The Ultimate Pepakura FAQ

[nathanjcook]

Here are some tips. This is my first attempt at a Pepekura helmet I was making for my son. I scaled this to 23 cm as he is almost 6 year old and it turned out to be to small but I was planning on a trial run anyway. I used 110 lb card stock (a must), I recommend getting a short metal ruler (short because it is easier to turn without getting caught on edges, and I found that Elmer's Craft Bond glue is superb for putting this together w/out the burns or mess of super glue. See picture below.

onuris

 

[nathanjcook]

Sorry about double posting but I just remembered. If you are left handed, I suggest investing in a pair of Left Handed Scissors. They are hard to find but it does make life a lot easier. I asked one store clerk about them and she looked at me like I was crazy but there is a difference.

 

[Sigma LS]

"Simply overly the corner crosshairs of the pages after trimming away the margin of one. Then glue both together to make larger pepakura pieces."

What exactly does this mean??

When you print out the pepakura pages, there are + marks at each corner. They overlap exactly with the + marks of the adjacent pages.

Does anyone know if you can make molds from Pepakura scale with scilicon, if so then how?

If you fiberglass your pepakura, it's the same process as molding any other armor piece.

I need ODST (Orbital Drop Ship Trooper), or Helljumper, armor.

Found in the Pepakura Armor Database (incomplete)

Hey Quick Q. I was looking in the Pepakura database, and all I found was Mark V armor.
Does anyone have VI armor pep??

Thanks again

Beck

Mk VI H2 version is found in the How to Use Pepakura sticky

Mk VI H3 version is found in Slyfo's Pepakura thread

 

[crackhead09]

could you guys tell me a way i could use my armor as a community serice kind of way for a project at school?

i plan on going to a cosplay event in the costume

any other ideas?

 

[Sigma LS]

This might hurt a little but one of the best ways to use this stuff for community service is to hold a raffle/lottery for the stuff you built and then give the cash to a community establishment like a mission.

Though I do admit it would be awesome to see the chief in a cancer awareness walk or the like.

 

[eventualchaos]

So I'm a noob at this stuff. I just came across this site now, but i had previously seen a tutorial somewhere else that said to use clear/scotch tape, yet this says not to. I'm quite far into putting my armor together but I haven't started to resin it or anything yet. Am I going to have to start all over or could I continue anyway?

 

[Sigma LS]

Go over everything again with electrical tape or else your model will fall apart when you resin it.

 

[eventualchaos]

Alright, thanks. Are you sure that when the packing tape dissolves under the electrical tape it won't fall apart anyways?

 

[redragon74]

Go over everything again with electrical tape or else your model will fall apart when you resin it.

wut about Air Duct Tape "the silver stuff" not Duct Tape i got a full roll of that just sitting in my house wondering if i can use that

 

[Sigma LS]

I don't know. Make a simple test piece like a bicep or handplate and see if it works.

 

[Primal Weyland]

Quick question:

I recently got Pepakura registered. Now, I'm trying to put the Elite Combat helm on seperate pages... with little success, as I can't seem to find a 'new page' function, nor do I understand fully how to split the item up without messing it up.

If anybody could help me out, it would be a real life-saver.

Edit:

Disregard. I found a very useful tutorial that's answered my questions.

 

[RELLIK NISSASSA]

Freshest of the noobs here. I just read the whole post and would like to thank you for your knowledge.

Now that I have all the info, I just need the specs so that I can start printing.

Where do I get the prints from? and how do I look at stickys?

Pleaxe and Thank You,
RELL

 

[robbpcslayer]

now if only we could get noobs to read this...

make it required to make forums with the word pepakura
any other ideas?

i have another question
shouldn't the program itself be explained
it was complicated for me at first and i would have liked some more help
still cant figure out how to save JK

 

[Sigma LS]

I thought Frizz did a good job of the basics, and the help tab in the program sends you to a tutorial on their website. To save you need to have the full/purchased version.

 

[SpartanJhon117]

hhm what was that all about the thigs and biceps why are they 35 n 38 sized standart what is it? can u tell me? and how to bondo theres no tutorial how to bondo...

 

[Sigma LS]

I just made a tutorial on how to bondo, See Muddy Secrets Tutorial.

The rest of your answers are in the Official pepakura scaling thread. It is used in the Input Assembled Height command in Pepakura.

 

[Sgt Chalupa]

Ummm noobish question but is a Hayabusa helm even available as of now i did see NZ-TK working on one in his EOD video
http://405th.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9736&st=80
pause at 2:44
and it looked like a type of pep design so yeah just curious if it will it is available or be out soon

 

[spartan 132]

Nooblike question/ personal advice request .... i have produced some pieces of pre-scaled and divided pepakura, but as a new project im starting on i need to take the .obj file and seperate just the head of it... how do i do this? is anyone willing to perhaps add me to msn to answer more q's ? .. i struggle understanding stuff sometimes so i apologize if i seem a bug.

-thanks in advance for any help

 

[Harbinger 114]

With regards to using cardstock,
What is 110lb in grams?

Hopefully, one day, the whole world will standardise.
Until then, I NEED HELP!!

 

[Ral Partha]

With regards to using cardstock,
What is 110lb in grams?

About 300 gsm.

Hopefully, one day, the whole world will standardise.
Until then, I NEED HELP!!

Not gonna happen until the US switches over to metric.