Also his instruction videos taught me a lot about how to cut and glue paper miniatures. Using so much glue basically that you end up with something that feels more like plastic than paper.
This is great for RPG games; I made up a small cut-down RPG ruleset for my 6yo, and was going to try to 3d print some figurines, but...
This way, I can get my kid to make his own monsters; while he can't run blender to produce his own monsters, using these paper templates is sufficient for him.
Glue gun. I've made probably a dozen paper masks in this style, patterns purchased from Etsy shops and printed on heavy bonded paper.
I like hot glue for this type of work because it gives you a _little_ bit of leeway to make mistakes while it's still warm, so you can slide the pieces around to get them just so. Then it cools and hardens quickly so you don't have to wait a long time before moving on to the next piece.
Years ago I made a papercraft Daft Punk helmet, using standard printer paper, but glued it with super glue, and then treated it with the 'resin' from a home fibre glassing kit, to make it solid and ready for full fibre glassing (obviously not needed in this instance!)
https://peterspaperboys.com/
He has some free sets to download.
Also his instruction videos taught me a lot about how to cut and glue paper miniatures. Using so much glue basically that you end up with something that feels more like plastic than paper.
This way, I can get my kid to make his own monsters; while he can't run blender to produce his own monsters, using these paper templates is sufficient for him.
https://media.wizards.com/2020/dnd/dragon/31/DRA31_DRA86.pdf
I like hot glue for this type of work because it gives you a _little_ bit of leeway to make mistakes while it's still warm, so you can slide the pieces around to get them just so. Then it cools and hardens quickly so you don't have to wait a long time before moving on to the next piece.
> I recommend printing these toys on HEAVY CARD STOCK.