and making an iron man helm.

 

[DarthStevenus]

I've tried measuring my head and using distance between 2 points in pepakura, but every time I try and adjust the scale based off of that, it comes out the wrong size. With my Batman cowl I'm working on now, I've just had to sort of guess based off the size of each part relative to the size of the paper it's going to be printed on. If I look at some part that's supposed to cover up half of my face, and it only takes up about a quarter of a page, then I know I need to scale up. Maybe even get a piece of paper and hold it up to your head, or bend it around certain parts of your head, to figure out how much of a page each piece should take up.

 

[TwinswordS]

I've tried measuring my head and using distance between 2 points in pepakura, but every time I try and adjust the scale based off of that, it comes out the wrong size. With my Batman cowl I'm working on now, I've just had to sort of guess based off the size of each part relative to the size of the paper it's going to be printed on. If I look at some part that's supposed to cover up half of my face, and it only takes up about a quarter of a page, then I know I need to scale up. Maybe even get a piece of paper and hold it up to your head, or bend it around certain parts of your head, to figure out how much of a page each piece should take up.

Cool. I'll give that a shot here once my supplies arrive. Any other advice would be appreciated =]

 

[Lad]

Yeah its hard to scale helmets.
For my Deathstroke build I tried measuring the tip of the nose to the chin. (got the file from JFcustoms)
That worked well for me, got it scaled pretty nice.

 

[TwinswordS]

Another question I have... What kind of foam would be the easiest to work with while also giving the finished product a realistic look?

Links are appreciated!

 

[Wildcard28]

use any kind of half inch foam the way you paint it should give it that realistic look and I don't have any links handy but just search and see what you find


I searched and got a link kind of general but I think you can find what your looking for Amazon.com: craft foam

 

[DarthStevenus]

I've never made a helmet out of foam, but half inch sounds pretty thick to me. Couldn't you get by with 1/4", or something close to that?

 

[capaldis]

I recently started my second-ever build. And funnily enough, I am also doing Deathstroke. I found the 1/4" worked out quite well, here is the result. I still have to do a lot of work on it, it's just the foam but it is working quite well.