sockstudios
New Member
Hey guys,
I've been lurking here for a couple of weeks. I just discovered pepakura, and I'm entranced. After hitting the tutorials and checking out the Hero Tutorials I decided to dive in nose first, so I've started with the Cap Helmet from the new movie and a couple of Predator masks. I really only meant to do one, but the first one I printed I neglected to put the edge ID on, so rather than guess I decided to build two at once.
Here they all are, assembled and resined on the outside. I had some issues out the gate with the resin/hardener ratio. Kinda gummed up my cap helmet a bit. I sanded off the larger bits and im hoping the rest will come out in the wash in the bondo stage.
I just finished with the fiberglass matting and resining the inside today. Its sat all day and its still sticky though. Is that normal? Also, do you usually only put one layer inside? It still seems kinda flexible. The resin and fiberglass seem sorta solid. Just sticky.
Anyway. I didn't want to overload the post with pics, but if you guys would take a look and give me some tips and pointers on what's here so far, and where to go from here... I'm really nervous about the bondo stage. I watched a few vids but I'm not confident on the whole process. I know experience is everything, but I really wanna knock these out of the park, and I'm hoping to get the cap helmet ready for the movie opening. lol
pepakura pictures by sockstudios - Photobucket
I've been lurking here for a couple of weeks. I just discovered pepakura, and I'm entranced. After hitting the tutorials and checking out the Hero Tutorials I decided to dive in nose first, so I've started with the Cap Helmet from the new movie and a couple of Predator masks. I really only meant to do one, but the first one I printed I neglected to put the edge ID on, so rather than guess I decided to build two at once.
Here they all are, assembled and resined on the outside. I had some issues out the gate with the resin/hardener ratio. Kinda gummed up my cap helmet a bit. I sanded off the larger bits and im hoping the rest will come out in the wash in the bondo stage.
I just finished with the fiberglass matting and resining the inside today. Its sat all day and its still sticky though. Is that normal? Also, do you usually only put one layer inside? It still seems kinda flexible. The resin and fiberglass seem sorta solid. Just sticky.
Anyway. I didn't want to overload the post with pics, but if you guys would take a look and give me some tips and pointers on what's here so far, and where to go from here... I'm really nervous about the bondo stage. I watched a few vids but I'm not confident on the whole process. I know experience is everything, but I really wanna knock these out of the park, and I'm hoping to get the cap helmet ready for the movie opening. lol
pepakura pictures by sockstudios - Photobucket