keeping paper models in shape
Posted: April 11th, 2012, 11:18 am
Hi there,
I got a question. I've made a lot of models using 40g paper. Only after a week or to my models can't stand anymore, I got a giraffe by komatsu, who is sagging through his hind legs, a rhino by montroll, who is now laying flat on his belly, a divine boar by kamiya that now looks more like a hippo etc etc.
Is this a matter of using the wrong type of paper? To thick paper? Or maybe wetfolding holds the shape?
I've been making tissue foil, wich helps keep the shape alot better, but the feel is different when folding and when I try to make sinks it usually destroys the model. (I killed a komatsu giraffe at step 80 or so, when trying to sink some parts of the legs, really frustating, considering I made tissue foil espescially to make that model and because I spend like 2 hours getting to step 80...)
I would like to know if anyone has any advice on this subject, I'm now throwing away models that looked really nice after spending 3 hours or more on it.
I got a question. I've made a lot of models using 40g paper. Only after a week or to my models can't stand anymore, I got a giraffe by komatsu, who is sagging through his hind legs, a rhino by montroll, who is now laying flat on his belly, a divine boar by kamiya that now looks more like a hippo etc etc.
Is this a matter of using the wrong type of paper? To thick paper? Or maybe wetfolding holds the shape?
I've been making tissue foil, wich helps keep the shape alot better, but the feel is different when folding and when I try to make sinks it usually destroys the model. (I killed a komatsu giraffe at step 80 or so, when trying to sink some parts of the legs, really frustating, considering I made tissue foil espescially to make that model and because I spend like 2 hours getting to step 80...)
I would like to know if anyone has any advice on this subject, I'm now throwing away models that looked really nice after spending 3 hours or more on it.