How much paper

[MC Chris]

How many sheet of paper do you guys use when it comes to making the armor?

 

[drgon47]

im not done yet, but ive allready used 250+ sheets. but then again ive also had to remake many pieces due to scaling...

 

[Spartan 110]

how much more do you have left to do drgon47?

 

[drgon47]

right foot, right calf, right thigh, right forearm and bicep, left forearm, left thigh.

i remade the forearm 3 times and the left calf 3 times and the left boot twice before I got the scaling number right, so that wasted quite a bit of paper. So probably another couple hundred pages. But to make my self feel better im taking all my scrabs to the recycle place.

 

[Spartan 110]

so 500 pgs fpr one is enough?

 

[Chuck 126]

It really depends on your scale and how many mistakes you make. You can easily get it done with less than 200 sheets if you don't have to remake any pieces, probably fewer if you scale it down. If I remember correctly, my chest piece used like 25 sheets or something and my helmet used 14, and those are the two largest pieces.

 

[Spartan 110]

so 300 is enough

 

[FinAeros]

I'd say get a ream to be on the safe side....

With the surplus you can sell pepakura kits to people you know IRL.

 

[Spartan 110]

I'd say get a ream to be on the safe side....

With the surplus you can sell pepakura kits to people you know IRL.

huh?

 

[FinAeros]

A ream is 500 pages and is the quantity that normal printer paper is usually sold in.

Those big 2.5-3" or so thick wrapped packages of paper are reams.

 

[Spartan 110]

oh ok

 

[MC Chris]

Or you could get A3 paper

 

[Caboose]

Is there any material equal to cardstock that doesn't cost $70 for 250 sheets?

 

[link4044]

plastic :mrgreen:

 

[TheBlue]

plastic :mrgreen:

Plastic?

 

[link4044]

yes plastic you like ABS

 

[TheBlue]

:duh: Oh. Ok.

 

[Caboose]

plastic :mrgreen:

Well that's a good strategy except: How do you fold (or print on)plastic?

 

[Leadingspartan]

310 sheets

 

[starfox64]

you dont print on it unless its overhead projector screens

he is making a reference to vacu form plastic