Player In China

[mtgrares]

Yesterday I got this message and sent him Forge through the e-mail. He is probably the only person in China who is using Forge, ha. He had a gmail account.

hello. I'm a fans of MTG from china .

As the GFW(great firewall made by chinese government),I cannot access
your service to download a Forge for linux.

could you send me one by this email? I'll appreciate it.

[Mr.Chaos]

Great way to break down the Great FireWall of China! I just hope he will not get in trouble for this. And I wonder if he will be able to get the card images?

Yes, I am still here. The last few months have brought great changes to my personal life. And although none of it is bad, it does leave me feeling like I have to take a step back every now and then. Changing the pace so to speak.
Just so you guys know I haven't quit on ya.

I did waste some valuable time and went ahead to build the Hulk.
Link:http://mypaperheroes.blogspot.com/2009/08/incredible-hulk.html
Papercrafting is another hobby of mine and this seemed like a nice model to try.
I did not design it, I just downloaded the template and put it together. I used 200 grams paper to build the Hulk. (He stands 23 cm or about 9 inches tall!) Standard 80 grams paper seemed a little flimsy for this build.
This guy designed a whole lot of these superhero models and my next build will be his Phoenix model.
Link:http://mypaperheroes.blogspot.com/2009/12/phoenix.html
Although she is smaller, that stand she is on is 7 pages big, while Phoenix herself is just 4 pages! Still, looking forward to putting it together. (Hulk is 6 pages total)

If you want to know what new free papermodels arrive every day, check out this site:http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/

[DennisBergkamp]

Glad to hear you're doing good, Mr Chaos! By the way, I like those papercrafting models... seems complex though. Hmm... maybe you could help us code stuff in Forge after all since you're used to this sort of complexity

[Mr.Chaos]

LOL!
Cutting out a model, folding and glueing it together is doable for me, coding is not.
Having said that, sometimes the model is too complex for me.
These superhero dolls are reasonably simple, with mostly straight edges. Some models require lots of curved surfaces or tiny parts or they are just BIG.
Check out this giant robot model from Japan, it is a whopping 51 pages big!
Link:http://toyoppe.blog74.fc2.com/blog-entry-840.html
(I feel sorry for the printer that has to spit out all those pages, even if you use colored paper instead of standard white paper.)

And for curves... how about some Tomb Raider's Lare Croft?
Dutch papercraft designer Ninjatoes made this model: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/553385958xTtxLz?start=14
His official website: http://members.home.nl/saarloos/
No way I am ready to make that Lara model yet! But it sure looks cool!


And since I am derailing this thread anyway , I am also working on this Donkey Kong diorama:
http://ryo007.deviantart.com/art/Donkey-Kong-Papercraft-Diorama-81379298
Piccy here: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs29/f/2008/089/2/4/Donkey_Kong_Diorama_Finished_by_ryo007.jpg
Note: that is the original designer of the model in that piccy, not me

[apthaven]

Wow. That Hulk looks cool. Those Japanese robots are awesome!

In our country (Philippines), there is one immensely popular papercraft series of robots that has really attracted a huge fanbase.

Very similar to Transformers.

Just search for "Foldabots" in google. They might interest you Mr Chaos.

[Mr.Chaos]

I had a look at the foldabots, but they are a commercial project, you have to pay to get them.
They do look good though but I prefer to stick to the many free models found on the internet.

[apthaven]

I had a look at the foldabots, but they are a commercial project, you have to pay to get them.
They do look good though but I prefer to stick to the many free models found on the internet.

They started out in a kid's magazine where later on due to popularity the creator decided to create a magazine of his own for these models.

Gotta agree on what you said about the free stuff... the best things in life need not to be paid for kinda like Forge for instance

[Mr.Chaos]

Well, there are sop many great free models available that for me to pay for a papermodel, it would have to be something really special.
Besides, I still have a huge pile of free models I want to make. Plenty left to do before I grab some paid stuff..

[WilliamF29]

Breaking out from the Great Firewall of China is very hard to do. You need to have an efficient VPN connection like the one that I have from SUNVPN. Every time I go visit my relatives in Beijing, I always make sure that my connection is working fine.