Helmet Help

[Fuffuloo]

Hey, I joined in around september last year, and I go t really into pepakura. After awile, though, I kinda stopped working on my armor and posting in the forums. I've started up again but I need some help. I have finished folding my helmet, but before I started to glue, I remebered reading something here about helmet warpage. Something like, if you start at a certain place when you put it together, then it minimizes warpage. I think it was the jaw. Anyway, I need help. Where is the best place to start to avoid as much warpage as possible? I also posted this question in my W.I.P, but since I've been gone for a while, no one seems to read it anymore. Here's a link to my W.I.P, which is where I'll be posting my progress.

 

[Matthijs]

I thought it was the bottom of the top front piece.. euuhhmm... the piece that your visor hits at the top. (I think it was number 24 on the FS Low detail size tester, and also the first page)
ANyway, if you make clean folds and glue it well together, it shouldn't warp. It's easier to work from the top, so you don't have to mess around with your arm in the helmet all the time

Matthijs

 

[RadioactiveMicrobe]

I went first at the brim, then I worked my way back along the top of the helmet, then went down to the bottom of the back, then continued one piece on each side building back forward eventually finishing at the "nose" piece. This kept is at perfect form with no warping.

 

[Fuffuloo]

Well, I guess I'll start at the brim then. Thanks.

 

[Ral Partha]

It doesn't really matter where you start the assembly. The important thing is to cut the pieces precisely and line up the edges carefully while gluing. Here's a pic of a helmet I'm working on at the moment:

I didn't put this together in any particular order but still came out pretty good and without any warping.

 

[Falling Jihad]

im currently working on fs hd helm and ive been piecing things together 1 page at a time and then putting those larger pieces together to form the helm.

just remember to cut well and to line the numbers up as humanly possible and you will be fine

good luck

Edit: I do warn thee if you are doing the final fs hem the light area is very difficult. i jumped right into it and now it looks like crap

 

[Erocku]

just remember to cut well and to line the numbers up as humanly possible and you will be fine

Exactly... make sure the lines and numbers line up. When I put together mine, I did the jaw, top, and sides seperately then combined the sections at the end.

 

[Fuffuloo]

Thanx guys. This makes me feel better, because I folded and started gluing extra carefully.

 

[richiedude]

ive built 4 pep helms and stared different places every time ?

 

[Fuffuloo]

Huh? Did you say you have built 4 Pepakura helmets, but you started in a different place every time?

 

[florios]

how are you a veteran? lol

 

[Fuffuloo]

Yeah, I joined in September last year, but my armor making got put on halt for a few months...hehe