The Samus Saga Tutorials

I used Armorsmith Designer, now what? I hear you over there asking “I exported it from Armorsmith Designer, so I am ready to cut my pattern and put it together, right?” I wish, but it isn’t that simple. We have our shapes, but not really in a form we can use. So, this step is […]

Using Armorsmith Designer to Generate a Rough Pattern Now that we have that helmet on our avatar and scaled, it’s time to make a rough pattern out of it. This process is, like the rest of cosplay, more of an art than science. You need to be able to think through the process to the […]

Scaling a 3d File for Pattern Making or 3d Printing NOTE: If you are planning to 3d print your files, you need to load your high resolution file. When you scale it, the output will be directly based on the file you loaded into Armorsmith.  In the previous tutorial, I showed you how to simplify […]

Preparing 3d file for Armorsmith Designer NOTE: If you are 3d printing your costume pieces, you can skip this step. Armorsmith will handle your high resolution files fine and if you use the file generated by this step, you will have a 3d printed blocky mess.  This is our first big build for the site, […]