You can either take your measurement and do the math yourself (an inch is approximately 2.54 centimeters) or just type it into google. Reason being, pepakura model measurements go by mm. There are many ways to do it, just make sure it's accurate! Once you've gotten your measurement, you're going to need to convert it to cm. One trick I like to do when I'm alone is to stand up straight and use a pencil to make a very light mark along a door or wall and then just measure the wall up to that point. For this, you're probably going to need someone to help you out and hold the tape or ruler while you stand as straight as you can. If you don't know your own height to the inch, then you're going to need to take your measurement. Once you've gotten both measurements, all that's left is to take your own height down and convert it to cm. Then, measure their headpiece, chestpiece, legpiece, or whatever else you want to size (in cm as well). Take a ruler (preferably a bendable one or a measuring tape) and measure the height of the model you've found the picture for in cm. It's not at all difficult, but it must be done as accurately as possible to get the best results in your overall ratio. I managed to find a nice, fullbody picture of both Guy-Manuel and Thomas, so I lucked out. Do NOT use paintings or drawings, as good as they may be, they are probably not as accurate when it comes to anatomy (not to diss anyone's art or anything). However, if I couldn't find a fullbody photo of them, it's alright for me to use another picture of someone wearing an outfit of theirs if I like the size of the helmet. In other words, I'm going to be doing a couple Daft Punk helmets, so my best bet would be to find a fullbody photo of Thomas and Guy-Manuel. The very first step in this tutorial is to find a full-body reference picture of the character who wears the certain piece, or anyone who you'd like the ratio to be similar to.
There is nothing dangerous about this tutorialĪlways make sure you read through the entire process before beginning to avoid mistakes and get a general idea of how the project will progress. This is a very quick and easy process by which you can re-size pepakura models to fit your body.
#How to pepakura how to
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to properly scale a wearable pepakura model so that it will fit you perfectly!Įverything can be found online for this tutorial
#How to pepakura software
You'll learn a lot more about how to use the software that way.Now this tutorial is going to be something a bit different than the usual. It can save a lot of time and parts rebuilding having said that, if you are just getting into Pepakura and buidling, I would recommend trying the scaling yourself first and see how it goes. I do offer this service, I work up a digital mannequin off of a set of 20 or so of the wearer's measurements, and then rescale the individual pieces to 'fit' the armor to their mannequin. Last suggestion I can make, if you are still having problems scaling, you can commission someone to scale the armor for you. As an example, correct proportion Iron Man armors are notoriously small in the waist/cod area to the point where a screen-accurate armor pep just scaled overall to a 6'2" guy would still only have a 33" waist or so great for wiry guys, not so much for most other people.
Of course keep in mind though, it comes down to the armor and how well it fits in the first place, so it pays to still double-check your parts. Scaling a 110% on a standard 5'10 armor would hopefully get you pretty close for fitting at 6'4. If you do get lucky, importing all of those parts will give you a head-to-toe measurement to start overall scaling from if you can pull an overall height that way, you may get lucky and get 90%+ of your scaling usable just by doing that. Now if you are lucky on the particular pepakura armor you are looking at, you can import all of the pieces into the software and they will still be oriented in the correct positions (rather than all piled on top of each other). I'm 6'3", so I appreciate the scaling aspect when it comes to 5'10" scaled armors fitting 6'+ frames. In a perfect world, you can just go by what length looks good for you on your arm, and then hopefully that scale also has enough girth at the middle to fit your arm. For instance, for a bicep, check the width at the widest point and overall length, and then scale according to your measurements. Your best bet is (as a beginner) to scale each piece, using Pepakura's point-to-point measurements to guide you.
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