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Basics Anonymous
Hey, I'm getting interested in this papercraft thing.
What paper should I use for printing the design??
Also anyone have the instruction to make the snowflake from the pic??
>> Anonymous
Paper: preferably cardstock, 160-200 grams per square meter (gsm) or 110-160 lbs (about the same we guess).
But you CAN use regular printer paper (80 gsm) it's up to you to find out what works best for you (same with the glue: PVA glue, Elmer's glue, wood glue etc)

Snow flake: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-3D-Paper-Snowflake
>> Anonymous
>>47476
PS: amazing how some people shamelessly put a watermark on a picture as if it were theirs...
>> Anonymous
http://www.stickam.jp/profile/pppiano
>> Anonymous
HOW do you glue it? a needle with glue on it? a tiny brush?
>> Anonymous
>>47483
You mean the snowflake? The tutorial says to tape it (scotch tape) or to staple it (stapler).
Or papercraft in general? Yamaha suggests you use your finger:
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/howto/index.html
I just use the spout of my gluebottle, many people use a small strip of scrap cardstock they cut from the excess of the template (a good way I think) but yeah, a needle if you like it, a small brush as well etc... You can use all kind of things.
>> Anonymous
>>47483
I use a strip of cardboard. I used to use my fingers, but it's really not a good idea... especially when you start making smaller things.
>> Anonymous
i learned how to make that after helping a teacher for a day, she kept on forgettin to teach me...
>> Anonymous
print your models on a laser printer, mirror all the artwork in photoshop (resolution doesn't matter) and make the reverse a solid color similar to the outside color, or just a complimentary color, but make it heavy. Since toner is plastic you can use crazy glue to hold it all together, its bonds the two sides of toner to each other really quick and holds really really well. I have made quite a few paper cameras like this (printed the entire inside as black) and half of one of them yamaha bike ones, works real well