This tutorial was mostly geared towards the Halo 3 MK VI costume. HOWEVER, some people like to wear that padded stuff under their armor and this WILL add more girth to YOUR natural body shape so MEASURE YOURSELF WHILE WEARING IT!!!!!!!Īnother VERY good piece of advice, make sure you look at reference images of the costume you are building so you can see exactly where and how the armor is supposed to sit on YOUR body. If you are wearing something tight fitting, then you can easily follow the measuring instructions below. I have seen people in the past make this mistake and it was a VERY BIG mistake.Īnother VERY important tip when you are measuring, MAKE SURE you already have planned what you will be wearing under your armor. IT WILL MAKE GETTING THE RIGHT MEASUREMENT EVEN HARDER. ALSO, JUST DON'T EVER USE A MEASURING TAPE. PEPAKURA IS NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT TYPE OF MEASURING.

MEANING DON'T TAKE A MEASURING TAPE AND MEASURE ALL THE WAY AROUND YOUR WAIST, YOUR HEAD OR ANY OTHER PART. ONE VERY IMPORTANT MEASURING TIP TO ALWAYS REMEMBER, NEVER EVER, MEASURE ALL THE WAY AROUND.

Please refer to the following information for measuring while referring back to this guide.

This guide is mainly set up for a MK VI build, BUT it CAN be applied to any build as long as you understand the style of armor you are building. For example the forearm for the MK VI armor extends about an inch beyond the elbow, while the Halo Reach forearm does NOT, so MAKE SURE to look at images so you can see about where you need to measure from. However, it is VERY important to pay close attention to the build you are doing. This guide basically shows the various areas you will need to measure for HALO armor builds. :) Although I put the info here instead of just editing my thread on the 405th, you can STILL ask me questions in THAT thread on the 405th. I do my best to explain everything throughoughly so that someone who is TOTALLY NEW to this sort of thing should have no problem figuring it out. I will try my best to teach and walk you through the steps so that you can easily figure out how to measure yourself, learn the model setup in pepakura and teach you how to fully use pepakura. I KNOW there are other scaling methods out there, and some of them can be quite confusing, especially if you are REALLY bad at math like I am! lol This is GREAT information for people who are just starting out or have already attempted building, but are still having problems with getting their measurements correct. Not ONLY do I discuss how to scale your armor, but I will walk you through the steps from scale to print. Yes, I DID have this listed on the 405th, but I have decided to put the info here, and at the same time, update it to include answers to some questions that I still recieve for my scaling tutorial.

Pepakura shoulder files