Thread 627273

Why isn't anyone using papercraft as skin for 3D printed stuff?

a years-old thread died for this zoomer shit

>>627274
Oh no, I'm sure it was full of useful boomer replies fetishizing the board's inactivity and kvetching about the rise of newfangled applications, tools and materials like the use of wood pulp paper instead of honorabur rice paper folded a gōrirrion timesu by master rice pounders who spent decades toiling as apprentices boiling rice to perfection before spending another watching the masters pound said rice, bowed of course in a display of utmost servitude

>>627274
They should all die off when their usefulness ends.

>>619826
I figured you would use the same 3D model, once converted to STL for 3D print and once unfolded in Pepakura. Then just glue the paper on the 3D model (like decoupage). You could paint but some stuff has complex textures, like chainmail.

Just needed some model for the post but it's this:
https://www.deviantart.com/rk-crafts/art/The-Amazing-Digital-Circus-Pomni-Papercraft-989599995

>>619826
yeah but they mostly suck at it.

>>627273 (OP)
For complex prints, it'd be hard to get paper to fit, some sort of heat-forming plastic skin would be better. For simpler prints, printing at all would be unnecessary, you could just fold the paper and be done with it.

>>627277
like >>627279
said fitting it exactly I think would be hard, especially with anything rounded, youd be better off just making the thing out of paper to begin with

I fill them full of cement sometimes, kinda same vein.

>>627281
I kinda dig how it deforms in the process

>>627282
I figured out how to stop that, but sometimes it adds a nice touch.

>>627273 (OP)
Real answer, because if you're already making the papercraft the 3d printing part is unnecessary.

>>627284
My thread died and dissapeared some time ago but I was having some serious issues with large paper dolls be it due to insensitive handling errors or buckling under its own weight. I tried several methods to remedy such problems but they come with their own set of problems which i can elaborate on later.
That being saíd, having 3d printed structure (of precise measurements) to suport my models from inside could be costly but potentially an enhancement over internal supports/rough skeleton with stuffing/filling, especially as I want to make them poseable eventually.

>>627273 (OP)
that's a nice clown

>>627287
That's not a paper clown.
But pic related is.

>>627285
On second thought, you're right. I can see some sort of internal skeleton being beneficial to larger models, whether it's a simplified 3d printed structure, wire, or a cardboard or wooden frame. But just 3d printing an entire low-poly model and pasting paper onto it is dumb as fuck. At that point you might as well forgo paper entirely and invest in some sort of higher quality surface decal.

>>627281
the paper is strong enough to do that?

>>627273 (OP)
Why cut a skin that's going to look worse than if you painted the model directly?

Nice craft

>>627281
cool shit nigga

>>627274
grow the fuck up already

>>627275
>"fetishizing"

>>627273 (OP)
You could use 3d prints as a sort of skeleton or kinda like a mesh for your papercraft but using it as a skin kinda seems unusual or even stupid. It would be easier to just print a full model and then paint it. But it still seems interesting and once i get new filament and get my regular 2d printer to work i might try it given i find such a skin and model.

>>627294
its true tho, they get so pissed off anytime someone makes a new thread instead of commenting in a thread thats a bajillion years old and at bump limit. God forbid people are interested and make threads about papercraft/origami.

>>627290
No. Encasing it in expanding foam is though.

>>627273 (OP)
That must have took forever lol.
You have to glue together tabs at every connection?

I don't understand the 3D printing part.
Is it to give structure to the paper?

>>627285
what was the issue with wireframes?

>>627283
how? what material do you use for these? i cant imagine just paper being strong enough

>>627289
Prints of this size are limited by dimentions of print area. While ppl do print lifesize figurines they have to turn model into large number of parts and fit them together post print. While I can't deny difference in methods might seem silly, building doll by gluing plastic bricks together doesn't do it for me.
>>627299
If you mean cardboard assembly I worked on I paper doll thread I had only partial succes as I have not included any marking on parts which made fitting it together more or less guess work. Pepakura can be forced to work with model set of parts clipping throuhg one another at 90° angles but doesn't provide any way to mark where and how those parts intersect.