Manbrolorian
New Member
Hi, RPF! My name's Jim, and I'm über excited to be here. 
As the thread title indicates, this is my first Pepakura project/non-Star Wars project. I've been building custom Mandalorian costumes out of metal and plastic for the past three years now, and I think it's definitely time for me to branch out into other genres of costuming.
I know many people start right off the bat with movie/comic accurate costumes, but I've been under the mindset of do something custom first, so you can get a feel for what you're doing. Hopefully this will help me out as I go along with future projects I have planned out.
Now, as I've said, this is my first time working with Pepakura. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing with this, but I've got a few friends here in FL that will be able to help me out. I know that I'll need a couple of downloadable programs, but I really don't know what all else I need/will need to do. :confused
The basic plan for the suit is a Mark 3 suit, with slight modifications to make it more Deadpool-y (rotary gun mounted on one of the gauntlets, big, obvious missiles mounted on the back, and a light-up/"working"* flamethrower, to name a few things). The armor itself will be fiberglassed card stock/paper.
I've tracked down the file I'm planning on using, and will hopefully be printing it off over the weekend.
The basic concept is a photoshopped image I found on the internet, and the Pep file if from a Mr. Robo3687, a resident RPF member.
http://www.therpf.com/f24/robo3687s-iron-man-pep-files-sd-war-machine-links-page-73-a-88147/
Apologies for the place-holder thread... I'm just really stupidly excited to get started on this. :cool I'll be updating the thread as I get progress.
-Jim
(* by "working", I simply meant that that there would be red and orange LED lights, hooked up to a a fog machine, ala this guy; Mandalorian Merc Jetpack Test - YouTube )
As the thread title indicates, this is my first Pepakura project/non-Star Wars project. I've been building custom Mandalorian costumes out of metal and plastic for the past three years now, and I think it's definitely time for me to branch out into other genres of costuming.
I know many people start right off the bat with movie/comic accurate costumes, but I've been under the mindset of do something custom first, so you can get a feel for what you're doing. Hopefully this will help me out as I go along with future projects I have planned out.
Now, as I've said, this is my first time working with Pepakura. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing with this, but I've got a few friends here in FL that will be able to help me out. I know that I'll need a couple of downloadable programs, but I really don't know what all else I need/will need to do. :confused
The basic plan for the suit is a Mark 3 suit, with slight modifications to make it more Deadpool-y (rotary gun mounted on one of the gauntlets, big, obvious missiles mounted on the back, and a light-up/"working"* flamethrower, to name a few things). The armor itself will be fiberglassed card stock/paper.
I've tracked down the file I'm planning on using, and will hopefully be printing it off over the weekend.
The basic concept is a photoshopped image I found on the internet, and the Pep file if from a Mr. Robo3687, a resident RPF member.
http://www.therpf.com/f24/robo3687s-iron-man-pep-files-sd-war-machine-links-page-73-a-88147/
Apologies for the place-holder thread... I'm just really stupidly excited to get started on this. :cool I'll be updating the thread as I get progress.
-Jim
(* by "working", I simply meant that that there would be red and orange LED lights, hooked up to a a fog machine, ala this guy; Mandalorian Merc Jetpack Test - YouTube )
