094004 Sora (31-05-2010)
from: Kingdom Hearts 2 game
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parts (2,10 MB PDF file)
instructions (2,36 MB PDF file)
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Hey!
I’m sorry if I’m posting on a “dead” article or if i’m asking too much, but I’m pretty new in papercrafting and i’m really interested in building this wonderful model…but, before, i’d like to know his height(just a personnal curiosity before building), cause I didn’t manage to find it out…As first sight, I would say about 20 cm, but I’m not sure at all ^^”
And then, is this model hard to build? I’ve seen your explanations and it looks “easy” thanks to the comprehensive step by step, but i’m not really confident in my skills since this will be my first “complex” craft. Would you recommend it to someone that have just done cubes characters, octopus and chickens crafts up to now, or does it requires some experience in such long works?
Thanks a lot :)
Although Sora is a bit more difficult than a Cubee of course, I think you can really build any paper model if you take your time. ;o)
If you feel you’re getting tired of a difficult part, you can simply put the parts in a safe place and leave the model alone for a while until you feel like trying again.
Your guess was pretty good: Sora is about 23 cm tall, including his “spiky” hair. ;o)
I think the most difficult parts are his hands and his hair (because all the “spikes” can be confusing if you try to make it all at once, so only make one part at a time and follow the steps one at a time. ;o)
Most parts don’t have to be folded, but curved/pre-shaped: that means rolling the paper until it holds it shape of a curve/cylinder. That will make building it much easier.
Here are two videos of what I mean by “pre-shaping”:
video 1 | video 2
And it’s also mentioned in this papercraft beginner tutorial from Yamaha: link
If you’re patient and take your time, I’m sure you can do it, have fun! ;o)
Oh, thanks a lot for the videos, smart method, I think i got it, just need the rod :-)
You convinced me, it’s printing :D
Happy holidays!
It doesn’t have to be a metal rod of course (for smaller parts I just use a toothpick, and for bigger parts I often use the back of my X-Acto knife) the technique is very simple and useful. ;o)
Like I said, take your time and have fun building!
Heyo!
Yeah, i’m posting it (very) in late but I wasn’t able to take pictures before today, and I thought it would be the least polite to show it to you after all the advices you gave me!
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/044/c/2/sora_papercraft_by_lolostudio-d4pkwtt.png
Hi again! Looks like it turned out great! Some parts are quite small and can be quite difficult, but you did a great job! ;o)
I need the PDO pls can you post that’s PDO pls
For the templates you can download here, I made several test builds and adjustments, and then I copy+pasted the fixed parts of all the different *.pdo files together in Photoshop; there simply isn’t a good *.pdo file with all the correct parts to build this Sora, sorry…!
You can print the parts from the PDF file, though (you need a PDF reader like Adobe Reader to open PDF files) and with the directions on the templates and the step-by-step instructions, I’m sure you’ll be able to build it!
The most important thing is to take your time, and make sure you fold and pre-shape all the parts properly according to the fold lines and the pictures you see in the instructions. Take it one part at a time, and examine the pictures in the instructions closely when you need to.
If you’re not sure about a certain part, try it without glue first to see if it goes together the way you thought. That way, if it doesn’t, you can always try a different way, and seeing the part assembled (even if it’s not the correct way) often helps to see the right way.
Good luck and have fun!
What program’s do you use, both for getting the data, and for modifying your 3d images? You can mail me, if you’re uncomfortable posting it. I want to make a group of some of the heartless from KH1 and KH2, but I can’t seam to find a good program for getting the 3d models so that I can modify them in 3ds max.
Any help would be appreciated.
I used a combination of yaz0r’s Kingdom Hearts model viewer and 3D Ripper DX to extract the original 3D models from the game. After that, I used Metasequoia to remodel simpler versions of them, because the Kingdom Hearts models have a lot of very small parts, but that step can be done in any 3D program you’re comfortable with. ;o)