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Description
ok, before you get too existed
i know this is not "that" tutorial what you expected
but it show you the basic what "i" have to do
when i wanna build a papercraft model from a 3d model

i say "i" because it's my method
i don't know if it's "the best" ore not
i just know
it work

i will not explain how to rip a model ore how Photoshop ore the other programms work
there are enough tutorials out there
it is also just a part of the whole thing
because i will do this "walkthrough" until Gomamon is done and ready to build

i choose Gomamon why this model contain the most problems what i always have
object which are merged together, single attachments and buggy polygones
also i don't wanna punch you down with a huge model like the big sister

what i'm doing here counts only for gomamon
because every model is different
not every method work on every model
sometimes you have to think around three corners ore simple cheat that it work

if you have questions
pls pls pls ask

for this walktrough i'm using Metasequoia
a freeware 3d editor what you can download here

pic1
ok, i allready opened the model file and selected the body

pic2
here i rotated and moved the model to the horizon

pic3
for me always the first step
seperating the single objects

sometimes you are not able to select whole objects
then just click on "Object - join closed vertices"

pic4
first steps of the simplification
i removed the backside of the teeth and the ears

pic5
because i seperated the eyes from the torso i can work on the objects without touching the others

here i rebuild the eye at the torso layer
with a more easier mesh

problem here
the texture don't work anymore

pic6+7
that's why i have to cheat a bit
i made a new texture layer with just the right eye

pic8
same for the left eye

now the original eyes are useless, so i deleted them

pic 9+10
can you see any difference ?
at pic10 i removed quite the half of the hair pieces
and there are still enough that it looks like the original

still a lot to do
i just started

Description
ok, before you get too existed
i know this is not "that" tutorial what you expected
but it show you the basic what "i" have to do
when i wanna build a papercraft model from a 3d model

i say "i" because it's my method
i don't know if it's "the best" ore not
i just know
it work

i will not explain how to rip a model ore how Photoshop ore the other programms work
there are enough tutorials out there
it is also just a part of the whole thing
because i will do this "walkthrough" until Gomamon is done and ready to build

i choose Gomamon why this model contain the most problems what i always have
object which are merged together, single attachments and buggy polygones
also i don't wanna punch you down with a huge model like the big sister

what i'm doing here counts only for gomamon
because every model is different
not every method work on every model
sometimes you have to think around three corners ore simple cheat that it work

if you have questions
pls pls pls ask

for this walktrough i'm using Metasequoia
a freeware 3d editor what you can download here

pic1
ok, i allready opened the model file and selected the body

pic2
here i rotated and moved the model to the horizon

pic3
for me always the first step
seperating the single objects

sometimes you are not able to select whole objects
then just click on "Object - join closed vertices"

pic4
first steps of the simplification
i removed the backside of the teeth and the ears

pic5
because i seperated the eyes from the torso i can work on the objects without touching the others

here i rebuild the eye at the torso layer
with a more easier mesh

problem here
the texture don't work anymore

pic6+7
that's why i have to cheat a bit
i made a new texture layer with just the right eye

pic8
same for the left eye

now the original eyes are useless, so i deleted them

pic 9+10
can you see any difference ?
at pic10 i removed quite the half of the hair pieces
and there are still enough that it looks like the original

still a lot to do
i just started