PeRI (Paper Replika Indonesia) @ IndoComtech 2009

Please do drop by us at IndoComtech 2009 between 6 till 8 November 2009. PeRI will open workshop for Paper Model Building and Design, for more information please check this link.

PeRI (Paper Replika Indonesia) Official T Shirt

In order to help my friends in PeRI who have a good Idea about our official T Shirt, please do drop your pre order for this item on this link. Make sure you all follow the instruction written by our beloved TS, Rauf. So what are you waiting for ?? Order fast because it's a limited edition.

Papercraft Designer Profile : Yudho Wiratomo

Yudho Wiratomo (Yuthdaw) is the one who designed Tugu Monument in Yogyakarta. This is his latest design in papercraft, his first design was M1A1 Abrams. He knew papercraft since he was 4th grader. From Majalah Angkasa he built F-16 as his first papercraft. Although he still doing his Final Assigment for Universitas Gadjah Mada major in Geophysics, he still manage to learnt papercraft design. Black Pearl ship from the motion picture The Pirates of Caribbean : Curse of The Black Pearl was his masterpiece papercraft as you seen above. The other one was Sagres II from Canon Papercraft and 1/6 Scale SWAT Team from julescrafter.com.

His favorite papercraft designer is Julius Perdana form paper-replika.com, because all his model was great design and FREE TO DOWNLOAD. He already engaged with his girlfriend and prepared to get married soon. And his girlfriend already effected by his papercraft virus, also his friends and younger brother.

Paper Model Packing Tutorial

Here are the simple Papercraft Packing Tutorial for those of you who wants to bring your papermodel for PeRI Gathering or even long trip journey like my self to Bandung. The above picture show about my packing during my visit to Bandung. You can easily follow these 3 steps. Starting from the last picture to the first one.

1. Put Your Papercraft inside a carton packages
According how big or how many your model are you can simply use an carton packages. Wheter it small or big. In this case I use a big one cause I bring many papermodel with me as agift for my family in Bandung. Always used a separator between model. And after that stuffed it with shredded paper form old newspaper in order to make the model still and do not contact with others to avoid any damages.

2. Put Another Level of Security
In my case because the carton box is rather big after I put my model on the package I also put another shredded paper above the model till the box full with shredded paper that acts as a cushion also to avoid any further damage along the trip.

3. Voila, your packing is ready and good to GO
After that you can seal your packing by using any home seal tape. And please remember no matter how good your packing are, ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF THIS PACKAGE GENTLY.

Papercraft Designer Profile : Moch Faisal Azad

Moch. Faisal Azad a.k.a Salazad is a Papercarft designer from Bandung,Indonesia. He began to enter papercraft world around 2005 just by downloading and built some model from the internet. His first built papercraft was ASTRO BOY by Japanese designer. He began learning papercraft design around 2008 and till now he still exploring in order to make a better one sheet technique design. As you notice from the picture above that his papertoy design is built around Indonesian culture, such as Reog Ponorogo,Gatot Kaca and Cepot (and this is his first design). When asked why ? He simply said that he want to make his design look unique and to add more value whether is from culture background or shape. Belive it or not his educational background is Management, and he proud to say that he already spread papercraft virus from his family to his co worker. And last but not least he is still single at age 31. For his achievement in papercraft you can see the details below :

Grinspoon - Comeback (Music Video) - Australia (September 04,2009)

CreatiFest w/ SMU 7 JKT (Seven Lattern Crew) - Pendopo Kemang - Jakarta (August 09,2009)

Pameran Ekonomi Kreatif w/ Paper Replika - Indonesia (August 07,2009)

Kidz Magz-Magazine, Indonesia (July 10,2009)

II Love #2 - E-Book,Croatia, Marko Zubak (June 26,2009)

Semar, Ever so Smartly - Book - Indonesia, Gregory Churchill (June 05,2009)

Provocative Day - Jakarta, Provoke Magz & Binus International (May 16,2009)

Luna Magazine # 16 - Germany (Summer 2009)

Arts & Crafts Workshop - Parahyangan University Bandung w/ Gilbhas and Sasha (April 20,2009)

Paper Toy & Pop- Out Show- Pink Hobo Gallery Minneapolis U.S. ( April 18,2009)

For those of you who want to visit his website, just visit salazad.com/smile.

PeRI (Paper Replika Indonesia) 2nd Official Gathering

On October 17th 2009 from 10 AM till 3 PM at Plaza Semanggi Food Court, PeRI held its 2nd Official Gathering. The main event is to continue our preparation for IndoComtech events. So the above picture is the selected logo for Paper Replika Indonesia. The logo have been selected by voters that visit paper-replika.com. And moving to the next parts, in this gathering almost 20 people shows up. The main reason is that around 2 PM PeRI also had an interview by Planet Remaja ANTV. So there are many models that the builder brought for this gathering and the flagship model for this gathering is Vespa Scooter by Dikki (nong dike). For high resolution picture you can visit ADHI Gallery. Also for those of you who wants to read the field report, you can visit his note in here.

Papercraft Builder Profile : Ario Fitrianto

For those of you PeRI member that wonder who is Ario Fitrianto ?? His nickname in our thread is k4k45h1. And I got my self a little interview by FB message with him. Still young at early 20's,currently a college guy and still preparing his final assignment at IPB (Institut Pertanian Bogor). He began to know papercraft when he found Gundam Hazel and Gundam MK V PDO file at his friends flash disk. FYI,PDO file is the file that you use to built papercraft model. It stands for Pepakura Document Opener (pepakura is the way Japanese people said for papercraft). Ok back to the topic. His first built papercraft model was two cute cat that you can see here right below his post. For his masterpiece papercraft he said maybe his Modified Gunwalker (above picture). For his achievement in papercraft he almost entered his Wall E papercraft for Chibi Matsuri event held by Onigiri but unfortunately he missed the deadline. He proudly say that he already spread "papercraft virus" to his college friends and cousins.

Ondel Ondel A4 Version

Those pictures above are the final result for my little story while I'm gone to Bandung. As I promised I finished for both gender model (Male Ondel Ondel and Female Ondel Ondel). Please do enjoy it. The papertoy stayed in Bandung as a gift for my father's in law and kept in a glass cabinet, safe from any harms.

Cutting Papertoy Ondel Ondel from Jakarta to Bandung

The picture above will tell you about my little story went I go to Bandung on October 10th 2009. The tools that I brought from my home are : Cutter Pen and two tweezers. This article is to encourage all of papercraft builder that you can also cut your Papertoy pattern while on the bus or even in urban mode transportation (Angkot).

6.15 AM
Went straight from home to Bus Way shelter at Kebon Jeruk which is located in front of Kompas Gramedia building. I only paid Rp 2,000 for Bus Way fare because its cheaper before 7 AM.
6.38 AM
The bus arrived and I'm on my way to Lebak Bulus Terminal in South Jakarta.
6.59 AM
Arrived at Lebak Bulus Terminal
7.05 AM
I choose the bus to Bandung which is Prima Jasa and have my breakfast with omelet along with a bottle of fresh green tea. The fare from Jakarta to Bandung is Rp 45,000 and I got my self an Executive Economy Bus with AC but no TOILET.
7.20 AM
Off from Lebak Bulus terminal and begin cutting my Papertoy pattern
(I choose Ondel Ondel in A4 version).
8.15 AM
Arrive at Rest Area KM 39 Cikampek Highway and already finished cutting my Male Ondel Ondel pattern.
9.30 AM
Arrive at Padalarang and I finished my rest (Sleeping on the Bus)
10 AM
Arrive at Bandung in Terminal Leuwi Panjang.
10.30 AM
Began cutting Ondel Ondel Female pattern on Angkot to Soreang from Terminal Leuwi Panjang
It's hot and the traffic is killing me but I'm just enjoying it, rather to get angry with the traffic.
11 AM
Finished cutting Female Ondel Ondel pattern around SMA ANGKASA in Sulaiman Airport Complex at Margahayu.
11.45 AM
Arrived at my destination to meet my wife and daughter at Pesantren Persis 34 Soreang.

Along the journey I can share you this simple tips and tricks. Use 3 S (Steady, Slowly, Sure). Be steady while doing it but you have to be sure when cutting it and do it slowly because you don't want to ruin your papermodel don't you ??

Simple Papermodel Tips

While Cutting Your Parts :
Use your cutter pen to cut all the parts, get your hand to feel the movement of the cutter pen. Remember Practices makes Perfect. One tips for me if you are a beginner in this hobby used both cutter pen and scissor, you can use scissor for the round or curve parts. From my experience I also use scissor to tidy up my parts after cut by cutter pen.

While Doing Your Scoring :
Use the back tip of your cutter pen or cutter to make scored along the lines. Don't use a ruler if the parts is small. Use the ruler if only the parts is far too long. Use only iron ruler, if you used plastic ruler the result will be a mess because your cutter pen can do damage to the plastic.

While Assembling Your Parts :
Don't over use the glue, the parts will get more sticky and you will find it hard to adjust it if you made a mistake along the way. After you already assembled the parts, use cotton bud and damped it little water and used it to cleaned the left over glue in your model. After this you can do it with the cotton bud but with no water. Remember if you print your patterns with Inkjet printer I recommend you skip the process with damped cotton bud and go straight with dry cotton bud.

After The Model is Finish :
You can spray it with clear acrylic lacquer spray paint, you cand find it in your Local Workshop Store ask for P***X brand with code 128 Clear or RJ L****N. Put your model in Acrylic Box or Mica Box, for Mica Box Tutorial you can check page one on papermodel.tk

Betawi Traditional ART : ONDEL-ONDEL

The picture abve was my latest Papercraft creation. In there you will find Ondel- Ondel Lelaki and 100K Rupiah paper Money. The Ondel-Ondel pattern I got it from my friend as a fellow papercraft designer and you can download it through his site in here. And for the paper money I got it from paper-replika.com. For more information on Ondel-Ondel as Betawi Traditional Art, you can check the explanation by Wiki Indonesia in here. As for your information Ondel Ondel consist of Ondel-Ondel Lelaki (Male) and Ondel Ondel Perempuan (Female). I already made for both of gender, but only for the Male I have the opportunity to take the picture. The picture above taken form my friend camera. Thanks ANTHO.