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I've just discovered the world of papercraft and I find it extremely fun. Sadly since I am new I feel my skills......need improvement. Is anyone willing to lend me some advice on good technique or maybe direct me to a beginners website?
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1 google
2 cardstock
3 printer
4 razor blade
5 elmer's glue

Now kindly start cutting and gluing stuff and stop asking stupid questions.
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>> TSONTS !!u7H15vJR6mX
First, watch the http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/howto/index.html tutorial.

Copy paper works fine, but for large models, or ones you want to last forever, light cardstock is recommended. If you use cardstock, be careful with your edgework, or get a bunch of colored pencils or felt-tip markers to clean up the white edges that will show up if you're not. Touch up the edges BEFORE BUILDING THE MODEL; once you build it, it's hard to reach, even with fine-tipped markers, and you're just as likely to get ink on a spot you DON'T want it to be!

You don't need a special printer for papercraft.

Good, sharp scissors for cutting out the pieces. Also a razor knife (X-Acto, etc) for cutting out interior cuts or getting at areas you don't want to use scissors in. Get a self-healing cutting mat.

Glue... as the tutorial says, use VERY SPARINGLY. There are craft glues made for papercraft, but Elmer's White Glue works. I like Aleene's Tacky Glue; you can use very little, and it dries quickly. Clean your fingers if you get ANY glue on them - the tiniest amount can make a stain that you can't ignore.

A metal straight-edged ruler is good for helping you make straight folds; moreso an embossing tool (or using an empty ball-point pen, empty mechanical pencil, etc); pre-scoring the fold lines will help the models come together.

Unfold a paperclip; sometimes you need to reach inside a model to close or secure a flap where fingers can't reach.

For opening .pdo files, Google "Pepakura Viewer". Want to try to make models? Get "Pepakura Designer", lurk or search for a serial (or pay for one), and hit F1 in it to find a list of programs that it can read 3-d model data from.

For starters, head over to http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/index.html -- the models there range from easy to crazy, but the instructions are clear and precise. Search for more models of your liking on Google or /rs/.
>> Anonymous
>>110908
So why is there no sticky yet with this post?
>> Anonymous
Because not everybody agrees. Why should your opinion be stickied?
If you find noob posts annoying, ignore them. Don't call them names or tell them to lurk moar or to GTFO. And let somebody else answer them.
And don't keep bumping them asking for a sticky.
We once had a sticky when /po/ was young. Didn't work.
>> Anonymous
>>111732
Why do we have to listen to you?
>> tohru-kun !hPvy9MQFoc
>>111732
I miss that sticky :(
>> Anonymous
>>111732
My opinion?
Look, jackass. There are, at the best case, at least a page's worth of posts from newfags wanting help. Instead of ignoring them, instead of telling it to them all over again, instead of having people call them names [which is nice when you assume I'm one of those], instead of them waiting for sometimes hours before getting an answer, don't you fucking think it'll be better to have a goddamn sticky?

This isn't young /po/. Fuck, forget a big sticky, a message under the /po/ logo saying 'Beginners - check Wikichan's /po/ article' will be just as good.