I am in a process uploading my videos to alternative video sites. YouTube is kind of in a flux and it doesn’t know what it wants to be. So just in case I’m uploading my videos to another site if YouTube wants to implode some day. So you can find my videos in Vimeo and in Rumble. I don’t know about Vimeo – I think there is a file limit and I still don’t know if I wanna pay. And I don’t really know about Rumble as well – I’ve always thought that it is a some right-wing lunacy site. If somebody knows a good video site give me a recommendation below. At this moment there are only a few recent videos but I’m uploading all of them eventually.
First you build preferentially PG grade plastic gundam model. Model or grade doesn’t make a difference but everybody loves RX-78-2 so let’s go with that. PG grede is great for added mobility.
Then when you have built it and cleaned up all the plastic spruces and put on every decal you can just let it do the whole work and just sit back and take occasionally photos of the process.
The Gundam model just goes to work and figures out itself what needs to be done. It will collect all the parts and starts putting it all together.
RX-78-2 Gundam in action.
Other than that there is not much for the process. The plastic little gundam model does all the work. It will cut the pieces. It will fold the pieces. It will glue the pieces together. It doesn’t rest until it is done. It doesn’t even have any need for Pepakura app. All you have to do is to print the papers in right color.
It took me a long time to find the motivation to start the next papercraft project when I finished the SD Musha Gundam papercraft. I browsed the web for a long time without really getting excited about any model. I wanted to do something I hadn’t done before and I knew it had to be some kind of gundam model. But nothing really inspired me.
I browsed through Korean gundam models, because they are the most complex and accurate models I’ve come across. I came across a super cool gundam model from the Iron Blooded Orphans series. I’ve only seen the first two series and a few OVAs of Gundams. And Origins manga I’ve read all the parts. But other than that I’m not into gundams other than the robot models are awesome. So I hadn’t watched the Iron Blooded Orphans series at all.
The model I was drawn to was Barbatos Lupus Rex.
The model was designed by Hikaru 11, real name Hirasawa Hikaru. He is an Indonesian paper model designer.
This model is not freely available online, you have to buy it directly from the designer via Facebook. The model costs $35 but is worth every penny. If you want to buy this model I recommend you contact the designer on Facebook.
The model is like a PG plastic gundam model. The model has an inner skeleton and the armor is built on top of this.
This model is coming along… slowly.
You can contact Hikaru 11 at Facebook if you wish to purchase the model for yourself. I will not send templates or PDO-files.
Papercraft Alfonso model which I designed. Alfonso is from Animal Crossing. Here are the links to download the model if you want to do this one yourself.
