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/po/ dollz Anonymous
Hey /po/

I was just wondering if creating a doll from a papercraft template is easy/hard or even possible with some models.

Ive seen a plush Companion cube on here before and thought it must not of been hard.

So any1 have any clue?
The model in question is in the pic - Pyro from Team Fortress 2, ive yet to build it yet.
>> Joel
I'd imagine it wouldn't be that hard. Of course in papercrafts you rely on the rigidity of the paper to create corners and shapes, which you don't get in fabric. Although I know shit about sewing and what-not, I'd imagine to create a crease in fabric like you do in paper, you would sew a line along the part you want to crease. Certainly possible, but you might need reinforcing such as a small piece of plastic.

If someone knows more about this subject then please post; i'm intrigued now ...
>> Anh1l1at1on
i think youds be fine as long as you sew on creases like
>>132028
said or cut each polygon out and sewed those together.

as far as rigidity is concerened it all depends on how much stuffing you put/pack in. want a stiff, self standing doll? stuf a ton in. if you want it loose, dont. also, if you want to keep arms and legs stuffed well and keep the whole doll loose, i would rconment either sewing the limbs shut or sewing a circle in the ends of the limbs to close them up w/o flattening them.

other than that GL!
id like to see what you can come up with

i also reconmend you start with something simple, with very few faces/polygons to practice with. good exaples are the legend of zelda rupee or this health pack i made (its from halo, if you want ill post it, and the rupee from zelda, however that thread is still alive here :>>128612)

GL :D
>> Anonymous
>>132036
>good exaples are the legend of zelda rupee...

>...and the rupee from zelda

wink nudge wink
>> Anonymous
You can add stabilizers to fabric to make it pretty much react like paper... but that would kind of defeat the purpose of making it out of fabric in the first place. :P

Stitching the creases might not work quite how everybody seems to expect it to. It might not give you quite the expected reinforcement (stitching doesn't render fabric suddenly inflexible- even if you stitch a valley fold, the stuffing is still going to try to push it outward.) Especially with how much creasing the Pyro model has, it might end up looking pretty bad with all that extra stitching everywhere.

Use a fabric that doesn't fray, or use an anti-fray liquid on the edges of whatever fabric you do intend to use, or you're really going to have problems. Papercrafts don't exactly have seam allowances to hide the raw edges. (And making your own seam allowances would require a lot of experience and forethought.)

The person who made the fabric Companion Cube probably didn't even base it off a papercraft at all. A cube is easy enough that they probably made the pattern from scratch. ;3 If you have no experience making dolls, yes, this might be very difficult. Fabric will react in unexpected ways that paper doesn't. I second the recommendation to start with something simpler, unless you know what you're doing. Maybe not even a papercraft, but go to a fabric store and pick up an actual fabric doll pattern, so you can acquiant yourself with how fabric patterns usually work. (Or even just try the Companion Cube pattern.) And good luck!
>> Anh1l1at1on
>>132039
what color would you like?

aww heck all just post em all
heres:
http://rapidshare.com/files/98137206/rupee.pdo.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/98156445/rupeeblue.pdo.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/98156625/rupeered.pdo.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/98157026/rupeepurple.pdo.html
>> Anonymous
>>132042
Heheh, actually, I was saying that you mentioned it twice, therefore you might have been fond of it. As I started thinking about it, pointing it out could probably get you to post them. And it worked.

Mind games are fun.
>> Anonymous
The pyro model is no good for this. I've seen it, and it has way too many polys to work out well. Unless you don't mind 30 seams on his face, of course.

I've seen a plushie based on papercraft Mudkips. Turned out well, though it had a few tweaks(the cheeks). That's a simple model you can relatively easily transition to fabric. That's the kind of thing you should go for.

I'd tell you to check http://raspera.com/ and see if anything there interests you. Those are all simple enough work as plushies. But they're all animals, so if you're more interested in people... that won't help.