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Cardstock vs. regular paper /po/ noob
Good evening /po/!
I have a noobish question for you...Besides the
obvious one is more sturdy than the other, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using cardstock vs. regular paper? Thanks in advance!
P.S. Pic not related...=)
>> Anonymous
>>22913Besides the obvious one is more sturdy than the other

That's really all you need to know, isn't it..?
Being heavier/thicker, cardstock is more expensive than regular paper, that's the only drawback I can think of.
Some people say: "I can't fold the small pieces when I use thicker cardstock!" but that's due to the lack of papercrafting skills. Every fold can be made just as crisp as you want it, you just have to take your time to make the fold. Scoring the cardstock helps too (you should ALWAYS score, even if you're just using regular paper: scoring will "guide" the fold so the fold will follow the fold line exactly, and that is an absolute must in papercrafting).

My advice: stick to what works best for you. If you're happy with your papercrafts made with regular paper, why change? If you don't score the folds but your papercrafts turn out just fine, why start scoring? If your papercrafts made with regular paper fall apart, try cardstock and see if it works better. Why ask somebody else what you like best?
>> Anonymous
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One of these is made from cardstock, the other from regular paper. Looks to me both are fine to do some badass papercrafting.
>> huh no
What do you mean by "score"? Like cut into it a bit?
>> Anonymous
>>23041
Like pressing onto a line to weaken it a tiny bit making it infinately easier to fold.
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>>23041
Check out the Yamaha tutorial (make sure you have Flash Player ver.8 installed):

http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/howto/0002.html

go to "Basic Instructions" -> "Folding" then click the video. They use "a mechanical pencil tip without the lead to crease the folding lines", but you can use a "dried out pen" or a very blunt knife or whatever, as long as it doesn't actually "write" on your papercraft.

I myself actually do cut through the upper layer of the cardstock, so when I fold the paper, you can actually see a bit of the cross-section of the cardstock. But I'm not really going for photorealistic results, I don't care if you can see the model was made with cardstock (I actually like it that way). And this method produces very sharp and neat folds for me, so that's why I use it.