Pepakura [LOG] Mark V Mjolnir armor - Any and all advice welcome and appreciated

Takua

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Hello everyone! This will technically be my second build but the first one (shown in my pfp) was made using a tutorial, so this is my first real attempt at this. I am using the fantastic pepakura template provided in The Armory and have been making slow but consistent progress.

Any and all advice, especially eva foam-specific is very welcome and would be greatly appreciated. Most notably, how to get consistent angle cuts?? So far i've just been kind of eyeballing it and fixing any potential mistakes by prayer and contact cement.

This is what I have so far:D
 

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Our Tutorial Index is an organized list of the Tutorials and Guides our members have made and taking the time to read through them and do some research will save you a lot of time and a lot of money in wasted materials.

The Foam Guide is a high level Overview of all things Foam:

As for Good Cuts, make sure your blade is sharp. Most experienced foam cutters are very diligent about sharpening their blades, often in between every cut. You can get simple kitchen knife or scissor sharpeners at most Big Box stores. If you have the disposal income, there are also tools that have been developed and sold by specialty online retailers that are designed for giving consistent bevel cuts each time.
 
I don't have any special tools for making angled cuts. I just make sure my blade is sharp and I do the best to keep my cut consistent as I move along the foam. Practice makes perfect in this case.

I also clean up cuts with a Dremel tool before gluing. If I have a rough cut or an uneven one this is where I make sure they're all smooth before I glue them together. Using a Dremel to clean up the cuts means it is much easier to forgive a messy knife cut.
 
Our Tutorial Index is an organized list of the Tutorials and Guides our members have made and taking the time to read through them and do some research will save you a lot of time and a lot of money in wasted materials.

The Foam Guide is a high level Overview of all things Foam:

As for Good Cuts, make sure your blade is sharp. Most experienced foam cutters are very diligent about sharpening their blades, often in between every cut. You can get simple kitchen knife or scissor sharpeners at most Big Box stores. If you have the disposal income, there are also tools that have been developed and sold by specialty online retailers that are designed for giving consistent bevel cuts each time.
I really appreciate this! Pretty new to interacting with forums like these so I didn't know there were all these resources available. Will be doing my homework
 
I don't have any special tools for making angled cuts. I just make sure my blade is sharp and I do the best to keep my cut consistent as I move along the foam. Practice makes perfect in this case.

I also clean up cuts with a Dremel tool before gluing. If I have a rough cut or an uneven one this is where I make sure they're all smooth before I glue them together. Using a Dremel to clean up the cuts means it is much easier to forgive a messy knife cut.
Really does seem like I don't have much choice besides getting good. The Dremel is an awesome idea though I'll definitely be stealing that:)
 
Hello everyone! This will technically be my second build but the first one (shown in my pfp) was made using a tutorial, so this is my first real attempt at this. I am using the fantastic pepakura template provided in The Armory and have been making slow but consistent progress.

Any and all advice, especially eva foam-specific is very welcome and would be greatly appreciated. Most notably, how to get consistent angle cuts?? So far i've just been kind of eyeballing it and fixing any potential mistakes by prayer and contact cement.

This is what I have so far:D
Got quite a bit more progress done on the sides and it's really starting to take shape!

What's awkward is the scaling seems a bit off to me, looks a little bigger than it should but it also fits my head very comfortably? Maybe I just have a fat head

My angle cuts are very far from perfect but its going reasonably well so far:)
 

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Hello everyone! This will technically be my second build but the first one (shown in my pfp) was made using a tutorial, so this is my first real attempt at this. I am using the fantastic pepakura template provided in The Armory and have been making slow but consistent progress.

Any and all advice, especially eva foam-specific is very welcome and would be greatly appreciated. Most notably, how to get consistent angle cuts?? So far i've just been kind of eyeballing it and fixing any potential mistakes by prayer and contact cement.

This is what I have so far:D
Just have some finishing touches and sanding to do but it's ready to be sealed and painted

(I put in a piece of printer paper to help me see what it'll look like once the visor is installed, yes these photos were very difficult to take)
 

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Been a minute since I updated this thread! Painting can go so slowly in the winter combined with life stuff more I look at it more I see tiny fixes and details that need ironing out but the lions share is done and I am generally happy with how it turned out:) the visor especially was so obnoxious hahaha
 

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