Shotgunslayer
New Member
Hi all, I'm pretty new to the hobby and don't really know what I'm doing, though I've been interested for quite some time now. I purchased a helmet from Armory Props! First time using a rotary tool so I'm surprised I didn't screw it up too much. I tried pepakura a couple years ago and failed miserably so I thought maybe it's a good time to try foam now.
Metallic coat.
Matte black (perhaps this wasn't the best choice for color, but I can always repaint or buy another helmet).
Stripes on - Vaseline off.
It was incredibly difficult to attach the visor and make it fit, it took much longer than I anticipated.
Now for the armor, I just don't really know where to start. I have a few hundred #11 scalpel blades lying around, just bought a heat gun, already have a glue gun, so I think I have all the materials to start building! Got the EVA at Walmart, the only thing I probably want to get is a self healing cutting board.
After much searching, the only files on foam ODST I was able to find are a random assortment of partially converted Hugh's ODST on 4shared and the Halo 4 ODST in the file archive. Despite this, its all very confusing to me as I hardly have any pepakura viewer experience. It seems some of the pieces have been moved off of the pages and some of the duplicate pieces are nowhere to be seen? What complicates matters further is that my home laptop is unable to connect to the printer (and it can't be fixed, I've had this issue for two years and spent some serious time troubleshooting) so I either have to download the viewer at school/somewhere else or export the .pdo to pdf. Both of these options present their own respectable problems so I would really appreciate it if you guys could give some suggestions.
DFT's stuff isn't particularly helpful, he's able to make very straight clean cuts due to experience and the templates aren't printable nor are there any measurements whatsoever. The pepakura converted stuff is just kind of confusing - some of it seems overly complicated and some seems far too basic. Thanks for reading!
Metallic coat.
Matte black (perhaps this wasn't the best choice for color, but I can always repaint or buy another helmet).
Stripes on - Vaseline off.
It was incredibly difficult to attach the visor and make it fit, it took much longer than I anticipated.
Now for the armor, I just don't really know where to start. I have a few hundred #11 scalpel blades lying around, just bought a heat gun, already have a glue gun, so I think I have all the materials to start building! Got the EVA at Walmart, the only thing I probably want to get is a self healing cutting board.
After much searching, the only files on foam ODST I was able to find are a random assortment of partially converted Hugh's ODST on 4shared and the Halo 4 ODST in the file archive. Despite this, its all very confusing to me as I hardly have any pepakura viewer experience. It seems some of the pieces have been moved off of the pages and some of the duplicate pieces are nowhere to be seen? What complicates matters further is that my home laptop is unable to connect to the printer (and it can't be fixed, I've had this issue for two years and spent some serious time troubleshooting) so I either have to download the viewer at school/somewhere else or export the .pdo to pdf. Both of these options present their own respectable problems so I would really appreciate it if you guys could give some suggestions.
DFT's stuff isn't particularly helpful, he's able to make very straight clean cuts due to experience and the templates aren't printable nor are there any measurements whatsoever. The pepakura converted stuff is just kind of confusing - some of it seems overly complicated and some seems far too basic. Thanks for reading!