"Help!" for: Papercraft or Pepakura

[Carpathia]

The best piece of advice I can offer here is to reinforce the interior with some support struts. You could use anything from dowel rods to foam core. Add in support struts until the helmet is in the shape you want it, then apply two coats of resin onto the exterior before you remove the supports.

 

[Privyet]

Thanks for the advice.

While I wasn't able to fashion any supports, since it's hard to use dowels to force the visor down, I ended up using scotch tape to hold it in position for the first two coats of resin, and now it stays in place.

 

[TheOneWithNoName]

The faces on the pep i'm doing are way to large for standard paper. (letter > A1 size paper) Even when I've subdivided them so many times that the original imported model is just a gob of orange lines, i still have to use A1

 

[Zagoner]

Hello, I'm ultra brand new!

I'd love to start a Halo Helmet, And have printed off a couple of papercraft sheets to work on. Having done them with just simply printer paper, They seem a bit flimsy and like it wont hold when I work more on the helmet. Will I be alright to go on, Or should I stop and get some different material? (Any materials suggestions would be nice!)

I hope this is the right place to post this, Thanks!

-Jed.

 

[Carpathia]

Hello, I'm ultra brand new!

I'd love to start a Halo Helmet, And have printed off a couple of papercraft sheets to work on. Having done them with just simply printer paper, They seem a bit flimsy and like it wont hold when I work more on the helmet. Will I be alright to go on, Or should I stop and get some different material? (Any materials suggestions would be nice!)

I hope this is the right place to post this, Thanks!

-Jed.

Regular printer paper is inadequate for this craft. What is recommended is 110 lb cardstock (or the equivalent if you are from outside the U.S.). You can find cardstock pretty much anywhere they sell paper (Walmart, Office Depot, ect.).

 

[Frozensnot]

I would say restart. You are right that its flimsy and regular paper simply wont hold its shape once its all assembled. I would suggest using cardstock, 110 lb to be presice. A lot of people here use that kind of paper and it works quite well. Walmart will have them in the paper area.

Carp...you beat me to it. Your so quick

 

[Zagoner]

Oh! Quick reply's, Thank you for the answers, They are appreciated. Will I be able to put the card stock in my printer? Sorry if this question seems a bit silly?
Thanks!
-Jed.

 

[Carpathia]

Most printers accept cardstock. I'm using a rather old printer (about 4 years old) with no problems.

 

[Zagoner]

Oh, Brilliant. All should go well then. Something for the weekend.

Thankyou!

 

[bobkill01]

Pepakura halo 3 Armor Build

Hi guy's, i'm french boy and i would like to create an armor to halo 3 high details provide by halo wiki pepakura files. I have read the tutorial on the halo wiki website for pepakura and i have begin to build the armor.

In first, i have built the gauntlet in high details (mark IV hd by nugget). and i have many problem with the size. i have test a twice try but the same problem with the size of my build. I have test the scaling formula in the website : http://halocostuming.pbworks.com/w/p...gtheArmorFiles but it is not resolve.

I have videos about the size of the paper, build... (How to scale pepakura on Youtube) but i don't understand very much the english langage. When i craft the gauntlet as video on youtube, i have size probleme : too large near the elbow. I'm a beginner in the building of armor and pepakura and I do not know how many centimeters have at the elbow (as there is in resin ....)

can you help me please ? cordialy.
Thank's for reading ps: i'm 1meter88 (74inch) height.

Pictures of my work :
http://bobkill001.free.fr/halopictures/

 

[Crispychicken49]

Hello, I was wondering, how do you guys get such crisp parts? All my parts are folded perfectly, cut down to the millimeter, but the problem comes during glueing. I can't glue well, so what are some tips for gluing?

 

[Corweena]

For me, gluing is pretty straight forward.....when gluing, just line up the numbers exactly, and you should be good. Worked great for me when pepping my HD Helmet. Also, if using hot glue, you don't need a ton. Use enough for the parts to stick together.....when you press the parts together, there shouldn't be any glue that globs out. You can always go back and reinforce parts from the back too, if you feel you need more glue for the pieces to stick together.

 

[SergantTinkers]

I always use Duro brand superglue. It withstands a lot of abuse, and has yet to fail me once. Keep in mind that this hobby takes lots of practice and patience. Before I started the suit I have now, I practiced pepping several months before I even started the project. Just make practice models before attempting anything big.

 

[TheSlammerss]

also dont forget to practice scaling lol woops i learned that the hard way on my helm

 

[craftyname3]

Im just now starting on pepakura. And I have the forearm of master chiefs halo 4 armor cut out (still cutting out pieces) but it happens to be the left forearm. I notice there's a mirror point feature in pepakura designer but it won't let me use it. (I have the free version of pepakura designer. I didn't pay for it) does anyone know how to use it?

 

[Carpathia]

Im just now starting on pepakura. And I have the forearm of master chiefs halo 4 armor cut out (still cutting out pieces) but it happens to be the left forearm. I notice there's a mirror point feature in pepakura designer but it won't let me use it. (I have the free version of pepakura designer. I didn't pay for it) does anyone know how to use it?

The "Mirror Point" option is for when you are unfolding the pep and has nothing to do with making a mirror copy. The mirror function is for symmetrical models and allows you to choose the unfold points on one side of the model while it automatically chooses the corresponding line on the opposite side.

What you need to do is bring down the "2D Menu" tab and click "Invert Pattern." This will mirror all the pieces on the 2D side of the pepakura window. The 3D model will not change, so don't be surprised when the model is still displayed as the left forearm.

 

[Drewhinkle09]

Hi, new to the forum and I have a quick question about glues. I'm sure its been answered by now but with almost 200 pages to sift through I'd rather just ask lol.

I had some success using loctite super glue gel, but ran out and found myself using cheap liquid super glue, which I've found that I utterly hate. When it works it works (read: done perfectly lol), but otherwise (as in if the tab shifts in the slightest bit while the glue is curing) the pieces just separate and then the glue will never bond in that area again, which is very frustrating.

My question for the veteran pepakura guys out there: what are the best glues kinds of glues/adhesives you've found?

Again, I hope this hasn't been asked a million times by now, but I really appreciate anyone taking the time to answer, cheers!

-Drew

 

[Frozensnot]

Well, i dont consider myself an expert when it comes to pep. But what i use is hot glue. It can be painful at times but if you mess up you can always re heat it and realign a piece. Some use elmers glue and they say it works quite well. And others also use super glue. It sets faster but can be turned into a headache.

Others may say one is better than the other, but I think it all comes down to personal preferance. I personally stay away from super glue just because im afraid of messing up and i wont be able to correct my mistakes. And others will have great success with super glue. Never a perfect answer unfortunately.

 

[Drewhinkle09]

Thanks for the insight, I've used hot glue with some success, but I've done best work using super glue gel, I think I'll stick with it for now just because it seemed like everything was working primo-awesome until I ran out of if lol.

Another question though: if I do use hot glue, does it hold up in the resin stage? Simply because that's an exothermic reaction i would be afraid of joints separating after the heat builds up. Never used resin before so this may seem like a dumb question, but hey knowing is half the battle ey? Haha thanks a bunch guys, I really love the forum!

-Drew

 

[Crispychicken49]

Thanks for the insight, I've used hot glue with some success, but I've done best work using super glue gel, I think I'll stick with it for now just because it seemed like everything was working primo-awesome until I ran out of if lol.

Another question though: if I do use hot glue, does it hold up in the resin stage? Simply because that's an exothermic reaction i would be afraid of joints separating after the heat builds up. Never used resin before so this may seem like a dumb question, but hey knowing is half the battle ey? Haha thanks a bunch guys, I really love the forum!

-Drew

I used Hot Glue on my Chest piece. It holds up to resin, as long as you don't do a light placement of glue on a part. If you do then it may become detached during the process. So make sure it sticks very, very well.