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tesla wants to build a boat, so he's been making all of these paper scale models of potential boats. he's like obsessing over them, it's so cute XD
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Dog (Other)
Size 630 x 532px
File Size 77.7 kB
papercraft is easy! well depending on the pattern. it's quite simple in theory though.
if you want i can find one or two super-simple patterns for you so you can practice! like there was a really cute one-page corgi pattern i found and made.
the equipment i use for papercrafting is (obviously) a printer, a craft knife with a rectractable blade (used to get these at wal-mart for like a buck each, you could find them at a craft store or office supply store now, or just use an x-acto knife. make sure the blade is SHARP though!), a cutting mat (or mostly, i use a cheap flexible plastic kitchen cutting board), plain ol' elmer's glue (rubber cement works excellent as well, though it takes a bit longer to dry), and LOTS of toothpicks (for applying glue, mostly).
oh and heavy paper, generic cardstock paper is excellent.
the trick is to get clean, smooth, even cuts when you cut out pieces, and for pieces with sharp folds, it helps a lot to 'score' the paper on the fold (slicing the top 'layer' of paper on fold lines, this takes some practice to do without cutting through the paper). don't be afraid to use too LITTLE glue, it's better to have to add a few more dabs than to have glue oozing out of seams when you attach them. that's why i use toothpicks, i put a big blob of glue on a scrap of cardboard or something, and dip into it with a toothpick, and use the toothpick to smear a thin layer of glue onto the flaps of paper.
sometimes, especially for tiny pieces, once it dries together i'll go back with a toothpick and smear more glue over the inside of it on the flaps for a little more "hold."
the key, really, with papercraft is to have lots of patience and focus. start slow, i mean you don't necessarily have to make your first piece something insanely simple like say, a cube. but printing off a 10-page model of a FInal Fantasy character is not a good place to start, either.
actually - check out the papercraft models posted by Canon: http://cp.c-ij.com/europe/papercraft/nl/
especially the animal models, some are really quite easy. for example the cats, the American Shorthair was the first model i made, it comes out pretty large (about 6" tall) so there isn't any super-tiny fiddly bits, the most difficult part was the tail. you could skip that and make the Japanese Bobtail instead.
plus their models are neat, as they offer a "plain" uncoloured version of each, so if you really wanted to, you could print off just the pieces for say... the Timber Wolf model, and colour it like Tesla or something. you might want to print off a normal model first and assemble it, just to get how colour patterns will line up from piece to piece on it.
if you want i can find one or two super-simple patterns for you so you can practice! like there was a really cute one-page corgi pattern i found and made.
the equipment i use for papercrafting is (obviously) a printer, a craft knife with a rectractable blade (used to get these at wal-mart for like a buck each, you could find them at a craft store or office supply store now, or just use an x-acto knife. make sure the blade is SHARP though!), a cutting mat (or mostly, i use a cheap flexible plastic kitchen cutting board), plain ol' elmer's glue (rubber cement works excellent as well, though it takes a bit longer to dry), and LOTS of toothpicks (for applying glue, mostly).
oh and heavy paper, generic cardstock paper is excellent.
the trick is to get clean, smooth, even cuts when you cut out pieces, and for pieces with sharp folds, it helps a lot to 'score' the paper on the fold (slicing the top 'layer' of paper on fold lines, this takes some practice to do without cutting through the paper). don't be afraid to use too LITTLE glue, it's better to have to add a few more dabs than to have glue oozing out of seams when you attach them. that's why i use toothpicks, i put a big blob of glue on a scrap of cardboard or something, and dip into it with a toothpick, and use the toothpick to smear a thin layer of glue onto the flaps of paper.
sometimes, especially for tiny pieces, once it dries together i'll go back with a toothpick and smear more glue over the inside of it on the flaps for a little more "hold."
the key, really, with papercraft is to have lots of patience and focus. start slow, i mean you don't necessarily have to make your first piece something insanely simple like say, a cube. but printing off a 10-page model of a FInal Fantasy character is not a good place to start, either.
actually - check out the papercraft models posted by Canon: http://cp.c-ij.com/europe/papercraft/nl/
especially the animal models, some are really quite easy. for example the cats, the American Shorthair was the first model i made, it comes out pretty large (about 6" tall) so there isn't any super-tiny fiddly bits, the most difficult part was the tail. you could skip that and make the Japanese Bobtail instead.
plus their models are neat, as they offer a "plain" uncoloured version of each, so if you really wanted to, you could print off just the pieces for say... the Timber Wolf model, and colour it like Tesla or something. you might want to print off a normal model first and assemble it, just to get how colour patterns will line up from piece to piece on it.
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