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Anonymous
Hello /po/

I've stopped here from time to time, looking at all the interesting creations made just by folding, cutting and gluing! This looks like a fun hobby I'd like to take up, but almost every paper model I see looks like an extremely daunting task...

Do you have any tips to give a beginner, and or some easy models to make?

Pic related. It looks like the easiest thing I've found...
>> Anonymous
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this one was the second one i ever did. very simple. moar to come.
>> Anonymous
Thanks :D looks simple enough!

Question: is the only thing i fold on these the tabs? Like on Ceiling Cat here, i think i would have to fold some of the model itself, more so than the mario question block (where the folding is obvious) should i just use common sense, or is there a tip to getting it to fold right?

Am i trying to over complicate this? Because I tend to do that with things
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>>182347
do you go over the folding lines with a dried out pen? that's what most people do to make the folds easier. but yeah the ? block you pretty much just need common sense.
>> Anonymous
>>182350
Ah, so every line you see on the model needs to be creased?

Also, I haven't even printed out anything to try yet. I figured I'd ask questions first so I'd know pretty well what I am doing, or at least a better idea than absolute zero
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>>182352
most templates have dotted or dotted and dashed lines. go over them aswell as the tabs to make the folds easier. it's a good idea to score(go over the lines) before cutting anything out.
>> Anonymous
ok, last post for tonight.
go to these sites and browse around for a bit there are a lot more easy ones there.
http://www.nintendopapercraft.com/index.html
http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/search/label/Paper%20Models
>> Anonymous
Thank you for the models and for answering my pretty darn easy questions ^_^; I'm sure to you all they're basic, but thank you for being kind. I'm not used to that here on 4 chan...

Now, the dotted and dashed lines. I'm pretty sure it's significant to how you fold that part of the paper. I think I remember reading that anways...the dotted lines are folded outward, and dashed inward, am I correct? Or am I remembering a different conversation...
>> Anonymous
>>182357
Than k you very much for your help!
>> Anonymous
>>182360
no you're right (ok now this is my last post for the night)
>> Anonymous
>>182360
lines are typically of three varieties. Solid, Dashed, and Dash/Dot alternation. Solid lines are the cut lines. Dashed lines are fold the paper backwards (a mountain fold named because when you fold it correctly you make a little mountain). Dash/dot alternations are folding forwards (valley folds, so called because you make a valley when you do it correctly).

Some templates vary. Mountain folds are the most common.
>> Anonymous
:D thank you all so much
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Obligatory.
>> Anonymous
bump for ceiling cat
>> Anonymous
>>182339
thank you
>> Anonymous
more
>> Anonymous
Win
>> Anonymous
Any pictures of the finished product of ceiling cat?
>> dai
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>>183135

from the actual source, http://tubbypaws.blogspot.com/

check there, there's a new Monorail Cat papercraft halfway down the front page.
>> dai
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monorail pattern
>> dai
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monorail cat in action