Basic Papercraft Tutorial Video

Since I've already post the article about papercraft material and tips, it's just not right if you don't have the tutorial video of it. Well I will give you the link from paperkraft.net about it.
In here the founder of the web explain simple paper toy making from scoring till the finish model.
Hope you'll enjoy it.

Papercraft Builder Profile: RAUF

White Dragon soar high !! The picture above is designed by Japanese papercraft and built by RAUF as one of the Papercraft Builder from papermodel.tk Actually he is the one who started the forum and we usually called him TS (Thread Starter). His first model was taken from Majalah Kreatif Smurf back from 1996, and he built Gargamel House from that magazine.
As for the common model (downloaded from the web) he started it from 2004. As an addict builder he confessed to me that he sometimes cut and score papercraft pattern in a public transportation (such as bus, train or even urban city transport/Angkot). But he will never do this on ojek motorbike he said it was too dangerous. For the last update actually he already tried this one also on the aircraft on his way to Makassar his hometown for the upcoming Ied Fitri. Right now at the age 24 his next target is to become a Commercial Papercraft Builder, he said that is a waste not to used your good talents for making money. From his experiences, Epson Truck Trailer was his masterpiece. Because this model contained with clear instruction and very good details, and he also said that is harder to built papercraft from Indonesian designer rather than International designer. Believe it or not his education background came from Teknologi Pangan dan Gizi IPB.

Paper for Papercraft

As I already mentioned on my previous post, PAPER is the most essential material for this hobby.
For this post I will explain more about how many types of paper we usually used and some tips and tricks to choose and buy the best paper for your own model.

HVS A4 100 gsm
This kind of paper usually used to make Papertoy and simple Papercraft model. You can find it at your local bookstore. One tip for you is to choose the best price and make sure to test the thickness of the paper by your own finger.

Concorde A4 160 gsm
Many papercraft builder I've known choose this paper as their best paper for making more complicated model than Papertoy. Usually this kind of paper is good to make Mechas (robots) model and many other things. The thickness is just feel right for this paper and you don't have to worry to bend it because if you make rounded segment.

Sketch Paper A4 120 gsm
This is my personal favorite for making Mechas model or simple Papertoy. I bought it at my own local bookstore under Rp 10,000 for a book contain 50 sheets. Very cheap indeed.

Matte Paper A4 100 gsm
If you want the color own your Papercraft model to look very shiny and bright use this paper. It brings up all the goodness in your model after you finished it.

Glossy Photo Paper 200 gsm
I already tried this kind of paper for my first Mechas model (Gundam F91). And it looks really cool and brigs up all the color in my model. I recommended for Mechas model or even Military model such as Tanks and Aircrafts.

PRINTING TIPS:
Never print your papercraft pattern on Laser Jet printer, based on my own and many of my friends experiences if you scored the pattern it will break up the color alongside the scoring lines and made your built model really ugly.
This printing tips may apply vary from one Laser Jet brand to another, so it doesn't apply to all Laser Jet Printer

Papercraft Designer Profile: Rizky Feriansyah

This article is for my friend Rizky Feriansyah who designed and built the picture above :Diorama Tank Factory. He began this hobby from Elementary School and before he went to Junior High School at his 6th grade class he already designed a papercraft. His first design was a submarine and he did it manually. He went to SMA 68 and finished his college at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) major in Architecture at 2005.
Right now he has a web site dedicated to his hobby and a place where you can download his latest design at http://myhobbycraft.blogspot.com/.
His interest in papercraft mainly in militer and mechas (such as Gundam), right now at the age 27 he's already married and expecting new born baby.

Black in News covered Paper Replika

On thursday August 27th 2009, me ,Julius Perdana as the founder of paper-replika.com and Rauf from papermodel.tk have been invited by Black in News. FYI the show is about the latest entertainment and community news sponsored by one of the biggest cigarette manufacture in Indonesia. The coverage went very well and I also brought my latest papercraft model which is Gundam MK II RX 178 (even though it's not finished yet). For the finish model my MSM 04 ACGUY was accompanied by 1:800 Scale NYK Lines LNG Tanker Flora, at least that was what I can do for the paper replika community.

12.30 PM
Start going from my home to Interview Place in Ramen 38 @ Pertokoan Plaza 2 Pondok Indah.
From the address by Jules I already recognized this area cause I usually use Busway when I want to go to Pondok Indah Mall.

01.00 PM
Arrive at Relasi Kebon Jeruk from my home by M11 (Mikrolet), my plans is to ride the busway, but alas before I reach the busway shelter, two busway already pass me by. So I decided to use Taxi and thank god it only took Rp 40,000 fare (including tips).

01.45 PM
Arrive at the location, but nobody show up there so I went to Security post,and funny thing happened here. I bring my papercraft model by modified A4 Carton and stuffed with shredded paper and he search it. Ha ha ha !!!

02.00 PM
Jules phoned me and he said he already in Ramen 38, so I went in. Rauf already on his way, but got stuck by heavy rain on his way to Lebak Bulus terminal.

02.30 PM
Aline arrived and first the Black in News do the coverage about Ramen 38 as Japanese Restaurant.

03.00 PM
Our turn as Paper Replika community. Aline asked about why we choose this media as our hobby, our activity and about how long we can make one model and also about our vision and mission in Paper Replika.

03.15 PM
Rauf arrived with Dini his girlfriend and after he arrived he instantly do the model building demo for Aline Paperavatar that Jules bring as a token gift for Black in News.

04.00 PM
The model finished (but only her head and torso). So she show her paperavatar again in front the camera. The coverage ends here.

Upcoming Papertoy Design

I decided to make myself the first paper toy design. At last. I will post the design right away after I have permission to use the papercraft templates. Because its ILLEGAL to build some new design based on someone designer templates.

Wish me luck. This new project will contain some original design from Betawi culture. I hope the designer templates will allow me to do it.

Material & Tools for Papercraft (Part 2)

For this second part I give you more tools for PAPERCRAFT.
1) Ruler
Use this one to scores lines for your papercraft pattern. To make it better use dead ballpoint,mechanical pencil (without the refill) or tiny screwdriver.
2) Mechanical Pencil
Use this tools along with the ruler to make better scoring. Both the ruler and mechanical pencil you can buy at your local book store.
3) Tooth Picks
Apply the PVAC glue for the pattern, make sure to change it after the glue stick too hard on the tip of the tooth stick.
4) Tweezers
This is the most important tools for PAPERCRAFT. Use it to bend the pattern to make the desire model. It's cheap and you can search it on your local tools store.

For scoring you can also used the back of your modelling knife, but only use with 40% - 50% of your normal strength, because if you exceed it the pattern will be cut like you cut with the front side.

Material & Tools for Papercraft (Part 1)

The main materials for this hobby is of course PAPER, from my personal experiences the best paper you can use is plain A4 paper from 100 gr to 220 gr. Or you can use foto paper (usually 220 gr).
For the tools are :
1) Acto Knife / Modelling Knife
You can get this at your local bookstore, buy the one with plastic grip so you can handle it better other the one with metal grip. With metal grip is so slippery and you might cut your finger while doing it. Be extremely careful with this tool, because is so sharp.
2) PVAC White Glue
For this tools you can buy any kind of brand as long as its PVA WHITE GLUE. It's cheap and you can find it also at your local bookstore.
3) Cutting Pad
This pad is use to cut your papercraft pattern, if you can't find it at your local bookstore you can also use glass surface as long as it doesn't left any mark on the surface.

Papercraft: Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)

The picture above is from my latest work in Papercraft. Those two mechas are taken from the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime which is aired 30 years ago in Japan. The first is YMS-15 Gyan and the second one is MSM-04 Acguy.

Pameran Ekonomi Kreatif 2009

The picture above taken by my friends while me and other papercrafter from Kaskus Forum join with paper-replika.com to show our finished model. The exhibition held on JCC Senayan from 7 till 9 August 2009. The man behind this project was Julius Perdana from paper-replika.com who invited all of us to show off our model to public and from my personal opinion the exhibiton runs very well. Many visitors interested in papercraft and I hope many people will join this hobby too.

For the full photos of this event please visit here from paper-replika.com and here from the my friend site who took the whole pictures.