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Anonymous
Anyone know where I can find a good tutorial for pepakura? A friend of mine makes 3d models, and I want to start making papercrafts of them.

Pic related, that is a penguin he made, and I just hit auto to see what it does. It makes the body like one whole piece.
>> Anonymous
I'd be willing to put up the .obj for the penguin if anyone thinks they want to look at it.
>> Anonymous
Are there any texture files with the penguin? If yes, post those with the obj. If no, post the obj and I'll make it into a buildable form for you.
>> Anonymous
I only have the .obj file. (as far as I know)

http://rapidshare.com/files/64770846/peng.obj.html

I would love a write up on how you make it a buildable model more than the model itself. If I can learn how to use the program basics, then my friend can make models for me to prepare to build.

My goal is more papercraft of 2D video games. I really would like to make a Chrono Trigger series.
>> PMF
It looks real nice, but the beak have too many little pieces and the eyes might fit a little off (just some cut to make tho).
you just need to make the beak a little more simpler and get a nice texture on and you're set.
>> Anonymous
>>96135
My stupid computer isn't letting me use the link. Keep getting a cannot display page in IE and a 404 not found in Firefox.

However, if you want to do it yourself, here are some halpful tips!

Tip 1) Before you make any papercraft templates of your own, study other papercrafts and get a good general idea what a buildable part looks like. It wouldn't hurt to build a few models first so you can have a better understanding of this.

Tip 2) Learn Pepakura. Do so with the Penguin model if you must. When it comes right down to it, all you have to learn are the commands on the right click. Go over the template page, right click, and learn what these commands do. It doesn't take long at all, I learned everything I needed in less than 30 minutes. Another thing you need to learn is how big a cm is. This will come in handy as to how tall your model is when finished. To change the size you uncheck the "auto" box next to "unfold".

Tip 3) This isn't necessary, but it's highly recommended. If you ever have any models that are "work in progress" but you never plan on releasing them anytime soon, don't show them. It creates to much of a ruckus, (GIVE WANT NOW MOAR PLZ11!!) and then you'll feel like papercrafting is a burden instead of something you're doing for fun.

Tip 4) Always papercraft for fun!
>> Anonymous
>>96146
Awesome advice. I've made 4 papercraft models so far and I love it. I used to be an origami junkie in junior high, and I thought papercraft was 'uncool' cause you cut the paper.

As for learning pepakura, that's more what my OP was about. Googling pepakura tutorial brought up links that were like, here's how to use pepakura on a cube! Or, where can I find a pepakura tutorial?

I haven't used PDO's either, even though yall post them often, I've only used pdf's.

Thank you for the advice, I guess trial and error will help me through the beginner steps, and I can come back to the board if I need more help.

Thanks again /po/!