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Here are the finished photos of the Battle Star Galactica Crash Cart.

Here is my HALO gun built out of card stock, paper craft. The painting embellished the model and took away the paper look to it. The HALO gun can now be used as a prop gun for cosplay. The build thread can be found at http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/alternate-dimensions/29734-halo-automatic-handgun.html and at. http://zealot.com/threads/halo-automatic.177519/ At present time the build is still in process but the gun is finished. Enjoy the build and hope to see you all soon with some warhammer stuff.

Those models look downright riduculous....

...ly AWESOME! Holy C'tan, those are absolute top-notch!

I immediately went to Zealot to check for models, but...ugh...4 weeks of waiting sucks, so I'll look for another Monolith papercraft :(

Still, you're doing an amazing job. Brillant!

Print them in good quality artists cars maybe.
Its thicker but strong and better suited to painting?

 Sigvatr wrote:
Those models look downright riduculous....

...ly AWESOME! Holy C'tan, those are absolute top-notch!

I immediately went to Zealot to check for models, but...ugh...4 weeks of waiting sucks, so I'll look for another Monolith papercraft :(

Still, you're doing an amazing job. Brillant!

Zealot does have it idiosyncrasies but you can go to http://www.papermodelers.com/ and I believe you can have access to the freebies. If you are looking for 40K stuff, check here and enjoy. http://vk.com/album-28784290_147338158 Thanks for looking in and for your comments.


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jhe90 wrote:
Print them in good quality artists cars maybe.
Its thicker but strong and better suited to painting?

I believe you mean card instead of cars. I use heavy card stock that almost feels like bristol board. The insides are re-enforced with chip board which is a very heavy cardboard that is solid and not corrugated. The gun is originally designed to be built with regular card stock, about the same thickness as a business card or index card. If I had built it as originally designed, it would have been too flimsy. Thanks for your comment and for looking in.

The beta build is done. I have to work on some details. the leg armor is still off and the helmet is too cylindrical. These are two items I have to work with. Over all, it came out better than expected and when the build begins, it will be on a separate thread. The model is about the same size that GW came out with and still has on special orders a while back. I believe that that series were called EPIC. I kind of like this size, not too small and not too large but leaves room for detailing. Here is a size comparison with the GW figure. See you all soon with more an my build thread.

This is all made from #*%#^@* paper?!?
It's black magic, I say, black magic! BURN HIM AT THE STAKE!!!

 Beer_&_Bolters wrote:
This is all made from #*%#^@* paper?!?
It's black magic, I say, black magic! BURN HIM AT THE STAKE!!!

Thanks for looking in and for your comment. Since it is made from cardstock/paper, it should burn rather well. The build process will start once I finish tweaking some of the parts.

I will return with another finished Space Marine soon but in the mean time, here is one that has taken me a while to finish. It is over at http://zealot.com/threads/the-uhu02-colonial-viper-appreciation-thread.174905/page-31#post-992866 The thrad is built by other modelers who constructed the Viper each to his ilk. My version is an upscaled one with some more enhanced details. The original template maker is UHU02 and his models are hard to find and they are free but not easy to find. It is a great model just by itself but as mentioned, I have to do it my way. Enjoy and see you all soon next year.

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

 scuzz_bucket wrote:
Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

Clap... clap... clap

That Viper is just jaw dropping. What scale is that? I would love to use that as a Stormtalon. That would be legendary.

BSG themed armies are probably over done, but man I would crap myself to own one

 Moltar wrote:
Those are awesome. Love the papercraft DIY stuff. Really sticks it to GW's price hikes. As long as you don't turn around, produce and sell the buggers, then good on ya!

To hell with giving GW money. I have been loyal for 6 years and always bought form GW to support them. Now I say screw them, they are never getting a single penny out of me from now on. Paper craft all the way or buy from other toy makers who can pass off as wh40k.

scuzz_bucket wrote:Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

Kriswall wrote:

 scuzz_bucket wrote:
Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

Clap... clap... clap

To you both, I am sorry guys, I do not quite understand bears and Beets!

Shamanlord1961 wrote:That Viper is just jaw dropping. What scale is that? I would love to use that as a Stormtalon. That would be legendary.

BSG themed armies are probably over done, but man I would crap myself to own one

The scale is about 1/25th scale and rather large. but if you can get a print out from UHU02, you can downscale it. In fact, the original model is about 1/48th scale.

Filch wrote:

 Moltar wrote:
Those are awesome. Love the papercraft DIY stuff. Really sticks it to GW's price hikes. As long as you don't turn around, produce and sell the buggers, then good on ya!

To hell with giving GW money. I have been loyal for 6 years and always bought form GW to support them. Now I say screw them, they are never getting a single penny out of me from now on. Paper craft all the way or buy from other toy makers who can pass off as wh40k.

To The last two comments, It is a shame that GW does not recognize many DIY models anymore, unless they are scratch built from original GW pieces. I remember back in the 90's, White Dwarf had the templates for the Baneblade by Cotrell, Rhinos and even a Wave Serpent. In fact, there are some Baneblades here that were made from those templates. Again, back in the 90's, the rule book in the rear section, had a DIY point score system for vehicles and guides as to how many points they were worth. After the rule book for Armageddon, the DIY section disappeared. It is a shame, because some tournaments had those models and were then allowed in sanctioned games.

Absolutely incredible, I bow to you sir.

Do you use normal GW paints or do you have to use something different?

That Swarmlord by Daishi a few pages back is simply WoW.

coxyclan wrote:Absolutely incredible, I bow to you sir.

Do you use normal GW paints or do you have to use something different?

Sometimes I do use GW paints but Testor or any other acrylics are just as good. It all depends on what texture I want to accomplish. For metals, GW has the better colors. For over all drabs, I use Hobby paints in a bottle like crafters acrylic, Americana etc. For bright colors, Tamiya gives a better sheen.

Ratius wrote:That Swarmlord by Daishi a few pages back is simply WoW.

Yes, that model is simply "WOW" Keep in mind that is rather large, about the size of GI joe original size or the same as a Ken and Barbie doll. The Sister of battle and the Space Marines are also the same large size.

Thanks for all you do! You certainly inspired me to look up papercraft more seriously. I had a foundation based on what I did growing up, but your post here led me to so much more, and made me re-evaluate just what the 'limits' to paper truly were (i.e. not many limits...).

See you on Zealot!

This thread was certainly worth another visit, although the OP sadly hasn't been active on the forums for three or four years.

Hope the person is ok. That's amazing stuff i cant believe it, takes origami to another level.

 insaniak wrote:
This thread was certainly worth another visit, although the OP sadly hasn't been active on the forums for three or four years.

He hasn't been active here, much like myself, more of a lurker on DakkaDakka... But I've seen more recent stuff on some more specialized (i.e. paper card model) forums. He's a rather busy man (and his most recent work isn't for himself, but for grandchildren...). I'm certainly hoping some activity here might reward us with an update here!

That's astonishing!

Just got the sad news today.

Our friend here, Silveroxide, has passed away late last night, December 1st 2023. This thread will forever be a testament to his creativity and master work in card model building.