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  • 23Magnum's Avatar
    Moderator
    • Sep 2007
    • 2776

    "Help!" for: Papercraft or Pepakura

    #1
    This thread will contain general first hand knowledge of papercrafting and/or pepakura.

    People who don't know: Post questions.

    People who know: Answer those questions.

    Please be as clear and detailed as possible with your questions and/or answers. Repeated questions or variations of certain questions may be consolidated over time into an FAQ section in the post following this one.

    Always ask and answer questions as if you were asking/answering your mother or grandmother. In other words, politely.

    Rudeness and/or impatience will be met with an infraction. You don't want too many of those.

    These threads are meant to reduce and hopefully eliminated the need for the numerous 'I need help threads' that seem to generate endlessly in this section of the forum.

    They are not a be all, end all to all questions that could ever be asked though. Some questions will be project specific and you may need to ask those IN the project's thread itself. However, some may not see your questions there so you may post a link to said project thread in the appropriate "Help!" thread when you need the attention of a few extra eyes.
    Last edited by 23Magnum; 08-20-2010, 08:25 AM.

  • 23Magnum's Avatar
    Moderator
    • Sep 2007
    • 2776

    #2
    FAQ Section:

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    • 23Magnum's Avatar
      Moderator
      • Sep 2007
      • 2776

      #3
      Tutorials that involve this thread's subject matter and are approved by the site staff will be linked in this post. Please review them as they may already contain the answers you seek.

      Tutorial Section:

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      • jtbaker999's Avatar
        Pending Verification
        • Sep 2010
        • 1

        #4
        I keep clicking on the Pepakura Files and it keeps bringing me to a page that says "COMING SOON", does this mean that the website is broken and will be fixed soon? I'm really excited about starting to make my own armor so I hope its fixed soon if its broken.

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        • CampGroundHost's Avatar
          Infantryman
          • Aug 2010
          • 139

          #5
          its just that section, everything else is working, as far as i know. go to the wiki or search the forum. i know heavygunner has a thread with all of his files that he has on his computer might wanna go check that out
          here's the link http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...t=heavy+gunner

          and by the way welcome to the 405th

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          • spags's Avatar
            Pending Verification
            • Sep 2010
            • 3

            #6
            how does pepekura and papercraft work?

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            • Boba Fett's Avatar
              Infantryman
              • Sep 2009
              • 1534

              #7
              for an in-depth look, go to the pep and cardboard armor section.
              http://www.405th.com/forumdisplay.ph...ardboard-Armor
              the top posts of this forum will give you all the info you need. Essentially, you are taking a 3d model, running it through a program that converts it to flatpatterns, print it, assemble it, coat it in resin for strength, fiberglass it to make it rock hard, add bondo t smooth it, sand it,paint it.

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              • hollywood's Avatar
                Infantryman
                • Apr 2008
                • 206

                #8
                Not sure if its cool to link to someone else's page/tutorial, but Ithica's videos were a massive help to me when I was just starting with this stuff. He explains alot of the nuances of Pep designer in regular person language (which I need ).

                http://soaringhammerincorporatedprod...p/?page_id=472

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                • Jester1014's Avatar
                  Infantryman
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 752

                  #9
                  Originally posted by hollywood View Post
                  Not sure if its cool to link to someone else's page/tutorial, but Ithica's videos were a massive help to me when I was just starting with this stuff. He explains alot of the nuances of Pep designer in regular person language (which I need ).

                  http://soaringhammerincorporatedprod...p/?page_id=472
                  Thank you so much For Posting this HOLLYWOOD. All my answers for pep and scaling have been answered.

                  Like the Visitors from heavan, They came Forth! Hallayuyah!

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                  • darkjapan's Avatar
                    Pending Verification
                    • Sep 2010
                    • 7

                    #10
                    Hi Everyone,

                    I would wondering if i could get some help with my pepakura. When I made my pep armor It kinda disintegrated on the corners, making it very flimsy and doesn't really look like its worth resining because if I'm going to spend all that money on resin, bondo and paint I want it to look better than a blob. Any tips or tricks would be appreciated as this is my first armor and I really want to get it right.

                    Thanks,
                    Darkjapan

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                    • ventrue's Avatar
                      Infantryman
                      • Sep 2010
                      • 2743

                      #11
                      What do you mean by "disintegrated"?

                      Maybe a heavier paper would help?

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                      • darkjapan's Avatar
                        Pending Verification
                        • Sep 2010
                        • 7

                        #12
                        It isn't very crisp. The edges seem to be very rounded despite my best efforts. I use 110lb card-stock, is there a heavier type that's white?

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                        • ventrue's Avatar
                          Infantryman
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 2743

                          #13
                          I'm not sure how much 110lb is, because I think and breathe in metric units ;-)
                          But 110lb should be around 200 g/mē. If you go any heavier, your printer might not like that.

                          I still don't have a clear picture of what you mean, maybe you should add a picture.

                          Did you make nice, clean folds?

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                          • Ral Partha's Avatar
                            Infantryman
                            • Dec 2007
                            • 2455

                            #14
                            Originally posted by darkjapan View Post
                            It isn't very crisp. The edges seem to be very rounded despite my best efforts.
                            You need to score your folds. Read this tutorial. While you're at it, read the other tutorials, too.

                            Originally posted by darkjapan View Post
                            I use 110lb card-stock, is there a heavier type that's white?
                            Yes but anything heavier than 110# may likely jam your printer.

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                            • JBetts97's Avatar
                              Infantryman
                              • Oct 2009
                              • 1487

                              #15
                              Hello,

                              I am a old member but I am having someone pepa WETA odst for me. I am trying to find out what the "standard" scalling is. I Am going to mold and cast it when its detailed and done and I want it to fit all who buy one. So, What scaling would be good for this helmet? (at 100% scalled printing) Thanks,

                              Jacob

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