Nice little funny item!
Thanks a lot for the link!
I love the cow silhouette. Very funny. Should be a nice simple build.
And I may even build it for a friend I know.
Now, despite acknowledging this is a cute interesting kit.....
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Originally Posted by airdave
What is it with "designers" who can't make round circles?
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Designing cylinders, cones and truncated cones is quite easy even by hand.
Even old, vintage paper kits have round complex shapes designed by hand.
So I'm also one of those who don't understand why designers who use computers
and software only rely on Pepakura's polygonal surfaces for such simple shapes.
Actually I hate that approach. Not only makes the final design look "toyish",
but it also adds lots and lots of unnecessary fold lines and cutting time.
But...
I can think that the reason for leaving the cones and round shapes
as polygonal developments is that the kits offered in that website
are aimed to a wider audience that may not have experience in building paper models.
In fact, their statement in the front page is:
"We are offering a paper craft which is easy to assemble even for beginners, with satisfactory design."
Many of the kits from there have the same design characteristic.
All polygonal, lack of real curved cuts.
This may well be the very first paper model for somebody.
In which case, a more precise development of cones would be problematic
if the person doesn't have experience cutting and building them.
So, to avoid frustration, get more interest, and help the novice or young builder,
the use of only-straight-cuts-in-all-the-parts is a good approach.
Not the one I particularly like. And not one would use myself.
But probably one I would consider specifically for children and starting builders.
Curiously, the cone of the yellow light lifting the cow is a properly
developed cone with curved lines. Not "a pepakura cone".
So yes, they can (and do) design circular and conic shapes properly too.