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Anonymous
Hey /po/ it's my birthday in 2 days. And you know what would be the BEST birthday present ever?

Templates for the Metal Gear Rex papercraft, but 3 times as big. And not like, just triple the size of the pages, because the parts will go over more than one page. But just the templates for the metal gear rex, not the extra model that comes with it.

I tried doing it but failed badly. Any takers? :D

I might even give $5 to anyone who can be bothered to do it.
>> Anonymous
rasterbate it. i forget the website. just google "rasterbator". theres an online version and a ownloadable version that has more features.
>> Anonymous
>>61608
any setting to use to get that to work right?
I have a feeling it might be a little tricky to get the parts to come out right while maintaining texture quality.
>> Anonymous
>>61608

But I need to rearrange the templates of just the rex so none of them span more than one page. :/
>> Anonymous
go to kinkos, they can blow shit up. 4'X4' sheets anyone?
>> Anonymous
>>61882

i'll only go to kinkos if they can get me copies of this template at a 1:1 scale. .XD
>> Anonymous
>>61899
Enjoy spending over 2,000 dollars on a 1:1 scale with heavy enough paper to support the model, along with possible poles and shit you'd need to glue to the corners to keep it even more stable.
>> Anonymous
>>61901

Shut up. It would still be epic.
>> Jen
Take it to a copy store, like Kinko's, and have them blow up the templates to 3 times their original size. Then take these and glue them to chipboard. Chipboard is a thin cardboard that comes in various thicknesses. That should allow for the model to be rather sturdy and still be only a few dollars to make. When I'm done downloading Sane Person's Dogbert I'll look for a website that shows you what chipboard is, if I can find one. It's usually found under the name chipboard in art supply stores.
>> Jen
It seems that it's only called chipboard in the US. A more international word for the stuff is paperboard. It's pretty much the same stuff they use for carboard cereal boxes and such. Posterboard would probably work fine as well, but the surface is slicker, so you'll have to be a little more careful that the all purpose white glue you're using gets everything to stick nicely.

I've only built Chamoo's Metal Gear Ray before, so I have no real working knowledge of the Metal Gear Rex template. I have it on my computer somewhere, but really some enlargements from a copy shop and paperboard should give you the temlates you'd need for this.
>> dvana
Hmm, that could work. Wouldn't the paper that you have glued across the paperboard run the chance of tearing when you tried to fold? Seems like it would, even after scoring.

Experts?
>> Anonymous
to stop it from tearing you could cut a thin strip of the second layer out on the fold lines, that would leave enough space to fold although it would be quite troublesome. I'm an expert ^__^
>> Jen
>>62514

Anonymous #62556 has a better grasp on how to get thicker paperboard to work. If you want, you can use thick paperboard. I was thinking of something thinner that probably wouldn't have those issues, but I really don't know how big this thing would be after enlarging it by %300 and how well the model would hold up to the enlargement based on its parts. Usually I would use rolling on something like this instead of hard folds, but this one is more angular, so that's not really an option.

If you're going to use paperboard that's thick enough that you want to score it, then try scoring it on the opposite side that the template is glued onto. That way, the template won't have to stretch out as far, because the board will be squeezed together more.

http://www.misterart.com/store/view/001/group_id/1618/Economy-chipboard.htm

This is more along the lines of what I thought you might want to buy when I first suggested it. It's been awhile since I've had a chance to work with it, so I don't remember exact properties of the stuff too clearly.