SevereBruizer
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First, a mild rant. Being a noob on this forum doesn't equal being stupid. This post really belongs in Pepakura, but since I haven't posted before, it's relegated to the noob forum where no one will see it. [nevermind, Doom was kind enough to move it 
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Second, my armor is basically done. A hearty UNSC salute to the posters on the Pepakura forum. My oldest son wanted to be Master Chief for Halloween. Without your tutorials and pictures I would never have dreamed of building the armor or even know where to start. I didn't follow the tutorials exactly, but I couldn't have done it without your help. I only managed to Bondo the helmet and chestpiece. I ran out of time to do the arms and legs perfectly, but after painting, and in the dark, no one really noticed.
Third, my son wore the armor yesterday for Halloween. I work at Microsoft and we have trick or treating in our buildings for our kids. Everyone who saw the costume said it was <ul>[*]amazing[*]the best home-made costume ever [*]great[*]best costume seen[*]and did I say amazing?[/list]He then wore it trick or treating in our neighbordhood and got many oohs and ahhs from neighborhood kids and parents.
I put some tips at the end based on my own experiences.
Here are some pix of the final product:
http://www.99centtemplates.net/images/MC1.jpg
http://www.99centtemplates.net/images/MC2.jpg
Last, here's some tips based on my experience creating Pepakura armor:
1) ALWAYS resin the cardstock before doing anything else. I forgot to on a couple of pieces and it sags with the weight of fiberglass later.
2) You can put the fiberglass on the outside too, not just the inside. If you're scaling the costume down, it's really hard to work with on the inside since the armor is smaller.
3) Wherever you put it, one easy way is to use Elmer's spray adhesive to attach the fiberglass cloth to the cardstock form. Once it's completely covered in the fiberglass cloth, it's easier to resin.
4) Tape the cloth to the inside. It's easier than trimming it off later.
5) Use sharp scissors when cutting the fiberglass cloth. Keeps the cloth from fraying.
6) You don't need to get a gold visor. If you get a smoke colored visor, you can spray some gold paint in the air and wave the visor through it to "dust" in gold. Looks great.
7) For an authentic MC color scheme, try using these paint colors in this order:
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]Second, my armor is basically done. A hearty UNSC salute to the posters on the Pepakura forum. My oldest son wanted to be Master Chief for Halloween. Without your tutorials and pictures I would never have dreamed of building the armor or even know where to start. I didn't follow the tutorials exactly, but I couldn't have done it without your help. I only managed to Bondo the helmet and chestpiece. I ran out of time to do the arms and legs perfectly, but after painting, and in the dark, no one really noticed.
Third, my son wore the armor yesterday for Halloween. I work at Microsoft and we have trick or treating in our buildings for our kids. Everyone who saw the costume said it was <ul>[*]amazing[*]the best home-made costume ever [*]great[*]best costume seen[*]and did I say amazing?[/list]He then wore it trick or treating in our neighbordhood and got many oohs and ahhs from neighborhood kids and parents.
I put some tips at the end based on my own experiences.
Here are some pix of the final product:
http://www.99centtemplates.net/images/MC1.jpg
http://www.99centtemplates.net/images/MC2.jpg
Last, here's some tips based on my experience creating Pepakura armor:
1) ALWAYS resin the cardstock before doing anything else. I forgot to on a couple of pieces and it sags with the weight of fiberglass later.
2) You can put the fiberglass on the outside too, not just the inside. If you're scaling the costume down, it's really hard to work with on the inside since the armor is smaller.
3) Wherever you put it, one easy way is to use Elmer's spray adhesive to attach the fiberglass cloth to the cardstock form. Once it's completely covered in the fiberglass cloth, it's easier to resin.
4) Tape the cloth to the inside. It's easier than trimming it off later.
5) Use sharp scissors when cutting the fiberglass cloth. Keeps the cloth from fraying.
6) You don't need to get a gold visor. If you get a smoke colored visor, you can spray some gold paint in the air and wave the visor through it to "dust" in gold. Looks great.
7) For an authentic MC color scheme, try using these paint colors in this order:
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- Base coat - Rustoleum Painter's Touch Hunter Green Gloss
- Second light dusting coat - Rustoleum Painter's Touch Gloss
- Third dusting coat - Rustoleum Metallic Gold Gloss
- Final coat - Clearcoat acrylic or lacquer any brand (I used Rustoleum)
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