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Common Tags Armor Ask Us Cosplay Culture Make Up Taking Photos Tips Tricks Tools Tutorials Quotes Resource Links Rules Sewing Shoes Wigs Works In Progress Finished Costumes Cosplay Moments. Halo Armor Pepakura Full Body HaloYou can make amazing life-sized pieces of armor such as: A full body Halo Armor Suit. Halo Armor Pepakura How To Get StartedSo how do you use Pepakura Here are tips on how to get started. Download Pepakura Viewer (free). Here is a tutorial on how to download, open, and scale your first file. Most files are pre-scaled for someone 6 feet tall so its pretty easy to use. There is also a Pepakura Designer which is not free but only needed if you are going to create pep designs. Otherwise, for a cosplayer, the Viewer is more than enough. Know where the Pep databases galleries are. Some of the links are outdated or old so here are some useful (not dead) databases to start your search: Google your item pepakura 3) Pepakura is good for metal-like armor. I will create another post for more organic armor but the pep databases are much more useful for costumes that would be made out of metal: Gundams, Star Wars robots, Halo suits, Mega Man, etc. If you are doing this only using paper, it will already take a lot of time. However, if you are using craft foam and then using vinyl over it, or anything else over the craft foam, thats three times the work. So just keep in mind, these are very detailed down to every fold so it will take some time to finish the projectsbut they will come out awesome. Sometimes, I feel like pep is a little overkill because of all the details for every fold but it gives you a good starting point. Oh and I have to mention, this method is not for everyone. Im pretty good with fitting pieces together and 3D orientation but not everyone is made that way. Halo Armor Pepakura Software Is EasyWhile using the software is easy, constructing the paper patterns is a completely different skillset. So dont beat yourself up too hard if you cant get it right the first, second, or even third time, ok.
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