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Tentacle Treasure Chest KidIron
Test render with demo textures.
I think the tips of the tentacles will be impossible to make in paper form.
What should I change to fix this problem?
Now I sleep.
>> Sane Person
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To glue Vincent's hair tips I used a toothpick split in four. Put it inside the tentacle, at the end where there is a tip, and glue the tip around it.
>> Jen
What Sane Person said is what I usually do with papercrafts that tend to have tiny points like this one has, but sometimes I just flatten them and make them somewhat 2D on the end. I'd say to just release it with this warning for the people who initially test it, and then put out version two for whatever you decide to fix, if anything.

The rendering looks really good. I might be among the people test building this.
>> digerman3
template
>> On The Romance Tip [aka Jedi] KidIron
>>48836
That's genius! I've never heard that method before. Thanks for explaining!
>>48892
I'll definitely put a warning in the beta template for the test builders. This one will probably be my hardest to date to build. [Since I usually stick with simple designs and graphics]
>>48897
Please be patient. I'm going to do a test build in the next few days to see how it goes. And I might add a few things. [Like a flat layer of gold doubloons in the chest] After that, I'm going to redo the textures using some high quality pictures of a small chest I have in my closet plus some revisions to the tentacles' color scheme.
>> Anonymous
>>48907
Did you build it yet?
>> Anonymous
>>48833
Looks nice!
>> Chest Texture Finished kidIron
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Well, I finished the texturing on the chest. Go have a look at the picture and say what you think.
I used some pictures of an old chest I have for the ornamentation and the rivets. It was fun to dust off those old photo-manipulation skills again.
I'm probably going to do a test build in the near future to see if the tentacles are even feasible. Then I'll release the beta for you guys to try out.
>> digerman3
looks great
>> Jen
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>>49250

It looks awesome. Your idea seems to be coming together so far. Have you thought about making two sides to the treasure chest, one that gives the texture of the outside, and another that gives the texture on the inside? The person who created the Sii papercraft does this with her box.

If the tentacles don't seem to work very well after the build you make, then see whether enlarging the entire papercraft would help. If you don't want to bother with that yourself, then go ahead and release it and I'll resize the parts in Photoshop.
>> KidIron
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>>49281
Done. I made a small chest that will fit inside the larger one. I also redid the texture so it didn't have all the ornamentation on it. I sleep now.