So, I created a thread showing off some paper projects I did and got a whole bunch of great feedback. I also got a lot of questions. So, based on the curiosity, I figured I'd create a living build thread showing works in progress under a Painting Log and leave the other thread with the completed items. I'm going to start with some notes about how I get started. This is my process, and it has evolved based on a lot of experience. Some of that experience is mine, otherwise, other people shared what they did, and I merely stand upon the shoulders of giants. What giants? Well, I know many of you all out there probably have an account on DakkaDakka, so if I mention some names, they will be familiar (or at least searchable). Silveroxide started this whole mess with his thread, from there I encountered Blackadder and his massive titans made using plasti-card (which share a great many methods with paper models), Armorman (from Zealot), and Vermin King (from Cardboard Warriors). Then there are the great designers like Chris Foss from Ebles Miniatures (who is a swell guy for putting alll thos models out there for free), Eli Patoroch (who's designs I tend to find myself building most of the time), and Jim Bowden. I'm merely enjoying the fruits of their labor in my spare time building more than I have ever done prior. Without their work, my model building would never have reached this point!
So, ideas for your project. No shortage of those now is there? For this first one, I wanted a classic Rouge Trader era Landraider MK I. After much research, not only are they out of production, but the few you can find are expensive on online auction! I enjoyed watching one of these come together on a build thread, but was sad to see how rare such builds are. So I dug around (Armorman's thread on Zealot, Warhammer Papercrafters group on Facebook, etc) and found a nice Landraider that matched the RT era design.
For my first step, I print the instructions in color. Patorch makes nice PDF documents, so I printed the first five pages on normal paper. I then selected the component pages I wanted to print (in my case, the black and white that I will paint later). Being the US, I had to special order some A4 size paper on Amazon, in my case it was index card stock running around 80#/215 GSM weight. Index stock has nice tooth, like those cards you can get, only A4 size; however it is very susceptible to moisture and warps easy. So to solve this dilema, after printing the component sheets, I spray them with clear coat (satin, matte, or flat finish depending on brand). Follow all safety precautions when using spray paint, safety first! Make sure you spray each sheet front and back, and get that clear coat to soak into those pages. It doesn't need to be too thick, but you want to seal the pages. This is quite handy if you model at my pace (an hour here, 10 minutes there, life is busy with kids and their activities...). Make sure you let each side of the paper dry thoroughly before flipping over and spraying the other side! I live in a river valley, so humidity is always a concern with any paper projects, so you can imagine that I certainly learned quite a bit by ERROR in the Trial and Error method of experience!
So, until next post, happy greebling!
So, ideas for your project. No shortage of those now is there? For this first one, I wanted a classic Rouge Trader era Landraider MK I. After much research, not only are they out of production, but the few you can find are expensive on online auction! I enjoyed watching one of these come together on a build thread, but was sad to see how rare such builds are. So I dug around (Armorman's thread on Zealot, Warhammer Papercrafters group on Facebook, etc) and found a nice Landraider that matched the RT era design.
For my first step, I print the instructions in color. Patorch makes nice PDF documents, so I printed the first five pages on normal paper. I then selected the component pages I wanted to print (in my case, the black and white that I will paint later). Being the US, I had to special order some A4 size paper on Amazon, in my case it was index card stock running around 80#/215 GSM weight. Index stock has nice tooth, like those cards you can get, only A4 size; however it is very susceptible to moisture and warps easy. So to solve this dilema, after printing the component sheets, I spray them with clear coat (satin, matte, or flat finish depending on brand). Follow all safety precautions when using spray paint, safety first! Make sure you spray each sheet front and back, and get that clear coat to soak into those pages. It doesn't need to be too thick, but you want to seal the pages. This is quite handy if you model at my pace (an hour here, 10 minutes there, life is busy with kids and their activities...). Make sure you let each side of the paper dry thoroughly before flipping over and spraying the other side! I live in a river valley, so humidity is always a concern with any paper projects, so you can imagine that I certainly learned quite a bit by ERROR in the Trial and Error method of experience!
So, until next post, happy greebling!