Paper models, also called card models or papercraft, are models constructed mainly from sheets of heavy paper, paperboard, card stock, or foam.
Details[edit]
This may be considered a broad category that contains origami and card modeling. Origami is the process of making a paper model by folding a single paper without using glue or cutting while the variation kirigami does. Card modeling is making scale models from sheets of cardstock on which the parts were printed, usually in full color. These pieces would be cut out, folded, scored and glued together. Papercraft is the art of combining these model types to build complex creations such as wearable suits of armor, life size characters, and accurate weapon models.
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Pepakura (or ペーパークラ) is a Japanese word which refers to the art of papercraft. In papercraft, you cut and fold paper (or heavier card stock) apart and glue the pieces together to create a three-dimensional object. Pepakura Designer is an application created to help you extract paper craft models from 3D objects without the need of any special plugins or skills. With it you can import a wide range of 3D.
Sometimes the model pieces can be punched out. More frequently the printed parts must be cut out. Edges may be scored to aid folding. The parts are usually glued together with polyvinyl acetateglue ('white glue', 'PVA'). In this kind of modeling the sections are usually pre-painted, so there is no need to paint the model after completion. Some enthusiasts may enhance the model by painting and detailing. Due to the nature of the paper medium, the model may be sealed with varnish or filled with spray foam to last longer. Some enthusiasts also use paper crafts or perdurable to do life-sized props starting by making the craft, covering it with resin and painting them. Some also use photo paper and laminate them by heat, thus preventing the printed side from color wearing-out, beyond improved realistic effect on certain kinds of models (ships, cars, buses, trains, etc.). Paper crafts can be used as references to do props with other materials too.
History[edit]
The first paper models appeared in Europe in the 17th Century with the earliest commercial models were appearing in French toy catalogues in 1800.[1] Printed card became common in magazines in the early part of the 20th century. The popularity of card modeling boomed during World War II, when paper was one of the few items whose use and production was not heavily regulated.[2]
Micromodels, designed and published in England from 1941 were very popular with 100 different models, including architecture, ships, and aircraft.[3] But as plastic model kits became more commonly available, interest in paper decreased.
Availability[edit]
The Robert Freidus Collection, held at the V&A Museum of Childhood has over 14000 card models exclusively in the category Architectural Paper Models.[4] Since paper model patterns can be easily printed and assembled, the Internet has become a popular means of exchanging them. Commercial corporations have recently begun using downloadable paper models for their marketing (examples are Yamaha and Canon).
The availability of numerous models on the Internet at little or no cost, which can then be downloaded and printed on inexpensive inkjet printers has caused its popularity again to increase worldwide. Home printing also allows models to be scaled up or down easily (for example, in order to make two models from different authors, in different scales, match each other in size), although the paper weight might need to be adjusted in the same ratio.
Inexpensive kits are available from dedicated publishers (mostly based in Eastern Europe; examples include Halinski, JSC Models and Maly Modelarz, a portion of the catalog of which date back to 1950.
Experienced hobbyists often scratchbuild models, either by first hand drawing or using software such as Adobe Illustrator and Inkscape. An historical example of highly specialized software is Designer Castles for BBC Micro and Acorn Archimedes platforms, which was developed as a tool for creation of card model castles.[5] CAD and CG software, such as Rhino 3D, 3DS Max, Blender, and specialist software, like Pepakura Designer from Tama Software, or Dunreeb Cutout or Ultimate Papercraft 3D, may be employed to convert 3D computer models into two-dimensional printable templates for assembly.
3D models to paper models[edit]
The use of 3D models greatly assists in the construction of paper models, with video game models being the most prevalent source. The video game or source in question will have to be loaded into the computer. Various methods of extracting the model exist, including using a model viewer and exporting it into a workable file type, or capturing the model from the emulation directly. The methods of capturing the model is often unique to the subject and the tools available. Readability of file formats including propriety ones could mean that a model viewer and exporter is unavailable outside of the developer. Using other tools that capture rendered 3D models and textures are often the only way to obtain them. In this case, the designer may have to arrange the textures and the wire frame model on a 3D program, such as SketchUp, 3DS MAX, Metasequoia, or Blender before exporting it to a papercraft creating program, such as Dunreeb Cutout or Pepakura Designer by Tama software. From there the model is typically refined to give a proper layout and construction tabs that will affect the overall appearance and difficulty in constructing the model.
Subjects[edit]
Because people can create their own patterns, paper models are limited only by their designers' imaginations and ability to manipulate paper into forms. Vehicles of all forms, from cars and cargo trucks to space shuttles are a frequent subject of paper models, some using photo realistic textures from their real-life counterparts for extremely fine details. Architecture models can be very simple and crude forms to very detailed models with thousands of pieces to assemble. The most prevalent designs are from video games, due to their popularity and ease of producing paper models.
On the Web, enthusiasts can find hundreds of models from different designers across a wide range of subjects. The models include very difficult and ambitious paper projects, such as life-sized and complex creations. Architectural paper models are popular with model railway enthusiasts.
Various models are used in tabletop gaming, primarily wargaming. Scale paper models allow for easy production of armies and buildings for use in gaming and that can be scaled up or down readily or produced as desired. Whether they be three-dimensional models or two-dimensional icons, players are able to personalize and modify the models to bear unique unit designations and insignias for gaming.
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References[edit]
- ^'Nastawnia Bramowa | Swiat | V&A Search the Collections'. collections.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^'A brief history of paper models'. users.ece.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^'History World of Micromodels'. 2016-03-13. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2017-09-27.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^'The Robert Freidus Collection of Architectural Paper Models - V&A Museum of Childhood'. V&A Museum of Childhood. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^Drage, Chris (September 1991). 'Design for learning'. BBC Acorn User. No. 110. Redwood Publishing. pp. 110–111. ISSN0263-7456.
External links[edit]
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- Paper Models at Curlie
Specialist software for creating paper models[edit]
A very easy to use application that was especially tailored for those who need to analyze and print three-dimensional paper designs
What's new in Pepakura Viewer 4.2.1:
- The problem of loading OBJ format materials was fixed. Now the OBJ files exported by >PicoCAD can be imported.
- Support for importing files with data issues such as duplicate faces and vertices has been improved.
- Other maintenance has been performed.
Read the full changelog Many software solutions that are dedicated to 3D design are accompanied by separate tools that will serve a simple purpose, namely the previewing of the files created by the main application. Such a utility is the one going by the name of Pepakura Viewer and it was made to complement Pepakura Designer.
The tasks that can be carried out with the help of this particular program include loading and analyzing paper models, as well as printing the template that will be used to put together the design and thus bring the concept to life.
The interface of Pepakura Viewer is clean and simple, with all the functions easily accessible from the main toolbar or from the corresponding menus. Once you open a Pepakura Designer file, you will be able to look at it from two perspectives: 3D and 2D.
The three-dimensional view enables you to rotate the model and look at it from pretty much any angle. Insofar as the flat view is concerned, it will help you make an idea on how the paper template should be cut from the sheet it is printed on.
When it comes to the viewing options of the software, there are quite a few you can activate from the dedicated menu. It is also possible to have part names shown in the 2D view, the page numbers and others that are useful in understanding how the end-product will look like.
The customization settings include a most useful texture configuration area from where you can assign the images you wish to be used in your design. On the whole, the viewer features are well represented and the extra functionality offered by Pepakura Viewer can surely make it the best tool for handling Pepakura Designer files.
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