Trying to cut all 3 facets of this piece in one swoop would risk damage and misalignment. This will give you crisp edges and precise corners. Mix it up and alternate the tools to stay comfortable.Ĥ) With both tools, remember to work in successive cuts (5th photo), working segment to segment. This will ensure precision and also give your hand a nice break from the scissors, which can start to hurt your hand after a while. Do not attempt to do a whole side of a piece in one long cut, as you can risk tearing as you turn corners.ģ) Use an X-acto blade and metal ruler for small areas, curves, and notches. Cut from segment to segment to stay precise. Some pieces will be better suited to scissor cutting than others. This will make each piece easier to deal with than trying to fight the whole sheet of card stock.Ģ) Use scissors to cut away the easy straight edges. Use scissors to cut in broad chunks, going between your pattern pieces. I did this and reduced my sheet count by at least a dozen pages.ġ) The best way to begin is to cut a sheet into more manageable pieces. You can move smaller pieces to fill existing gaps on more populated pages. If you're interested in conserving cardstock, this is also an opportunity to put more pieces on each page. Do this for all pages, and don't be afraid to zoom in and be sure you got everything. Selected pieces will highlight red and move where you guide them.
Using your mouse, select offending pieces and move them back up onto their page. The Alien pieces may be hanging off the edge and bleeding over onto other pages. In the top menu, go to "Settings" > "Print and Paper Settings"Ĭhange the paper size to regular Letter size.Īfter doing this, you will see that the boundaries of you pages, shown on the right side of your screen, have changed. If you live in North America, you will need to change your paper settings and re-arrange some of the pieces in order to print successfully. If you're working on A4 paper (first pic), you're good to go. The original pepakura file was created in Europe, and thus the printable pieces are configured to A4 paper. Buy a cheap plastic set of measuring spoons at the dollar store so you don't ruin one you use for other projects or food. TBSP Measure - This will also be used for your resin, and may never come totally clean. You'll use these for your resin and they'll be thrown out after, so do not use anything you care about. DO NOT use foam craft brushes as they will not hold up.ĭisposable Containers - like rinsed out cottage cheese or yogurt tubs. X-Acto Knives and Extra Blades - Standard shape or swivel headĪccess to a Printer - Any black and white home printer will do, as long as it can feed card stock through.Ĭhip Brushes -or other cheap industrial paint brushes.
You need card stock for its body and structure. In addition to the source file and the Pepakura Designer program, you will needġ Ream of Cardstock -regular paper will not withstand the scoring and gluing this project requires.
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