OJ102
Member
Hi there,
Just before Christmas I decided to take up pepakura crafting as a hobby and thought, in for a penny, in for a pound, so chose to start off with a helmet, as everywhere says they can be the hardest parts.
I chose 250gsm card, I tried 150 as that was the max my printer could take but my first helmet didn't feel study enough. So to get past the printing, and don't laugh, I'm printing it on paper and then gluing it on the thick card.
However it's working well, ive build a helmet and neck seal. I'm now working on the back, chest support and chest plate.
Now here is my first quandary. How do the conponents usually stick together, for example the helmet and detachable face mask. Currently I've got them pinned with magnets loose. In was thinking of embedding small high strength magnets on adjoining faces So they would lock together but could be pulled off. The magnets would eventually be embedded in the fiberglass when I get to that stage. This would also apply to other rigid sections.
The other query is joints. How is that normally done? I'm very new to this so not sure what approaches are feasible if you want to be able to move!
Cheers for any thoughts
Just before Christmas I decided to take up pepakura crafting as a hobby and thought, in for a penny, in for a pound, so chose to start off with a helmet, as everywhere says they can be the hardest parts.
I chose 250gsm card, I tried 150 as that was the max my printer could take but my first helmet didn't feel study enough. So to get past the printing, and don't laugh, I'm printing it on paper and then gluing it on the thick card.
However it's working well, ive build a helmet and neck seal. I'm now working on the back, chest support and chest plate.
Now here is my first quandary. How do the conponents usually stick together, for example the helmet and detachable face mask. Currently I've got them pinned with magnets loose. In was thinking of embedding small high strength magnets on adjoining faces So they would lock together but could be pulled off. The magnets would eventually be embedded in the fiberglass when I get to that stage. This would also apply to other rigid sections.
The other query is joints. How is that normally done? I'm very new to this so not sure what approaches are feasible if you want to be able to move!
Cheers for any thoughts