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Anonymous
anyone have a papercraft boltgun?
>> Anonymous
A long while ago, somebody was making a bolter 3D model for Pepakura, and I think they opened it in Pepakura, but it turned out you needed an insane amount of sheets to print it 1:1 scale as the guy intended, with some parts bigger than a page (so the 3D model needed to be fixed) and no textures and some problem areas so the guy lost interest if I remember correctly.
>> Anonymous
DO WANTT!
>> Papercrafts to props Anonmyous
The real problem os those who wish that papercrafts into props or even costumes is simply... One Size (does not) Fit All. As for making a papercraft gun into a prop the best is the Gungrave gun occasionally posted here. Though in a sense, it is not really a papercraft.

Matte board and foamcore are used to give structure and density so when you hold it, it doesn't collapse on itself or your hand crushes it.

So how would you convert the papercraft boltgun to useable size? not with letter size paper. You'll need to do some math. Like figure out the size it should be as a prop and the papercraft's actual size and work out a ratio as in percentage.

Now using 11x17 paper and a photocopier with ZOOM enlargement, photocopy each page to the new size. Not that this will do anything but make a large unusable paper model that can't be used but you can then figure out which parts of the papercraft need to be reinforced with matte board for structure and which need to be foamcore like the handgrip.

No point of colour since you would be painting the prop version to look more realistic.

Good luck with the project and you too can WIN internet.
>> Anonymous
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One size doesn't fit all is true for helmets, but for guns, if you have big hands, small hands, normal hands, there is just one "real" size of course. ;) If you WANT to scale it to fit your hand better, then you're MAKING it a "problem".
And it kinda depends on the kind of gun you're making if you can make it with cardstock or if you need foamboard. The main body of the bolter that was being made, was basically just a hollow, empty box. So yeah, that would have needed some serious reinforcing.
But from the looks of it Ninjatoes' NES Zapper for instance was really designed to be "usuable" at 1:1 scale when made with normal cardstock (it says 200 gsm in the instructions and I made mine with it and it is VERY strong! You can't stand on it (I think) but you can hold it firmly and it won't even buckle!) but it's designed very differently from most papercrafts: not hollow, but almost like the real thing, with parts reinforcing each other as you glue them together, only in the handle there is some extra reinforcement, but that's also just 200 gsm cardstock.
>> M.
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I did take the time to upload the files to Rapidshare for anyone who'd want to take over though ;)

This said, the problem with the model was not just the amount of sheets : another thing was the structure of the model itself, that was somewhat too heavy to be strong enough..