Monday 18 July 2011

Pepakura

I tried Pepakura in the past already, the Predator Mask is made in that way. But I used a different resin to harden the paper and bind the fiberglass on it.

I now tried it with the same resin everybody else is using, lets see how this works out. Still need to find a good substitute for Bondo Bodyfiller the Americans are using.Lets start with something easy, a Masterchief Helmet.

First build out of paper:



Now some polyester resin to make it more durable and prepare it for the fiberglass:



Fiberglassing started:



And since it took some time till the resin was hard enough I started something different on the side:



It is easier then I thought:

 


Resin progress will start soon .... ish

Updates



 With my new Flex I made some blade edges on both wooden swords.