Monday, March 5, 2007

Star Fighter

Today, i was experimenting with a a several programs: Topmod, and Pepakura. I created my star fighter in Topmod then used a program called Peparkura to unfold it onto a flat plane.. I then refolded it to get what you see at the bottom of this post.

Topmod

Pepakura


Flat paper model


Star Fighter




It's fun making something in a 3d program and then watching as it comes to fruition. You can paint the skin of your model before OR after you print it. I colored my skin post print, but if you want to you can make some crazy designs in photoshop and have a lot of fun. Check out the cool skins people designed already at the Pepakrua website: www.pepakura.com A word of caution, make sure you have an xacto knife and quick dry glue or you will not have fun.