Hey every one I am back at it. I got really busy during the last few weeks with my girls birthday, Christmas, and the New Year so I have not had much time to work on my build. Until the last few days. So I am here with a little update and a late Christmas present for everyone.
This is what I have been working on the last few days.
Here I quickly put it on my chest with some tape just to show the scale and the curve a little better.
Sorry about the quality but I was balancing my camera on my desk to take a picture cause no one else it home lol. I am going to fiber glass this tonight and start bondo tomorrow.
If you don't recognize that pep its because its
NEW. Lol
And yes you read it right I modeled and unfolded this.
During the last few week I had been working on a new pep file and I finally found time to finish it.
I made a new ODST Chest Plate pep file. I modeled, unfolded, and actually peped it. And I know what you guys are thinking "why the chest plate? There are like a million different ones out there already." Lol Well even though that's true, most of them were made before the ODST game came out so there are some inconsistencies between them and the game. Plus I just couldn't find any that I really liked.(P.S. not bagging anyone's pep there are a bunch of amazing modelers out there this was just my personal preference)
So I decided to build my own and just how I wanted it. So I flipped on my copy of ODST took a bunch of reference pics of the chest from every angle imaginable and came out with this pep. Now this is as accurate as I could make it although admittedly I took some artistic liberties in some areas due to the game models using normal mapping to create geometry that isn't really there when you look from a different angle. But over all I feel this is very true to the chest plate in the game and I am really happy with how it came out. I really hope you all like it.
It took a while to unfold but I am also very satisfied with how that came out too. Lol I tried to make it as easy as possible to build and I hope you guys agree. I managed to fit this bad boy on 4 pages. But only at 20cm in height anything bigger than that need more pages and so I created another file that is already larger and properly laid out. So without further a due.
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Here are the files. I have it available in 3 different files High Def, High Def Large, and Tester/Low Def.
For those of you who are wondering about the difference between the High Def and High Def Large files, well let me clarify.
The files and unfolds are the same. The only differences are the default height and the way the cutout pieces are laid out and the number of pages it takes to print. The High Def file is 20cm in height and fits perfectly on 4 pages. If you need it smaller then your fine with this file, but if you make it larger than that, you will have to do a lot of rearranging of the cutout pieces to print properly. So I made a High Def Large file defaulted at 24cm in height which can be made larger or smaller freely with out much rearranging of the cutout pieces. Keep in mind that this file takes 7 pages to print.
As for scaling I would recommend scaling based on height and not width because this chest pep is curved so if you scale solely based on width it will probably be too large. The High Def file is defaulted at 20cm(roughly 8in)high. This fit me very well and I am about 180cm(6ft)tall it also fit my cousin fairly well and he is 185cm(6ft 2in) tall. If you are really worried about the scale you should print the tester file out first. It is really Low Def and super easy to put together. Its is defaulted at 20cm(8in) high as well.
High Def
Download Link (which I managed to fit on a total of 4 pages perfectly and is 20cm high. Note: it can be made smaller but if your planing on going bigger use the Large file you wont need to mess with the unfold layout as much)
Tester/Low Def
Download Link (Its really low def but has all the same dimensions as the High Def)
High Def LARGE
Download Link (for those who need it higher than 20cm. It defaulted at 24 cm and is 7 pages but you wont need to rearrange the pep much with this if you need it larger.
Any feed back, comments, or questions are always welcome.
P.S. I am still working on my helmet I just got caught up in this lol. I'll post more pics as soon as I make more progress.