Need help with Thor Pepakura file

[iankemp]

Hi all

I have just discovered the joy of pepakura files, I am wanting to do the Thor shin guards from the first film and i am having trouble resizing them so that they will fit my legs when i have made them. I want to do them out of EVA foam to that they will have a bit of flex and also last. I have made near enough of the costume without pepakura files. I found a drawing of the body part and printed it out with the help of a poster program i found out from someone who made a pattern for a costume. I currently started making one and noticed that it was a bit small. It needs to be a few inches (or centimetres) bigger. Also how do you flip it? I have got both pepakura programs.

Well anyway if you could help i would very much appreciate it.

 

[Domonator]

armorsmith.com

 

[George]

Hi Ian,
do you mean to say you have these templates to open with Pepakura Designer/Viewer,or are these custom drawn templates that need to be altered?

 

[Jmen]

Hi Ian,
do you mean to say you have these templates to open with Pepakura Designer/Viewer,or are these custom drawn templates that need to be altered?

+1
Yeah, i dont really understand, what help do you need.
P.S. Hi, George

 

[iankemp]

Hi all

I have the pepakura program installed and i can open the file up ok. I printed it off to make in foam. ( I did not change any settings or sizing) When i put it together it was a bit small when i tried it on/

What i want to do is to make it in foam so it fits me ok and not have to worry about it splitting open. Does this make it more understandable? Sorry if i wasn't clear when i started the thread as i was starting to get tired.

 

[iankemp]

I should of added that i have both programs the editing one and the viewer programs.

 

[Jmen]

First of all - you need to know, what actual size you need. Then you need to check it in your Pep Designer. There is a special tool for this on right part of window - just click right button on mouse and choose "Measure distance between two points". If it is smaller - click 2d menu - change scale (Manual, +10%, -10%). Also after this you need to check your parts on paper. some of them can be outsized of letter.
Hope it helps.

 

[George]

If we're talking about an armor part that encloses the entire shin,I'm affraid there is no way to scale it to close-fit and not having to make an opening/notch.The wrist and ankle have a bottleneck that you have to get past,and that means either make a notch that you can close again with velcro/magnets,or scale it too big so your hand/foot can get past the bottleneck.But the latter would mean you'd have to cut off a piece to match the length and this would ruin the design of your arm/leg.
Am I understanding your dilemma correctly?