Pepakura basics, how to use for your foam cosplay armor and props

[@dragonking8691]

I'm the dumb mom that decided to wade into cosplay for the first time two weeks before Halloween to make my son a monster hunter costume.... AND YOU ARE SAVING MY LIFE. Working off an etsy pattern using Pepakura... just learned what that was yesterday and only AFTER buying the pattern, and was utterly lost. Your videos were the only ones I found that broke everything down so clearly and simply and didn't presume I would at least know x or y... cuz i don't lol. wasn't dumbed down, just clear and comprehensive for us dummies/newbies. again, THANK YOU.

[@WaynesWorkshop]

You are very welcome, good luck with your son's costume building 😁👍

[@anaalvarez6002]

I'm gonna build Tracer's chronal accelerator and didn't know how or where to start and you just saved my life with this video. Definitely liked and subscribed! Thank you!!

[@MiyamotoMusashii]

You are now some kind of God to me xDDD I was so irritated because I didnt know how to fold foam that I was about to quit, but you saved my day. Thank you so much

[@Amylf10]

Dude this is soo helpful! I was so lost! I’m making Astrid from how to train your dragon hidden world’s armor so this is seriously a blessing!!

[@matthewjones4423]

I'm a huge starwars fan, and when I was 18/19, tried making my own mandalorian armour, I'm going to try again one day using this

[@caster0007]

sharp knives always and master those undercuts and angled cuts

[@montanthills2552]

Thanks so much, I had no idea where to start with this stuff.

[@LittleNekosPage]

I'm about to start using Pepakura and this video was soooo helpful. Thank you so much for the easy to understand explanations. I think $30.00 is reasonable so I think I'll get the paid version.

[@bearlycreative8730]

Hey! Thank you for making this really accessible tutorial about Pepakura You've convinced me to start using it! Thanks again :-)

[@merlinrothfeld1412]

Great job! I leaned all of this by trial and error! Wish you had it completed 6 months ago! Looking forward to the next one!

[@KawaiijuCosplay]

Really useful tutorial, thank you so much! I brought some files for a current project and downloaded the program but was feeling a little overwhelmed, this really helped explain it in a straight forward way!

[@arbi018]

i just knew this software exists, wouldve helped me alot with my pyramid head helmet, wanted a nice replica from dbd's model lol wouldve taken like 2 weeks instead of a month to make

[@RRaidyn]

Hello, is there a setting where I can see the folding degrees? For example, one side is slanted 20 degrees, the other side is slanted 35 degrees, but when I put it on paper, it looks straight. Can the program tell me how many degrees I need to fold?

[@ayasurya5643]

thank you so much bro, i really want to try but with paper one. because it's cheaper and affordable for me atm.

[@Zordova]

Perfect 101 tutorial. Will definitely use this.

[@tomas96mail]

Excellent tutorial vid for pepakura

[@Medea0093]

Amazing. The best template and the best explanation ever. Luv ya

[@joehartman5543]

Let's say I want this thing to fit me, but I don't have a poster printer so I have to use letter sized paper; can I separate the parts on more than one page and just piece them together or do I have to use a poster sized printer?

[@randomcosplayer509]

Thanks.. Im a newbie at this an it helped out alot

[@saraabril7465]

Thanks a lot. Very good explanation. Can you help me with the link the tutorial to disconnect parts in pepakura? I couldn't find it in your videos list.

[@blipzero]

thamnk you for the insight i am looking forword to your next video i my self am working on a armor fomr multy defrent parts to make my own armor look one of a kind but please can you show us how to build some thing in the Pepakura designer please ? i want to build and not have to use other peoples ideas for i have some of my own ...

[@Niftster]

Nice tutorial! Liked, and Subscribed! I'm looking forward to seeing more.

[@jasonpatterson1848]

plese can u do a vid on how to scale like how to get the right size buy using the width high and lenth thank you

[@diaxus388]

good tut dude

[@Shiro-Works]

awesome vid bro!

[@jolyregis1541]

salut a tu des fichier pdo su les Transformers ou un site ou les télécharger impossible de trouver merci

[@destree5315]

I have a question, when scaling should I scale the whole suit or piece by piece? For example, the arm piece, leg piece, chest plate, ect. I want to make an Iron Man suit. The templates were originally made for a 5'9 person but I'm 5'1

[@annekabrimhall1059]

Have you ever exported the Pepakura file to Adobe illustrator? I want the laser cutter to do the hard work for me but it only reads adobe illustrator

[@miichael2587]

Program to make this 3d design?

[@LostInfernoFireDragon]

Can you do Gundam Armor with Pepakura.

[@badutsanggaralle]

amazing ...

[@michaelalicea8019]

What video has the tutorial to disconnect parts in pepakura?

[@Mirosuke.]

Fuck, video is old but information is gold! Thank you so much!!

[@IWETROBOTICS]

How can I configure it to fit me correctly?

[@WaynesWorkshop]

since this is a very old video of mine, i no longer use pepakura. i use armorsmith, its vastly superior over pepakura for cosplay usage. in armorsmith you can recreate your own body on your armorsmtih avatar and then proceed to stretch, resize and reshape the armor to fit your exact bodypart. check it out in one of my videos or check out the armored garage youtube channel

[@christinawatts7808]

Hi Wayne!!! Are you using a STL file? I am trying to convert stl file onto pepakura for some parts to make into eva foam... can we talk???

[@WaynesWorkshop]

never use STL files for pepakura, the STL is for 3dprinting so has a huge amount of polygons, way too much for a eva foam pepakura template. use low poly obj files (like models ripped from games) for pepakura.

[@matthewward8746]

Can you please do one like this for paper and how to resin/fiberglass?

[@kraxusgaming9483]

based pfp

[@commanderwyro4204]

all the foam halo reach armor file links dont work anymore ):

[@polygonalsprites2481]

very helpful video! but your voice was a little quiet and murky until I turned the volume up

[@seannjewall3433]

Awesomeeeeeeee

[@thatdummguy7097]

Where do you buy your foam? Is it EVA?

[@zombiekillingrl]

Just watched this and it answered a lot of my questions! But I do still have one more...(and it might be dumb) but I would be terrified of the foam breaking apart once the lines are cut to fold, and then not gluing back correctly (ending up in a lot of extra work) How is that fixed?

[@WaynesWorkshop]

zombiekillingrl ehm I don't think I follow your question... Your worried your glued lines will rip apart? Contact glue is so strong that foam will rip first before the glued seam if done right 😁

[@zombiekillingrl]

I knew I wouldn't word it correctly lol. I'm used to working with the paper part of pep building and I know when I use my blade to lightly go over the fold lines, if I press a bit too hard, I will cut it all the way instead of perforating the edges to fold. What I am asking is that if I cut too deep on thin foam if that is what I use, and it cuts all the way through the foam, will the edges still glue together correctly and come out right, or is it all in the way the blade is pointed? Since I see that foam files still have the dash and dot/dash lines as well. I hope I said it right this time. haha. I've just never used foam for building.

[@WaynesWorkshop]

ah like that, well when i first started with foam i had this problem and i bought a 45 degree angle blade, you could cut perfect 45 degree angels with is but also set it to cut only 2mm deep, for example i have 5mm foam, set blade to 2 mm. it had a little base where the blade handle would rest on the foam, i believe foamwerks sells those now, mine was from x-acto. right now im so used to it i just eyeball it with my hobby knife

[@zombiekillingrl]

Thanks you are so helpful!! Definitely subscribing!

[@As567na]

Hey there! I'm new at the scene of making props and stuff and I was going to get started by doing a HEV suit (Chestplate) from Half Life series. I'm a having a little troble at trying to understand how to make that usable in templates for foam and I can't still figure out what to do. I know you can simplify the templates so they work out as foam templates, I simply can understand and how to do it. Is there anybody who can help with my problem? Thanks

[@leviathan_craftsman3569]

Are you having trouble with extracting the model or creating a template in general?

[@WaynesWorkshop]

Basically what you do is remove all pattern pieces that simulate thickness. As paper is flat, you need those "thickness" pieces, a unfold for foam is just that same pattern but those "thickness" pieces removed as you would use the thickness that foam already has

[@TheMilitaryWay05]

Bro what software do u use

[@WaynesWorkshop]

litteraly the first word of the title ;)

[@TheMilitaryWay05]

@@WaynesWorkshop heh lol (asked just for fun) Btw I am watching u from a long time and u should upload more videos on ardunio

[@drpeppero3]

My pepakura doesnt have all those features? I downloaded pepakura 4 for their site...did I do something wrong? I cant do any of the things this guy is doing in this video? I am trying to edit a foam pattern to card stock...SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!

[@WaynesWorkshop]

did you open viewer or designer, the one in this video is designer

[@drpeppero3]

@@WaynesWorkshop whaaaaa...i didnt know there was a difference.

[@WaynesWorkshop]

@@drpeppero3 viewer is free, designer is sort of free, if you use designer for free you lack the ability to save your work. However before you buy anything, please consider buying "armorsmith" its way better as you can recreate your body as an avatar and then fit armor templates on it, I have videos on armorsmith aswell on this channel

[@NLHawkNL]

OMG those googly eyes tho

[@WaynesWorkshop]

detailing on the cheap and looks good after paint and weathering ;)

[@NLHawkNL]

iknow it does would be amazing to finish everything except those tho just walk around with all those googly eyes

[@MiyamotoMusashii]

I live another nightmare every single time I´m going to glue the foam together. Do you have a video for that?

[@WaynesWorkshop]

Jose Carlos Cabra Pelaez that one is planned for next week, takes time to record and edit all the stuff, that and i have a life aswell :p ;)

[@caster0007]

best glue is contact cement...Hot glue for a quick fix to align

[@MiyamotoMusashii]

Of course!! No hurry, thank you very much for all your work, you are helping a lot!!

[@deeznuts23yearsago]

Pepakura, the art of making 3d into 2D to make it 3D again

[@jameseliot1134]

Only frustrating thing is helmets with lots of angles and levels....... so many bevel cuts 🥶

[@ringkeeper4825]

called wayne and has the ironman??? you can use your name for batman :P

[@waberoid]

Oh, so it just unwraps the 3D model, like when someone is going to texture it. It's just a real life texture rather than digital. This is going to be easier now I think lol