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display stand Anonymous
For this papercraft I'm creating (I'm not telling you what it's going to be just yet) I also made a display stand, with a column on top as an extra touch.
Does /po/ think it would be best to make a white spot on the display stand, to indicate where you should glue the column? Or should I make no white spot so people can decide for themselves where they want to glue the column (or so they could choose to leave it off)? Usually I make a white spot, because most glues make a mess when you smear glue on top of it...
There'll already be 2 versions, because the stand will turn out quite big: an A4 version, where the display stand is cut in half, and an A3 version, for those fortunate enough to have access to an A3 printer so the display stand won't have a seam. And I don't really want to make 4 versions like A4 with/without white spot and A3 with/without white spot (not because it's difficult, it's actually quite simple, but then I'd have to host 4 files instead of 2).
What does /po/ think?
>> Anonymous
no spot... People can figure out where they want it cant they?
>> Anonymous
>>52346
That would be a good argument for not to have a white spot.
Does this argument weigh heavier for /po/ than the possible mess you may make because then, you'd have to glue on top of an "inked surface"?
>> M.
>>52346
Seconded. Because if they don't want the post where you intended it to be in the first place, then there's a big white spot on the stand. Not very classy.
>> Anonymous
I think people should choose. A bit of a glue smear-if there's an accident- would be better than a white spot on your model, IMO.
>> Anonymous
I think people could use a guide. A bit of a glue smear-if there's an accident- would ruin it, be better to have a white spot on your model, IMO.
>> Anonymous
You really need to publish two different versions. One with white spot, one without. It is like when you have lined and lineless.
>> Anonymous
>>52401

Four different versions:

Lines + spot
Lines + no spot
No lines + spot
No lines + no spot (for the hardcore)
>> Anonymous
important question: will it be able to stand on it's own? If it needs the post, it'd be best to just add the spot to put it.
>> Anonymous
If it was a cylinder attached to the base like that, would it not be more sensible and/or stable to actually have a hole in the base the same shape as the cylinder's cross section, and tabs on the end of the cylinder to glue to the bottom of the stand (underneath)? This would stop it simply ungluing when the weight of the model was on it. Or is that not much of a concern?
>> Nab !v.YD6wOWHk
Am I missing something or are you talking about putting a white spot on a white model to mark something.....
>> Anonymous
>>52449
Obviously, the stand will be textured (like the model that will be on top of it. But if I left the textures on the stand for now, you'd instantly know what model I'd be making, and I want it to be a surprise. ;)

>>52416
I understand what you're describing, but that's actually harder; I used that method before on different models, and if the hole isn't exactly the right size (people cut ON the lines, INSIDE the lines, OUTSIDE the lines, and so on...) you'll have a small gap around the column and that looks horrible (much worse than a white spot or a smear would...). And the column really weighs nothing; when it's glued to the stand, it's stable. (because the stand will turn out big, you'll need to make "reinforcements" out of cardboard to glue inside the stand, for which there'll be templates included to trace on cardboard then cut out and glue together)

>>52411
The column doesn't act as a support for the model, it's just an extra. In fact you could do without the whole stand, but if I do say so myself, in 3D it looks quite nice (especially the textured version, which I won't show you yet lol)

>>52402>>52401>>52394>>52392>>52346
These are exactly the things I'm contemplating about. Four versions would cover all options, but it would mean people should be careful they don't print the parts for the stand, only to find out they should have printed the alternative "page 1" without the white spot. Not THAT big a deal really, but not all people have an IQ of over 150 if you know what I mean... lol
>> Anonymous
>>52402
Actually, it would be:

A4 Lines + spot
A4 Lines + no spot
A4 No lines + spot
A4 No lines + no spot (for the hardcore)
A3 Lines + spot
A3 Lines + no spot
A3 No lines + spot
A3 No lines + no spot (for the hardcore)

So that would be 8 versions then... A bit much perhaps?
>> Jen
If you want, you can just release one or two versions to /po/ when you get around to finishing everything. People complain on here, but altogether we're not that picky, as long as it's possible to modify the original to fit what we need it to. You can either worry about releasing a lined and a lineless version, or create one version that has very soft dotted lines to show where to fold.

The difference between US Letter paper and A4 letter paper can be messed with in photoshop, which some of the users here have. The most recent version of Pepakura Designer I've messed with allows for some repositioning of the parts on the paper template, but some of it is unecessarily difficult. I'd probably be willing to modify the template in photoshop to create one or two of these versions. Without knowing the difficulty of the papercraft, I'll leave the lines to you.
>> Anonymous
In the end, the difficulty is different for each person of course! Some people can build just about any papercraft with ease, others can't: c'est la vie (although often it's also just a matter of concentration and patience). ;o)

I'm not too worried about the difference between ISO A4 and US letter: it's just a matter of printing at a slightly different scale, and when using pdf files, this is done automatically, while maintaining the aspect ratio, right? Or have I been living a dream..? ;o)

I'm still uncertain how many and which versions I'll release (it all depends on how big the extra files I'd need to host will be) but since it may be anywhere from a week to several months before I finish it, I'll have ample time to come up with a good solution. ;o)