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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Sept 1, 2015 17:16:21 GMT -9
I saw pictures of the Stokesay Gatehouse and was compelled to make a 3d model of it. From that, I came up with a template that lets me make a bunch of variations: It turns out, layout out the lines was a simple task (I haven't done the gatehouse base yet, but soon...) Note that my 10-year-old son did most of the assembly. He's got a knack for this sort of thing! So now I'm getting textures in place. Roof and siding are coming along nicely. So, I hope to get this completed over the next couple weeks. I've got a couple more 3d models that I've whipped up - that process is getting faster for me, too!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Sept 2, 2015 17:23:59 GMT -9
After a successful evening of laying down textures, the house is finally taking shape! Not done by any means - there will be some more experimenting with optional layers, additional colors for the walls perhaps, some experimenting with stone and/or brick behind the beams, additional tweaks to the walls, and the chimneys still need textures. Oh, and of course there will be a different style for the first floor, allowing for a gatehouse build! More? The first floor may feature it's own roof and peaked walls to enable building it on its own as well!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 12, 2015 11:52:05 GMT -9
Egads, I have been slacking off. Well, really, life happens, and sometimes it takes me away from this happy little pass-time. If it weren't for Cardboard Warriors, though, I doubt I'd get any papercrafting done! Doing things like the Papercuts Awards, or pitching in to package up the hoard really helps me stay involved.
I did take a week to digress back into modular terrain ideas. Thought I had a really bright idea that would have allowed for generic tile blanks to have textures applied to them, eliminating the need for so much foamcore. Alas, after some prototyping, it's just not working out. More ideas to try, but not right now. It's so hard to stay focused!
So, back to this house. I've put together the pdfs for the roof, side chimneys, 2nd floor, and 1st floor, and am now finishing up the 'gatehouse' first floor variant. Next steps are to put together promo pics and instructions!
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 12, 2015 12:01:07 GMT -9
I totally understand. As I've been working on The Row, I'm really appreciating the work designers put into these creations. I really like the textures you have on that sample of the side. Nice work
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 12, 2015 16:28:08 GMT -9
Tonight was somewhat productive. The PDFs are all exported, though I just realized I need a variant of the first floor base for the gatehouse model... At least that's something easy to fix! Here's a sketchup picture fully textured (I do this so I can use the model for instructions and promo pics) sitting on top of my cobblestone street tiles. Sadly, back to work tomorrow, but it was fun to get to spend a little time today focusing on tying up loose ends. Instructions are tedious but straight-forward, so I will start churning those out tomorrow night!
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 14, 2015 13:54:23 GMT -9
I thought this looked familiar. I'd downloaded a photo on my Row project
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 14, 2015 14:29:36 GMT -9
That's the one! Clearly, I went a little less fancy pants on the beams for this particular model... I am still struggling to balance layer options. I will do better with layers on the next go-round (and I might even update this one... don't know...)
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 26, 2015 3:31:19 GMT -9
October is my *worst* month, productivity-wise. EVERY weekend has been booked with family activities and obligations. This project has been inching along, and I'm really hoping the end is near! I polished up the promo pics and muscled through the first 10 pages of instructions describing building the one-story, two-story and gatehouse variants, and dormers. Just have to build instructions for the roof chimneys and side chimneys, and tie up a couple loose ends that came up, and I think this one will be done. Time to throw a couple more projects on the pile. As anyone can imagine, the list of "want to do..." is soooo long...
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 26, 2015 4:49:21 GMT -9
Now, if I can only talk you into taking over my Attached Shops project...
You have quite a few of my modular ideas in this already. Great minds think alike.
What is the footprint on this?
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 26, 2015 5:09:15 GMT -9
The 2nd floor is 6"x4". The 1st floor is 6"x3.5". A building based on Shakespeare's birthplace was on my list... had already done the 3d modelling... I will need to think harder about attached shops. I like the idea, but I would like to approach it in a way that one model could be configured to be a stand-alone shop, a corner shop or sandwiched between other buildings... I'd also like to start getting into (pardon the pun) interiors for the buildings, and I'd like... well... so many ideas... so little time...
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 26, 2015 6:31:19 GMT -9
I'd really like to see some of your ideas on how to accomplish that. I wish I was a person who does 3d modeling, or else my project would be further along. What program do you use for doing the modeling?
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 26, 2015 7:50:11 GMT -9
For 3d modelling I just use sketchup. It took time (as everything does) to get used to its peculiarities, but I'm pretty good with it now. I unfold by hand, and once I've got textures done in GIMP, I texture everything, add tabs to the pieces, and walk through the assembly process in Sketchup to make instructions.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 26, 2015 8:30:04 GMT -9
Quick and ugly example of buildings, just roughing things out:
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 26, 2015 8:41:29 GMT -9
If I might make a suggestion, can you design it in such a way that the building may be placed at a 90 degree angle?
As I was laying out my shops, knowing that the buildings would be next to each other, so that not all sides would show, one short side would have warehouse doors, the other end had single doors. one long side had two shop doors (subdivided), and the other had two warehouse doors. As you are good at layered pdf's, you could accomplish this with layers.
That would give you the ability to have a corner building, a stand alone building, and attached buildings that can either have the long or short ends facing the street.
Just an idea
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 26, 2015 17:05:33 GMT -9
The instructions are "done" for the gatehouse model! I like to be super redundant and explicit about each step, so that amounted to 16 pages for the three buildings and the add-on stuff (dormers and chimneys). I'm now going to try to whip up a simple base for the model. For my other models, I made a base that was 1" wider in all directions than the base of the building, so a 8"x6" base should do it. Since I've got a cobblestone street tileset, I'll try to just allow for a straight road (mud, cobble or grass) down the middle of the tile, so the gatehouse has a road through it.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 26, 2015 18:15:05 GMT -9
Phew. Got the bases done with layers. I think they look pretty good! I'm going to whip up cutfiles, maybe Wednesday, and do a final walkthrough to see if I've got everything right. Crossing my fingers that this will be released by the weekend!
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Post by bluecloud2k2 on Oct 26, 2015 21:58:13 GMT -9
Looks good. I think I saw this on papermau...
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 27, 2015 16:39:50 GMT -9
Got the cutfiles done a little early! Tomorrow I'll start printing each model to make sure everything works. I got my order of photo paper from Canon today! 10 boxes - 500 sheets - of heavy matte photo paper for $15, with five boxes of various glossy paper thrown in for free! Joy! Now, I still have 13 boxes of Staples matte photo paper to go through as well... I better not buy any more or else I'll feel like a hoarder...
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 30, 2015 17:11:22 GMT -9
Oh. Good. Lord.
While doing my final test build (which is going along nicely) I discovered that one tiny part has its texture UPSIDE DOWN and I even forgot to include how to install this part in the instructions! I guess I'm not done yet.
On a humorous note - I bought all this new Canon photo paper. A lot of it. I bought 250 sheets of the stuff at first, and printed a test sheet. It looked like poo, so I tried a second sheet with a different paper type selected. It looked like poo. I tried five more settings and found one that looked GREAT. Liking the results, I ordered another 500 sheets of the stuff. So, I settle in to print out my house, and I feed in one sheet of this paper. It looks like poo! So, I figure I just can't remember the printer setting, and try other paper settings again. Finally, after 5 or 6 pages, I get a print that looks GREAT. I save that as my default. Three great prints go by - I'm feeding one sheet of paper into the printer at a time (basically printing on the back side of the ugly prints) and then one comes out looking like poo! What is going on?!?
I had no idea, this paper was ONE SIDED, and I had not been consistent in which side I fed in to print on as I fed pages one-by-one.
Why doesn't this frustrate me? Because had I put a stack of paper into the printer the wrong way, I would NEVER have figured this out - I would have just figured the paper, or the printer, was junk. THEN I wouldn't have been frustrated! Anyway, now I'm getting consistent prints that look great. YAY!
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 30, 2015 17:42:11 GMT -9
Some days are like that. But at least you have it figured out
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Nov 1, 2015 17:47:39 GMT -9
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 20, 2022 13:52:05 GMT -9
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