pepakura paper armour
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 12:22 pm
I haven't been on the forums in awhile. I found pepakura (a 3d interactive software) that can be used to build paper models in 3d! Of course this takes a lot of time, sizing (as in I found out the hard way if a kid makes it it won't fit me lol).
This started as a Phase 1 Clone Trooper. most of the peices are made, some have a layer of resin on them (holds the shape until you get material on them). I decided that fibre glass would probably break, so I have moved on to ballistic grade materials. I am not there yet, but if I can afford some HB80 dyneema this thing will stop .308's in their track if done correctly (and expensively). All or nothing right?. Pieces are going to be modified or swapped out, but the whole point of this post:
A) they seem very exact, whoever "unfolded" these did a very good job
B) even if they aren't 501st approved, they are great for custom costume building
Anyone else use pepakura before?
This started as a Phase 1 Clone Trooper. most of the peices are made, some have a layer of resin on them (holds the shape until you get material on them). I decided that fibre glass would probably break, so I have moved on to ballistic grade materials. I am not there yet, but if I can afford some HB80 dyneema this thing will stop .308's in their track if done correctly (and expensively). All or nothing right?. Pieces are going to be modified or swapped out, but the whole point of this post:
A) they seem very exact, whoever "unfolded" these did a very good job
B) even if they aren't 501st approved, they are great for custom costume building
Anyone else use pepakura before?