I’ve always wanted to build paper action figures ever since my youth when my parents would refuse me extra money to go out and buy the toys. It was something I could never master by scratch but these days templates can be found to help with that. This C-3PO template was a bit short for the 12” action figure scale so he looks kind of odd standing next to my R2-D2 build but he was still an interesting build himself. I first started with a test build to scout out opportunities to greeble in points of articulation for a later build that would be more toy like.
See Threepio: 1/6th Scale … ish
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I then moved on to a colour build but this time I printed using a colour laser printer with normal bond paper rather than card stock. My hope was that the curves of the model would be more manageable. My goal was to add as many points of articulation as possible and to have the ability to seat the figure. Some joints were harder than others. For instance, the elbow joints required that I build an actual working piston to allow the arms to move. The knees were fun too having to build a series of rings attached to both the upper and lower legs rotating around the knee hub. It was also important to be able to pivot the ankles on two planes to allow the model to stand on its own.
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That’s the one that the moisture vaporators speak, right? Oh no! That’s binary.
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That is one excellent model. The fact that is articulates really makes it stand out. Excellent!! 