Paper Terrain *Complete but WIP*

[General]

Any suggestions for how to make Egyptian columns?  Their shape is kinda challenging. 

[6milPhil]

Very nice.

I covered most of the white scratches with a black marker, but some were left, and the photo enhanced the effect... :S

Considered printing on a light grey paper?

[warlord frod]

Yes, Sangennaru has an excellent column in the paper.

Really now Fram control yourself 

[zizi666]

I'm well aware of your paper scenery, and they are really awesome! I didn't know about the magnets, i suppose that migth be a brilliant solution!

I covered most of the white scratches with a black marker, but some were left, and the photo enhanced the effect... :S

See if you can get hold of ZIG Art & Graphic Twin pens. they got lots of colours including dark grey, which is less hard than black.
their best feature is a brush like point on one end :


Also, did you score your folding lines ? doing that improves the fold and can prevent the paper from breaking.
As for strength, I mostly print on 200g/m². Some people finish their model with a coat of Klear to laminate it, but I only used fixative in a spraycan in the past. (I'm guessing Klear would make everything shiny)

[Sangennaru]

Any suggestions for how to make Egyptian columns?  Their shape is kinda challenging. 

Well, round shapes have strange UVs sometimes... but i'd say go for the same technique: 3d model, photoshop (or equivalent) for texturing, then Pepakura!

of course, round shapes with different diameters or conic are WAYS harder to do...

Yes, Sangennaru has an excellent column in the paper.

[General]

Thanks!  I wish I could find some old chair legs.  They could be converted into Egyptian columns.

[Sangennaru]

Cheers gents! I've done another small project, the first floor of a small concrete hut!





The roof will be a separated part, kinda modular.

Comments are welcome! ^_^
Jack

[fred]

Looks good.

With all the weathering to the walls, I would add some more around the windows and doorways, as they look a little too pristine in comparison.

[Sangennaru]

Looks good.

With all the weathering to the walls, I would add some more around the windows and doorways, as they look a little too pristine in comparison.

Good point, i'll see what i can do! =)

[FramFramson]

Are you still hand drawing the textures? They're looking very nice and this is a noticeable improvement over the first effort (which was already good). 

[Sangennaru]

Are you still hand drawing the textures? They're looking very nice and this is a noticeable improvement over the first effort (which was already good). 

Thanks! Teh texture is hand drawn, but there's a background edited image as in the previous column. I do the shapes, the cracks and the lights and shadows to give the cartoonish look. For the insides i think it's ok to leave them kinda simple.

[Sangennaru]

I've assembled the first print. I've printed three, changing the colours to do some experiments. I'm happy of the result but i've learned a lot. First of all, the detail in the geometry is excessive for a 15mm. I'll do only exteriors for 15mm from now on, and the interiors will be only for 28mm stuff!

[Brandlin]

I'm loving the stylised comic-book-like view of these - brilliant!

However there is one thing that looks wrong. On your pillars you have different seams between blocks that don't translate around the pillar. If on one face you have a concrete block thats say 2cm tall then the seam for that block should run all the way around the pillar, at the moment it is discontinuous and there is another seam on the next face in a completely different position.

[Sangennaru]

I'm loving the stylised comic-book-like view of these - brilliant!

However there is one thing that looks wrong. On your pillars you have different seams between blocks that don't translate around the pillar. If on one face you have a concrete block thats say 2cm tall then the seam for that block should run all the way around the pillar, at the moment it is discontinuous and there is another seam on the next face in a completely different position.

definitely a good point. The pillars were just tests, and more than one people commented about that.

I'm now undecided about the scale: Shall i go for 28mm buildings with interiors or for 15mm buildigns with only exteriors?

[zizi666]

Definitly a nice building.
I'd say you go for both.
Do the 28mm with interior. You can always shrink it (or at least the outer shell) to create a 15mm version.