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Post by Vermin King on May 9, 2023 10:38:08 GMT -9
My grandkids have decided I need to do Pokemons, and I know I don't want to do the super-elaborate 27-page paper models, so I have been learning far more than I care to learn about this genre, looking for 1 and 2 pagers A search here doesn't yield much, cardboard-warriors.proboards.com/search/results?captcha_id=captcha_search&what_at_least_one=pokemon&who_only_made_by=0&display_as=0&search=SearchBut I did post the Totodile in Tektonten finds, cardboard-warriors.proboards.com/post/110429/threadI had seen this thing for years and kinda liked it, so while researching the blogs and link sites, I downloaded it when I found it. It was listed as 'totodile p_waninoko_v1' done by Tenpepekura, who has two websites. I decided I wanted to try to stick as close to that style as I can. Unfortunately, my granddaughter Zoe wants a squirtle and Tenpepekura did not do one of those. I did find a set of one-pagers done by Antyyy And Antyyy did not include a pdo, only a 'group id' file Not very helpful when you can't read the stinking numbers. So I started working on this like a jigsaw puzzle. Work out what is easy, and then there are less parts to look through to find a match. Then it hit me, the main pdf without numbers is easier to see where the folds are and which way they go. The id file helps, but not much, so I had a stroke of genius today at lunch. A little Gimp magic, removing the color, makes the numbers more legible. Not great, but better. I may actually get this figured out
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Post by Vermin King on May 13, 2023 17:20:45 GMT -9
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Post by Vermin King on May 15, 2023 16:22:48 GMT -9
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 5, 2023 10:40:07 GMT -9
I had mentioned elsewhere about spending too much time on Patreon. Antyyy, who designed the Squirtle, took up a large hunk of that. I had no idea of what all was available on that site, www.patreon.com/antyyyspapercraftsI had to do Evie for the granddaughter, so I did the easy basic one from Tenpepakura. The Yamaguchi Prefecture Mascot is from Moomin, as are the seated figures from other Japanese Anime/Manga Going back to Antyyy, there are a series of Samurai Warrior figures. My friend Mike usually gets a small Japanese figure from me for his birthday, and a larger piece for Christmas, and Date Masamune is calling my name.
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 27, 2023 10:15:10 GMT -9
Well, I'm still negative on Covid, but Dad is still positive, so Christmas got pushed back to next weekend. Only Mom is now positive, so who knows when we will do Christmas. Might as well make my grandson another dragon. This is Mizu the Water Dragon from Tenpepakura He really likes dragons
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Post by okumarts on Dec 27, 2023 11:45:06 GMT -9
My wife has Covid now. Hopefully nobody else got sick. Everyone else here seems to be doing fine. I keep testing negative so that's good. That's a cute dragon.
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Post by aleks on Dec 27, 2023 23:21:03 GMT -9
Nice Pokemons.. Covid strikes again, but my family seems to be safe, at the moment. Only Classic Flu (TM) :-)
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 30, 2023 6:30:43 GMT -9
Well, it sounds like Mom died 'Due to Covid'. Although, I think the coroner put that on the Death Certificate to help Dad qualify for the government program. I printed out this fellow by tenpepakura on Wednesday and was scoring it when Dad called to tell me that Mom was worse and he had called 911 and the ambulance was on its way. I stayed on the phone with him until the coroner needed information for the certificate. Going back to the other thread, after printing this, I had to change Magenta in my printer. The trailing end of the print is not great, but good enough to proceed with the build ... when I have time
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Post by Vermin King on Jan 5, 2024 5:42:12 GMT -9
I don't know if you ever get an overwhelming desire to finish something, but I hope to get this fellow done today. Been dealing with notifying folks about Mom's death and dealing with insurance companies. Trying to be as supportive as possible for Dad. And then Kathy sent me a photo that is just screaming 'Do something creative with me!' We had a freezing fog event yesterday morning and I sent her a photo of the Winter Asparagus and how I don't think it is going to make it. Last night she sent me a photo of her rose bush Not sure what I will do with it, but if I delete the boards and copy/paste some more of the foliage into that spot, it could be a photo border, or a texture on a model, and of course it could be a really unusual camouflage
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Post by Vermin King on Jan 5, 2024 9:49:32 GMT -9
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Post by creyates on Jan 8, 2024 10:17:59 GMT -9
Vermin King very sorry to hear about your mom. Sounds like you definitely have your hands full. I'm happy to see you still make time for yourself to be creative. I know it can make a world of difference. Those little 3D figures look great! Despite a rocky start I hope this year is a good one for you!
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