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chrono-fox !sko5SeEpMc
hey /po/.
I'm sorry for making a thread like this, but what is the best paper to use for papercrafting? I've been using regular computer paper for years now, and I need somthing stronger.
Sankyuu, in exchange, have a hinata.
>> Anonymous
Just go to your local office supplier and buy some thicker paper. You are probably using something like 80 gsm. 160 gsm is good. I don't really understand American paper weights, so you might need to do some conversion. The thicker it is the stronger your model will be, but the more difficult it will be to work with fine detail. Another problem with very thick paper, (or card as it is sometimes known), is that it can jam your printer, so be careful.
>> Anonymous
I use 200 g/m^2 (200 grams per square meter) cardstock, and all my papercrafts are nice and sturdy so you can actually handle them instead of building them and putting them on a bookshelf, being careful never to touch them again... ;o)

Some say 200 g/m^2 is too hard to work with, that it's hard to fold tiny parts. That's bs, that's just your papercraft skillz: if you score the folds properly, you'll get nice, crisp folds, the same as with any other kind of cardstock.

Thicker cardstock means more expensive cardstock, though, so most people use 160 g/m^2 (that's twice as thick as regular, 80 g/m^2 printer paper). I think that's about equivalent to 110 lbs if you live in the US.

I've never used any glossy cardstock (photo paper), or metallic cardstock (and I never will ;o). Some do, and again: it depends more on your skillz (and the time you're willing to put into it) than on the paper itself wether or not it turns out nice or fugly...
>> Anonymous
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>>32021

The attached pdf file might help with understanding the weight conversions between USA and what everyone else uses.
>> chrono-fox !sko5SeEpMc
thanks guys, I'll look for these when I go out next.
but thicker cardstock also means that when you fold on ink, the paper kinda...breaks. thats the best way I can describe it.
like on cardstock covered in black ink, fold part of it an white cracks will show up along the fold. I want to avoid that, while still having a sturdy craft. (and I DON'T want to have to color it in with markers or something.)
thanks again.
>> Anonymous
not to get off OP's topic, but... can i get the rest of those papercraft at top post ^_^
>> chrono-fox !sko5SeEpMc
>>32041
here's lee.
I'm the one that made them, so if you have any requests, tell me.
(you're gonna have to cut down parts of lee, he is incomplete.) [EDIT] lee won't upload, putting on photobucket at: http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g267/chrono-fox/?action=view&current=rocklee.jpg
please don't flame me for the photobucket, my friends and I share one account.
and bump for paper that doesn't break!
>> Anonymous
>>32070
thx, i'd like any/all that u got (naruto sasuke sakura kiba akimaru neji chouji etc etc... the list goes on but i don't wanna be greedy lol) and photobucket is fine. as long as i can dl it, i'm happy. ^_^
>> Anonymous
Chrono Fox, are you using an inkjet or laser printer? If you're using a laser printer, then the toner has a tendency to break on folded paper, since it's printed on the surface rather than an ink that soaks into the paper.

And like someone else said earlier, 200g/m is about the same thickness as 65 lb. paper. Though from what I read on the pdf file I put up earlier, this tends to vary because of the difference between what is used to base the US weights off of. They give a pound size based off of how much 500 sheets of a given paper weighs, so 65 lb. US letter paper isn't the same thickness as 65 lb. US legal paper.

If you're really worried about the ink breaking, then you could use 40 lb. weight or its equivalent, but a lot of people use 65 lb. or 110 lb. weight paper usually for papercraft. It's really just whatever you think you'll be comfortable with.
>> chrono-fox !sko5SeEpMc
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>>32135
I'll work on some more soon.
>>32137
I have an inkjet printer, so I'll look for 65-110 lb paper when I go out next.
thank you everyone!
>> Anonymous
>>32154
curious if u had finished any more?
>> chrono-fox !sko5SeEpMc
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>>32517
here's newly finished naruto.
>> Anonymous
>>32019

>Sankyuu

GTFO
>> chrono-fox !sko5SeEpMc
>>32551
what the hell is your problem?