God damn you WP, just when I learned how to use you. : |
I never thought that I’d be so busy that I didn’t have time to update or do anything else. Lousy excuse, yes. I know. So, it’s been three weeks since I last updated. The reason for my general busyness was school, actually attending to one. Hmm. But my problem is, it takes me days to write one entry.
So, I promised a while back to post more about the papercraft-Haruhi which I’m working on. The camera which I own (Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z5) is not so great, and uploading photos to my craptastic old computer -which is more or less like a heater- (but yet so dear Compaq Armada M700 with Ubuntu 7.04 feisty <3) is a pain in the ass. My laptop contains only one USB-port so while my camera is connected, I have to use pointing stick, which is ..well not very nice to use. (As right-handed, I’m more comfortable using it with my left hand.) Then I have to resize stuff in GIMP and add my signature to them.. I don’t like GIMP, I’ve gotten way too used to Photoshop.
And hey, if you’re interested in this model I’m working on:
- Haruhi.rar (Rapidshare)
- Pepakura Viewer 2.1.1 (This is pretty much a must have in order to view .pdo files.)
And if something bothers or you feel like a question coming up, just ask me! : ) If you need a specific model or something, I’ll see if I can help you out.
My cellphone is up there for size-comparison. Those parts are cut out and folded, waiting for assembling. Model is printed on 110 g/m2 printer paper. (Not on the regular 80 g/m2.)
More after the jump:
To think of it.. I’ve been papercrafting since 2005 if I remember right. I didn’t have proper glue, proper cutting blades or anything else. I used just normal scissors and masking tape to put together my first papercraft, Metal Gear Solid cardboard box! Heh, but it was really easy.
I got myself a self-healing cutting mat, good paper-glue and a segmented blade utility knife (people, it’s not a carpet knife, these are the fucking carpet knives). Some people use X-acto knives, I’ve never tested them but I can manage with my segmented knife just fine. I use scissors really rarely, I must get ruler-straight lines so I use metal ruler almost every time I cut something.
The thing I’ve realized is that there’s not a wrong way to papercraft. Whatever suits you is the best. And whatever brings the best results and satisfies you. Every papercraft-geek which I know uses different methods of crafting. I work slowly, the best thing is that there are no deadlines to beat. At best, it’s really calming activity.
Okay, so to the Haruhi.. I started working on it on February -08. I’ve only once seen a photo of her finished and of course I didn’t remember to save it. The model consists 3 pages. It’s quite simple model, actually. I mean, when compared to other Mizuirogakuen models, they can be quite complex and tricky.
This is the first picture I took when I started cutting out the first parts. This time, I didn’t start from the head because the head is the “main” part of the model. So I want to work really properly on it. There’s her neck and partly the chest and back parts..
Haruhi’s skirt.
Main part of her hair/head consists 4 pieces.
“Head” from the inside. This time it looks quite clean. : D
That bow was trickier than I thought, that’s why it looks a bit wonky. So I’m thinking about re-doing it. I have no idea what that white block is for, but I think it comes inside Haruhi’s head.
As I said, I’m working slowly. But I’ll get her finished, I promise that. Thanks for reading!
April 20th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Hurry up and do the next stage :0 the suspense is killing me! where DO you put that mysterious white block. Also what’s wrong with the bow? that looks exactly like my shoelaces or are you saying there’s something wrong with my shoelaces too? huh? huh!
..but yes, seriously it looks good, especially the hair, I could never have the patience for anything else than a papercraft rock.
moar.