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Post by battlelords on Feb 2, 2019 10:47:17 GMT -9
Hello.
My name is Andrew. I'm a graphic Designer/ Art Director by trade.
Been looking for 10 months (as of this post Feb. 2019) to find -anyone- in the U.S. who is good at assembling papercraft buildings/items for a sci-fi commission project. Looking for professional level quality. Anyone interested please contact me/ send me examples of your finished work/ rate info. Or if anyone knows where to put out a call for something like this? I post in anything I have found and still have found no one. I'm completely baffled by this.
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Post by cowboyleland on Feb 2, 2019 13:44:51 GMT -9
battlelordsNo offence to the other builders here, but I nominate Vermin King as our most expert and prolific builder. He may be too modest to say so, which is why I am outing him.
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Post by Rhannon on Feb 2, 2019 14:57:14 GMT -9
battlelordsNo offence to the other builders here, but I nominate Vermin King as our most expert and prolific builder. He may be too modest to say so, which is why I am outing him. I totally agree
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Post by Vermin King on Feb 2, 2019 19:31:38 GMT -9
All I can say is message me. With my somewhat limited time these days, I don't know about timely completion, but I might possibly be interested
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Post by printablepawns on Feb 16, 2019 22:13:05 GMT -9
Hi! I'm Jeremy, I am a software engineer, illustrator and Dungeon Master. I recently released printablepawns.com which is a paper mini customizer and and allows you to create sheets with the minis you choose to cut down on paper waste. I am going to be adding content on an ongoing basis but mostly on the weekend. I hope some find it useful.
Cheers!
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Post by jeffgeorge on Feb 16, 2019 23:04:52 GMT -9
Welcome, printablepawns!
I just took a quick first peek at your site, and it's pretty cool! Very nice tool for making custom printable minis! I'll definitely spend some time playing with it as soon as I can.
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Post by papermage on Feb 17, 2019 20:22:26 GMT -9
Greetings fellow crafter, I, the Paper Mage, have been creating fantasy characters and leading them to battle since I can remember (... at my age I don’t have a really good memory, so that doesn’t say much). This effort has been a passion and through the years, I’ve created such strong relationships with my creations. ... But now I’m old, and my adventurer days are long gone; however, my miniature figures remain the same. They are always ready and willing to explore deep caves, dark dungeons, and fight as many enemies as they encounter. That’s why I’m giving them all to you, so they can help you on your journeys. I’m sure that they’ll be as great as when I was a young adventurer. There's more on this journey that we're about to start. I'll be waiting for you in my workshop, at www.patreon.com/PaperMageGodspeed.
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Post by Toman on Feb 18, 2019 6:12:58 GMT -9
Glad you found your way over here printablepawn and papermage. I look forward to more of your works.
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Post by stormfury on Feb 28, 2019 18:51:34 GMT -9
Hullo, my name is Stormfury. I've been looking into paper minis off and on for about a year now, but now I am all in. Though I know I am not good compared to most of you, I think I'll get to the point where my minis are doable at some point. The art isn't the problem, though. It's the cutting...and gluing...and printing. I glue the paper and fold it, only to realize while I flatten the paper, the glue spreads out the ink. Then I try my best to cut it out, resulting in an abomination of dangling limbs and shredded paper. You get the point. But so far I am going through a strange point in my art, where I am trying to change it to make a good result. Less black lines are better because it's not as confusing when you cut around the outline, but I haven't nailed the style yet. Here are some of my "woodcut" minis. Hope I haven't discouraged any new folks about the horrors of papercraft. Btw, I will pay somebody to cut and glue my minis! I'm that desperate. Just email me at stormfury530@icloud.com with a portfolio of your work attached.
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Post by cowboyleland on Mar 1, 2019 6:46:10 GMT -9
stormfury, Welcome! I really like your art but I can see them being very challenging to cut out as figures. I think they would benefit from a border treatment that bravesirkevin uses. He posted a good little blurb about it yesterday in the Bexim's Bazzar thread: "Obviously, minis serve a specific purpose. They're markers used in tabletop games and that means you need to be able to identify them at a glance even when they're on a table more than a meter away from your eye. We recognise things by their colour and the shape of their silhouette, and that's fairly easy to do with a nicely painted 3d mini, but with paper minis it's a little different. Most gaming tables are lit from above, and a 3d mini has lots of surfaces to catch that light, but a 2d figure has only the front and back surface and those surfaces are generally almost parallel with the light beams, meaning that the light hits them obliquely and doesn't brighten them up very much. That makes it difficult to see the details of the mini at a distance, and the fact that the silhouettes are often imprecisely cut out doesn't help matters much. The purpose of the halos is to create a very high contrast outline that makes it much easier to read the silhouette even with weak light at a distance, and thus enables people to more easily identify which miniature is which without having to get up close to it. Of course, it also helps to prevent my more darkly coloured minis from disappearing into the black border, and it means that I can give a very generous black border to help people who aren't that good at cutting stuff out while still preserving a nice, visible and crisp silhouette which helps with the issue I mentioned in the last paragraph." Have a look around and keep on sharing your stuff!
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Post by arcticdragongames on Mar 1, 2019 11:58:41 GMT -9
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Post by stormfury on Mar 1, 2019 18:32:15 GMT -9
Thanks everyone! Also, I have actually thought of giving halos to my minis, so now it's confirmed that it's a good idea. Thanks, Cowboyleland!
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Post by alloydog on Mar 2, 2019 0:58:11 GMT -9
Hello stormfury Before you give up, what sort of ink, paper and glue are you using? I have never had a problem with glue making the ink run, unless I get it directly on the printed figure. I started printing on to regular printer/copier paper then using PVA/wood glue to glue the paper to the glue. I would use a small amount of glue and something stiff and flat, like a ruler, or piece of cardboard to spread the glue around - you don't want to put too much in one spot, or it will make the paper too soft. I would also suggest leaving the printed figures at least a few hours after printing before gluing. Then after the paper has dried onto the card, I would score the card at the fold line - score it on the other side of the card, so it folds easier. Then, cover the blank side of the card with PVA glue as before. Folder and leave under something flat and heavy for about 24 hours. If you are going to cover them with that clear contact stuff you cover books with, do it before folding and gluing the card. Late on, I printed directly to art paper - about 140 g/m 3. Same technique though - score the other side at the fold line, glue and fold. When it came to cutting the figures out, I used a hobby knife and just cut straight lines - if the angle was too pointy, then I just trimmed off the point. You can see it here in some Gun Crawl figures: About 10, 11 years ago, I was out of work for a few years, so printer was ink was a luxury, I printed figures in black and white and then coloured them with water colours. You can also do this to practice constructing your figures without the pain of seeing your beautifully rendered figures turn to mush...
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Post by stormfury on Mar 2, 2019 8:19:30 GMT -9
Alloydog, I use photo paper and Elmer's restick glue. I do think I often glue over the paper, for when I don't fold perfectly the glue sticks out and I roll it into the mini. Thank you for your advice!
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Post by alloydog on Mar 2, 2019 10:08:20 GMT -9
Alloydog, I use photo paper and Elmer's restick glue. I do think I often glue over the paper, for when I don't fold perfectly the glue sticks out and I roll it into the mini. Thank you for your advice! Personally, I wouldn't use photo paper - at least on printers I have used, it takes a while to dry to even to be touch dry. Then, because even the back isn't very absorbent, I doubt glue-stick would hold for very long. I know some folk here use glue-stick on card, but I found that after a while, it dries out and the card separates, so that's why I use PVA.
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Post by stormfury on Mar 2, 2019 13:48:31 GMT -9
What do you mean by card? If you mean folding the paper over a card, like cardstock, I tried that at first but I tried to make it simpler by just using thicker paper.
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Post by cowboyleland on Mar 2, 2019 18:46:36 GMT -9
You can print onto cardstock and fold that in half. Makes for a good stiff figure.
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Post by alloydog on Mar 3, 2019 3:26:01 GMT -9
What do you mean by card? If you mean folding the paper over a card, like cardstock, I tried that at first but I tried to make it simpler by just using thicker paper. OK, I see your point - Different folk have different names for the same thing. I see the term "cardstock" used a lot here ( wikipedia description of cardstock. I guess I use the same stuff, but call it watercolour paper. the thing is, it's thicker than normal writing paper or printer/copier paper. If you go to a shop that sells art supplies, look or ask for paper or card that is, for example 200 g/m 2 (also marked as 120 lbs). I bit thinner or thicker won't make much difference. But, too thick and it won't go through most home printers where the paper is rolled around 180 o - unless you print to normal paper first, then glue it to the thicker card. You can also use packaging card from things like food, such as cereal boxes. Though the drawback with this type of card it that the printed side tends not to absorb glue well, so it can dry out become unstuck - In the past, when I had used packaging card, I have lightly scuffed the shiny printed side with a (clean) pan scrubber (the green plastic ones, not the wire-wool ones), just enough to make it look dull and rough. No need to sand it down to the bare card.
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Post by henbayward on Mar 5, 2019 22:25:48 GMT -9
Hello! I came here because I found that you guys have cut files for some papercraft terrain I got from Wargame Vault. Yay! And Thank you! I just got a Silhouette Portrait and I'm trying to figure out the ins and outs of the thing using some simple Rustic Cabins by Dave Graffam, but in the meantime I sure would like to cut something and get going! Maybe in the future when I'm a cut-file wizard I can help someone else the way y'all are helping me!
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Post by cowboyleland on Mar 6, 2019 5:03:15 GMT -9
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Mar 6, 2019 6:13:25 GMT -9
Hello! I came here because I found that you guys have cut files for some papercraft terrain I got from Wargame Vault. Yay! And Thank you! I just got a Silhouette Portrait and I'm trying to figure out the ins and outs of the thing using some simple Rustic Cabins by Dave Graffam, but in the meantime I sure would like to cut something and get going! Maybe in the future when I'm a cut-file wizard I can help someone else the way y'all are helping me! Welcome aboard! I try not to do shameless plugs too often, but I'm trying to keep a Patreon rolling where I'm churning out cutfiles pretty regularly. www.patreon.com/paperrealmsI'll be honest, because I tend to lack $1 patrons, I haven't been keeping up with the updating of things into the $1 list. Here's a link to cutfiles I've made: www.patreon.com/posts/23332638
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Post by stinkysnake on Mar 14, 2019 17:39:28 GMT -9
Hello everyone
Well I want to say thank you all for being a welcoming forum . About myself I live in Austin TX I work in a laboratory and develop and test some amazing stuff. I love it because I work at a place that is open and creative culture.
I love making Papercraft models as a young boy I was very poor I didn’t have a lot of toys as a kid but my mom showed how to make paper rockets with paper towel tubes and construction paper. I kept making different kinds of paper toys . Thanks to my mom she bought out a creative side of me.
I love to learn and share paper models but I don’t really use p.c. Photo editing software or 3D design program .I just use pencil paper and design inside my head and place pattern on graph paper
Thank you again for having me on board
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Post by alloydog on Mar 21, 2019 8:48:50 GMT -9
About 10, 11 years ago, I was out of work for a few years, so printer was ink was a luxury, I printed figures in black and white and then coloured them with water colours. You can also do this to practice constructing your figures without the pain of seeing your beautifully rendered figures turn to mush... I found a couple of photos of the very figures I was on about: The figures and the scenery, which came from Ebbles Miniatures/Genet Models "Gun Crawl" set, were printed on a laser printer in an office I was doing some work experience at. The ink started to crack off the paper. The dudes in blue were my "Über Marines", a mash up of Okum Art's Retro Space Invaders and Darkfest Classic Fantasy Orcs.
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Post by kobold2019 on May 27, 2019 15:01:24 GMT -9
So I just got into making paper Dungeons and miniatures this month as a cheap creative hobby. Got inspired by Trash mob minis so I thought I should make my own to practice my drawing and character design. I'm in my mid 30's and work at a job were I have a chance to thumbnail and sketch/research on break and long bus commutes. Got burned out from working on a character model in 3D, re-design/model it, learning 2 auto rigs after learning the long hard way of rigging while working overtime for 6 months. My collage degree is in 3D Maya and animation and after had almost 3 years of employment 3D studio, a long long time ago. I treat it as a hobby now. Much happier and less stress.
Sick of using Maya/3D at the moment, and want to switch to Zbrush and Blender so I will own my work an sell it down the road. Z-brush having a one time $900 buy instead of subscription makes it accessible/affordable with my lifestyle. Scene 2D skills can transfer to Zbrush and Blender just got a big overhaul so waiting for the new tutorials to come out. Work smarter not harder (dear god so many hours spent).
Not sure how long I will keep this hobby up, tend to switch out every 1-2 years. This is more of a way to have something finished and tangible when I'm done to keep me motivated. I also post on 4chan /Ic scene its good to hear a little harsh criticism. That and if you make steady improvement on your work you will get more feed back and advise.
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Post by Vermin King on May 27, 2019 17:16:38 GMT -9
Sounds like you have the background to be successful
One really great things about this hobby is that you can switch gears. Design, build, check out other people's stuff. Gaming stuff, art stuff, detailed realistic models, kids toys, geometric studies. So many things and so little time.
Change things up frequently. It keeps you fresh. Don't try to change the world. Do things that you enjoy, and if anyone jumps in and enjoys your work, that's a bonus
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Post by cowboyleland on May 28, 2019 5:45:59 GMT -9
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Post by Antohammer on May 30, 2019 12:08:47 GMT -9
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Post by noobie2010 on Jul 18, 2019 22:14:59 GMT -9
Hello everyone I am glad i found this place. I am from Michigan and got hooked on building paper models about 10yrs ago. I am currently starting to build the USS enterprise e model and it is very challenging with no instructions.
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Post by Vermin King on Jul 19, 2019 3:52:50 GMT -9
Which Enterprise model is it? There are several out there. Some easier than others.
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Post by iratepirate on Aug 7, 2019 2:21:47 GMT -9
Hi all! Just getting started with paper minis now that I'm getting a 5e game going with local friends. No more virtual tabletops! So....now I need some minis...but good golly plastic minis are expensive...and then paint...and then...well you guys know.
Excited to be here!
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