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/po/ Want advice. Anonymous
Okay I want to try making some of these models, so I have a couple of questions.
Do you use actual paper, or do you use some kind of cardboard?
Do you fold it all and assemble by hand?
What tools can be used?
>> Nova Greensocks
Everyone here's different, but I use cardstock on the nice models, and paper on the easier, smaller models. Tacky glue for the adhesive, and nice scissors for cutting. I rarely score, but others score the folds and cut carefully with precision knives and stuff. *shrug* XD;;
>> AnonymousCat !!6TJwahn8wU3
Regular copy paper if you're doing a quick test model and plan to edit it.

90-130 lb white Cardstock bought from any office or crafts supply store for good sturdy models. It's what most everyone uses. (Some papercrafts will leave out large areas of a single color so you need to print on already colored paper to save ink like that Inuyasha one)

Cut, fold on the lines and glue tabs yep, alot of templates you have to figure yourself, they dont come with instructions.

I like to use the backside of a kitchen knife for very tight pointy spaces when trying to keep it together while glue dries (Spiky Baby & Gritty ears)

The sharp edge of your desk to neatly fold long straight areas.

Small straight cosmetic scissors for precise cuts
>> Anonymous
Thanks alot appreciate the help, ummm stupid question, I'm from Denmark so I don't know what Cardstock is, any explanation or link of any kind will be loved.
>> Nova Greensocks
>>46943
Thicker than paper, but thinner than cardboard.
>> Anonymous
>>46943
Thanks a hella lot, I don't know when I'll actually get started on this, but I will look around shops for the items.
Thanks you have been really helpful.
>> Anonymous
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Should have been>>46944
>> Nova Greensocks
No problem!
>> AnonymousCat !!6TJwahn8wU3
>>46943

Basically the paper that you find greeting cards made of :)
>> Anonymous
>>46950

That is a good interpretation.

Look in office supply stores that carry printer paper. Cardstock is paper that is thicker than all-purpose printer paper. The cardstock for papercraft is around 65-110 lb. weight paper, or 160-200 gsm paper. Gsm is also shown as g/m^2.


There are two ways of folding the paper. Scoring has already been mentioned and explained. The other method is called rolling. Rolling works for achieving a rounder-looking papercraft. It is done by taking the cutout you are working on and rubbing it against the edge of a desk, gently creasing the paper.