Cutting out the parts
So I started the rough cuts on my helmet pieces. By rough cuts, I mean that I cut out the majority of the shapes with leaving the in between parts of the tabs intact to keep them from tearing before I can get to the gluing stage. I do this because it can sometimes be days between working on the project and I'd rather not have to re-print sheets for one torn part.
I planned on doing the helmet first for 2 reasons, 1) it's the most iconic part and if I decide to bail out on this project after only 1 piece, at least I will have a cool helmet to display and 2) It looks to be one of the hardest pieces to put together, so lets get that out of the way first.
I have done 1 pepakura helmet and did not go on to fiberglass/bondo it. I mainly wanted to see what the process was like and see what I was getting myself in to. I ended up giving it to my sons to play with, and to their credit, it is still in 1 piece, even after a trip to school for Show and Tell.
Resources for this project
I need to stop and give credit to the resources I'm using in this Project:
This software is amazing. I'm VERY new to using it, but it is fairly intuitive and easy to use.
If you don't know about this resource yet, what have you been doing? They have everything from costuming to recipes.
This site is also amazing. It is THE resource for costume / prop replication.
Special thanks to Darkside501st. It is because of his pepakura patterns that I've been able to start this project.
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