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Originally posted by aldo_14
I want one.

Hell yes...

[Martinus]

Originally posted by Raa
Scarily enough:
[22:52] Raa: ooh! Pepakura Anuket!

[color=66ff00]Except for me it was:

[03:52] Raa: ooh! Pepakura Anuket!

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[Marauder]

Astonishing.

[redsniper]

You win.

[Paragon]

I want one of those...  
Can you make a .pdf or something of....instructions....or something of the like?  Peparuka is...lost on me.


And make a Herc.

[Ghost]

Heh... Now we have to somehow import it to FRED.


Seriously, amazing stuff. Make instructions for us mortals.

[Mongoose]

Absolutely incredible

[FireCrack]

How long is the model?

[neo_hermes]

Originally posted by FireCrack
How long is the model?

Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]Cheers, it took 6 sheets of A4 sized 300gramme card. Basically it's just a little stiffer than cereal packet card. The finished model is about 35cm long.

BTW I must say a big thankyou to Raa for providing the mesh in the first place.

Grug: It's a program called Pepakura.
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[FireCrack]

ok, i concur.

[Martinus]

Originally posted by Ghost
Make instructions for us mortals.

[color=66ff00]I would have but there are still a few issues with the current layout of the model, the model is effectively a beta as it's a case of:

Manipulate the model to form a layout.
Change the layout attempting to make the building process straightforward.
Build the model taking notes on what was easy/hard
Change the layout again to attempt to remove or alleviate the harder parts of the build.

Another thing building the model gives you is an appreciation for what parts you make out of stiffer paper and which parts you can use the lighter stuff on. In the case of the Orion you want to build most of the hull out of the stiffer paper (300 gramme). Turrets and the like are comparitively small so you need to print them onto lighter paper otherwise you won't even be able to fold them into shape properly nevermind glue them together.


I need a few small things before I can finish the model and thus the  layout:
Simpler guns.
A radar dish mount that attaches to the dish.
A bit of photoshopping or mesh editing to fix the UV problems the following (poor, apologies) photos illustrate.






Any takers?
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[Taristin]

Ouch. Hmm.
I'd still like to know how that happened. But either way, wouldn't it be more an issue of fixing the large bmp pepakura generates, rather than touching the model?

[Bobboau]

now... to my HTL version

[Ghost]

Have fun, Bob.

[Cobra]

fantastic, dude. :yes:

I give it a hot vote.

[Sandwich]

Ok, Maeg? Get a better camera. Seriously.

[Paragon]

Actually, you might be able to use the heavier stuff for the turrets and smaller details, just use a knife, like an exacto or something, and make a shallow score in the paper where you want to fold it.


Art class is cool....

[Taristin]

No, no no. Let me tell you, I'm doing one of the Satis right now, and it is TOUGH! The small scale is difficult to work with. My Satis fits in the palm of my hand. And I'm using paper half the weight of the paper he's using.  And... anything smaller (model wise) will be impossible, no matter how well you score the paper.

[Paragon]

Why are you making it so small then???  Scale?

Too bad there aren't any model companies that would make plastic kits of this stuff.  Can you imagine having an Orion with a bunch of little Valkyries on the flight deck, kinda like one of those aircraft carrier models?  That would be cool.......Alas.

[Martinus]

Originally posted by Paragon
Actually, you might be able to use the heavier stuff for the turrets and smaller details, just use a knife, like an exacto or something, and make a shallow score in the paper where you want to fold it.


Art class is cool....

[color=66ff00]Paragon: For cutting I use a medical scalpel and a steel ruler to ensure line straightness.

Scoring with a blade is a bad idea, it weakens the paper too much and can lead to failure. What you want to do is get a small nail and a file, file the tip from a point to a rounded profile and use it to imprint a line in the paper. The paper undergoes far less damage and the imprinted line allows you to make a fold easily.
All of the flaps on the model are 'scored' on the top of the paper (printed side) all of the other folds are scored on the back of the paper, it looks better.


Sandwich: I actually have a JVC GC-S1 that my aunt and uncle gave me when they bought a newer camera, it's just that I'm not a very good photographer. Also in order to get pictures off the camera I have to send them one by one via IRDA to my laptop then transfer them to my main PC. It's quicker to just snap some shots off with the camera phone which is directly attached to main PC.

So sue me, I'm not going through all that trouble to get better rez. shots of UV corruption.
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