It means that you won’t be able to create a papercraft directly from this software. Please note that Pepakura Designer is NOT a 3D creation software. You can download these softwares here: 1. If you don’t want to pay for it, the trial version offers you the same functionalities as the commercial one, except for the saving and exporting files options. In this tutorial, we will talk about Pepakura Designer. Pepakura Designer, a paid software ($38), that allows to create papercrafts from 3D models.Pepakura Viewer, a free software that allows to view and print premade papercrafts,.Tama Software offers a small range of Pepakura softwares intended for papercrafts creation. The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you the basics of Pepakura Designer, a papercraft software. Tutorial: How to use Pepakura Designer software Tutorials / Materials and tools used : Matérials Tutorial: How to use Pepakura Designer software.Once unpacked, pdo files can be opened by Pepakura Designer or Pepakura Viewer. The pattern files are packed in a ZIP format. PDF patterns are also supplied if you do not want to install Pepakura, but the 3d preview helps a ton in assembly and i do not recommend attempting it without a Pepakura preview. The 3d models used to make these patterns are created and/or modified by me. It’s not the same suit, but it may help you with general direction. If you need help assembling it, check out my Samus Aran Varia suit build album on my facebook:

I highly recommend basic pepakura assembly knowledge and experience with EVA foam.Īs such, these pepakura patterns are NOT suitable for traditional paper craft or fiberglass building. The 3D models for these pepakura patterns are specifically modified with eva foam assembly in mind: all extra faces are cleaned away and foam thickness of 5-10mm is taken into account with most pieces.

Only one version of each armor piece is added, you can mirror or duplicate patterns to get the other side. To avoid having it look like a polygonal model, make sure to ‘make up’ by rounding off the polygonal shapes where needed, and add sharp corners where the reference suit requires them. You should only cut along the red shell lines. To get the least additional seams possible, merge small darts in the patterns together and heatshape where possible.

You can emphasize these lines in 3D by lightly dremeling the edges before glueing the edges together. The pattern seams are aligned with the lines in the suit reference itself, so minimal seams are achieved. The model is designed after the original game model with some crucial adjustments to fit a human shape better, such as a bigger helmet, adjusted chest, waist and leg length.

Pepakura patterns