Hi everyone, first time poster here, but I've been following these boards for a few weeks. I'm not a huge fan of Halo, but like it enough to want to make a cheap-o set of Mjolnir armor, so I've been primarily interested in the Pepakura armoring method.
Here's my progress so far. I've built the torso (scaled down to about 80%), and bisected it in the way I deemed appropriate so I can strap it later.
You might notice that I've color coded the valleys and mountains with red and blue pens, respectively. This served a dual purpose of scoring the lines before folding so I didn''t have to do it with something sharp.
Yes, you can see the tape. That's what I used to hold it together. I tried glue first with no success, and besides, I plan on covering it up so I hardly think it matters.
Here you see that I've lined the inside with several layers of duct tape (as you can see, I wasn't too worried about neatness at this point). I tried paper mache first and ended up with warped armor. The duct tape does its job of maintaining the armor's shape and gives it some nice weight too. Yes, I could have done this with fiberglass but I'm very cheap and I also know that fiberglass is made from dead kittens and the souls of the damned.
The next step is a quick coat of resin spray when it arrives in the mail. Once I have something solid to work with, I can detail, pad and strap from there. Best thing is if I screw up, I've only wasted like 50 cents worth of material so far.
Here's my progress so far. I've built the torso (scaled down to about 80%), and bisected it in the way I deemed appropriate so I can strap it later.
You might notice that I've color coded the valleys and mountains with red and blue pens, respectively. This served a dual purpose of scoring the lines before folding so I didn''t have to do it with something sharp.
Yes, you can see the tape. That's what I used to hold it together. I tried glue first with no success, and besides, I plan on covering it up so I hardly think it matters.
Here you see that I've lined the inside with several layers of duct tape (as you can see, I wasn't too worried about neatness at this point). I tried paper mache first and ended up with warped armor. The duct tape does its job of maintaining the armor's shape and gives it some nice weight too. Yes, I could have done this with fiberglass but I'm very cheap and I also know that fiberglass is made from dead kittens and the souls of the damned.
The next step is a quick coat of resin spray when it arrives in the mail. Once I have something solid to work with, I can detail, pad and strap from there. Best thing is if I screw up, I've only wasted like 50 cents worth of material so far.
