halrhyrr
Active Member
It's finished! Here's a pic of the finished build, there are more here
So this is going to be my first RPF post, first build log, and first costume all in one. At the time of writing I am up to Rondo with my armor but I finally got some spare time so I will be trying to catch this log up to where I am now. I am going to busy with both this project and schoolwork however, so bear with me if updates are slow (and the photos are terrible, my phone camera is terrible. Will get some nice photos of the completed thing though). I'm aiming to finish this by the 29th of September for Oz Comic Con in Sydney.
Onto the build!
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So after making a few other pep helmets I decided I wanted to make a full costume. ZombieGrimm on Deviantart has great files of almost every armor set + weapon in Skyrim. The first thing I made was the helmet. This ended up being too small and I eventually made another one, so I will just use those photos instead. For all my pep I used 210gm paper, I just bought a big ream from Officeworks. For glue I used an acetone based glue. It dries quickly, doesn't stick fingers, and makes a nice strong bond that doesn't come apart after applying resin.
First helmet vs second helmet
The second one fits way better, as well as the pep being neater. I'm also wearing one of the resined+primed gloves in the photo, but it's not super visible.
Overall the pepakura parts took me about 3 months, however I could only really work on it in small 1-2 hour bursts every few days. Progress has gotten way faster though.
I apologize if the text is all over the place, I keep going back and adding little tidbits. At the very end I'll probably post all the supplies + a budget list. It's difficult to get some things in Aus so hopefully it'll help someone.
So this is going to be my first RPF post, first build log, and first costume all in one. At the time of writing I am up to Rondo with my armor but I finally got some spare time so I will be trying to catch this log up to where I am now. I am going to busy with both this project and schoolwork however, so bear with me if updates are slow (and the photos are terrible, my phone camera is terrible. Will get some nice photos of the completed thing though). I'm aiming to finish this by the 29th of September for Oz Comic Con in Sydney.
Onto the build!
---==---
So after making a few other pep helmets I decided I wanted to make a full costume. ZombieGrimm on Deviantart has great files of almost every armor set + weapon in Skyrim. The first thing I made was the helmet. This ended up being too small and I eventually made another one, so I will just use those photos instead. For all my pep I used 210gm paper, I just bought a big ream from Officeworks. For glue I used an acetone based glue. It dries quickly, doesn't stick fingers, and makes a nice strong bond that doesn't come apart after applying resin.
First helmet vs second helmet
The second one fits way better, as well as the pep being neater. I'm also wearing one of the resined+primed gloves in the photo, but it's not super visible.
Overall the pepakura parts took me about 3 months, however I could only really work on it in small 1-2 hour bursts every few days. Progress has gotten way faster though.
I apologize if the text is all over the place, I keep going back and adding little tidbits. At the very end I'll probably post all the supplies + a budget list. It's difficult to get some things in Aus so hopefully it'll help someone.
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