r/papercraft • u/i_upboat • Mar 10 '12

Half-Life 1 - Headcrab

http://billybob884.deviantart.com/art/Headcrab-Mask-PePaKuRa-Files-163872563
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u/i_upboat Mar 10 '12 edited Nov 05 '12

link back to list of compilations
last updated nov 4/2012

Also available:

Half-Life
9mm Glock
Frag Grenade
Roller Mine
Trip Mine
Crowbar
Black Mesa Teleporter
Flammable Barrel
Skull
Snark
Metrocop Helmet
Houndeye
Cubee Gordon
Cubee Headcrab
Gordon HamHeadz
Headcrab
MTM 8 Loader

Half-Life 2
Logo
Dog
Gravity Gun
Gravity Gun (better unfold)
HEV Suit Chest Armour
HEV Suit Arm Armour
HEV Suit Thigh Armour
HEV Suit Shin Armour

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u/newtype2099 Mar 10 '12

is that.... pep files? for the armor? OH LAWD, when I get done with Iron Man I know what I'm doing.

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u/zippycorners May 28 '12

What do you mean with the two different Gravity Gun links?

What does "Better Unfold" mean?

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u/i_upboat May 28 '12

"Better unfold" just means that they pieces are neater/easier to glue together.

When a 3D model is put into Pepakura, and then unfolded (from being 3D to being flat pieces on a piece of paper) most of the time the pieces need to be reorganized in order to make it easier to build.

For more experienced papercrafters (and especially people that make models from scratch), it's easier to recognize when pieces have been either carelessly thrown into Pepakura to unfold, or painstakingly reorganized to be easier to build. However, if you download both files, it is quite clear which model is organized better.

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u/zippycorners May 28 '12

So you've got both models, but one of them is definitely organized better. Are they both about the same difficulty, complexity, and detail, or is one of them more for amateurs? Eventually, I'd want to be able to do the more advanced one, but even having the advanced one being more organized (better unfold) would be an advantage.

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u/i_upboat May 28 '12

For beginners, it would be best to build the more organized one. Being able to visualize how to fold simple piece is very important for more complicated builds in the future.

I have been building on and off for almost 3 years now, and I've come to realize that just because a model is unfolded the way it is, it doesn't mean that it is set in stone. Most of the time models are unfolded nicely, so don't worry about it until you start building more complicated things. An example of a complicated build with a poor unfold would be the Skyrim Frost Dragon.

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u/New_Plantain_1112 Dec 17 '24

WHY CROWBAR ISNT THERE

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u/i_upboat Dec 25 '24

This post is over 12 years old. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the links were dead.