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Post by slimyscaly on Aug 15, 2011 15:23:20 GMT -9
I want to try my hand at making 3D paper miniatures. Every time I tried to make my own, the results were always messy and I never finished the figure. But I still am interested in making them. I use wood glue, card stock, and scissors as my tools. What am I doing wrong? I have hardly any experience with 3D modeling programs, so I eyeball and measure the dimensions, for example, when I'm making the side side of a leg, and you know how it tapers, gets bigger horizontally, then tapers again, I get it kinda right, but then I add glue tabs, but I still get messy results. And how do I make a 2.5D miniature with 3D legs? That would be AWESOME! Please help!
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Post by Vermin King on Aug 15, 2011 16:57:14 GMT -9
So you can more easily visualize the forms, you need practice.
The best practice you can have at building 2.5d and 3d figures is to build 2.5d and 3d figures.
As luck would have it, you have come to the right place. Tirick, Eddnic, Cowboyleland and Monkterraz all have figures you can download. Build a few of those so that you not only get a feel for building them, you get a feel for how 'it might be better to do it THIS way instead'.
When you get to that point (well, probably before that point), you will know what you want to do and how to do it.
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Post by slimyscaly on Aug 15, 2011 17:48:13 GMT -9
Oh. Thank you! I'll give some a try this week! I'll try 2.5D first, then 3D once I get some experience. And by the way, what do you think of my 2.5D figures?
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Post by eddnic on Aug 15, 2011 18:19:24 GMT -9
Great! It is good to see a fellow artist to join our course!
To help you build the 2.5d/3d models, I think some tools are essential. Due to the small scale you are going to work at, I think you would need tools to do the folding as our fingers are simply too large for such tasks. A pair of tweezer will help a lot! It will also help in gluing small parts together.
A cutting mat is the second tools that I would recommend. It will help to make precision cutting much easier. Scissors are good for curves, but for small parts, cutters with cutting mat will make cutting much more precise and easy.
Also, I found that for small figures (i.e. human size or smaller), building them in cardboards does not make them stronger, and they are much more difficult to work with. I would prefer thinner paper, or even ordinary paper.
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