The different poses

I'm super tired today but I wanted to update the blog with a short post. So there was a lot of trail and error to get to the final pose. Below are a couple of poses I went through until i finally found the right pose.

Original unposed

Pose nr 1

Pose 2

Pose 3

Notice on the last pose the weird deformation on her right shoulder. The way I was able to pose her was to create a rig which means you put in a skeleton on the mesh so it can bend and deform the mesh. Works pretty much as a real skeleton. The bones in the rig are called joints in Cinema 4D. The joints can be set so it deform only a specified part of the mesh (weighted). Cinema 4D has a auto weight feature but some times it doesn't do a good job. So I had to go through all the joints and correct their weighting. So in the final model everything is deforming the way it should.
That's all for today! 

Closing the mouth

I begun the build two days ago. Almost immediately i ran in to a problem. I started by building the head and on that the mouth since that is the hardest part to do. In fact it was too hard for me to build. Her mouth has the inside of the mouth modelled and that made the pieces very small and I also couldn't glue the pieces together since the space inside the mouth was so tiny.

Failed first atempt

Today I went in to my 3D program Cinema 4D and edit the model. I completely removed the inside of the mouth and also closed it to make building easier.

Before

After

So I got that problem solved but now I have to rearrange all the pieces again in Pepakura.
I found out last night how to update the source model without having to unfold again which is very good if I want to make future changes to the 3D-model. But this time I have to do the unfolding again. So it will take some time until I can try to build her again. I'll keep you posted.


    

Papercraft of Krystal Star Fox Adventures

Hi there! My name is Gustaf Eng and I'm Cartoon Gurra on DeviantArt. This is a project I started because I wanted to have a Papecraft Krystal in her adventure suit, but I couldn't find any model on the internet. Papercraft is the process of taking a 3D model print it out on pieces of paper and the cut and glue the pieces togeather and assemble it to a finished model. 

I got a hold on the original Krystal model awhile ago. So I thought to myself "I worked in a 3D program before so maybe I can do one of my own"and so I did. It was very hard work since I had not only to to rig her but also to simplify the mesh and also alter the texture itself. But I learned a lot in the process and after a little while I come up with the finished model you see above.

A friend of mine of mine suggested I should start a blog about this project. I have never blogged before so this is kind of a new experience for me. Yeah I know I kind a late ^^
It's gonna be fun showing you how my build is progressing and hopefully you will enjoy to read it.

/Cartoon Gurra