1st Build My First Armor Build

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Mobius1ac

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So I have recently started my first Pepakura Armor build. I've always wanted to make a set of Halo armor, but only recently came about doing it. When finished, I plan to have a full set of Halo 3 Mjolnir Mk VI.

I have decided to start documenting and posting my progress
 
So far, I have cut and folded a shin and a half
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And resined (outside coat) the glove pieces
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So a few notes as of now: I started out using the tacky craft glue, it holds well and stays plastic enough to get parts into position before hardening. I recently switched to a super glue gel pen. I can use less glue and it quickly adheres and I dont have to worry about pulling it out of position; I think I will be staying with the super glue from here on out.
On folding: my very first attempts at Pep were actually on a test prop pistol (actually an M6R Reverse throwing Pistol from the Halo CE Cursed Mod). On that, I was just folding on the lines by hand, and it shows; the lines are not very accurate or crisp. My next piece, one of the hand plates, I used a clay-molding tool as what I now now as a bone folder. Unfortunately, the tool was so thick, that it was hard to accurately place scores as well as being rather soft plastic that I had to keep sharpening to the point that it had changed shape. From here on out, I am using the back of my X-acto knife to score the paper and it is working great.
 
So a few notes as of now: I started out using the tacky craft glue, it holds well and stays plastic enough to get parts into position before hardening. I recently switched to a super glue gel pen. I can use less glue and it quickly adheres and I dont have to worry about pulling it out of position; I think I will be staying with the super glue from here on out.
On folding: my very first attempts at Pep were actually on a test prop pistol (actually an M6R Reverse throwing Pistol from the Halo CE Cursed Mod). On that, I was just folding on the lines by hand, and it shows; the lines are not very accurate or crisp. My next piece, one of the hand plates, I used a clay-molding tool as what I now now as a bone folder. Unfortunately, the tool was so thick, that it was hard to accurately place scores as well as being rather soft plastic that I had to keep sharpening to the point that it had changed shape. From here on out, I am using the back of my X-acto knife to score the paper and it is working great.
Do you have pictures of this magnum?
 
There is a special place in Hell for whomever designed this piece of the elbow armor...
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There are so many folds and joints in such a small space, that I can't even see where the cuts are. One segment is completely black from all of the overlapping joint numbers. But did eventually get it in some kind of order
 
So I butchered the first attempt at that last part of the forearm, here is the start of my second attempt
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I printed this one on plain printer paper and deleted the joint IDs. This has made it much easier to work with, but I do have to be more careful as the paper likes to tear very easily. My plan is to finish this piece entirely, and make a duplicate using resin casting for the other arm as this piece is mostly just mirrored over

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It was my choice to use the UHD pep models, so I'm sticking to it.
 
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