TheBlackSpot1228
Jr Member
After much hassle to get the files for the helmet on my Mac (bad idea. Now I know why people just say 'buy a pc') I figured it would be easier to go next door to my grandparents house and use my grandfathers computer, because he has the only Windows PS between my house and their house.
Simple enough:
-Download Pepakura Designer
-Download Supertaco's EOD helmet
-Print out on cardstock
-MAKE!
The actual construction went very well. Not nearly as difficult as I had thought it would be. Until the end. Getting everything to align right and fit together was a PAIN. But I got it eventually, with not TOO much trouble.
Here's a runthrough
DAY 1:
First piece, done without the numbers, printed from my Mac. Not too hard.
End of first short day of work. Face complete.
Seems to fit.
DAY 2:
Forehead complete. I want to stick an ATM card or something in the little indent there, haha.
I'm happy that the forehead is complete..
Top of head complete. Easy piece to make, and it was actually kinda fun.
Temples complete. This part was tricky. Finding the right corresponding pieces was hard. I actually had to look at the numbers for this part.
Back of the head complete, but not attached. This part is comprised of a bunch of strips... and a loootttt of tabs. Tabs are a pain to cut out.
And finally.. after the frustration of trying to get that back piece to fit right and align...
Ta-daa!
The scale is great. But I'll have to trim a little bit off the rim around the hole, cuz I have to pretty much reverse-berth my head in there.
The trickiest spot to get as close to perfect as my OCD will let me were the "ears", I guess you could say. The area right behind the things that stick out on the cheeks. Lots of angles to get right.
Here.
And to top it all off...
Thanks, all.
Feedback, of course, is welcome.
Simple enough:
-Download Pepakura Designer
-Download Supertaco's EOD helmet
-Print out on cardstock
-MAKE!
The actual construction went very well. Not nearly as difficult as I had thought it would be. Until the end. Getting everything to align right and fit together was a PAIN. But I got it eventually, with not TOO much trouble.
Here's a runthrough
DAY 1:
First piece, done without the numbers, printed from my Mac. Not too hard.
End of first short day of work. Face complete.
Seems to fit.
DAY 2:
Forehead complete. I want to stick an ATM card or something in the little indent there, haha.
I'm happy that the forehead is complete..
Top of head complete. Easy piece to make, and it was actually kinda fun.
Temples complete. This part was tricky. Finding the right corresponding pieces was hard. I actually had to look at the numbers for this part.
Back of the head complete, but not attached. This part is comprised of a bunch of strips... and a loootttt of tabs. Tabs are a pain to cut out.
And finally.. after the frustration of trying to get that back piece to fit right and align...
Ta-daa!
The scale is great. But I'll have to trim a little bit off the rim around the hole, cuz I have to pretty much reverse-berth my head in there.
The trickiest spot to get as close to perfect as my OCD will let me were the "ears", I guess you could say. The area right behind the things that stick out on the cheeks. Lots of angles to get right.
Here.
And to top it all off...
Thanks, all.
Feedback, of course, is welcome.