Step 4: The shell - Pattern time
Looking closely at Koopas shell you notice that the hexagons are all irregular, he doesn't look like a honeycomb back there. So the pattern-making turns out to be a bit of work. I started out by making a rough outline of how big the shell should be (this was before I'd made the shell-mold) to see how large the hexagons should be. From the three pictures I had I counted around ten spikes which gave me the number of entirely visible hexes I needed (near the edges some of the hexes turn into four- and five cornered polygons, just like on the real Koopa! =P).
Then it was just a matter of cranking out all the necessary hexes, carefully measuring and numbering all edges since they would only fit together in that certain way and I had no intention of having to figure that out after the fact.
I taped them all together and draped them over the almost dry shell to see how the size was coming along. It was rather tricky when it came to the edges since the shell is rather steeply curved, but I more or less blissfully ignored that, hoping that the shell stuffing would take care of that.
Then it was just a matter of cranking out all the necessary hexes, carefully measuring and numbering all edges since they would only fit together in that certain way and I had no intention of having to figure that out after the fact.
I taped them all together and draped them over the almost dry shell to see how the size was coming along. It was rather tricky when it came to the edges since the shell is rather steeply curved, but I more or less blissfully ignored that, hoping that the shell stuffing would take care of that.
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