SD-SASCHA DEVELOPMENT BLOG

Plastic-Injection-Kit > Papercraft

2011-03-14T22:55:00.003+01:00

Hi,

currently I'm working on this:

But don't worry, this doesn't mean I'm not working on papercraft anymore. There are still some I'm developing and I hope I can release them soon. :D

SD-Sascha Website moved

2011-01-30T22:05:00.002+01:00

Hello!

The whole SD-SASCHA Site moved to http://www.sd-sascha.com

I fixed some minor bugs (downloads didn't work) and the site loads faster now.

I'll see what I can do to finish some projects.

Modding Stuff

2010-12-21T00:15:00.003+01:00

This happens when I have old hardware around...

If you plan on modding and over clocking something, be sure you do it the right way :D

Hurrrrrrrr

2010-10-23T19:29:00.002+02:00

Yeah!

Got new stuff from Japan. (Will use the Nautilus as a reference for the "in development" Papercraft).

Don't worry, I'm still working on my projects. :D

Still Alive

2010-05-20T19:06:00.001+02:00

Hello everyone!

I've been busy, working all day the last months, but I hope to be able to work on my stuff soon again.

:P

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Noctis release

2010-02-21T17:58:00.001+01:00

As the title says the Noctis papercraft is released today. Download it from the papercraft section of my homepage www.sd-sascha.de.vu. Hope you like it.

X-Mas Time sucks

2009-12-16T03:26:00.002+01:00

Well ... I just wanted to give you all an update on progress to my stuff, so you see that I'm still working on things.

Final Fantasy IX Hildagarde 3:

3D Model 100%
Textures 40%
Unfolding 0%
Instructions 0%

Fushigi no umi no Nadia Nautilus:

3D Model 80%
Textures 10%
Unfolding 0%
Instructions 0%

Macross VA-3:

3D Model 100%
Textures 5%
Unfolding 0%
Instructions 0%

Macross VF-5000:

3D Model 40%
Textures 0%
Unfolding 0%
Instructions 0%

Macross VB-6:

3D Model 10%
Textures 0%
Unfolding 0%
Instructions 0%

Macross X-9:

3D Model 5%
Textures 0%
Unfolding 0%
Instructions 0%

Macross VF-19 Fire Valk:

3D Model 100%
Textures 100%
Unfolding 50%
Instructions 0%

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Noctis:

3D Model 100%
Textures 100%
Unfolding 100%
Instructions 0%

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Stella:

3D Model 80%
Textures 10%
Unfolding 0%
Instructions 0%

Final Fantasy VIII Train:

3D Model 90%
Textures 50%
Unfolding 0%
Instructions 0%

Macross VF-25S OZMA Texturemod (based on VF-25 Alto Version):

Texture 30%

FF9 IMG TOOLS:

Implementation 30%
Status Pre-Alpha

The FF8 tools implentation is currently on ice, I encountered some naughty problems. If I get around them I'll continue to work on them.

Well that's basically how it is. I've got some other projects running too (new website with papercraft, 3D modelling and Texturing tutorial and other stuff, and some yet to be announced papercraft stuff)

Final Fantasy versus XIII Noctis

2009-10-19T16:40:00.002+02:00

The Final Fantasy versus XIII Noctis Papercraft will soon be released, here a teaser pic for you.

FF9 Hildagarde 3

2009-09-28T01:23:00.003+02:00

Somebody asked me when the HG3 will be done. It will just take some time as it is created from scratch and there is not much visual information about it. Here a picture to please the masses.

I think I need to redo the textures for the props and other parts, because the wooden mainbody turned out looking better then the rest.

FUCK PAPERCRAFT!!!

2009-09-12T01:40:00.007+02:00

For all those wondering what I did the last weeks...
NOTHING AT ALL!

But this only applies to papercraft developing. I was busy with other stuff like friends, destroying my body with beer, running around the streets being noisy and building plastic injection kits.

This is the thing I'm currently getting my hands dirty on. A DeHAVILAND Mosquito Bomber Mk IV used by british forces in WWII.

And before that I finished this thing. I was an Italeri F-14A modelkit but I "modded" to a MACROSS ZERO F-14A.

Next thing to do is a special papercraft of jewel staite in Stargate Atlantis crew uniform. (Caution! Papercuts etc. :D )
Blargh... just joking ... I need to finish all the other shit first :P

Final Fantasy VIII Timber Tempest WIP

2009-07-20T21:30:00.004+02:00

In one of my earlier blogposts I released a list of projects. One of those list entries was named "Final Fantasy 8 project (planning)". Some of you might remember the train mission in Final Fantasy 8. I'm proud to present the first visually "good looking" work on my newest project.

The textures are currently taken from in-game screenshots and I used some PS filters to polish them up a bit. I will draw new ones when I'm done with the 3D model for the locomotive. If you think now:"hey! what's going on with the other projects on your list?", don't worry, I tend to work on many stuff simultaneously, so that if I don't feel like working on a macross thing I just work on another project and so on. Anyway, this train will still need some time and work, but I hope that it will look great when done. I planned on releasing this as a H0 scale (1:87) model.

comments are welcome :D

UPDATE:

I managed to model most parts of the locomotive, but there are still some parts missing. Don't be shocked by the messy textures, I'll do better one when the 3D model is done (currently just using official pictures and game-screencaptures)

Macross 7 VF-19 Custom Excalibur

2009-07-16T21:09:00.004+02:00

I had some sparetime left, and instead of working on the Hildagarde 3 of Final Fantasy IX, I did a modification of the YF-19 to the VF-19 Custom that is used by Basara Nekki in Macross 7.
For this one I had more to do then just switching the textures.

As you can see on this picture the top vertical stabilizers moved to the mainbody instead sitting on the "legs" (legs in battroid mode). The main wings were straightened and the mainbody got more arrow like. The engine exhaust was undergoing more drastical changes and the front horizontal stabilizers shrinked a bit. Changes were done on the "Shield" (used in battroid mode on the left arm) and the top part of the legs got rounder compared to the edgy YF-19 version.

Here you can see that I changed the jet intakes to be more 3D like instead of just applying black color. The bottom vertical stabilizers were removed too. Just check the other pictures.

Even if it is just a modification it need some annoying UVW mapping work. Development work will start "when I've got some time again". Hope this won't be in 3 years :D

Final Fantasy IX Hildagarde 3 progress

2009-07-08T22:33:00.003+02:00

The 3D model of the Hildagarde 3 is done now. Texturing this thing will be a pain in the ass...

Macross Frontier VF-25F DONE!

2009-07-06T20:24:00.001+02:00

Downloadable from my website now!

Macross Frontier VF-25F Messiah

2009-07-03T00:04:00.004+02:00

Too lazy and too tired to write, pictures are better then words anyway.
Tadaa!

Goes into unfolding tomorrow. Hope to get it done soon.

UPDATE:

Testbuild is going well, still need to fix some tabs in the template, but everything fits fine. Instructions will be done soon.

UPDATE TIME!

2009-05-04T09:14:00.007+02:00

I haven't updated this blog in a while now, because there wasn't much to say or show.
But now there is :D

This is going to be the Hildagarde 3 from FFIX. As you can see, it is still in the works, missing some structure and textures.

Next one is a picture of the VF-25 with some pretexturing, but it still needs alot of work.
In my first papercraft blog post I showed a picture of a VA-3 from Macross, it is still looking like that but that's going to change too. Thanks to Chthonic (he did send me some Macross 3D models) I'm able work on VB-6 Koenig Monster, VF-5000 and X-9 Ghost now. The VF-5000 and the VB-6 are 3D game rip, the X-9 is a high resource 3D model, all three are not suitable for papercrafting. But they will help me to develop papercraft versions.

This is one of my other Final Fantasy projects. Noctis and Stella from Final Fantasy Versus XIII. They are in development and the textures are currently just taken from published Square-Enix screenshots. The Noctis 3D model is mostly done and the UVW-Mapping too, he only needs better textures and some tweaking. Stella still needs many work and better textures.

I'm also working on other papercraft projects, but I won't tell you about it, only small information will be published by now.

The FF8/FF9 3D tools are still in development, I haven't cancelled them, I just didn't have the time working on them.

Time for a little projectlist now

Final Fantasy IX Hildagarde 3 (3D model)
Fushigi no umi no Nadia Nautilus 1 (3D model)
Macross F VF-25 Messiah (Texturing)
Macross VA-3 (Texturing)
Macross VF-5000 (3D modelling)
Macross VB-6 (3D modelling)
Macross X-9 (3D modelling)
Final Fantasy Versus XIII Noctis & Stella (Texturing, 3D modelling)
Final Fantasy VII Project (Planning)
Final Fantasy VIII Project (Planning)
Fushigi no umi no Nadia Project (Planning)
FF8/FF9 3D tools (63 6F 64 69 6E 67)

Well ... that's all for now. If you have any questions just ask me. You will get your answers in seconds or days ...

Macross Frontier VF-25F Messiah

2009-02-15T20:29:00.002+01:00

Did that thing here last night.

Only needs UV-maps, texture and development in Pepakura. Will do that later :D

Final Fantasy VIII 3D Model Converter

2009-01-19T14:36:00.002+01:00

Yes, this thing seems to work somehow now. The UVW is still messed up because I'm still not used to the output format I use. The original models get loaded fine (from what I can see from my variable tables)
Still need to tweak around on it.

Macross Plus/7 VF-11B/C revision B

2009-01-12T00:17:00.003+01:00

HAR HAR!!! I retextured and edited the old VF-11 papercraft. Now it is easier to build and comes in 2 versions!

Available soon!

Fushigi no Umi no Nadia: Nautilus

2009-01-02T20:06:00.005+01:00

Happy new year to everyone. If I wasn't to lazy to create instructions I already would have released 4 papercrafts before 2008 was ending but now we have 2009. I started this last year.

It is the Nautilus from Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (aka:The Secret of Blue Water, Nadia of the mysterious Blue Sea, or in germany "Die Macht des Zaubersteins"). As u can see it is not completed, but it will be done in the near future. I tried to keep the Polycount low but didn't managed it. I promise I will do the instructions for Jehuty and the other macross papercraft too ... I'm just really busy right now.

Final Fantasy IX Model Converter Part 3

2008-12-20T14:30:00.004+01:00

Hey!
I was trying to implement a 3D Preview window in my converter with the help of the Direct X 9.0c SDK, but looks like the SDK won't install on pre Windows XP systems and does not work with Visual Studio 6. So I got myself a copy of the DirectX 8.1 SDK and it seems to work. The last time I coded with DirectX was when DirectX 6 was the newest. I hope not so many stuff was changed (already read that DirectDraw isn't available anymore like in DX6&7)

The little program needs some comfort because it doesn't work correctly up until now T.T

Final Fantasy IX Model Converter Part 2

2008-12-14T21:00:00.003+01:00

Here comes the PAIN!!!
The modelconverter reads poly and UV data perfectly now.
what still needs to be done is bone and animation support.
Here a Zidan for you:D
Still messed up because there are no bones loaded for him :D

Final Fantasy IX Model Converter [UPDATE]

2008-12-14T04:47:00.005+01:00

I did some progress on my model stuff for FF9.
But it looks like some Polys (well .. all) are not loading correctly. See for yourselves.

The Vertices are loading correctly but the rest just don't. As you can see, some work is still needed. (Captured picture of Vivi provided by Chamoo232)

UPDATE:

For those who are still puzzling about how Chamoo232 made her Vivi papercraft. She played FF9 in ePSXe and took some screenshots. Then she just "remodeled" the Vivi using those screenshots as reference material.

Zone of the Enders: Jehuty Part II

2008-11-27T20:39:00.003+01:00

Guess what?
I managed to finish Jehutys texturzz!
What does that mean for you? You'll soon be able to build a never be seen before papercraft.
I ordered a new printer today and I will testbuild this little beauty when my printer arrives.
Dezember will be a good month for PAPERCRAFT! :D

Zone of the Enders: Jehuty

2008-11-26T23:57:00.004+01:00

Wow! A second blogupdate in that short time! UNBELIEVEABLE!
So, what is the meaning of this?!?!
Someone from the Interbutt asked me:"Hey papercraftdude, when will Jehuty be done?"
Well, I finished the 3D model today, but it still need textures, which I have to draw.

Hope he does not charge his LAZORRRR...

Macross M3 VF-14 "Vampire"

2008-11-26T19:49:00.004+01:00

Good news for fans of Macross M3!
I finished the 3D model of the VF-14 "Vampire" and the craft is going into development soon.
It will be released together with the VF-17 and the fixed VF-9. And now some pictures to make your mouth wet. :D

As you can see the VF-14 will be available in the typical white sheme and as Max or Milia version. This thing wasn't easy to do. I had to draw my own 3-Point-View of this thing and there was not many visual information on the internet. Stay tuned :D

Old stuff in dusty spaces

2008-11-19T22:20:00.003+01:00

Lol, I found this one in a dusty folder on my HDD :D

This is Lo Wang from the infamous ego-shooter Shadow Warrior. As you can see, the model is QUALITY work and was created in my early days of 3D modelling. Funny shit :D

VF-4 High poly count

2008-11-11T13:54:00.002+01:00

YO! I found this little baby in a dusty space on my HDD.

I did this one years ago to get a feeling of how the VF-4 looks and for testing purposes in a physics-calculation-tool (to see what parts need to be hardened when I'm going to build this thing 1/12 RC ). If I'm in a good enought mood I will use this to make an even better papercraft of the VF-4.

Macross M3 VF-9 Cutlass revised version

2008-11-09T19:01:00.005+01:00

Ya, what did that crazy dude do there? Bad news for everyone that already has build the Macross M3 VF-9 Cutlass, good news for those who didn't. Well, I managed to get a copy of Kawamoris Macross Design Artbook. When I looked at the pictures of the VF-9 I decided to "fix" that plane because I made some mistakes. For the first version I released years ago on 4chan, I was drawing a 3 view picture of the VF-9 from other pictures I found on the web. But now I got my hands on a nice sheme from kawamori and was able to fix the VF-9. Look for yourselves.

The jetintakes got shortened and the exhaust refitted. The wings got a little smaller and have a new angle from the mainbody. The cockpit is bigger now and the vertical stabilizers were adjusted. The mainbody got thinner and thus more smoother and rounder. I repainted the texture with the same technique that was already used for the VF-17D.

This one still needs unfolding development, but I managed to keep the polycount nearly the same and was able to get rid of some "tricky" parts from the original VF-9. Stay tuned. I thought about retexturing all my old Macross papercrafts to make them look better, but I dunno if I do it or not.

Macross VF-17D Testbuild

2008-11-07T00:59:00.004+01:00

Well, I just finished the testbuild of my VF-17D and it was easy to build (only took me 6 hours). I'll release it soon, when the instructions are done in 2 years :D

SD-SASCHA.DE.VU

2008-11-05T22:37:00.000+01:00

I'm planning on redesigning my website. The Projects tab is going to be deleted and replaced by this blog. And I will design a new structure for the different categories. But I don't have much sparetime left, so this going to take several weeks. I just wanted to warn you. :D

no pictures today :(

VF-17D "TEAL" Version

2008-11-01T00:41:00.000+01:00

I texturized the "WIP" VF-17D.
This time I tried a new method for painting this texture. I managed to paint this one like I would paint a plastic injection kit (with an airbrush, preshading, washing, sealing etc.) to give it a cooler look. Now it only needs development for the papercrafttemplate.

releasedate:"WHEN IT'S DONE!"

Other Projects

2008-10-21T17:42:00.000+02:00

Boing!

I'm working on stuff for future projects.
Lineart for the Hildegarde 3 of Final Fantasy IX (not finished)

Lineart for Altos VF-25F Messiah from Macross Frontier (needs some tweaking)
I'm working on several projects at once just to keep me from canceling the things I promised to do. The only problem is that most projects will take some time before thier release.

WTF?!

2008-10-15T13:46:00.000+02:00

The long unsolved question "what is under Selphies skirt?" has now been answered!
As you can see, pratically nothing spectacular. :D

Papercraft and nice little tools

2008-10-09T17:39:00.000+02:00

Hello!
Currently I'm working on several projects at once. Let me introduce them to you.

Papercraft:

Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - Jehuty

This papercraft still needs some 3D modelling, UVW maps and textures.

Macross 7 - VF-17D "Teal"

3D modelling for this one is done. I just need to do the UVW mapping and the textures.

Macross M3 - VF-14 Vampire

This one still needs some tweaking and 3D modelling before it comes to UVW mapping and texturing.

Macross VF-X II - VA-3 Invader

3D modelling is finished, only UVW mapping and texturing is needed to start actual developing.

This is it for the papercrafting. All those models above need unfolding development, testbuilding and readable instructions after texturing before I'm able to publish them.

Tools:

FF9 Extractor

The FF9 Extractor is able to extract files from the FF9.IMG found on the FF9(PSX) disk. It is also able to extract data from Databasefile found within the FF9.IMG. This thing is still buggy and sometimes hangs up when extracting data from databasfiles (DB0 for those who know what I mean).

FF8/FF9 Multiconverter

Well, this is what the multiconverter will look like if I don't fuck things up. This thing is currently only able to differ between FF8, FF9 and non FF8/9 files. I'm coding object-orientated so that this thing will get an update via units (like plugins) . I test the units with another "dummy-tool", to see if stuff works correctly as planed. I don't know how to implement the 3D Preview, but will think of something when the time comes.
The Multiconverter will be able to:

-read FF8(PC) and FF9(PSX) 3D models
-convert FF8 and FF9 3D models to 3DS and OBJ

All this is only possible with the help of the Qhimm Forums. They did most of the groundbreaking discoverings about Final Fantasy file formats and how the stuff work. Everything I'm going to develop has its roots from thier investigations.

Everything announced here has the release date "When it's done" :D

DEVBLOG STARTED!

2008-10-08T13:57:00.000+02:00

Well, this is going to be my develoment blog to keep you update on my work with papercraft, funny little tools and other stuff.

First news!

Someone from http://www.papercraftmuseum.com/ made a stop and motion animation in how to build my FF7 Cloud papercraft. All credits for this video go to the one that created it.
Have fun!

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=qorwyMa78YE