

This may help other areas as well, where it could come through a bit tight. So you may want to add two or three inches to your actual height before doing the math.

You don't really want the top of your head to be touching the top of the inside of the helmet if you expect it to fit right. Note: Keep in mind: the size of the default scale that's in use before you edit is from the base of the ground to the top outside of MC's helmet. Enter the number you found in step 4 in the "scale" box.pdo file, and go to the "scale" and then "scale factor". Take the number you found in step 3, and multiply it by the current scale (usually around 31.9).Add 4-6 inches to that(If you don't,your armor will not fit).After fastening all the aluminium together the cardboard was removed and smart pixel led strip lights installed in each channel.You can use this formula to determine how big you should make your armor: The Master Chief is 7'2" tall (86 inches). Then we would assemble these together and cut lengths of aluminium LED diffuser channels to tape to the edges of the cardboard shape. To enlarge the design we projected the A4 plan through a roof mounted projector onto big fridge and bike boxes. As well as this big mask we make 3 GIANT versions in a barn on the Matamata festival site. As well as the human sized masks I build a huge version to stay in the lab for experimenting with projection mapping. After about 4 iterations I was happy with the design and sent the plans out to the festival precipitants so they could print out the plans on an A4 printer and build their own. After cutting and assembling there would be changes after testing by wearing and handling the physical object, then making adjustments back in the 3Dmodel. (which can be fast is you use the select by appearance function). To complete this step I had to import the svg files into Illustrator and convert the lines into the correct colour and line type for laser cutting. After feeling happy with the designs I made in 3DsMax, I extracted the paper plan with Pepakura and laser cut it out.
