Iron man cod help.

[Djstorm100]

I've since have made two of these. I started out with 26.3 scale since 26-26.5 is suppose to work for 6-6'2 person. I'm 175 pounds and waist of 34. Has anyone else use these files and if so what scale did you use? Leg and arms fit with 26.3 scale. Not sure how tight these are suppose to fit.

 

[dwalls32]

I'm 6', 191 lbs, stocky and wear 36 pants. I made mine a 28 scale and it BARELY fits around the waist but the thighs fit ok. I'm working on the abs now to see how they fit together.

 

[Djstorm100]

Thanks for the help Dwalls. I assume you are using Robo's files?

 

[mpick67]

I've since have made two of these. I started out with 26.3 scale since 26-26.5 is suppose to work for 6-6'2 person. I'm 175 pounds and waist of 34. Has anyone else use these files and if so what scale did you use? Leg and arms fit with 26.3 scale. Not sure how tight these are suppose to fit.

I'm 6'2" and I've used a scale of 26.5 on all of Darkside's MK VII armor (including the COD which I just finished, and it fits perfectly. I currently weigh 200lbs if that helps.

 

[dwalls32]

Djstorm I am using darksides mk vii files also.

 

[Velluminous]

I just built the cod piece a few days ago, ran into the same issues with size/scaling. I'm using the Darkside files for mine with everything scaled to 26, even though I'm taller than 6'. I had to scale the cod up to 29 to fit comfortably (with pants underneath), but I wear 38x34s in jeans. Everybody is shaped differently so everything is custom scaled in the end...

One suggestion I can give is open the foam mark vii cod file and find the large circular piece...
(seen here: .)
It's a circle for around your waist, but you don't even need to cut it out; Just print it and measure it with a string to find out the length, and measure your waist. Keep scaling/printing (you can even do it on the same paper) until you find a match.

You can also use the measurement tool in Pep Viewer/Designer to measure from hip-to-hip.
To find your measurement from hip-to-hip, you'll have to use the Pythagorian Theorem.. (I know, who thought math would be useful after school, right?). Measure straight out from your hip to a given point, then from that point to your other hip. That gives you A and C. A2+B2=C2; Therefore C2-A2=B2. B (not squared) will be your hip-to-hip measurement.

 

[Djstorm100]

How did you guys get the parts that large to print on the 8x11.5 paper?

 

[Velluminous]

There's a tool in pepakura designer that allows you to rotate the pieces and rearrange them on the pages. Press CTRL+R to change to rotate mode (or right-click on the 2D and select Rotate).

At some point, you're just going to have to print one piece on two pages.

Say you have a really long piece... The way I do this is I move the piece as far to the left of page 1 and print page 1. Then I move the piece to the far right of page 2 and print page 2. I cut both out, overlap them, and secure them together. The red lines are where they'd overlap, the black lines are where they'll cut off the page.
Like this:

 

[dwalls32]

You can also use the join/disjoin face tool to just cut large pieces into smaller pieces. It will automatically create flaps to hook them back together.

 

[Djstorm100]

Use your naval as common point for A and B? Or are you talking about standing in front of something and measuring that way ?( think this is the correct way

 

[Velluminous]

Use your naval as common point for A and B? Or are you talking about standing in front of something and measuring that way ?( think this is the correct way

Stand in front of a door that has a doorknob on the left. Measure straight forward from your left hip to the doorknob. This will be A. Make sure NOT to move or your measurements will be off!
Measure from the same spot on the doorknob to your right hip. This will be C.
C2 - A2 = B2
B = Your hip to hip measurement.

Example:
Left hip to doorknob = 10 Inches.
Doorknob to Right Hip = 24 Inches.
24*24= 576
10*10 = 100
576-100 = 476
√476 = 21.82 inches

 

[Djstorm100]

Stand in front of a door that has a doorknob on the left. Measure straight forward from your left hip to the doorknob. This will be A.
Measure from the doorknob to your right hip. This will be C.
C2 - A2 = B2
B = Your hip to hip measurement.

Example:
Left hip to doorknob = 10 Inches.
Doorknob to Right Hip = 24 Inches.
24*24= 576
10*10 = 100
576-100 = 476
√476 = 21.82 inches

Thanks... I'm serverly over thinking this. lol I guess that's what it will do when you build so many of these damn things lolg

Thanks guys for all the help and thoughts. I can now apply these to other parts of the body. Now if this helmet would only get done. I refuse to make another one as I'm so far along but I'm finding errors I made while fiberglass-ing that I'm having to fix (air bubbles or not pushing the fiberglass mat down on the paper)