#PEPAKURA STORMTROOPER ARMOR FULL#

I'm still not 100% done with the scaling of the parts, but I've already managed to print out and assemble some pieces. The plans are, the suit will be white epoxy/fiberglass with rubber gaskets, mic and speaker for the helmet and custom electronics for the weapons to make them light up and go pew pew. It's FAR from accurate, but it's a decent base to work off of and with all the reference I accumulated, making it accurate should be relatively painless. The file was originally made for someone 5'7' and I'm 6'1', so everything needed to be adjusted. So I found a pepakura file of the complete suit and started the measuring and scaling process. Even the kit is more than I'm willing to pay for vacuum formed plastic. There will be no second chances here.I've been wanting a FO trooper armor since I saw the movie, but paying 7 grand for the Anovos suit just isn't going to happen. IвЂ™ll have to do some more reading and see whatвЂ™s recommended.В I look forward to the completion of the helmet, but also dreading what comes next: applying a resin coat to the interior and exterior. After that, I need to decide if I should resin it, then attach the ears, or do it the other way around. IвЂ™m aiming to get the lower face attached tonight, and the eyes tomorrow. IвЂ™m really glad IвЂ™ve found a hobby that doesnвЂ™t tie back to the computer in some big way вЂ“ aside from doing some research and printing the parts, that is! ItвЂ™s also a *very*В welcome break from so much computer usage lately. IвЂ™ve made a few mistakes, had to re-print a piece, and learned some things that would have been good to know from the beginning, but all-in-all itвЂ™s gone really well so far. Helmet partially assembled and held up against the mannequin-like template From what IвЂ™ve read, there are some newer, more-accurate models now, and I could re-print it with the glue tabs, but I think this is more than okay for my first foray into things. I grabbed the ANH stormtrooper helmet template from SpaceCowboyВ to get started. We encourage you to create original designs and respect the copyrights of others.ДЇortunately, the costuming community has exploded with a plethora of templates and information. Pepakura Designer is developed in Japan and has been translated to English. Pepakura Designer allows you to create paper craft models from 3D data. From what I understand, this technique is nothing new, but rather, itвЂ™s been made much more accessible to the general public thanks to the tools from Tama Software.В From the official site: Pepakura is a Japanese word for вЂњpapercraftвЂќ, something with which I was vaguely familiar thanks to D&D. Pepakura seems to be a relative newcomer to the costuming masses, having become popular over the last few years. Fortunately, that optionвЂ™s available now, where as a few years ago it wasnвЂ™t. I wanted something I could work on here and there, independent of others. Well, sitting for hours with hazardous chemicals over my face and body wasnвЂ™t very enticing! Not to mention IвЂ™d need a number of friends to help with the entire process. Up until recently, the only way I ever saw for building something like this was by doing a full-body mold. With that established, how do you go about starting something like this? IвЂ™ve found there to be a sufficient lack of cohesive tutorials on this, the mostВ prevalentВ of which seeming outdated. The fastest, cheapest method is to buy a set outright, but whereвЂ™s the fun in that? ItвЂ™s not just about having the armor for me вЂ“ I want to experience the *build*В of it, see its creation through from the very beginning. So, what does this entail? Well, itвЂ™s quite overwhelming at first, to be honest. How cool is thatвЂЅ (Strangely, I think thatвЂ™s the first time IвЂ™ve used an interrobang here.) IвЂ™ve never really built a costume before вЂ“ just your typical stuff in grade school, nothing crazy вЂ“ but IвЂ™m tackling the creation of screen-accurate stormtrooper gear.

#PEPAKURA STORMTROOPER ARMOR FULL#

I recently began working quietly on one of my better-kept secrets: I want to build a full set of stormtrooper armor.

Pepakura stormtrooper armor