Sword Breaker
Member
Hello everyone
Sword Breaker here. Due to various reasons including but not limited to :Summer classes, Hard drive going corrupt, and of course, some pepakura issues, I am back in business!
Or so i hope to be.
First and foremost, I'd like to thank every single person ive met on this site so far for getting me to this point.
Here are some pictures of my current progress (I know its small but hey, i dont have so much free time on my hands as i would like to have)
No, that isnt a dent. It just needs some support
looks kind of odd with that piece just hangin there. Thats where my problem sits or rather, it doesnt.
And now, to the main section of this post.
Another question from me (seriously, you must be getting tired of seeing me around so often eh? ;D)
My main problem is this:
I hope i dont need to point out the fact that the piece itself, is embed in the piece (you guessed it) itself.
As foreboding and mysterious that may sound, in practice, the problem can be easilly explained as our good friend Pauli would say. Two pieces of paper-to-be-armor can not exist in the same space (well. If he was making a pepakura suit that is)
His quote was: two identical fermions (particles with half-integer spin) cannot occupy the same quantum state simultaneously (put even simpler: You cant have two things in the same space)
So, back to english now, how do i solve this? The most obvious solution would be to cut the piece from pepakura designer into two different ones, and then glue them together as one, this time without overlapping pieces.
I have two problems with that
a) How do i even even? I seriously know not of a way to do this. . .Any helpful tutorials you can direct me to?
b) When i last tried to re-print a piece but it camt out on the wrong scale. I dont know what went wrong. Probably an error on the printer shop's part? It was the same file.
Thats about that with the pep problems.
My OTHER problems are simple enquieries.
so lets get on with them
i) was my idea of going with a very high quality chestplate (the piece seen above is from it) good? should i have gone for a lower and easier resolution? You know, since most of the detailing is done in the putty stage
ii) Ive seen many tutorials on fiberglassing the helmet. What about the chest? is it any different?
ii) My fiberglass mat pieces are falling apart.Strand to strand. Should i cut them larger or something?
iii) I take it the inside of the helmet also needs bondoing?
iv) is fiberglass supposed to be sticky etc, and you need to bondo it before touching it ( i of course mean after its applied. my helmet is still kinda. . oddly textured. But its hardened alright! )
v)How does the chest attachment attach to the chest? Shoulders too.
vi)Do you think i should do the back-off strategy with my helmet or not?
vii) Do i cut out the visor after bondoing or after? right now its paper, and seeing (or not seeing. hehe) that i cant see through paper, i have to cut it out sooner or later. Will it be just as structurally secure?
Thats all i can think off the top of my head.
Before i leave you guys to go to bed, i have a small piece of advice for everyone.
If you so happen to get mad because a piece got stuck in the wrong place, dont apply force. You will possibly hurt another piece as well. But if you so happen to do, paper and glue are your friends!
Sword Breaker here. Due to various reasons including but not limited to :Summer classes, Hard drive going corrupt, and of course, some pepakura issues, I am back in business!
Or so i hope to be.
First and foremost, I'd like to thank every single person ive met on this site so far for getting me to this point.
Here are some pictures of my current progress (I know its small but hey, i dont have so much free time on my hands as i would like to have)
No, that isnt a dent. It just needs some support
looks kind of odd with that piece just hangin there. Thats where my problem sits or rather, it doesnt.
And now, to the main section of this post.
Another question from me (seriously, you must be getting tired of seeing me around so often eh? ;D)
My main problem is this:
I hope i dont need to point out the fact that the piece itself, is embed in the piece (you guessed it) itself.
As foreboding and mysterious that may sound, in practice, the problem can be easilly explained as our good friend Pauli would say. Two pieces of paper-to-be-armor can not exist in the same space (well. If he was making a pepakura suit that is)
His quote was: two identical fermions (particles with half-integer spin) cannot occupy the same quantum state simultaneously (put even simpler: You cant have two things in the same space)
So, back to english now, how do i solve this? The most obvious solution would be to cut the piece from pepakura designer into two different ones, and then glue them together as one, this time without overlapping pieces.
I have two problems with that
a) How do i even even? I seriously know not of a way to do this. . .Any helpful tutorials you can direct me to?
b) When i last tried to re-print a piece but it camt out on the wrong scale. I dont know what went wrong. Probably an error on the printer shop's part? It was the same file.
Thats about that with the pep problems.
My OTHER problems are simple enquieries.
so lets get on with them
i) was my idea of going with a very high quality chestplate (the piece seen above is from it) good? should i have gone for a lower and easier resolution? You know, since most of the detailing is done in the putty stage
ii) Ive seen many tutorials on fiberglassing the helmet. What about the chest? is it any different?
ii) My fiberglass mat pieces are falling apart.Strand to strand. Should i cut them larger or something?
iii) I take it the inside of the helmet also needs bondoing?
iv) is fiberglass supposed to be sticky etc, and you need to bondo it before touching it ( i of course mean after its applied. my helmet is still kinda. . oddly textured. But its hardened alright! )
v)How does the chest attachment attach to the chest? Shoulders too.
vi)Do you think i should do the back-off strategy with my helmet or not?
vii) Do i cut out the visor after bondoing or after? right now its paper, and seeing (or not seeing. hehe) that i cant see through paper, i have to cut it out sooner or later. Will it be just as structurally secure?
Thats all i can think off the top of my head.
Before i leave you guys to go to bed, i have a small piece of advice for everyone.
If you so happen to get mad because a piece got stuck in the wrong place, dont apply force. You will possibly hurt another piece as well. But if you so happen to do, paper and glue are your friends!