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Post by spaceranger42 on May 8, 2013 17:17:07 GMT -9
I saw someone else do some terrain to good effect this way so I tried a bit. I am under no illusions that this is a rockin' build but it was my first go at paper modeling.
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Post by cowboyleland on May 8, 2013 18:03:45 GMT -9
OK, we're agreed it doesn't rock, but it is your first one, so now you have the bug ;D If you do another like this a bit of texture that wraps around to hide the foam would make a world of difference, then you are off to the races!
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Post by spaceranger42 on May 8, 2013 18:09:00 GMT -9
Yeah, I have been looking at the different construction methods for buildings and I think I can add some tabs and bits that will hide any support structure. ;D
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Post by Vermin King on May 9, 2013 8:50:48 GMT -9
Depending on the scale, for a smaller building like this, you probably don't have to use foamcore for support
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Post by hackbarth on May 9, 2013 10:14:13 GMT -9
I think that foamcore is overkill. Cereal box cardboard is all that I use. It helps that with two little kids i have a cereal box surplus here.
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Post by hackbarth on May 9, 2013 10:17:30 GMT -9
And about the construction: Very good for a first build. The first step is the most important. If your players wheren't expecting this kind of prop in your game I bet they'll drop their jaws when they see this at the table.
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Post by spaceranger42 on May 9, 2013 10:57:07 GMT -9
Thanks! It was born of expedience really. I can build the same item out of various craft materials and it would look groovy but it only took me about an hour to create and weather the textures in photoshop, print the sheet and mount it to foam core. When you mount to heavy card (like cereal boxes) do you mount it straight to the card or do you leave the tabs and corners as just paper? Does that make sense?
I have a store of cereal box card too and I will definetely try that as my next build.
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Post by cowboyleland on May 9, 2013 17:00:21 GMT -9
If you print directly to card or cover stock, you skip the whole mounting process. Sometimes if things are sagging you re enforce with a scrap piece of card, flat or folded into a "V" for extra strength.
You'd be surprised how strong on sheet of card stock is.
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Post by hackbarth on May 10, 2013 9:37:46 GMT -9
Cereal box cardboard can't be printed on. But yes, I glue the entire sheet of the pieces on the cardboard, tabs and all. Cut the pieces, score the tabs and folds on the opposite side. Here's my badly-translated-by-google method.
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