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Category #1 Cardboard Modeling - Amateur Artist

Repap Studios

December 8th 2006 12:11
Sometimes I feel that the sun is setting for me in terms of cardboard modeling. Finding young people interested in pursuing this hobby with the same passion is quite reassuring. It is indeed a welcome surprise when that hobbyist also happens to be from my native country.

Such was the case when I bumped into a young cardboard modeler exhibiting his paper models at a Toy Convention last June 2006. His name is Christian “Chippy” Chua and he has his own site offering free and commercial downloadable paper models.

For those who want to know more about or want to try this hobby, I recommend that you go to his site at Repap Studios. He also sells an independent comic titled Mechrider illustrated by his friend and gifted artist Sherwin Espana.

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Cardboard Gundam Model

October 13th 2006 13:18
To bridge the gap between with then and now, I decided to build a Gundam model which I understand is a popular robot series of the youth today. I understand that the Gundam series is not new. However, I never got a chance to watch the original. My criteria in choosing the subject for a model, was that with the most pictures available from the internet.

This model is one of the more complex models I had built. The angular segments and added details made it a bit hard to construct. However, this is the most articulated and poseable model. All the joints, including ankles, can be bent or rotated. By chance, this model stands almost as tall as my Optimus Prime model (12inches).


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My Gundam Model


To see more pictures please visit my amateur site at cardboardmodels.bravehost.com
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My Macross VF-0 Project

October 12th 2006 15:15
The original Macross TV series was called Robotech, that in turn spawned the other variants of this popular series. A testament to the popularity of the Macross franchise is its’ continued existence even up to the present.

I watched the original series during my early college years. Again, my attention was drawn to the robots specifically the Valkyrie. This F-15 looking aircraft can undergo three transformation phases – Fighter (plane), Gerwalk (half plane/robot) and Battroid (robot). I always wondered how the process was done.

This model was my attempt to find out if I can design the linkages that can duplicate the transformation process of the Valkyrie. I used some useful pictures of Valkyrie models that I got from the internet. The outcome was less than desirable. It would have been nice to have an actual model to base my measurements. However, a workable cardboard model (little bigger) is indeed possible.

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Fighter


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Gerwalk


m3
Battroid


For more pictures please visit my amateur site at cardboardmodels.bravehost.com
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Optimus Prime

October 5th 2006 13:04
I remember watching the original Transformer cartoons when I was in high school. Its’ concept was also cool, self-aware robots that can transform into different vehicles and back.

I was an avid fan of the series back then, siding with the good guys the Autobots who fought against the Decepticons. Amongst them, the Autobot leader Optimus Prime stood out. It comes as no surprise that Optimus Prime was another subject I chose to build as a cardboard model


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Mazinger Z

October 4th 2006 19:41
Another Anime Super Robot popular in my youth. Mazinger Z was piloted by the young and inexperienced Koji Kabuto. Compared to Voltes V, Mazinger Z was smaller and, at first, could not fly. The concept of a more down to earth Super Robot and a good story made it successful and a memorable series.

When you think of Marvel you undoubtedly also think of DC. The same goes when you think of Voltes V, you also think of Mazinger Z. That was the main reason I made a model of Mazinger Z after I made the small Voltes V, a tribute to the two Anime series that made such an impact on me. They were a part of my dreams when I was young, and now my memories


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Voltes V

October 2nd 2006 09:07
To those in the dark, Voltes V was an Anime Robot series that first aired during the 1970s. In the Philippines, it gained such phenomenal popularity that it inspired an entire generation. The unique style of Japanese cartoons came as a complete shock to Filipinos accustomed to western style cartoons. The innovative concept of 5 vehicles to form a powerful gigantic robot plus a great story made this Anime series unforgettable. Voltes V was a trendsetter and became the benchmark for other “Super Robots” that followed.

Voltes V was a constant subject for basing models in my youth. I made so many uncolored versions back then only to be blown up, burned or thrown out. After more than a decade of not building models, it was quite befitting that my first model would be of Voltes V. The mini Voltes V version that I made was small (10 inches) and did not disassemble into its individual machines. So I decided to build another one much larger (16 inches) that can volt in/out


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Airplanes Galore

October 1st 2006 05:10
Here are some pictures of cardboard airplanes/spaceships I designed and built from scratch. Constructed sometime late 2005 and early 2006, they are made from ordinary folder cardboard and painted using poster paint. Used a free drafting software CadStd (http://www.cadstd.com/) to transfer the design in case I want to redo them. Most are based on World War 2 era fighter aircraft.

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P40 Warhawk

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Can I still do it?

September 30th 2006 12:26
This is more of a hobby than an art. I define cardboard models as replicas of things and objects that are primarily made from cardboard, paper or plastic card which attempt to approximate the likeness from which they are patterned.

I got interested in this hobby in my youth maybe from cutting out patterns during art class in Kindergarten and Grade school. Soon my scissor skills were put to good use – making my own toys. Unable to buy the more expensive toys, I started to build my own versions from cardboard. I made most using discarded cigarette cartons, staple wire and/or scotch tape


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