JFcustom's FOAM files
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Just to chime in on the printing over multiple sheets, your printer settings can affect your ability to align the pieces across sheets (even with orientation marks). My old printer had absolutely no problems making clean breaks that could be taped together perfectly later, but then I got the new printer and everything went goofy. the printed pages appeared fine, but a small section would end up missing (sounds like what was happening above) on the pieces that carried over to another page. Pepakura also started asking me before printing if I wanted to adjust scale to fit before printing, which it never did before (I would always say no for obvious reasons).
Anyways, I never fixed the problem, my templates are always set up to fit on individual pages so it wasn't needed. I personally think the problem was the margin settings of the printer not being the same as the margin settings in Pepakura, so the difference was confusing the software. That might be a fix.
I also got the foam samples from the company Durkness mentioned a few posts back- the stuff looks pretty great. It's got light striation lines on the surface of the foam, but they are so shallow that I think sealant would fill them in. The foam is also smooth on both sides, and feels a little more durable than the Best Step mats. I'll seal a sample piece later today and post some pics up. :thumbsup
Anyways, I never fixed the problem, my templates are always set up to fit on individual pages so it wasn't needed. I personally think the problem was the margin settings of the printer not being the same as the margin settings in Pepakura, so the difference was confusing the software. That might be a fix.
I also got the foam samples from the company Durkness mentioned a few posts back- the stuff looks pretty great. It's got light striation lines on the surface of the foam, but they are so shallow that I think sealant would fill them in. The foam is also smooth on both sides, and feels a little more durable than the Best Step mats. I'll seal a sample piece later today and post some pics up. :thumbsup
charlie88
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I resolved the problem lol i was placing the parts upsidedown since am not used to making armor with one piece parts. Just glueing part by part. Thanks for the help though both of you. Well i didnt finished it because i didnt want to bother since the dome is funny looking and the mohawk will not look good, the helmet is a complete mess but it will look good on my desk lol. I didnt even bother scaling it either so its tremendously huge. But failing at this helmet made me understand a hole lot on how you guys pull this off. I guess ill have to try again then lol.
Durkness
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Sweet!!!!
Durkness
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Well.... here's a Space Marine that was built from the cross-linked polyethylene and sealed with Plasti-Dip..... http://www.therpf.com/f24/sylgians-40k-space-marine-completed-179602/index2.html#post2828516
iOneUpMyFriends
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Hey guys, this might be a dumb question, but I'm trying to build the Pepper Potts armor for my girlfriend, but I've already hit a roadblock right after downloading the file... How the heck do I go about opening it?? I realize this is a derp on my part
Hit me up on PM... I've built the suit twice now.
FYI, make sure you can open it first though
ep82
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Has anyone made the guyver helmet yet? If so then can you tell me what size to print it out?
On default, the helmet is quite small. if I line the eyes up. the bottom of the helmet only goes down to my bottom lip. I tried scaling the difference between the eye to chin but that makes everything else over the top big.
On default, the helmet is quite small. if I line the eyes up. the bottom of the helmet only goes down to my bottom lip. I tried scaling the difference between the eye to chin but that makes everything else over the top big.
Durkness
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If you are talking about the Guvyer 3 - I used 477 for the height and it fits like a glove.... literally... not a lot of room to breathe if you are claustrophobic. I was surprised with the width but when you throw it on it's a very snug fit front to back and I have a small/medium head.
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ep82
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Sorry, I was asking about guyver 1 helmet. I want to try and make that one first. If it turns out great then I will make guyver 3
Paintstar
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ok, after a couple bicep failure on my mark VII, I put him aside and started JF's mark IV foam unfold using cardboard.
Much easier to work with, needs some layers to make the exact gaps but its sweet !
Back done:
So now let me ask you something.
The scale of the back is 25.400371.
Which parts do i have to use the same scale ?
I guess that would be the chest so it fits perfectly, and what else ?
Note that im going to use all JF's files, avoiding make a hybrid
Much easier to work with, needs some layers to make the exact gaps but its sweet !
Back done:
So now let me ask you something.
The scale of the back is 25.400371.
Which parts do i have to use the same scale ?
I guess that would be the chest so it fits perfectly, and what else ?
Note that im going to use all JF's files, avoiding make a hybrid
You would scale the chest the same so it matches up for fit. In a perfect world you would also scale the abs and cod the same, they have some sections that are supposed to line up with the the chest and spine, but you can also modify those pieces a little to make up for a scale change. The neck file can just be scaled to fit your neck, since the chest brace will fill in the open gaps that a larger scale chest could cause. The shoulder bells also should be at least the chest/back scale to fit properly; some people make them a little larger to increase range of motion. Good luck with it!
Paintstar
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Durkness
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Silver orbs were painted clear orbs from Hobby Lobby. The eyes were from a sheet of a light fixture cover from Home Depot.
I didn't do any fleshy parts so I can't help you with that. My build thread for the suit is right here: http://www.therpf.com/f24/guyver-completed-169552/
I didn't do any fleshy parts so I can't help you with that. My build thread for the suit is right here: http://www.therpf.com/f24/guyver-completed-169552/
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