Avast ye scalawags and sons o' guns! Tis' time to smash the bottle on ye ship that I built. Out of paper. I be proud o' her, and present 'er with love in me heart.
Now that the thumbnail is out of the way, lets get into the process for this PULPable seafaring vessel.
First off, lets set up the inspiration board:
My Model Ship (To sit in front of me for 3D reference)
Some paintings to evoke my Scottish seafaring side
And lastly,
Paper boats, from the Transistor OST to listen to.
With our mindset in place, lets start with what I did since the prototype. Bearing in mind the critiques of my wonderful classmates, I added support beams for the sails, and holes to hold the masts, to improve the structural reliability of the piece. Then I added depth to the hull, now featuring a rudder and cabin. Finally, I added some fun details to build interest: a crow's nest, wheel, stairs, and fencing.
Here it is in 3D, without the sails:
Looks kinda like a skeleton, but a huge improvement over the previous iteration. For the sails, I had to add elongated tabs, for wrapping around the support beams. So the sails look a lil' funky.
Much better than the skeleton however.
Time for disassembly and unfolding! But before that, lets see how those funky sails look in full render.
Oh yeah, very nice.
So the disassembly went pretty smoothly, I managed to allocate the right amount of paper space to each part.
The Boat hull looks tough to unfold as one piece, but I'm up to the challenge.
Boom. Just how I want it, now for the rest.
Looking good, Now to add tabs and prep for laser.
Smooth! Let's head to Brian and get these pieces cut out with that deadly laser. For materials I chose pineapple wallpaper for the sails, walnut coloured card stock for the hull & crow's nest, a beige card stock for the masts & details, and a paper string for the ropes.
Zzzt ZAP zaTow ZIPpy Zap ZoO~~~~
Okay! the laser is done, so lets go through each part step by step.
The Hull:
Wow! that was a hard time to fold, but I'm very happy with how the low poly texture turned out! Feels like I pulled it out of the screen from rhino.
The Details:
That steering wheel was very tiny! but tweezers and a toothpick made construction infinitely easier. During Cutting, Brian and I discussed making the wheel bigger, and made a second version, but the smaller one ended up being possible so I went with that to stay faithful to original proportions.
The Masts:
All of the masts were similar in shape, so only one set is shown in the unfolded photo. The support beams turned out much better than anticipated, and the shapes fit snugly into their holes.
Now that everything is built, let's assemble it!
First the masts, which were just a matter of putting each piece into their respective slot, which took a little effort, because the folding had changed the shape slightly, making the holes less accurate than in rhino.
Then the rectangular sails, which were super easy to apply with the long tabs.
Finally, the triangle sails and 'ropes'. That's it! She's done, so lets take an all around view.
Yeah! So I'm thrilled with how this turned out. I tried to have a more visual blog this time, hopefully it wasn't too overstimulating, and if you made it this far, you deserve a Fun Sailing Fact!
Fun Sailing Fact! The word Footloose, used as the title of the movie "Footloose", is originally a sailing term that is used to describe how a sail randomly dances in the wind when the foot of the sail is not properly tied down.
Enjoy yer weeks ye salty sea dogs, and be footloose!
-Kitt
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