Knoest: (one)armed and dangerous

Final test build! Kapitein Knoest wouldn't be complete without his weapons. ;o)

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Knoest test build #5

I keep forgetting to include a real LEGO minifig in the pictures for size comparison... ;o)

But I guess now that I finished test building Kapitein Knoest's bicorne hat, it's a good opportunity to *not* forget it this time, so you can see the full size now.

As you can see, the test build is about 29,5 cm tall, and it's proving to be a good size to build, so I'll make the final version that size too. ;o)

Stay tuned!

Majora's Mask's Big Master Plan

This is an oldie, but I wanted to make a vid and my papercraft LEGO Knoest isn't finished yet... ;o)

Knoest test build #4

Here's another very freaky picture of Kapitein Knoest...! :o)

Not so much because he is missing an arm, but the face texture ended up too small after all the editing and saving I did on it. It's an easy fix, though, so the final Knoest won't look so... freakish.

The epaulettes (those ornamental shoulder pads) look intimidating to build, but with the proper folding and pre-shaping they went together very easily!

The rings on top are about 3 millimeters thick, which is a lot bigger than the parts on some of my other models. ;o)

More about the head: old LEGO minifig heads used to have closed studs on top, but I thought the more modern, open stud style would look better on a big-scale paper model.

The open studs have kind of a three-piece open "pie-shape" on the inside, and although it's not impossible to re-create that too in paper of course, it was a lot more trouble than it was worth.

So I think I will still make an open stud, but not the open pie-shape. Luckily, that's only a small change on the 3D model again! ;o)

Stay tuned!

New webpoll: where are you from?

Not a papercraft related poll per se this time, but I literally get messages from papercrafters all over the world (that's not a complaint btw! ;o) so I'm curious: where are *you* from?

Where are you from?

Where are you from? Africa Asia Australia/New Zealand Europe North America Russia South America Current Results

(I'm from the Netherlands, btw ;o)


Last time's webpoll ("How did you get into papercrafting?") got a lot of reactions again:
Not only from voters, but also on the Papermodels II Google group: of course there are many more ways people might have stumbled across papercraft than just these 4; I think probably almost everybody has made their own toy car, castle or dollhouse from a cardboard box as a kid! ;o)

A lot of people seem to loose interest in papercraft when they get older, though, until they happen to come across it again when searching the internet for the latest news about their favourite videogame, or television show, or whatever it is they're fan of!

(At least that's how I got suckered into papercrafting again - not that I mind, though... ;o)

But in the end, from most of the comments that I got, I think people get into papercraft because it's just so much fun of course! ;o)

Knoest test build #3

Here's a picture of my latest papercraft LEGO minifig test build, of the arms and the hands!

Well, one hand and one hook actually, and only one arm - but that's just because the other arm is exactly the same only mirrored of course! ;o)

Stay tuned!

Knoest test build #2

Aside from a few small texture fixes (and one big one in having to flip the entire shirt... ;o) I'm very happy with how the torso went together in this test build!

I'll switch around a few glueing tabs, and unfold some parts a bit differently, but I don't think I'll need to change anything in the 3D model itself as far as the torso goes. ;o)

Stay tuned!