LeDragon
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Long time lurker and here is what I have so far, trying to make halloween/D-Con costumes for my sons this year. I used to sew renn fest type cosplay stuff and a little latex so this should be fun. I am on a budget and under time restraints.
My 11 yr old wants to be Link from Skyward Sword. So far I only have the shield made.
My 6 yr old wants to be Ironman Mark III. I will not be trying to go all out like Indiefilmgeek did, although I loved the Ironman and Cyclops. As I said before I am on a budget. I started out using the 12 mm foam floor mats like I used on the shield and my Warmachine helmet turned out great, but the Ironman was to big for him. Luckily I read Indiefilmgeeks thread before I started over on a smaller scale and used 3mm foam from Hobby Lobby. Much better.
These pieces are done using Sharkheads pep files with JFcustoms edit and Dancinfools armor files with JFcustoms edit. Without these files and watching Stealths videos none of this would be possible. Here is what I have so far,.. not much addmitedly.
First helmet was to big, second still a little large but better with the 3mm foam.
The above pic is with 3 coats of Mod Podge and 2 coats of Epoymite 101
Then I also have the arms ready for Plasticoat
Question: I feel I am doing well so far with a few mistakes along the way, my question is,.. I am trying to scale the boots,. so far on all the piece I am able to stay at .95 overall scale, but the boots start at a solid forty and look right on the pages but when I scale them to .95 they are a pin ***** on one page. Is there a way to change that, like restart the scale at a positive one and go from there? Its not killing me and I can work with it, its just one of those little hiccups I have with Pepakura.
Also was real upset with myself for letting the guy at Home Depot talk me into Adhesive spray because he had never heard of Adhesive promoter. lesson learned.
Thanks all and I hope you like these as I go.
LeDragon
My 11 yr old wants to be Link from Skyward Sword. So far I only have the shield made.




My 6 yr old wants to be Ironman Mark III. I will not be trying to go all out like Indiefilmgeek did, although I loved the Ironman and Cyclops. As I said before I am on a budget. I started out using the 12 mm foam floor mats like I used on the shield and my Warmachine helmet turned out great, but the Ironman was to big for him. Luckily I read Indiefilmgeeks thread before I started over on a smaller scale and used 3mm foam from Hobby Lobby. Much better.
These pieces are done using Sharkheads pep files with JFcustoms edit and Dancinfools armor files with JFcustoms edit. Without these files and watching Stealths videos none of this would be possible. Here is what I have so far,.. not much addmitedly.

First helmet was to big, second still a little large but better with the 3mm foam.

The above pic is with 3 coats of Mod Podge and 2 coats of Epoymite 101
Then I also have the arms ready for Plasticoat


Question: I feel I am doing well so far with a few mistakes along the way, my question is,.. I am trying to scale the boots,. so far on all the piece I am able to stay at .95 overall scale, but the boots start at a solid forty and look right on the pages but when I scale them to .95 they are a pin ***** on one page. Is there a way to change that, like restart the scale at a positive one and go from there? Its not killing me and I can work with it, its just one of those little hiccups I have with Pepakura.
Also was real upset with myself for letting the guy at Home Depot talk me into Adhesive spray because he had never heard of Adhesive promoter. lesson learned.
Thanks all and I hope you like these as I go.
LeDragon
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