New Predator Pepakura Armour ready for download

[crazyk187]

Yea I have used bondo and fiberglass resin and matt on some car mods. JUst never on paper. Have never seen how the paper is going to react. I have never heard of the fiberglass tissiue.........so gonna deff look in to that i have made fiberglass speaker boxx so i am a firm beliver in fiberglass resin u do like two or three layers of matt u can damn near stand on the stuff (not recomended lol) well not till after 5 or 6 layers. Damn u been makin stuff that long that is kick ass man. Was it just for personal projects or did u make them for movies??????? I would use the resin for streangth the bondo is to get the outside smooth i see people useing toooo much bondo on this and other sites. I would be afraid of it crackin. I want to bulid the backpack next but this wil be the biggest thing i have tried with pep.........do I need card stock??? i see peoples stuff and it has like no wrinkles in the parts that r are to be just flat in other words they look perfect.



Hell yea man, its good to talk to someone with as much intrest as i have in this dorky stuff lol well thats what my girl says.

 

[papermad]

Just to let you see an example of fibrglass tissue matting and Bondo (P38) here is a picture of a Judge helmet from Judge dredd movie I did for a friend to wear this halloween.... yup made from pepakura first

Took me 3 days to make.... was a bit of a rush job but shows what can be done with the right stuff and tools.

steve

Yea I have used bondo and fiberglass resin and matt on some car mods. JUst never on paper. Have never seen how the paper is going to react. I have never heard of the fiberglass tissiue.........so gonna deff look in to that i have made fiberglass speaker boxx so i am a firm beliver in fiberglass resin u do like two or three layers of matt u can damn near stand on the stuff (not recomended lol) well not till after 5 or 6 layers. Damn u been makin stuff that long that is kick ass man. Was it just for personal projects or did u make them for movies??????? I would use the resin for streangth the bondo is to get the outside smooth i see people useing toooo much bondo on this and other sites. I would be afraid of it crackin. I want to bulid the backpack next but this wil be the biggest thing i have tried with pep.........do I need card stock??? i see peoples stuff and it has like no wrinkles in the parts that r are to be just flat in other words they look perfect.



Hell yea man, its good to talk to someone with as much intrest as i have in this dorky stuff lol well thats what my girl says.

 

[crazyk187]

So u think i will be ok to just resin the outside of that plamacaster then cut a hole and slush it around huh.........will it get real soggy when i first paint it with resin????? i mean im gona be smart about it and not go crazy but dose it hold its fourm or is it something i need be real careful about

 

[papermad]

So u think i will be ok to just resin the outside of that plamacaster then cut a hole and slush it around huh.........will it get real soggy when i first paint it with resin????? i mean im gona be smart about it and not go crazy but dose it hold its fourm or is it something i need be real careful about

Ya no problem as long as you take in to account the strenght of the card you used.... I normally use between 180 gms to 200gms card, any thicker will not go through my printer, if you are using light stuff , just brush on a light coat of resin first this will set it off then add another heavier coating to finish the job. Then you are ready for the fibreglassing stage. Fibreglass tissue is available over in here in the UK.... I get mine from Halfords car supplies, not sure about outside the UK, it must be available worldwide as it is to useful.

steve

 

[crazyk187]

Got my first coat of resin on the cannon I feel good about it. You ever have the problem with the folds not contoure the way u want i know i did the vally and mountin folds right...

 

[darkjawas]

What is the best paper to use for printing the files out?

 

[crazyk187]

What is the best paper to use for printing the files out?

thick as u can get the rate it by pounds or grams.......calll like kinkos and ask for the hevyst paper they got should be like 140gm too around 200gm

 

[sgtski]

In the US, look for card stock, I think 110lb is what i've used. Office Depot is one of many places you can find it.

 

[crazyk187]

hey movie man I am sure u told me u unfolded these........with i have no idea what that takes but can u help me with this part it has no #####'s well too attatch that big part to the main pece

 

[papermad]

hey movie man I am sure u told me u unfolded these........with i have no idea what that takes but can u help me with this part it has no #####'s well too attatch that big part to the main pece

Hi there, not been on for a while.... come down with the flu bug.... still fighting it off now... Ya the some of the Predator armour items I unfolded are not designed for the unfolding process.... and I have had to try working around them. The basic rules in pepakura are if the line on a model shows as a solid red then that part in red is not attached to test of model, hence when it is unfolded red lines do not have numbered tabs add to the part. You can either add some manually or cut out some paper tabs to glue to two parts together..... it is easy to do, as I have just built the same part myself with no problems.... just just have to know when to adapt when you meet a red line item, red lines can sometime appear in the strangest places when you unfold a model you found online.... as 3d creators can cut corners in the VR world and the item still looks ok on the screen....but in the real world rules apply.

Once the flu has gone I will be getting back to the predator stuff myself

 

[crazyk187]

Hi there, not been on for a while.... come down with the flu bug.... still fighting it off now... Ya the some of the Predator armour items I unfolded are not designed for the unfolding process.... and I have had to try working around them. The basic rules in pepakura are if the line on a model shows as a solid red then that part in red is not attached to test of model, hence when it is unfolded red lines do not have numbered tabs add to the part. You can either add some manually or cut out some paper tabs to glue to two parts together..... it is easy to do, as I have just built the same part myself with no problems.... just just have to know when to adapt when you meet a red line item, red lines can sometime appear in the strangest places when you unfold a model you found online.... as 3d creators can cut corners in the VR world and the item still looks ok on the screen....but in the real world rules apply.

Once the flu has gone I will be getting back to the predator stuff myself

Sweet thanks for the input yea I figured I was gonna wind up just winging it but i was just makin sure my computer did not **** it up LOL........well I am ready to resin it now all i need is time now

 

[scorpion]

awesome work, man!!!! i will build this on cardboard

thank for sharing!!

 

[batara]

Excellent contribution, thanks for sharing this with us,,The measurements are accurate or should we make them bigger..
Thanks again, a big hug friend

 

[papermad]

Excellent contribution, thanks for sharing this with us,,The measurements are accurate or should we make them bigger..
Thanks again, a big hug friend

Sizes are to my scale, so should fit most people, I am 6 ft tall and around 16 stone (105kilos) so I am quite large, but as will all costume items both armour and fabric base, sometimes you have to adjust to fit. And don't forget, with predator stuff you also may have a body suit to fit it over. maybe a pain in ass but I do recommend test building in normal paper first and then go to card once you are happy.... it's worth it for that perfect fit..... even I have to do it that way. my aim here is to give you all as much predator costume parts as I can find and unfold.... been ill last few weeks hence things have slowed down... but I am back and will start uploading some more goodies again

May your prey die a good death

steve

 

[crazyk187]

How is the chest armor coming. What do we have to look forward in upcoming post.

 

[papermad]

How is the chest armor coming. What do we have to look forward in upcoming post.

I am test building the chest armour at the moment, I will upload it if I am happy with it and the scale is about right to attach the backpack to it, as the backpack is a part of the chest armour, had to break it into parts for easier assembly.

I am unfolding a wolf style bio helmet at the moment, there are a number of other items to do, another version chest armour, calve armour, shoulder armour, thigh armour, the disc and spear .... I am also going to start work unfolding a 1:1 scale predalien skull, I am also building stuff for my outfit.... plus some other projects to unfold for other forums and persons.... just completed a 1:1 cyberman helmet from the new Doctor who series...... so I have plenty to do I am also working on some witchking armour and helmet from the lord of the rings.

So plenty of stuff to come predator wise, ho!!! nearly forgot... need to make a start on gaunlets for predator as well....

steve

 

[crazyk187]

I am test building the chest armour at the moment, I will upload it if I am happy with it and the scale is about right to attach the backpack to it, as the backpack is a part of the chest armour, had to break it into parts for easier assembly.

I am unfolding a wolf style bio helmet at the moment, there are a number of other items to do, another version chest armour, calve armour, shoulder armour, thigh armour, the disc and spear .... I am also going to start work unfolding a 1:1 scale predalien skull, I am also building stuff for my outfit.... plus some other projects to unfold for other forums and persons.... just completed a 1:1 cyberman helmet from the new Doctor who series...... so I have plenty to do I am also working on some witchking armour and helmet from the lord of the rings.

So plenty of stuff to come predator wise, ho!!! nearly forgot... need to make a start on gaunlets for predator as well....

steve

you dont have a sneek peak at that 1:1 scale predalien skull do ya

 

[papermad]

you dont have a sneek peak at that 1:1 scale predalien skull do ya

Ya ok... just for you.... a sneak peek at skull, just have to get time to unfold it..... it will be 1 meter long.

 

[crazyk187]

Holy cow man...thaw gona he folded by me....asap... thast crazy. Thanks for the peak.....that's gonna be hard to fold won't it ...........compaired to the backpack would u say its harder ??? Sorry writing this post on my Android at work LOL.......can't wait !!!!

 

[scorpion]

man this is incredible!!!!! you are a master!!!!! i'll be waiting

are you going to design the chest armour?'??