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Pepakura

RiderOnTheStorm · 2012-03-14 10:31:41

anyone got any experience of Pepakura in making models? My son discovered it recently and it looks great! If you dont kmow what it is, its software that can take a 3-d image and split it into 2-d planes (no pun intended) like a tailors / dress-makers pattern. You can then print it (on card or whatever) and put it back…

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14-03-2012 11:31am

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RiderOnTheStorm

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anyone got any experience of Pepakura in making models? My son discovered it recently and it looks great!

If you dont kmow what it is, its software that can take a 3-d image and split it into 2-d planes (no pun intended) like a tailors / dress-makers pattern. You can then print it (on card or whatever) and put it back together and vola! you have a model of the item you started with. Folks use it for recreating masks, armour, weapons, etc from fantasy / s-f / games etc.

Just wondering if folk have any good links / stories / etc

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#2 24-06-2012 9:47pm
SamBrugha

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Yeah man i'm currently working on four helmets! take a look http://darksidedesigns.tumblr.com/

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