My Pepakura model was created in a way to accommodate the
300 polygon restriction so that in its finalized state it would still resemble
what it was supposed to be and not a disfigured mass. I took inspiration from a
set of Jacks and actually created a Jack.
Continuing the modeling technique I have been using I
constructed my model out of solids that were then simply booleaned together.
The Jack is made up of three shapes; a cylinder, sphere, and pyramid; each in
varying numbers. First the pyramid was elongated and mirrored to create the
body of the Jack. Then two cylinders were skewered through the middle to create
four arms. And lastly a sphere was added to each arm to cap them off. Once all
the sections were put together the Boolean union command was used to merge
them. The model was them taken into the pepakura program to be unfolded and
then brought back into rhino to be set up for cutting.
Putting my pepakura sculpture together was a bit tricky.
Since it consisted of multiple lines coming to one point it was difficult to
get a sharp edge on some ends. After all the pieces were creased they were
glued together. Since I wanted a slightly weathered stainless steel look to the
piece I brushed on some gel matte medium to created strokes like the kind seen
on metal. Then I used a sponge to coat the model in metallic paint trying to
create a speckled sort of aging effect.
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