
Almost all my life I feel I’ve had a creative mind and wanting to making things, whether that is physically or digitally. To me if you are creating a website, graphics, writing, photography, videography, etc., it all brings a sense of joy, satisfaction and expression. It’s as if it’s a puzzle piece of who you are within, being expressed outwardly. Several years ago I got into paper models and oddly enough I quite enjoy it. I stumbled across roughly a month ago a toot (post) by Poudingue of a Mastodon (social network) Mascot paper model. So I figured why not try and build the Mastodon Mascot to add to my collection.
Tools
I suggest the following tools at a minimum. The reason for card stock is to make the model more ridged and durable. Ruler or credit card is used to create clean firm creases.
- Glue stick
- Printer Paper (card stock)
- Color: White
- Weight: 199 g/m2 / 110 lb
- Size: 216 x 279 mm / 8 1/2” x 11” (letter size)
- Printer with color
- Ruler or credit card
- Scissors
In additional to the minimum tools I would recommend the following to be more detailed and precise.
- Craft knife (optional)
- Cutting board (optional)
- Patients (optional)
Paper Model
Unfortunately the Mastodon post was posted almost a year ago and the link to the paper model no longer works. After some searching and a nice comment from Jan I was able to find the paper model and print it out. Here are the alternative sources to the paper model that were found.
- Mastodon Papertoy (pdf)
- Distributopia/papertoys (jpg)
Building the Model
The model is quite simple to make following the step-by-step instructions on the print-out. Simply cut along the black outlines, then begin to fold/crease along dotted lines. After that begin to glue each part together to hold the model firmly together.
This is post 18 of 100, and is round 2 of the 100 Days To Offload challenge.
References
- Mastodon (software), Wikipedia
- Mastodon logotype, Wikimedia Commons
- Mastodon mascot, Wikimedia Commons
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