Sorry for the long break, now that it is finals week I'll hopefully be able to get more done on the armor soon. Still trying to manage my free time better. Here's the update, The thighs I made were just a little too small so I'm making another pair bigger (yay more test parts). I got one shin made and same deal, a little too small so I'm making a slightly bigger pair with knee piece.
Picture of a whole leg. It's the left shin and the right thigh but it gives you the over all idea.
Closer shot on the shin.
Knee cap.
Nice work so far!
What file did you use for the belt? I made one that I'm not happy with, which is also too small. If you have the link or name of the file I would greatly appreciate that. Also, how did you size the belt? I'm thinking I just need to add a few centimeters to mine, but I'd love any advice or tips. Good Luck with the rest of your project!
Sorry for the late reply, the belt file I used was made by RoadWarrior and unfolded by Matt H. As for size that's kind of hit and miss. For the sizing of most of the parts I do, I made a measuring guide out of some paper strips taped together and marked using a ruler (the paper is marked out in "cm" since that's what Pepakura uses). I hold it up to a part of my body to gauge how high I need to scale the part in Pep. and then print it out. If it ends up too small, I add a couple of cm to the first measurement as needed to get the right size. In the case of the belt I went with width instead of height since it was hard to tell where the highest point on the belt assembly was. On each side of the belt you have a little box which adds to the width, so the trick was trying to factor in the boxes and pads that would be in the undersuit along with what I needed for my waist. This involved me standing in front of a mirror, holding my paper guide at my waist line and guessing at how far the finished belt would stick out from my hips. This gave me a rough measurement to work with and I printed the first belt, which was too small. I have a 30in waist (just measured it to be sure), and looking at my notes I printed out the final belt (the one that fits) as 29.5 cm high.
As for any tips or advice, the only thing I can say at the moment is to make a word doc. or something to keep notes in on your armor. I have one and it allows me to make any adjustments to my sizing without reprinting a size I've already done. To keep the notes organized I also suggest a standard measurement. You'll notice that I said I tried to find the width needed for the belt but I put down the end height, all the notes I have on size are based off of the height of the part since that's what I'm usually changing. Because Pepakura automatically changes all the dimensions after you alter one of them I was able to work off of the height on the belt after I changed the width for the first print. Having noted the height for the first print it was easy to add the needed cm to the height for the final print.
As for the helmet update, I can see where trying to alter the size and shape is going to give me a headache later on so...
I've started to make a new model in Blender.
That's all for now, hopefully I'll be able to update more than once or twice over the summer.
