Thanks for that. I just turned it on and didn't see any marked difference then when I scroll along the 2D pages I saw the red pieces and realised they were overlapping. A useful hint for sure.
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Thanks for that. I just turned it on and didn't see any marked difference then when I scroll along the 2D pages I saw the red pieces and realised they were overlapping. A useful hint for sure.
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Alfonso Reyes
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Hello how are you? I'm a little new with this whole replicas of weapons / accessories for cosplays, but I would like to help me with something. I work with Foami (Goma eva) all replicas I do, but I wonder: what materials you add to the piece so the blade is rigid and is completely smooth?. I once talked a liquid polyurethane.
Might want to look at what xrobots does:
XRobots.co.uk - Plastic coating your Plastazote / EVA / Polystyrene foam / cardboard props and costumes
ScooterMcK
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A very nice try, but that file looks to be the helmet from the comics. Thank you for trying anyway.
This one.
I've noticed a number of PDOs originating from the collection of Dung0beetle who I believe, correct me if I am wrong, had a site called the Printable Armory? I used the URL I had for that place but notice it is no longer in use. Would anyone know if this was just closed or moved to greener pastures?
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He's still around, but to my knowledge the printable armory is gone. He's still a member here, you can PM him.
Shaunbrook7104
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Hey guys not really a noob as such I've done a few peps to accustom myself to the ideas of building helmets and armor. I'm working on a really HD Iron man file and am struggling to do the really small groves on the helmet and chest for that matter!!! The glue gun in the pic is what I'm using but am kinda struggling to achieve a neat look all round really and getting a bit frustrated haha!
Any help would be awesome guys cheers =]
Shaun
You're going to find yourself trying to pep things thin and difficult. Don't hold your breath, you'll do fine
Thanks for that. I think it is more of case of browsing what he has created over time. Thanks again.
Shaunbrook7104
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Its just down to sheers patience then I assume and not the glue gun haha! They say a bad craftsman always blames his tools haha
I've been looking for such a rather precise glue gun. The one I have I feel is a generic hobby brand so would you be able to drop the name of that one.
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Shaunbrook7104
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Yea sure its a Bosch PKP 18E. I paid £20 for it at Homebase in the UK. I had a general hobby one to and it wasn't that good really.
Billy Hunter
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Hey guys im new to making pepakura files and i cant find a certain file that i wanted to cosplay as at Armageddon expo and since you guys no alot i thought you could help me the armor that Im hoping to make is from Fallout NV (new vegas) its in the DLC called lonesome road this armor is called the elite riot gear or just plain riot gear if you cant find (or make) the elite riot gear .pdo file (which hopefully you can) any way i will attach a file that is just a basic over view of the Elite riot gear Thx for helping 
Had a look at some retailers online that sell that particular model down under and dang if it isn't up around AU$50. Might do some more shopping around as that was just a prelim search. Thanks for getting back to me.
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Blackwood
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Chaotic Descent
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Does anyone use plastic sheets for papercraft? I contacted the makers of Pepakura to see about a feature of displaying the angles of edges so that you could cut the edges at the angle for projects using thicker plastics. I saw a video on youtube where someone was making a gem, but it was their first time and they messed it up pretty badly. I thought more precision would help solve that problem, but do prop makers really bother with that amount of detail?
Anyway, does anyone think this would be a useful feature? I suggested he display the angles on both halves of the divided edges, because I figured people would be breaking up ALL the edges of the model on projects where you're actually precision cutting the angles of edges. Also to have the number divided in 2, because you're probably cutting both sides by half. I should suggest that he match the angles relative to whatever most hardware measures at. Do they start at 0 degrees for a cut that's 90 degrees perpendicular, or is it actually 90? It's funny because Pepakura shows that angle as 180. Well, divided by two, that's 90. but then it always goes down, and differentiates by valley fold or mountain fold. which is all relative.
I don't know where to post this. (searching for things like acrylic and plastic give me unrelated search results. maybe styrene? but what if people aren't calling it styrene?) I'm new to papercraft and don't have much experience, so this was all theoretical for me.
For myself, I was thinking of a 6 foot tall hammer with a crystal head on it (a big one, like a foot long and half a foot thick), which would be necessary to do in clear or translucent plastic. I don't know how thick to make it though. or how to texture it. whatever.
Anyway, does anyone think this would be a useful feature? I suggested he display the angles on both halves of the divided edges, because I figured people would be breaking up ALL the edges of the model on projects where you're actually precision cutting the angles of edges. Also to have the number divided in 2, because you're probably cutting both sides by half. I should suggest that he match the angles relative to whatever most hardware measures at. Do they start at 0 degrees for a cut that's 90 degrees perpendicular, or is it actually 90? It's funny because Pepakura shows that angle as 180. Well, divided by two, that's 90. but then it always goes down, and differentiates by valley fold or mountain fold. which is all relative.
I don't know where to post this. (searching for things like acrylic and plastic give me unrelated search results. maybe styrene? but what if people aren't calling it styrene?) I'm new to papercraft and don't have much experience, so this was all theoretical for me.
For myself, I was thinking of a 6 foot tall hammer with a crystal head on it (a big one, like a foot long and half a foot thick), which would be necessary to do in clear or translucent plastic. I don't know how thick to make it though. or how to texture it. whatever.
I looked into this a while ago too for foam building. My solution was to export the .obj into Blender opened next to the Pepakura part. Blender has a feature that will measure the angles between two selected faces; I write down the angles then on my pep templates. It's a bit of extra legwork, but it gets you your precise angles. I do split my angles between the two sides to reduce the individual angles. You could use acrylic, then you'll need to cut all your miters and avoid chipping the material. That's a big project I think.
