Once you get the cm, just move the decimal place over once to the right and you've converted it to mm. 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.

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 Now this tutorial is going to be something a bit different than the usual.

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