So today I managed to crack out the mat cutter, which drastically speeds up the process of cutting the parts. I'm probably working about 4-5 times faster than I was, but it took me 4 hours to cut 1/3 of the parts of one shin and calf. Luckily, I think that the cutting (and then scoring the fold lines) is going to be the most laborious part of the entire project, but we'll see. The shin model that I'm building has 9 pages of parts, making it the third most complex piece I have to build, only the thighs/torso (tied at 12 pages) and the helmet (19 pages) beat them out, so the rest of the armor should go by faster. No photos from the mat cutter today, but the picture is of my "detail workspace," where I use Exacto knives and razor blades to carefully ensure each piece is perfect.
In other news, I finished printing every component that I need to build in order to determine the proper sizing of the final product. This equals 73 pages of parts to build 12 components out of the 20 that make up the entire ensemble. I tried tweaking the sizes in the pepakura program of a couple items (including the torso and helmet), because those items are large and complex enough that I'd prefer to get the size perfect the first time. I may pick up working again later tonight, but probably not, it's been a long day with over 7 hours of work put in on the project.
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