Nperez1986
New Member
Hello Everyone,
I'm new here. I wanted to introduce my MS-06 "R" Wolf Zaku build...I'll mention why it has a "R" later on
So last year for the San Antonio Alamo City Comic Con (2016) I built a white Proto Boba Fett in 3 weeks....SINCE I wanted to build a Zaku or Gouf and knew I didn't have the time to do that...so I started with about 2 months to finish this build for this past weekend (OCT Alamo City Comic Con Halloween Edition 2017)
So just as I stumbled on the internet discovering the "Prototype" Boba Fett...I found the white Wolf Zaku and loved it . I've seen people do Char, etc...but none yet of the Wolf Zaku,,,so I figured "why not!"
After scouring the internet for ANY Zaku Pepakura files, I found them to be inadequate with my project, so I purchased a 3d model online of a Zaku IIF, and ued it in Pepakura with a scale of 3.18 (I have the exact scale at my office), to be able to fit my head in adequately...BUT this required something different.
Not wanting to have a "big head" zaku as pretty much every other Zaku I've ever seen in Cosplay, I wanted a true scaled one...so according to my 3d model, I would be at about 8 feet tall...then I was like "so be it". I make a lot of models and I'm used to seeing "proper" scaling...and am plain one of those that just wants to do the best job I can on a project never done before
The 1st pepakura file I had for the helmet....just didn't work, so I made a custom head template and built it from there, using the Sintra foam board to the grill and the command fin
For the side pipes I made a separate foam roll from 1/4", and cut each piece individually, gluing it together in the shape I wanted....I was not able to afford this sort of time when it came to the latter legs and torso portion, so I was forced to go with pipe insulation for the "inner" portion
Well, if I was going to build the helmet I guessed...I need to make the eye somehow. I stumbled across Adafruit which I essentially used for most of the electronics.
I used a Adafruit ProTrinket 5V/16Mhz and aa 12 bit RGB LED ring, and programmed the board to make the red I wanted (I kept testing later on)...in the end I add a 7 bit ring to the inside to make the whole light "whole" rather than just a "ring" . Links to rings and board below:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q9R8QUO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KAE3R1U/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0131VM9I0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
in the end for the visor I used this tinted plastic...work VERY well
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VECKRO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I'm new here. I wanted to introduce my MS-06 "R" Wolf Zaku build...I'll mention why it has a "R" later on
So last year for the San Antonio Alamo City Comic Con (2016) I built a white Proto Boba Fett in 3 weeks....SINCE I wanted to build a Zaku or Gouf and knew I didn't have the time to do that...so I started with about 2 months to finish this build for this past weekend (OCT Alamo City Comic Con Halloween Edition 2017)
So just as I stumbled on the internet discovering the "Prototype" Boba Fett...I found the white Wolf Zaku and loved it . I've seen people do Char, etc...but none yet of the Wolf Zaku,,,so I figured "why not!"
After scouring the internet for ANY Zaku Pepakura files, I found them to be inadequate with my project, so I purchased a 3d model online of a Zaku IIF, and ued it in Pepakura with a scale of 3.18 (I have the exact scale at my office), to be able to fit my head in adequately...BUT this required something different.
Not wanting to have a "big head" zaku as pretty much every other Zaku I've ever seen in Cosplay, I wanted a true scaled one...so according to my 3d model, I would be at about 8 feet tall...then I was like "so be it". I make a lot of models and I'm used to seeing "proper" scaling...and am plain one of those that just wants to do the best job I can on a project never done before
The 1st pepakura file I had for the helmet....just didn't work, so I made a custom head template and built it from there, using the Sintra foam board to the grill and the command fin
For the side pipes I made a separate foam roll from 1/4", and cut each piece individually, gluing it together in the shape I wanted....I was not able to afford this sort of time when it came to the latter legs and torso portion, so I was forced to go with pipe insulation for the "inner" portion
Well, if I was going to build the helmet I guessed...I need to make the eye somehow. I stumbled across Adafruit which I essentially used for most of the electronics.
I used a Adafruit ProTrinket 5V/16Mhz and aa 12 bit RGB LED ring, and programmed the board to make the red I wanted (I kept testing later on)...in the end I add a 7 bit ring to the inside to make the whole light "whole" rather than just a "ring" . Links to rings and board below:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q9R8QUO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KAE3R1U/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0131VM9I0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
in the end for the visor I used this tinted plastic...work VERY well
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VECKRO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1