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Hi internets. I realise nobody's gonna read this anyway but here goes:

I'm a 19-years old dude from Finland.

I live together with my girlfriend in Helsinki, the capital of Finland and work in a bank doing back-office shit. Untill my mandatory army service at least.

I've been gaming since my parent's bought me a SNES as a birthday present when I turned 3, so it's been a big part of my entire life.

I have all the current gen consoles but I mostly play the PS3 because my X360 tends to scratch my discs and I don't particulary like that (and Wii just sucks balls).

I like Action Adventure, RPG (Western and Japanese), Survival Horror and 3PS the most but almost everything goes (except sports :P).

I'm also into Anime and all that Japanese nonsense and I like traveling there every now and then. I fucking love Akihabara.


Top games of all time (not in any order really):
- Metal Gear Solid (pretty much the whole franchise, can't name one)
- Silent Hill 2
- God of War 2
- Shadow of Colossus
- Final Fantasy IX
- Dragon Quest VIII
- And many others I can't think of now, I guess I'll update this later.



My X360 hasn't been connected to the internets in a while so the gamercard is a bit inaccurate at the moment
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Videogame Papercraft (is awesome)
Straiffi | 11:11 PM on 09.15.2009 11 comments


Hi all.
Many of you probably don't know me as this is my first C-Blog entry ever, but I'm not exactly new here. I think I just tend to shy out from using my shitty english in front of all you native speakers.

Anyway let's get to the point.

I've noticed some editors posting about Papercrafts recently (at least Collette) so I figured there might be someone actually interested in this.

Papercraft is not actually as hard as it might look. It does take alot of patience and finger dexterity (and glue), sure, but that shouldn't be too much of an obstacle for gamers like us. I encourage anyone with even remote interest to give it a try; you'll be suprised how much fun it actually is to build models of your favorite characters from the ground up.

Here are some models I've managed to build in the past two months: (sorry for the picture quality, I only had a shitty pocket cam and WinPaint to work with)

Final Fantasy IX party:


Kingdom Hearts Cloud:


Kingdom Hearts Secret Boss Kurt Zisa


Please note these pictures are close-ups, they tend to look even better viewed from a little further away when you can't see the seams.

I didn't design any of these my self. You can download the models for free from these sites:

FFIX models: http://www.freewebs.com/chamoo_papercrafts/
Kingdom Hearts Models: http://kickme.to/ninjatoes

It's best to start off with some easier models if you have no experience in this kind of crafts.
These sites host lots of easy-to-assemble videogame themed crafts:

http://www.cubeecraft.com/
http://www.harlancore.com/boxpunx/

All you need in order to build these is a pair of scissors and/or a paper knife and some glue (and a printer of course).

I'll gladly answer any questions you might have, and maybe even give some tips to get you started, so don't hesitate to ask if you are interested.



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Kraid's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 00:21
Kraid
I am always amazed by the detail on these things .... IT'S F'ING PAPER!!! My mind is blown!
sylphx's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 01:00
sylphx
Awesome dude. I've been meaning to try a paper craft one of these days, I have a Tonberry waiting for me on my hard drive. That Kurt Zisa is pretty epic.

I wouldn't get choked up about your English, if you hadn't said anything I would have assumed you were a native speaker.
garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 01:13
garison
I'm terrible at Papercraft. It definitely takes skill, nice work man. Beautiful work!
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 10:08
welkstar
What "shitty English" are you talking about? Seriously, I would never have guessed you weren't a native speaker.

These are pretty incredible! The Kurt Zisa one is especially impressive. I've dabbled in papercraft before, but nothing on this level. You should get a community blog over at Tomopop, they would love this stuff.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 13:29
Monodi
Good god. One time I attempted to do Toon Link, but tit was so damn detailed. I have others lying there in mt room back home.
's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 16:32
Clint
Damn! Well done!
Puppy Licks's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 18:27
Puppy Licks
Those papercrafts are simply epic, keep up the awesome work.
Welcome to Dtoid mate! Make yourself at home, we're making nachos tonight :D
Straiffi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 23:44
Straiffi
Thanks for the positive responses!

I always have some model I'm working on (currently Auron from FFX), perhaps I could keep my blog updated and post new builds every now and then.

Also, thanks for the suggestion; I might check out the Tomopop blog.
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