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Okay, I realize this won't be for everyone. But lots of us have something unique on our Fursonas. Be it armor, cybernetics, or even just a unique collar. In several of those cases, Pepakura can save you a *lot* of time by helping you knock out anything from a prototype, to a finished product, in a fraction of the time it'd take to make from scratch.
So here we go! A crash course in the actual building part of Pepakura.
To start off, get a copy of Pepakura Viewer (Or Designer, though I can't recommend that for folks just testing this out)
For the sake of simplicity, we will assume that you're using Viewer for this.
When the program is open, you can open any .PDO files, which will then allow you to see a rough idea of the finished product in both 3D, and 2D.
Once you've printed out your pattern, this step will save you a lot of headache, and help your finished works look a little crisper. (even when you're after curves, it's a good idea to do it anywho)
1) With a Ruler, and two colored pens (Red and Blue for this) begin coloring your fold lines. What you want to do is apply a firm pressure as you're tracing, because what you're actually doing is indenting the paper. Those indents will help you immensely when you start to fold the pieces.
Without those crease helpers, you'll find that when you go to fold a flap, the paper will warp and possibly tear. Like I said, it adds time to the build, but it saves you a lot of headache.
2) Cut out your pieces! I recommend actually having a hot glue handy already, and assembling the project as you go. The reason for this is that there are normally dozens of small pieces, and sometimes they look almost identical, which'll lead to some hair pulling when you're several pieces in, and things won't fit for some reason.
During this stage, it's also handy to have Pepakura Viewer open so that you can pick your pieces to cut out. Some pep files don't have numbers, which makes having pep viewer all but essential to take trial and error out of it.
3) If while making your pep, mother nature decides to send a crud ton of tornadoes your way, knocking your power out in the process. Give her the finger, and jury rig an old Arc reactor Halloween prop you made, into a lamp and keep on working!
Actually, if that crud happens again. Get to shelter. I rigged this up after we'd taken care of important things, and all we could do was wait.
4) As you're putting things together, try to go over your work, patching holes, or even re-enforcing it as you go. I skipped this mostly, because I'm going to be adding fiberglass and bondo.
5) It helps to build up your pep in sections. When you're near the end, you can just facet nice large pieces together, as opposed to trying to squeeze in all the tiny pieces.
I know this isn't a brilliant tutorial. This is more along the lines of me just sharing tidbits I've learned via Trial and error, to try and save you having to learn them the same way. Hopefully it'll help someone!
So here we go! A crash course in the actual building part of Pepakura.
To start off, get a copy of Pepakura Viewer (Or Designer, though I can't recommend that for folks just testing this out)
For the sake of simplicity, we will assume that you're using Viewer for this.
When the program is open, you can open any .PDO files, which will then allow you to see a rough idea of the finished product in both 3D, and 2D.
Once you've printed out your pattern, this step will save you a lot of headache, and help your finished works look a little crisper. (even when you're after curves, it's a good idea to do it anywho)
1) With a Ruler, and two colored pens (Red and Blue for this) begin coloring your fold lines. What you want to do is apply a firm pressure as you're tracing, because what you're actually doing is indenting the paper. Those indents will help you immensely when you start to fold the pieces.
Without those crease helpers, you'll find that when you go to fold a flap, the paper will warp and possibly tear. Like I said, it adds time to the build, but it saves you a lot of headache.
2) Cut out your pieces! I recommend actually having a hot glue handy already, and assembling the project as you go. The reason for this is that there are normally dozens of small pieces, and sometimes they look almost identical, which'll lead to some hair pulling when you're several pieces in, and things won't fit for some reason.
During this stage, it's also handy to have Pepakura Viewer open so that you can pick your pieces to cut out. Some pep files don't have numbers, which makes having pep viewer all but essential to take trial and error out of it.
3) If while making your pep, mother nature decides to send a crud ton of tornadoes your way, knocking your power out in the process. Give her the finger, and jury rig an old Arc reactor Halloween prop you made, into a lamp and keep on working!
Actually, if that crud happens again. Get to shelter. I rigged this up after we'd taken care of important things, and all we could do was wait.
4) As you're putting things together, try to go over your work, patching holes, or even re-enforcing it as you go. I skipped this mostly, because I'm going to be adding fiberglass and bondo.
5) It helps to build up your pep in sections. When you're near the end, you can just facet nice large pieces together, as opposed to trying to squeeze in all the tiny pieces.
I know this isn't a brilliant tutorial. This is more along the lines of me just sharing tidbits I've learned via Trial and error, to try and save you having to learn them the same way. Hopefully it'll help someone!
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Tutorials
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