Sometimes a papercraft model doesn't appear to have any fold lines. Sometimes that means you're not supposed to fold it (SLM "smooth look models) but sometimes you *are*.
In those cases, you can choose to build the lineless version instead of the lined version, so you won't have all kinds of black fold lines (the old version of Pepakura Designer didn't let you choose the colours of the fold lines to blend in with the parts) on your finished model.
I chose a very simple model as example in the tutorial, but the technique is the same for even the most challenging paper models of course.
Have fun watching!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
How to build a lineless paper model
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I never score models. I jus dont see any point to it.
ReplyDeleteHehe, I wonder if that was an intended pun...
ReplyDeleteI usually print lineless, but most of your N64 models have lines that blend in, so I started printing those.
I really like the old, "polygonal" style of 3D games, and to recreate that look in paper form, it helps if you can make sharp, crisp folds, and scoring the fold lines let's you do exactly that.
ReplyDeleteBut like most papercraft techniques, it's the choice of the papercrafter: some people do, some people don't. ;o)
Ever since Pepakura Designer 2 let you set the colour of each fold line individually, it just took less time (and less webspace ;o) to make just one version instead of two. ;o)
Is it possible to change a lined PDO to a lineless one without pepakura designer (I am not able to get designer for some reason) but using viewer? After I changed a texture on a samus model to a dark samus texture it put the lines on the PDF but I really want to make it lineless but i don't know how? Please help! Thanks
ReplyDeleteI think if you use Pepakura Viewer, you can go to the Setting menu (Configuration in earlier Pepakura versions), then to Print Setting, and if you slide the Transparancy setting to 100%, the lines will be completely transparant, so they won't show.
DeleteFor some reason it's not working?
DeleteSorry, that's the method that should work... :o( If you set the transparancy to 100% the lines shouldn't show up when you print it...!
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