DallasEve
New Member
Hello there! ;P
I always wanted to make full Iron Man suit, and, finally, I started it. I've just "done" my first helmet (without painting), and it's from PE 8mm foam:
But there is still a lot of questions I wanna ask:
-The point is, that I can buy only 6mm EVA foam or 8mm PE foam, and I am not sure, which one would be better, if I want make whole suit from one thickness of foam? Wouldn't be 6mm EVA foam too thin?
-Scale. My helmet is too big, it suits my dad, but not me xD I don't want to make other parts too big like helmet is. If I'm using papekura files created by Robo3687 (and edited by STEALTH). The point is, if that was made to 72 inches guy why there is 3 different scales for other elements? I'm wondering, if I can simply do something like that: 68*25.411754 = x (my height in inches * scale which is used in files = x) and then x / 72 = scale I should use (because, as far as I know, robo2687's files were made for 72 inches guy). And I have to simply do this with all parts, part after part. Am I correct or I have to do the math in different way?
-My helmet's files are made by SHARKMAN. Do they can be easy adapted to helmet with electronic? I want the eyes lightening and opened helmet and I am not sure If i can just work with those files and make helmet (and add and cut off everything after it) or should I find different ones to make the adapting easier. Any tips?
In the end, I just wanna say, that I am a total newbie in doing anything of foam. It's my first papekura project and there is much more problems that I've thought (for example, I've just realised, that I have to make some changes cause of my gender, and that the scales are different, and... yeah, and so on and so forth). But I'm stil really enjoy making mistakes, but I have na materials to make scale in trial and error method. So I'll be grateful for all of tips and answers to my questions.
Take care!
I always wanted to make full Iron Man suit, and, finally, I started it. I've just "done" my first helmet (without painting), and it's from PE 8mm foam:
But there is still a lot of questions I wanna ask:
-The point is, that I can buy only 6mm EVA foam or 8mm PE foam, and I am not sure, which one would be better, if I want make whole suit from one thickness of foam? Wouldn't be 6mm EVA foam too thin?
-Scale. My helmet is too big, it suits my dad, but not me xD I don't want to make other parts too big like helmet is. If I'm using papekura files created by Robo3687 (and edited by STEALTH). The point is, if that was made to 72 inches guy why there is 3 different scales for other elements? I'm wondering, if I can simply do something like that: 68*25.411754 = x (my height in inches * scale which is used in files = x) and then x / 72 = scale I should use (because, as far as I know, robo2687's files were made for 72 inches guy). And I have to simply do this with all parts, part after part. Am I correct or I have to do the math in different way?
-My helmet's files are made by SHARKMAN. Do they can be easy adapted to helmet with electronic? I want the eyes lightening and opened helmet and I am not sure If i can just work with those files and make helmet (and add and cut off everything after it) or should I find different ones to make the adapting easier. Any tips?
In the end, I just wanna say, that I am a total newbie in doing anything of foam. It's my first papekura project and there is much more problems that I've thought (for example, I've just realised, that I have to make some changes cause of my gender, and that the scales are different, and... yeah, and so on and so forth). But I'm stil really enjoy making mistakes, but I have na materials to make scale in trial and error method. So I'll be grateful for all of tips and answers to my questions.
Take care!