duomaxwell1017
New Member
So today I finally decided to join the RPF boards. I first learned about the pepakura way of making costumes from my wife’s cousin. He was working on the Iron Man Mark VI, unfortunately he only had the right thigh and bottom part finished. He passed away on April 12th 2017 of a heart attack. He was my best friend, and he was the one that got me into Hot Toys Iron Man figures.
After his passing his wife asked if I wanted his Iron Man costume parts that he was working on. Of course I said yes, and now I feel that I should complete his work. I have downloaded the pepakura programs, and I downloaded a few files for the Mark VI, Mark VII and a few others. Now I have no idea of what I am doing, but I’m hoping to make a few new friends here so I can get help if needed.
So after checking out the boards for a little while seeing what everyone else has done. Now I see that people can actually 3d print costumes. So I checked out Amazon to see how much 3d printers are, and found out if I wanted a 3d printer that print big pieces are going to cost a good deal of money.
Does anyone have any recommendations on an efficient and cost effective 3d printer? Also what other kind of materials am I going to need? What kind of program am I going to need to use to scale the costume so it will fit me? I'm new to all of this so, I won't get all the technical terms yet.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
After his passing his wife asked if I wanted his Iron Man costume parts that he was working on. Of course I said yes, and now I feel that I should complete his work. I have downloaded the pepakura programs, and I downloaded a few files for the Mark VI, Mark VII and a few others. Now I have no idea of what I am doing, but I’m hoping to make a few new friends here so I can get help if needed.
So after checking out the boards for a little while seeing what everyone else has done. Now I see that people can actually 3d print costumes. So I checked out Amazon to see how much 3d printers are, and found out if I wanted a 3d printer that print big pieces are going to cost a good deal of money.
Does anyone have any recommendations on an efficient and cost effective 3d printer? Also what other kind of materials am I going to need? What kind of program am I going to need to use to scale the costume so it will fit me? I'm new to all of this so, I won't get all the technical terms yet.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.