I saw a few other papercraft threads, but I feel that this really warrants its own:
As there are quite a lot of images I'll put them in spoiler boxes:
Big Mario
Bowser Jr.
Baby Luigi
Yoshi
King Boo
Toad
Koopa
Peach
Petey
So how did I make them?
Well I found the original 3D models of the characters from Mariokart Double Dash (.3ds and .max format, if anyone wants them
)
I edited them in 3D Studio Max, to seperate parts, delete unnecessary parts, and adjust stuff.
Then using a program called Pepakura I turned them into a flat net, which usually required quite a bit of editing to make it usable.
Then I copy pasted the result into Paint Shop, and coloured in the Net.
Then I printed them off, cut them out, scored EVERY fold and tab, and glued them together. Which was by no means an easy feat.
Most of them have around 600 polygons, and use about 4 sheets of A4 Paper.
The large mario has 644 polygons, stands 85cm tall and used over 3 square metres of cardboard.
Also, my sister did help, she made the Yoshi, Peach and Petey models, and made a few parts of the big one.
Finally, if anyone wants to attempt these themselves I can post the original nets that I made, though some credit (somewhere) would be nice
P.S. Feedback is welcome
As there are quite a lot of images I'll put them in spoiler boxes:
Big Mario
Bowser Jr.
Baby Luigi
Yoshi
King Boo
Toad
Koopa
Peach
Petey
So how did I make them?
Well I found the original 3D models of the characters from Mariokart Double Dash (.3ds and .max format, if anyone wants them
I edited them in 3D Studio Max, to seperate parts, delete unnecessary parts, and adjust stuff.
Then using a program called Pepakura I turned them into a flat net, which usually required quite a bit of editing to make it usable.
Then I copy pasted the result into Paint Shop, and coloured in the Net.
Then I printed them off, cut them out, scored EVERY fold and tab, and glued them together. Which was by no means an easy feat.
Most of them have around 600 polygons, and use about 4 sheets of A4 Paper.
The large mario has 644 polygons, stands 85cm tall and used over 3 square metres of cardboard.
Also, my sister did help, she made the Yoshi, Peach and Petey models, and made a few parts of the big one.
Finally, if anyone wants to attempt these themselves I can post the original nets that I made, though some credit (somewhere) would be nice
P.S. Feedback is welcome