Next up is smoothing it out so it looks sleek, which he accomplishes with multiple iterations of coating the helmet with Bondo body filler, sanding, coating, and sanding, followed by a coat of primer. Then he coats the paper model with fiberglass resin to reinforce it, which makes it strong enough to stand on without crushing. Pictured above is the result “after a couple of long evenings of cutting, gluing, cursing, and peeling fingertips off.” In a nutshell, Thorsson prints out the 2D version in parts on 110lb cardstock, cuts the pieces out with a sharp hobby knife, then painstakingly (read: super time-consuming) glues them together with cyanoacrylate adhesive. Thorsson details his entire process for making this Warhammer 40K Terminator helmet on his blog. The process starts with a 3D model of the prop and the Japanese shareware program Pepakura Designer, which translates 3D data into a 2D printable format. It’s hard to imagine a number of Shawn Thorsson’s amazing props and costume parts, which look so otherworldly and industrial as finished product, start out as papercraft models. Learn, step-by-step, how to plan, construct, and finish your own amazing props and armor in Make: Props and Costume Armor, available now. Showcasing amazing maker projects of 2022

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