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Offline WarriorOfToys

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Custom Tent
« on: December 15, 2010, 16:59:29 »
Again, I have to thank Arnaud for these designs.
Though all the printing and cutting goes to me. ;)

I decided since Richard was such an excellent figure
that I really wanted his tent to be something special!
So Arnaud sent me an email with these pictures:



I quickly sized them, then printed them out onto some regular paper for testing.
This is the result:




As you can see it is pretty good, but there are several tears
and a few crinkles that I didn't really like.
Plus the paper was really flimsy, so I decided to go a different route.

Originally, I had thought that I would stick the two tent pieces in,
and then the design would print on those,
But that would be very tricky to get precise so I scratched that idea.

I then remembered a different sort of paper that we had,
It was much stronger and thicker,
and best of all, I could use my leather punch to punch holes in it
without ripping what I was punching.

So I tested it, and these are the results:





You can see the difference between the two pieces,
The new design on the left, and the old one on the right.



Then I put my new tent into a display I am making and voila!




I hope you like it. :xmascheer:
« Last Edit: December 15, 2010, 19:03:15 by WarriorOfToys »
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Re: Custom Tent
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2010, 17:26:04 »
That looks fantastic, WoT! Very good job. What kind of paper is it?
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Re: Custom Tent
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2010, 17:30:37 »
Well. I do like it! Excellent work, WoT. And your second paper does the job perfectly!
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Re: Custom Tent
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2010, 17:50:34 »
An excellent custom tent, WoT.  Congratulations to you and to Arnaud.

The difference between the two types of paper can be clearly seen - the thicker one also gives stronger colours as well as a stronger end result physically.
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Re: Custom Tent
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2010, 17:58:32 »
Excellent job!!! Yeap second option gives better results! Great design too Arnaud!!!

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Re: Custom Tent
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2010, 18:18:18 »
wow! excellent tent Wot!
I agree with the rest, the second one is so much better a choice!
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Re: Custom Tent
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2010, 18:59:43 »
Thanks all, I believe it is just regular, good, old construction paper. ;D
I also like how it "yellows," it makes it look more like real canvas. :love:

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Re: Custom Tent
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2010, 19:09:14 »
 :lol: I wouldn't have even thought of using that, but it's the obvious choice of course! Construction paper.  ;)
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Re: Custom Tent
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2010, 20:01:27 »
what is construction paper?  :-[

did you try to print in real canvas?
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Re: Custom Tent
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2010, 20:32:14 »
what is construction paper?  :-[

did you try to print in real canvas?

Construction paper is just thick paper. :)
And no, I didn't try to print on real canvas,
It probably would be to thick to fit in the printer,
And I don't think it would look very good on something as small as Playmobil. :)
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