So im making a defiance cosplay....

hi all

been a while... (checks profile... ''darn'' its been over a month...) since i was last on here... but i wonder if i could get some help.

Ive got the .obj files for the outfit, helmet and gun (yes i like the final caress) and i have the program to unfold them, i have the paper, printer, cutting board, glues, cutting blades. i have everything i need! except.. 1 thing... 1 crucial thing.. sizes...

how tall is the male model in game? how big is the helmet? how long is that gun?

so far i have set the helmet to be 30cm tall, and from what i have made of it so far.. it seams right. (14 pages)

the gun i decided would be 1.2m long... is that too long? too short? each barrel is 3 pages of A4 long... (44 pages)

and the suit? i inputted 180cm for it.. and i havent yet got round to chopping up the model properly yet, just a rough auto unfold (at 430 pages)

im also going to make the sword but havent yet done that model... how big should that handle be? how thick? how long?

so any ideas you have on sizes, im happy to hear.

here some pics of the helmet so far. http://imgur.com/a/mwVOc

2 evenings work so far, but this is just a rough version,

Neat work so far, regarding the final caress i'd say it has to be a little longer depending on your character model.
I don't know sizes/length and such (Though i do recall seeing some ways to theoretically measure length in game) but when my irathient male character holds that gun it easily reaches from his ankles to chest height.

Good luck on the outfit/sword, getting the sword to not look like a toy might be hard heheh.

Wow, I hope you post your final work when you're all done. Pretty cool!

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Originally Posted by MagnusRune Daltus

here some pics of the helmet so far. http://imgur.com/a/mwVOc

2 evenings work so far, but this is just a rough version,

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Very cool..

This is exciting, looking forward to seeing the finished costume! :) Now I'm also very curious about scaling.

Hopefully this can help you out a bit-
An m-16 ar has a total length of 1003 mm or 39.5 inches. The barrel length is 508 mm or 20 inches
An m-60 like Rambo used in First Blood has a total length of 1105 mm or 43.5 inches.The barrel length is 560mm or 22 inches.
Depending on which model, it may vary by a few mm

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Originally Posted by CM Kiwibird

Now I'm also very curious about scaling.

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well the helmet is fully done now, updated the album http://imgur.com/a/mwVOc but this was just a rough version, in thin paper, as i needed to get the skill of cutting and folding corrrectly. the main one will be printed on paper that is 300gsm, or about 3x as think as normal printer paper.

but if you look at the image where i have it on, my chin lines up with the bottom of the face plate, and the chin of the actual model is now down by my neck... so it doesnt fit.

as for scale, ths one i set to be 30cm tall in pepakura, but ive just re-done it at 40cm, as that should be large enough to actually get my head into.. the opening on the bottom of the completed helmet is just larger then the palm of my hand, so i cant get my head into it anymore, and when i could it was a bit tight.

as for the actual scale, pepakura said the 30cm was at 1043x the model size, and its now at 1349x its size..

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Originally Posted by Kagranack

Neat work so far, regarding the final caress i'd say it has to be a little longer depending on your character model.
I don't know sizes/length and such (Though i do recall seeing some ways to theoretically measure length in game) but when my irathient male character holds that gun it easily reaches from his ankles to chest height.

Good luck on the outfit/sword, getting the sword to not look like a toy might be hard heheh.

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yeah im gonna have to give the sword a miss till last, according to the unfolding program, its like 15 different seperate objects that dont connect, i think i might just free hand it.. BUT the blade is a problem.. how do i do that? use my lightsaber? its round not flat.. buy one of the kids extendable sabers, and heat the sections to flatten the blade, and make a new case?

as for the caress length, i dont want to go too long, as i will have to find a way to stop it bending as it is.. it might become too heavy to be useful.

also im going to assume that ALL the files ive got from defiancedata.com are the same scale, and the game doesnt make things larger or smaller when actually rendering them, so i might check it out at the same scale.

This is awesome! We are going to try and see if we can get you some help with this from the Dev side. Keep an eye out for PMs from the team. We are currently busy getting Halloween done, but can probably find some time to help in any way we can. Love the hard work!