Armour and prop files can come from anywhere but an excellent example would be one of the many free files available from The Armory. For the circumference measurements, using a tape measure around the widest/roundest point of the body part will help in the long run.Īfter meticulous measuring and data entry (whee) we can finally get some armour pieces onto our avatars. For some of the more awkward ones I've found that having an oversized set of calipers or because cheaper options are awesome a big woodworking clamp can be used to match the reference lines within the program to your body. Figuring out limb lengths is fairly simple with a large enough ruler or a tape measure. You'll notice that the values are all in lengths and circumferences. Using the sliders by clicking on the body parts is fun to make monstrosities that you'd see in Spore but having a list of things to check in the Property Grid makes logical sense and makes sure you don't miss anything. To adjust the size of limbs on the avatar you can either select the section of the avatars body and adjust it to the true length of that part of your body or within the Property Grid window of your workspace you can enter the exact measurement. The most powerful feature of Armorsmith is the avatar being a near exact copy of your body to test Pepakura models (.pdo) or 3D models for printing (.obj/.stl) against a copy of yourself without having to guess opening on armour piece sizes and ultimately being a few centimeters off in scale.
The most important part of this whole process is making this blob person your doppelganger. So you boot up the program and you get a wonderful screen like this, empty and full of possibilities. It is $30 at my time of writing this which is still cheaper than a copy of Pepakura Designer with some features that in my opinion make it superior. That being said, it is actively being developed with revisions and features being added every few months. Most importantly, this is a paid program so there is a bit of an up front cost unfortunately. So what exactly is it? Think of it as a paper doll that you can dress up in 3D space but the doll is a weird blob version of yourself and the paper clothing is a scalable pattern or model of the costume you want to make.
This is one of the things that I recommend highly to anyone who even wants to step near a Pepakura pattern or a 3D printer just because of it's ease of use and the value that it adds in time saving and peace of mind when building. Armorsmith Designer is one of those tools that has worked it's way so deeply into my standard workflow that I don't really start any project without at least booting the software up.
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