Dioramas: Paper Ship Models
Ralf
Administrator, ProFantasy 🖼️ 18 images Mapmaker
I've added a new pdf template to my little paper ship models (for the OOP Games Workshop game Man O'War.
The CC3 files are available from this link, but you'll need the Annual 27 (Sailing Ships) for the Canvas bitmap fill to see the sails correctly.
Enjoy!
The CC3 files are available from this link, but you'll need the Annual 27 (Sailing Ships) for the Canvas bitmap fill to see the sails correctly.
Enjoy!
Comments
I noticed the canvas fill style used an absolute path though. For anyone downloading this (Unless Ralf fixes the source files), open the fill style dialog, and edit the "Canvas" fill style. Replace the absolute path (I:\Programme\ProFantasy\CC3\Bitmaps\Tiles\Other\Ships\CA27_canvas.png) with a relative path (#Bitmaps\Tiles\Other\Ships\CA27_canvas.png) to make the canvas fill style work (You will still need to have Annual 27 installed)
One trick I learned from the paper modeling forums: Everything looks a lot better if you run a marker along the cut white edge of the paper before you construct the ships. I use a 50% or 70% grey on almost everything, and it really does punch up the model.
Steve
Yeah, using markers to line the edges makes paper models look much better. I didn't do it here, because I normally print b&w and paint the ships with acrylic colors afterwards. Doing a pre-colored print was an experiment. It doesn't fully work, because I can't print on the back side of the paper exactly enough.
Also, I advise against blacklining these before assembly. The model is so small, any amount of water in the paper will make it much harder to accurately fold and glue them. This is also a reason against pre-colored printing.
Here are my painted ships: