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Warthog
#1 Posted : 05 May 2013 20:47:11

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My son (who is 9 soon) said to me that would'nt it be cool if I could make him an IronMan Helmet...Blink Glare

So I did some research on MeTube and found some very interesting tutorials about people who make these for fun and even a living...

So after watching a few and downloading the PEPAKURA Viewer and some of the free files on offer I decided to have a go and this is what will be a little build diary of what hopefully will be WarMachines (IronMan) Helmet in 1/1 scale.

Below are links to anyone else who fancies to give this a go!! It's great fun and gives a break from the norm..

Tools you will need are

PRINTER
240 GSM A4 Card
Sharp Knives (X-acto)
A good large Cutting Matt
CA Glue or any other quick bond card/paper glue
and finally...Patience


Links....

PEPAKURA VIEWER

YouTube TUTORIALS

HARDENING AND READY FOR FILLING

Here is the start of mine..

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#2 Posted : 05 May 2013 21:04:21

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An interesting project Spencer!! CoolThumpUp

Your son is going to be soooo proud of his dad when it's finished - well done you!! CoolBigGrin


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#3 Posted : 05 May 2013 21:59:51

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SennaMentalMe wrote:
An interesting project Spencer!! CoolThumpUp

Your son is going to be soooo proud of his dad when it's finished - well done you!! CoolBigGrin


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He had better be Kev... Fingers are killing me cutting and sticking together lol
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#4 Posted : 05 May 2013 23:10:41

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Hi Warhog,

Check this out for a bit of inspiration. Yesterday i was at a rock festival in Manchester and as it was May the 4th it was Star Wars themed (May the 4th be with you lol) anyhow met this lot and they had made their own costumes and weapons serous stuff - god luck with the mask Cool excuse the picks of me and my daughters Blushing



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#5 Posted : 05 May 2013 23:25:44

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Jase.. Theres a Group/Forum who make all the costumes and stuff for Festivals and Shows and especially in the US it's big stuff and some even go to the extent of motorising a lot of their costumes... Very impressive some of it and a cost effective way to get a full StormTrooper outfit..
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#6 Posted : 07 May 2013 10:03:26

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My fingers Hurt!!! A small update as this takes time as have to cut out every part (15 sheets) then fold and glue!!

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#7 Posted : 07 May 2013 13:31:30

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Looks like a lot of work Spencer, though I'm sure with your skills it will be worth it in the end and your son will love it!! CoolThumpUp

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#8 Posted : 06 June 2013 09:22:26

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Pepakura is a great programme!!

I used it a few years ago when I made my replica Daft Punk helmets

I fully feel your finger pain, some of the small tabs can be a right
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Something I did differently though to make the job a little easier is rather than try the make the helmet in 1 go, I cut it down the middle making 2 halves

Ment it was a lot easier putting all the pieces together!

couple of pics to show you what I mean

Might be worth considering, if you find it a little fiddly!

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The Brawn Build
Wentworth Court Dolls House
The MP4/4 Build
[ulr=http://forum.deagostini.co.uk/default.aspx?g=posts&t=36693]The 97T Build[/url]
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#9 Posted : 06 June 2013 18:33:25

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Thats Pretty cool mate!! What did you use for hardener in the end or recomend? BTW not forgotten about your nose Wink
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#10 Posted : 07 June 2013 09:57:49

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Cheers

I used fastglas resin out of halfords

Applied it to each half to harden, cut off the excees and joined them together, then resined again to complete 2 as 1

Then a couple of layers of faithful fillerCool

That's as far as I've got with this, needs sanding, filling sanding filling sanding etc etc

Some of the guys of the daft club have literally spent months sanding and filling just to get it right and smooth!

Yeah I've not touched the brawn in an absolute age, need to get back on it reallyCursing

wife and sprog are off to scotland again soon, might have to knock it out of the park while they're away

So no rush mate, as and when you get a chance to have a think
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The Brawn Build
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