Cardboard Halo3 Gear WIP

Here's the result of me printing the wrong scale and not noticing until it is halfway assembled.
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It works on a kid though:D
 
Are you absolutely positive that your son didn't "accidentally" resize the templates too small on purpose. ;)

He looks great in that helmet though, I'm sure that he'll enjoy it immensely. Awesome work!!

Here's the result of me printing the wrong scale and not noticing until it is halfway assembled.
halo7.gif

It works on a kid though:D
 
Are you absolutely positive that your son didn't "accidentally" resize the templates too small on purpose. ;)

:lol:lol:

Qn - Ive printed these out after downloading these templates... Obviously until I start to build how do you know if they are right scale? I printed them at 100% and on some it refers to the templates not being scaled to the paper sourced at the printer?

Long story short - should an adult lid be printed out on A3 instead of A4?
 
No idea how to decompress any of this.I am used to working with zip or pdf files, so I guess I am out of luck.I am not computer savvy at all.lol
 
Hey DB... I've printed out one of the lids and started building this morning... unfortunately it wouldn't even fit my 4yr old daughter! :lol:

Qn - What paper/card size are you using? A3? (I used A4) and if printing from the Papakura Viewer, where would you find the correct scaling factors? :confused

Cheers in advance. (y)
 
I don't have acess to my computer today, but I will write a short tutorial on resizing based on your height as soon as I can. It involves math, so get out yer calculators.

Basically, in the 2d pattern window button on the toolbar, there is an option to scale up by 10%, an option to scale down by 10%, and an option to scale by other. Click the last one.

Some of you can figure it out from here, (I couldn't) but the rest of you will need help.

I will post the tut in this thread as soon as I can get back to my computer.
 
UPDATE!

My computer has been a bit dodgy lately, so I haven't been able to work on the armor much, but here is my full size helmet. I have primed it to see the details of what I need to smooth and shape. I have also started to add details. I have not fiberglassed yet because it is too cold and humid here. That may have to wait for spring, but I will get it done as soon as possible.

On to the pics...
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My son's helmet is 90% done. All it needs is lights and padding. I will post pics when he brings it back from his grandparents house. (He had to show it to his uncle...big Halo gamer.)

I have started on the chest and backplates, but I will wait to show pics when it is ready for fiberglassing.
 
I forgot to mention that it will be black with a silver chrome visor with white led's in the cheek pieces and white el lights on the side vents. It will also have the somewhat grainy texture that the in-game armor has.
 
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