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Anonymous
Now everybody is going to think I'm gonna be bitching, but that's just a chance I'll have to take... Obviously: a new papercraft: great! One of the main reasons I like /po/ so much! But I really think sometimes people get so enthusiastic about make a papercraft, they want to release it as quick as possible while it could still use a little more work. Because the original 3D model you found is REALLY detailed, and for papercraft, that is a disaster... Of course it's still possible to make it into a papercraft, but it's VERY difficult to build this way, even if you did make it as big as possible... The most important tip I can give you for the future is: use simplified 3D models, SketchUp style, not 3DS Max style. And after you find a simplified 3D model: open it in your own 3D modeller and simplify it some more. ;) 3D programs use triangular polygons, and 80-90% of these can be readily merged into quadrupal polygons. That way you loose A LOT of the fold lines that you don't need. And that's just the first step (very simple, but time consuming, I know...) into greatly reducing the 3D model, making the paper model much easier to build. Many people would like to make papercrafts, but hate 3D modelling because it's so time consuming, but if you're going to use Pepakura, it's quite an important first step to get right. Good luck with your future projects.
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