It's about time some one did this and in my opinion it had to be you. I have a good grasp of scaling and have/am helping many in this but now I don't have to try to explain in tells because I have a great video reference to link now. Thank you Dave for not only the useful link but also returning to us after such a long time.
I did a iron man costume for me and a war machine for my son out of card board and some velcro dots. But I used your videos to help. It's amazing mate, cheers!
I just want to say that you are an amazing person. I have watched multiple videos from you now and you make everything SO easy to understand! I have been trying to figure out Pepakura for a long time and I just kept assuming I was too dumb to understand any of it, but you have shown me that it's really simple once you have all of the information. I wish I could meet you in person so I could just give you a big hug. XD
The guys on the 405th forum are reliable, they have good clean files on there. I have never had a problem in the years I've been getting files from there. Good luck.
Thanks for this one Dave. I'm new to Pepakura and would have made some of these rookie mistakes so you have just saved me a lot of time :-) I look forward to the rest of your Halo build.
Of course it will! Just remember to take your time, make it match. People tend to rush through and neglect the importance of the pepping stage. After all... what you pep out will be the shape and look of the final piece. If there are any mistakes or irregularities that you can see prior to hardening, this is the time to take care if it! As it is 10x harder to deal with once it's a solid. Dave/Cereal.
Dave, thanks for another great video. A few comments. You stated to use the "longest measurement of the piece." In the case of the gauntlets its the width because the model has two gauntlets side by side. Thus, the height of the model is the dimension you're looking for. Since they're pretty close I'd say you got lucky in having your gauntlet fit. (Try pepping using height.)
That is a great tip, thank you! I honestly have never before, used the "measure two points function" in pep designer and applied a real measure to it. I will most certainly be trying this out :)
Also, use the "measure two points" feature in Pepakura Designer. The gauntlets have two length rulers for just this purpose. Measure from your wrist to the inside of your forearm where the joint is. Convert to mm. Then use the measurement feature in Pepakura Designer to measure the length of the smaller (inside) ruler. Adjust the model scale until that measurement equals the measurement you took on your body. That's a guaranteed fit.
I had to sand open the hole until it'd fit. Wearing gloves helps space that out. I had also used an under suit to bulk up the upper body. Which means that proportionally my hand would be smaller in comparison to arm thickness. As for the shins, when you do them, see if you can slide your foot in with the shin backwards and then rotate it around to the correct side. Just trying to give you another option maybe.
Do people like me usually have to adhere the pieces to the underarmour in some way? to prevent slipping and rotating. The forearm for instance, How do you keep it from sliding down or turning around when you don't have enough meat underneath it to fill it out? In other words, would padding it suffice or would it require some sort of Velcro under every piece to keep it from moving.
I watched your tutorial I understand getting the length and width from the longest and broadest points. My question is on depth, I'm starting on the gloves for my Iron Man Mark VI suit, my question is as for depth do I measure at the deepest point and use that as an input? That point being my lower palm/top front part of my wrist? Let me know when you can, I'm hoping to start this project this weekend, and from what I can tell it is going to be insane alot of parts Thanks and best regards,
That would depend on the piece in question. What model are you pepping? Which component specifically? What is you're scale (in mm)? If it is a larger piece (piece of a torso or thigh) they can get quite large. I'd need more info.
Wow, this really helped me out so much! I have a hard time visualizing things like this, so all of your videos have helped me understand how to actually make things work, thank you!
Hi what should I do for measuring helmets, coz my head is bit smaller than other adults, im 1.57 centimeters of hight yeah pretty small for my age and i don't think i get any taller is on my genes. Thank you
Great job man, been following your videos for a while, just gotta say miss watching them.. when you gonna finish your armor tutorial? I wanna see how you finish up, cheers
There is a utility in Pep designer called - Measure Two Points - This will allow you to choose 2 arbitrary points on a pep file and measure the span between them. (Say, the inside top of the helmet to the lowest point.) What you would do is measure the top of your head to the lowest point where the helmet would fit, convert to -mm- and then scale the piece until that measure is equal to the one you took from your body. (remember to compensate for padding/thickness!)
First off, I just want to say thank you for taking the time to make a tutorial like this, it's helped me understand a lot as well as others I'm sure. I think I only have one question. I'm working on a Mark IV Ironman build, and it's been pretty frustrating so far. Anyways, should I be adding an inch and a half to two inches to everything I measure on myself?
I really like your video and it is very informative. Quick question, if I am making something out of foam, is there a setting I can use. I know that almost everything is made for paper and for fiber builds.
Dude I'm so glad I stumbled among your channel, specially this video since I will be making a Ironman Mark VII suit and had lots of questions about scaling and sizing. Thanks a lot for the tips man! One question though do you know if a regular laser printer and the silhouette Cameo would take 120 lb paper stock?
i need help, ive desined a chest piece in BLENDER , set the scal to millimetres then scaled the part to the correct size for my body, i export to pepakura and the size is wildly smaller... any help for me here ? how to i set the scale correctly as my "depth" section seems to actul be the width (from shoulder to shoulder
Ok so question, got the main part of the hands palms and knuckles printed they look great, I'm onto the fingers now... as for length do i measure from the tip of a finger just below my main hand knuckle? Or am I supposed to just measure tip to first knuckle joint as the Iron Man gloves are separated into 3 separate knuckle parts? I'm working on the Zabana gloves modified by darskside501st on therpf
The question you're asking is kind of a catch 22. Iron man (I will be doing a build soon!) is tricky, as with the actual costume (used in movie) the helmet is actually a 3 piece setup, allowing it to fit the head symmetrically and scale well. Unless you're ready to go the extra mile and cut the piece up, it will always have to be somewhat over-sized. As far as scaling goes, the above ^ video covers everything you need to know. The piece you are scaling doesn't matter it all crosses over!
Thank you for this video. I understand more about pepakura. This is my first time attempting anything like this. I have downloaded to pepkura designer 3, and I have a Pdo file for an ebony skyrim helmet. What measurements do I need to take for a helmet? What is considered the length, width and depth. Still a little confused about this. If you have any suggestions please help!
Good video - really like the picture-in-picture effect, but doesn't work so well when you're pointing and referring to items on the monitor but is covered up by the inset.
Hey Abulia, You are absolutely correct!!! What I did when I pepped out my forearms is I separated the left and right pieces into individual files as I had some plans to modify one of the forearms in a specific way. I didn't dawn on me in the video until you brought it up about the two pieces being viewed as a whole,,, My mistake, I apologize!
Just so you know, you're my inspiration for making my costumes, although my work isn't a great standard and I take an extremely long time I always think about what you would say and how you would get round a problem. Stops me from giving up! From me a big thank you!!
love your work, when you said measure from shoulder to shoulder, in pepakura do you just put that measurement for width then the rest will fill in? ive got the itch for pep. thank you sir.
I appreciate the depth and detail. I seem to be having an unusual situation. Regardless what i have tried I simply don't have nor can i find a way to add PDF to the drop print menu. I have my personal printers showing with no problems.. It seems to allow saving as most anything and everything else associated as a valid file format. I actually updated my PDF today for that matter that issues did nothing to change my print functions in my licensed version of Pepakura 3. I have even looked at the free viewer and the High Definition ver. none of the 3 versions of Pepakura have any option i can find to allow PDF printing.. Quite puzzled any ideas as to where my issue is. I'm Using Windows 7 if that helps. Thank you.
Thanks alot for the 'Card Stock' Tip. I was wondering what sort of paper to use and thats a grand answer. I'm now planning to use super glue as the thing to hold the card stock together, I've seen these: Water Clear Casting Resin - 500g with Catalyst 5kg Low Cost General Purpose Resin and Catalyst But im unsure of what a good resin would be ...could you recommend any good resin? Thanks again very informative video.
Hi dghezzo! Just pepped out my first armor piece....it's a female cog soldier from Gears of War. Problem is: looks great, but it's too small around the waist. Can I use the same techniques you describe here to widen the waist? I'd like to insert an extender piece on both sides. Will it work since I need to make a significant gap?
When you scale pep for foam, remember the thickness of the foam plays a big factor in the piece. When pepping with paper that is 1/8 of a mm thick it goes unnoticed. But when using foam that is anywhere from 1/8" ~ 3/8" thick, you have to make sure that you will have enough room inside the piece once it's done. Measure the thickness of your foam, then double it! (eg. 1/4" foam doubled is 1/2") You have to add that extra 1/2 inch as well as your 1" to 1-1/2" breathing room.
Hey i have a question, when i go to print preview, it asks me if i wanna rescale and I say Yes, which is fine, but the Numbers for the Tabs are not there, How can i get the numbers to show up on the tabs?
Do you have to have a specific kind of printer to be able to print on A3 paper? Why i ask is because I am working-or at least trying to-work on daedric armor but some of the pieces are to big for the standard A4 paper. And yes i have scaled it to my size
you need an A3 printer, if you have an A4 printer then you cant print on A3, if you live in the uk staples do a relitively cheap A3 printer for £99, its make is brother, cant remember the model number, but i bought one and some XL cartridges and worked out that it costs me 5p a sheet, and they was charging 50p for black and white A3 at my uni
Cereal Kill3r Studios Well i fount out what was wrong, I need to hand feed it through. However i have ran into another problem. I can no longer enter measurements, I can only scale it up or down by 10% which makes it too big or too small.
Great video overall. The only thing I would say is the question about "Can I use regular printer paper?" I realize you work with resined paper and for that you can't, however if you are working with foam, then regular printer paper will work just fine. In that case you are strictly using the paper as a template for the foam, so it really doesn't need any structural strength. Otherwise, nothing to add. Thanks for taking the time to make your videos!
yes you can use regular paper for templates as long as it only for the templates. cardstock is more sturdy for templates, but if you are not wanting to pay for cardstock paper then regular printer paper can work as well. ONLY FOR FOAM!
My issue with sizing is actually going to be the exact opposite. I have very, well lets just say, scrawny limbs so I forsee pepping these pieces out and having no trouble sliding my arms and legs through but having a lot of empty space in the pieces afterwards, creating a lot of wiggling and sliding. Any suggestions as to how to combat this? Maybe foam inserts along the interior or something?
Is this what you do for work? If you do I can see why, you're attention to detail an descriptions are great. You're videos are always great and informative. You have a website yet?
Hi I'v been working on pepakura for the past 5 days and I already did a helmet to big and one too short I don't mind makign a 3rd but what I'm worried is that I finished my chest today and is too big. I need help with my chest I want it to be just right this next time I do it.I heard u mentioned you measured from shoulder tip to shoulder tip. But after that what do i do ? cause i did that converted it to mm but got a number bigger than default.
Hey! i have done that, but it seems like my pieces are super tiny... it doesnt seem right. my height is at 309mm, width 300mm, and depth is 290mm. scale 52.54.
Hey Cereal. Great video! Quick question. What do you do about the excess residue of glue on your pep once you stick it? Or am I just using to much glue :/?
So, I'm planning on making this out of eva foam instead of pepakura because it seems easier. So for scaling, does the same rules apply here as they do when scaling for foam? I'm kinda confused. I really wanna do this but i'm just so lost. Never done anything like this before
DuhChosen0ne well, with eva foam it is a little bit harder because when you fold it gets back to the usual shape, it doesn't "keep the fold" like paper. What you could do, is print it on paper, cut it out, cut the same things on the eva using the pepakura paper as a mold. Then, you fold the pepakura paper onto the shape you desire, wether is a helm, bracer, whatever.. now, on the top of this, you glue the eva peaces. Kamui cosplay does something like that on the frostmourne video, but the does that with acrylic instead of eva.
So what about foam? I make foam pep iron man armor and it took so long to make the helmet because I had to make it so many times. How much extra would you recommend I add so that the parts fit the first time?
Do you have to have the 3D program installed along the side with Pepakura in order for the 3D files to open in Pepakura or can I open the 3d files alone with just Pep? I have a MAC and Pepakura only works on Windows, but I was thinking of transferring and importing my C4D files from my MAC over to my PC with Pep installed on it. Not sure if this is doable or not...
Yeah, resins are one of those very foggy and grey areas, you can pay anywhere from $65 ~ $120 per gallon depending on brand/quality. For the application we're using the resins for (costume & props), it doesn't really matter. If you were building a car body or a boat hull.... that's a different story. You can use any brand you wish, the only choice you need to make is weather the resin type will be polyester or epoxy.
It has been a while. Very nice video editing and awesome tutorial. Do you have any experience with Foam armors. I've never done one, but I assume it's roughly the same thing.
The measurement that I would begin with would be the longest. (top of the head, and down to the lowest part of the helmet) to that measurement I would add an 1-1/4", No more. This extra is only to compensate for the thickness of the piece as well as any padding you put on the inside. As far as re-attaching the 3 pieces together, being that the jaw piece is relatively light and small, I would use Velcro strips. Same deal for the face plate as I am assuming you would like it to be removable.
First off I'd like to say that your videos are truly the best. I began watching one and ended up watching them all. Now I'm hyped up and ready to go. I have tried making my own Pep helmet but the sizing was WAY off. You may have already answered this and I am sorry if you have but what is the best way to scale the helmet? I just don't want to Print, cut, and glue all just to discover that my helmet is too big or small. Thanks and please keep the videos coming!
Correct! However, for reference I have never had a feed issue with 110 lb paper in any printer, there should be no issues with that. Unless you are using a laser printer that is > 8 years old.
For either piece, you want to use the measurement which has the greatest span. Head = Bottom of chin to top of head (then add 1.5 inches for padding and grace room) Chest = Lowest rib (side) to top of shoulder (add same 1.5 inches) :)
I think that the mesuring of pepakura files are still realy confusing for chest and helmets .. Would be great to do a new tutorial about scaling and also show us how you do it ! And also would it be possible to show is what you do when a pieces is to big for one sheet? Thank you
I desperatly need help with the chest piece. Im 5'2'' weigh 104 pounds very thinand im having trouble scaling the torso!! PM me if you can and keep up the amazing work!
It's about time some one did this and in my opinion it had to be you. I have a good grasp of scaling and have/am helping many in this but now I don't have to try to explain in tells because I have a great video reference to link now. Thank you Dave for not only the useful link but also returning to us after such a long time.
If you have questions definitely come back to Dave's videos, they are very informative and helpful.
I did a iron man costume for me and a war machine for my son out of card board and some velcro dots. But I used your videos to help. It's amazing mate, cheers!
I just want to say that you are an amazing person. I have watched multiple videos from you now and you make everything SO easy to understand! I have been trying to figure out Pepakura for a long time and I just kept assuming I was too dumb to understand any of it, but you have shown me that it's really simple once you have all of the information. I wish I could meet you in person so I could just give you a big hug. XD
Your reaction to the part not fitting is devastating! Bravo. Great tutorials though. There's so much to learn from them
Thanks Dave. You've encouraged me to give it another go with the Pep scaling. Got frustrated and gave up.
The guys on the 405th forum are reliable, they have good clean files on there. I have never had a problem in the years I've been getting files from there. Good luck.
thank you a billion times. i finally found someone that knows how to explain thank you man. also your videos are amazing.
This video was quite helpful. I appreciate you taking time to make these videos.
I am going to attempt a female COG soldier from Gears of War. Your advice will definitely help; thank you for making this video.
Hay thanks a lot for taking the time to help me out. All of your videos have been very helpful to me. I appreciate the help!
Thanks for all this! I've been trying to make my own armor, and basically get into the hobby. You've been a huge help!
"uncrazy"... That's a word now. Thanks for doing these videos. Great job, great props
Thanks for this one Dave. I'm new to Pepakura and would have made some of these rookie mistakes so you have just saved me a lot of time :-) I look forward to the rest of your Halo build.
Of course it will!
Just remember to take your time, make it match. People tend to rush through and neglect the importance of the pepping stage. After all... what you pep out will be the shape and look of the final piece. If there are any mistakes or irregularities that you can see prior to hardening, this is the time to take care if it! As it is 10x harder to deal with once it's a solid.
Dave/Cereal.
Dave, thanks for another great video. A few comments.
You stated to use the "longest measurement of the piece." In the case of the gauntlets its the width because the model has two gauntlets side by side. Thus, the height of the model is the dimension you're looking for. Since they're pretty close I'd say you got lucky in having your gauntlet fit. (Try pepping using height.)
how wold you measure and scale for a helmet?
Thank you for this video, you just saved me a rather bad freak out when i couldnt fit my head though the base of my helm ive been making..
This is great! Thanks for the information. I'm doing my first armor and this will save me a lot of panic and stress later :-)
That is a great tip, thank you!
I honestly have never before, used the "measure two points function" in pep designer and applied a real measure to it. I will most certainly be trying this out :)
Also, use the "measure two points" feature in Pepakura Designer. The gauntlets have two length rulers for just this purpose. Measure from your wrist to the inside of your forearm where the joint is. Convert to mm. Then use the measurement feature in Pepakura Designer to measure the length of the smaller (inside) ruler. Adjust the model scale until that measurement equals the measurement you took on your body. That's a guaranteed fit.
I had to sand open the hole until it'd fit. Wearing gloves helps space that out. I had also used an under suit to bulk up the upper body. Which means that proportionally my hand would be smaller in comparison to arm thickness.
As for the shins, when you do them, see if you can slide your foot in with the shin backwards and then rotate it around to the correct side. Just trying to give you another option maybe.
Do people like me usually have to adhere the pieces to the underarmour in some way? to prevent slipping and rotating. The forearm for instance, How do you keep it from sliding down or turning around when you don't have enough meat underneath it to fill it out? In other words, would padding it suffice or would it require some sort of Velcro under every piece to keep it from moving.
I watched your tutorial I understand getting the length and width from the longest and broadest points. My question is on depth, I'm starting on the gloves for my Iron Man Mark VI suit, my question is as for depth do I measure at the deepest point and use that as an input? That point being my lower palm/top front part of my wrist? Let me know when you can, I'm hoping to start this project this weekend, and from what I can tell it is going to be insane alot of parts
Thanks and best regards,
That would depend on the piece in question. What model are you pepping? Which component specifically? What is you're scale (in mm)? If it is a larger piece (piece of a torso or thigh) they can get quite large. I'd need more info.
should the depth size of the forearm be scaled from the largest girth? like the side closer to my elbow, being the biggest part of my forearm.
Wow, this really helped me out so much! I have a hard time visualizing things like this, so all of your videos have helped me understand how to actually make things work, thank you!
Hi what should I do for measuring helmets, coz my head is bit smaller than other adults, im 1.57 centimeters of hight yeah pretty small for my age and i don't think i get any taller is on my genes. Thank you
Great job man, been following your videos for a while, just gotta say miss watching them.. when you gonna finish your armor tutorial? I wanna see how you finish up, cheers
There is a utility in Pep designer called - Measure Two Points - This will allow you to choose 2 arbitrary points on a pep file and measure the span between them. (Say, the inside top of the helmet to the lowest point.) What you would do is measure the top of your head to the lowest point where the helmet would fit, convert to -mm- and then scale the piece until that measure is equal to the one you took from your body. (remember to compensate for padding/thickness!)
please help how to adjust the size of the helmet???
If I scale a piece on Iron man, for example, the front arm, would I have to use the same scale number for other pieces or scale them separately?
in halo 4 it was shown that the fore arm piece splits in to 4 pieces. like panels.
very good, it will be very helpful. wich kind of paper recomend to do it?
Thanks for your time Dave. Learnt a lot from your videos.
could you do a video for helmets because thats where im having my problem with the sizing system
First off, I just want to say thank you for taking the time to make a tutorial like this, it's helped me understand a lot as well as others I'm sure. I think I only have one question. I'm working on a Mark IV Ironman build, and it's been pretty frustrating so far. Anyways, should I be adding an inch and a half to two inches to everything I measure on myself?
I really like your video and it is very informative. Quick question, if I am making something out of foam, is there a setting I can use. I know that almost everything is made for paper and for fiber builds.
You are quite welcome! More to come soon!
YOU ARE MY TRUE TEACHER :D All your videos have been so helpful. Thank you so much !!!
I would like to know how to scale the shoulder attachments that you get in halo reach and also how they would attach to the upper arm armour?
How do you cut a pep already strengthen without a dremel. I almost done with my helmet but i don't have a dremel to do the cutting any idea?
Dude I'm so glad I stumbled among your channel, specially this video since I will be making a Ironman Mark VII suit and had lots of questions about scaling and sizing. Thanks a lot for the tips man! One question though do you know if a regular laser printer and the silhouette Cameo would take 120 lb paper stock?
What kind of printer do you used. I got one at wall mart and it just stop working after using pepakura a few times
i need help, ive desined a chest piece in BLENDER , set the scal to millimetres then scaled the part to the correct size for my body, i export to pepakura and the size is wildly smaller... any help for me here ? how to i set the scale correctly as my "depth" section seems to actul be the width (from shoulder to shoulder
is there away to use printer paper and resin it with a another type of resin plz answer
Ok so question, got the main part of the hands palms and knuckles printed they look great, I'm onto the fingers now... as for length do i measure from the tip of a finger just below my main hand knuckle? Or am I supposed to just measure tip to first knuckle joint as the Iron Man gloves are separated into 3 separate knuckle parts? I'm working on the Zabana gloves modified by darskside501st on therpf
I would like to know how to measure my arm to scale in Winter Soldier arm, could you help me?
Fantastic video, as a Pepakura starter it's helping me plan out my Witch King costume. :D
The question you're asking is kind of a catch 22. Iron man (I will be doing a build soon!) is tricky, as with the actual costume (used in movie) the helmet is actually a 3 piece setup, allowing it to fit the head symmetrically and scale well. Unless you're ready to go the extra mile and cut the piece up, it will always have to be somewhat over-sized. As far as scaling goes, the above ^ video covers everything you need to know. The piece you are scaling doesn't matter it all crosses over!
Thank you for this video. I understand more about pepakura. This is my first time attempting anything like this. I have downloaded to pepkura designer 3, and I have a Pdo file for an ebony skyrim helmet. What measurements do I need to take for a helmet? What is considered the length, width and depth. Still a little confused about this. If you have any suggestions please help!
Good video - really like the picture-in-picture effect, but doesn't work so well when you're pointing and referring to items on the monitor but is covered up by the inset.
Thanks! I figured it out, I wasn't measuring the right area, looks great now! :)
Hey Abulia,
You are absolutely correct!!! What I did when I pepped out my forearms is I separated the left and right pieces into individual files as I had some plans to modify one of the forearms in a specific way. I didn't dawn on me in the video until you brought it up about the two pieces being viewed as a whole,,, My mistake, I apologize!
This is the only helpful video I've seen for how to do this!
You're quite welcome :)
Just so you know, you're my inspiration for making my costumes, although my work isn't a great standard and I take an extremely long time I always think about what you would say and how you would get round a problem. Stops me from giving up! From me a big thank you!!
vc poderia me passar os tipos de materiais que usa para seu trabalho? tipo de resina,massa plastica e tipo de tinta?obrigado
Will changing the length automatically change the width and height as well? Or will it just extrude the piece
love your work, when you said measure from shoulder to shoulder, in pepakura do you just put that measurement for width then the rest will fill in? ive got the itch for pep. thank you sir.
Hi,
I was wondering how to measure for head and chest pieces? I'm new to all this.
I appreciate the depth and detail. I seem to be having an unusual situation. Regardless what i have tried I simply don't have nor can i find a way to add PDF to the drop print menu. I have my personal printers showing with no problems.. It seems to allow saving as most anything and everything else associated as a valid file format.
I actually updated my PDF today for that matter that issues did nothing to change my print functions in my licensed version of Pepakura 3. I have even looked at the free viewer and the High Definition ver. none of the 3 versions of Pepakura have any option i can find to allow PDF printing.. Quite puzzled any ideas as to where my issue is. I'm Using Windows 7 if that helps.
Thank you.
thanks for the video! I know own that you mentioned clips and velcro for removable pieces...what do you think of magnets?
Great video, scaling is always something I had trouble with, learned some great tips! Thank you =)
Thanks alot for the 'Card Stock' Tip.
I was wondering what sort of paper to use and thats a grand answer.
I'm now planning to use super glue as the thing to hold the card stock together,
I've seen these:
Water Clear Casting Resin - 500g with Catalyst
5kg Low Cost General Purpose Resin and Catalyst
But im unsure of what a good resin would be ...could you recommend any good resin?
Thanks again very informative video.
Glad to hear it! A good start, guarantees a good finish!
Will defiantly check you're progress out!
It is a snip from a track on the halo 3 ost. It will have to do until I decide on something more permanent. :)
That was a really great and thorough video.
where do you purchase your cardstock? most places I find charge three times the amount you mentioned in your video.
Hi dghezzo! Just pepped out my first armor piece....it's a female cog soldier from Gears of War. Problem is: looks great, but it's too small around the waist. Can I use the same techniques you describe here to widen the waist? I'd like to insert an extender piece on both sides. Will it work since I need to make a significant gap?
When you scale pep for foam, remember the thickness of the foam plays a big factor in the piece. When pepping with paper that is 1/8 of a mm thick it goes unnoticed. But when using foam that is anywhere from 1/8" ~ 3/8" thick, you have to make sure that you will have enough room inside the piece once it's done. Measure the thickness of your foam, then double it! (eg. 1/4" foam doubled is 1/2") You have to add that extra 1/2 inch as well as your 1" to 1-1/2" breathing room.
Hey i have a question, when i go to print preview, it asks me if i wanna rescale and I say Yes, which is fine, but the Numbers for the Tabs are not there, How can i get the numbers to show up on the tabs?
Do you have to have a specific kind of printer to be able to print on A3 paper? Why i ask is because I am working-or at least trying to-work on daedric armor but some of the pieces are to big for the standard A4 paper. And yes i have scaled it to my size
you need an A3 printer, if you have an A4 printer then you cant print on A3, if you live in the uk staples do a relitively cheap A3 printer for £99, its make is brother, cant remember the model number, but i bought one and some XL cartridges and worked out that it costs me 5p a sheet, and they was charging 50p for black and white A3 at my uni
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Yeah, what he said ^
Cereal Kill3r Studios Well i fount out what was wrong, I need to hand feed it through. However i have ran into another problem. I can no longer enter measurements, I can only scale it up or down by 10% which makes it too big or too small.
Great video overall. The only thing I would say is the question about "Can I use regular printer paper?" I realize you work with resined paper and for that you can't, however if you are working with foam, then regular printer paper will work just fine. In that case you are strictly using the paper as a template for the foam, so it really doesn't need any structural strength. Otherwise, nothing to add. Thanks for taking the time to make your videos!
yes you can use regular paper for templates as long as it only for the templates. cardstock is more sturdy for templates, but if you are not wanting to pay for cardstock paper then regular printer paper can work as well. ONLY FOR FOAM!
My issue with sizing is actually going to be the exact opposite. I have very, well lets just say, scrawny limbs so I forsee pepping these pieces out and having no trouble sliding my arms and legs through but having a lot of empty space in the pieces afterwards, creating a lot of wiggling and sliding. Any suggestions as to how to combat this? Maybe foam inserts along the interior or something?
I have the same problem as you. I plan on making a soft muscle suit to help
Is this what you do for work? If you do I can see why, you're attention to detail an descriptions are great. You're videos are always great and informative. You have a website yet?
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How do you measure scale and size the helmet ?
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Hi I'v been working on pepakura for the past 5 days and I already did a helmet to big and one too short I don't mind makign a 3rd but what I'm worried is that I finished my chest today and is too big. I need help with my chest I want it to be just right this next time I do it.I heard u mentioned you measured from shoulder tip to shoulder tip. But after that what do i do ? cause i did that converted it to mm but got a number bigger than default.
Hey! i have done that, but it seems like my pieces are super tiny... it doesnt seem right. my height is at 309mm, width 300mm, and depth is 290mm. scale 52.54.
You are honestly a huge help. Thank you so much.
Hey Cereal. Great video! Quick question. What do you do about the excess residue of glue on your pep once you stick it? Or am I just using to much glue :/?
So, I'm planning on making this out of eva foam instead of pepakura because it seems easier. So for scaling, does the same rules apply here as they do when scaling for foam? I'm kinda confused. I really wanna do this but i'm just so lost. Never done anything like this before
DuhChosen0ne well, with eva foam it is a little bit harder because when you fold it gets back to the usual shape, it doesn't "keep the fold" like paper. What you could do, is print it on paper, cut it out, cut the same things on the eva using the pepakura paper as a mold. Then, you fold the pepakura paper onto the shape you desire, wether is a helm, bracer, whatever.. now, on the top of this, you glue the eva peaces. Kamui cosplay does something like that on the frostmourne video, but the does that with acrylic instead of eva.
So what about foam? I make foam pep iron man armor and it took so long to make the helmet because I had to make it so many times. How much extra would you recommend I add so that the parts fit the first time?
Is there any program for mac? That will work using pep?
Do you have to have the 3D program installed along the side with Pepakura in order for the 3D files to open in Pepakura or can I open the 3d files alone with just Pep?
I have a MAC and Pepakura only works on Windows, but I was thinking of transferring and importing my C4D files from my MAC over to my PC with Pep installed on it. Not sure if this is doable or not...
+David Falter You can read and open .PDO files with pep alone
hi do you need to add more if your making it from eva foam?
18:23 best and most important part of the video. Loop if required. Your welcome.
do i need the actual program or can i use the viewer to do this?
Yeah, resins are one of those very foggy and grey areas, you can pay anywhere from $65 ~ $120 per gallon depending on brand/quality. For the application we're using the resins for (costume & props), it doesn't really matter. If you were building a car body or a boat hull.... that's a different story. You can use any brand you wish, the only choice you need to make is weather the resin type will be polyester or epoxy.
It has been a while. Very nice video editing and awesome tutorial. Do you have any experience with Foam armors. I've never done one, but I assume it's roughly the same thing.
The measurement that I would begin with would be the longest. (top of the head, and down to the lowest part of the helmet) to that measurement I would add an 1-1/4", No more. This extra is only to compensate for the thickness of the piece as well as any padding you put on the inside. As far as re-attaching the 3 pieces together, being that the jaw piece is relatively light and small, I would use Velcro strips. Same deal for the face plate as I am assuming you would like it to be removable.
First off I'd like to say that your videos are truly the best. I began watching one and ended up watching them all. Now I'm hyped up and ready to go. I have tried making my own Pep helmet but the sizing was WAY off. You may have already answered this and I am sorry if you have but what is the best way to scale the helmet? I just don't want to Print, cut, and glue all just to discover that my helmet is too big or small. Thanks and please keep the videos coming!
please help ! i don't have the option so i can scale it i that the pepakura viewer 3... and i don't see the option anywhere :(
you save my day man! thank you very much for the amaizing tutorial
Correct!
However, for reference I have never had a feed issue with 110 lb paper in any printer, there should be no issues with that. Unless you are using a laser printer that is > 8 years old.
For either piece, you want to use the measurement which has the greatest span. Head = Bottom of chin to top of head (then add 1.5 inches for padding and grace room) Chest = Lowest rib (side) to top of shoulder (add same 1.5 inches) :)
I was wondering do you need the paid version to scale the armour?
I think that the mesuring of pepakura files are still realy confusing for chest and helmets .. Would be great to do a new tutorial about scaling and also show us how you do it ! And also would it be possible to show is what you do when a pieces is to big for one sheet? Thank you
Can someone help me? When i go to print off a file the top half keeps getting cut off.
I desperatly need help with the chest piece. Im 5'2'' weigh 104 pounds very thinand im having trouble scaling the torso!! PM me if you can and keep up the amazing work!
if im 5 foot 3 what would that be?
well you just saved me from repeping my helm, Thank you for this video.