Iron Man Sizing- Help? I beg of you?

[iOneUpMyFriends]

Hi guys, I've started an Iron Man MKIII suit, but have hit a speed bump. At this point, I've figured out HOW to scale, but in this case WHAT do I scale? I'm talking about how Iron Man's abs and chest are two different pieces.. I'm ready to do the chest, but how much of my chest do I measure? Did I explain that right? If any Iron Man vets could offer some help, it would be much appreciated!

 

[P4r4dox86]

In terms of scaling, if you take a measurement of your body that coincides with a measureable 'point to point' measure on the chest piece and then scale your piece until that 'point to point' measure is the same (or close enough) to the measurement of your body it should be scaled pretty well correctly. Ie, if you measure from armpit to armpit and it's Xcms, then scale your model until the coinciding measurement of armpit to armpit on the model is also Xcms. Once that one measurement is complete it will rescale all the rest to fit and should be fine .

Point to Point measurement is under '2D Menu' > 'Edit Model' > 'Measure from point to point'.

 

[TAZNITBR]

Point to Point measurement is under '2D Menu' > 'Edit Model' > 'Measure from point to point'.[/QUOTE]

Once you have done it, almost all the other parts of the suit have the same scale. Possibly boots, gloves and helm are different. It depends on the shape of your body, too.
Try to make a simple piece like forearm for example and test if it fits your body.
A research in this forum is very useful because many of us build this suit.
I am 1.74 cm tall and decresed 10% to fit my body.
GL!

 

[msleeper]

I highly recommend that you take the time to confirm a proper scale for every individual pep file. Some things like lower and upper arm and lower and upper leg should work okay, using the same scale from the arms for the torso or a helmet is bound to produce incorrect results. When working on my build I scrapped many different parts and wasted a bunch of foam by not taking the extra time to check my scales.

 

[P4r4dox86]

I highly recommend that you take the time to confirm a proper scale for every individual pep file. Some things like lower and upper arm and lower and upper leg should work okay, using the same scale from the arms for the torso or a helmet is bound to produce incorrect results. When working on my build I scrapped many different parts and wasted a bunch of foam by not taking the extra time to check my scales.

I would second this as a good piece of advice. Think of it in terms of the old addage "Measure twice, cut once". Better to spend the extra time scaling each part to fit you than making a whole piece only to find it's completely wrong.

 

[iOneUpMyFriends]

I suppose a better way of describing my problem would be, "Where do I stop measuring for the back/chest parts, and START measuring for the ab file?"

 

[iOneUpMyFriends]

I forgot to mention that I greatly appreciate your help so far.. It has also much cleared up any last questions I had on scaling ratios and such before I even had to ask them.

 

[msleeper]

It really varies from part to part really. The chest you can measure from one armpit to the other. Abs you can measure from the left side to the right (assuming you are more or less in proportion of the suit, if you're heavy then you'll probably need to take front to back measurements too).

 

[iOneUpMyFriends]

Derp- I more or less completely ignored you guys! Sorry about that.. I completely missed the point of what you all were trying to say.. I was trying to scale for height instead of width.. But now I see what you were trying to say. I'm a bit thick sometimes :facepalm

 

[charades]

I highly recommend that you take the time to confirm a proper scale for every individual pep file. Some things like lower and upper arm and lower and upper leg should work okay, using the same scale from the arms for the torso or a helmet is bound to produce incorrect results. When working on my build I scrapped many different parts and wasted a bunch of foam by not taking the extra time to check my scales.

^THIS. I was afraid of wasting foam, so I've been test pepping each piece in paper first, to check fit. It's a bit time consuming but you start to get the hang of it eventually and know where it doesn't have to be perfect just to check scale. I've just been scotch taping pieces together in order to have something to place on my body to see if it fits right before I cut the pieces in foam. The chest and back usually just come with half, because you simply flip your templates over and cut for the other side. Half is all you need to check scale.