carbon head mask

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Comment by Harold on October 15, 2008 at 5:37am

okay...everyone? how can we get this model's template? come on CAF3N share this sick toys to everyone!

Comment by CAF3N CANC3R on July 3, 2008 at 9:50pm

thanks guys! "we build our papertoys 4 the love of arts"no hard feelings.we are all family of nice paper toys.peace! :)

Comment by Dr.Shazam on July 3, 2008 at 9:13pm

Good comments--I get the impression that this PaperToy network is a place to build up the hobby, elevate the art form, and foster a creative network. I think most of us hear learn by experimenting, like MCK says above, sometimes with the same familiar shapes, themes, and influences.

There's good work coming out of NPT, and I think those interested in the craft are trying to look out for each other--partly because we do this mostly for free, and credit for skill, creativity, innovation, and originality are the big payoffs. Not $$$. So, we look out for each other, and give credit to our influences.

Sometimes, the line may blur, and when we're aware of it, we should let people know where the origins of the work are...my opinion.

Brunei--regardless of the source material, which is certainly cool, you have shown a lot of skill in making it with paper!

Comment by Matthijs Kamstra aka [mck] on July 3, 2008 at 3:08pm

First I want to apologize to Brunei (CAF3N CANC3R) and NiceBunny.

Perhaps I should have been more subtle in my earlier comment! I really don't want to make our papertoy network a place where old geezers (like me) put down the new/young/upcoming papertoy creators.
This should be a place where everybody can show their new models, created by themself or inspired by others. And nobody should be afraid to do that (show their creations here, experiments or build a model based upon a vinyl).

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." — Charles Caleb Colton

I have learned graffiti by copying (and modifying) characters from "Subway Art" by Martha Cooper and developed my own style that way. I see nothing wrong with it. If you can learn from the great you would be stupid not to do so: this way you can learn from the mistakes someone else already made and that way start creating at a higher level much faster.
But be honest about it (that's the beauty of the blank templates: you can study the model by creating a skin for it).

When I saw the Brian from Brunei (CAF3N CANC3R) I immediately recognized the name and model by Michael Lau (btw: Shin Tanaka also started with a model of Michael Lau). Because the early models of Brunei, I didn't comment on it: he is experimenting with different shapes, models and parts. I could have advised Brunei to mention that it's an imitation of a model by Michael Lau, but I didn't.
But after a while people started to comment on the pictures, and I got the impression that people didn't know that it was an imitation. That's the only thing I wanted to let people know.

Now I realize that I could have done that more subtle, and so my apologies to Brunei (CAF3N CANC3R).
I love the Hellboy Grumm you made (and hope you will make a template for it) and I had to look at a couple of pictures to figure out I wasn't looking at the real deal, but a paper version of it. It's done very skill-full, and I think your friend will love it!.

Comment by Castleforte on July 3, 2008 at 10:51am

Hey guys, I don't think that Brunei (CAF3N CANC3R) was trying to fool anyone, I just think he didn't think about the importance of mentioning it. But I think he understands better now. And now that that's out of the way, let's give this kid some props, because his paper version is pretty sick!

Comment by Dr.Shazam on July 3, 2008 at 5:35am

This is tough! Hope we see more of this model!

Comment by Abz on July 3, 2008 at 2:42am

OMG! Awesome job.

Comment by Matt Hawkins on July 2, 2008 at 8:20pm

Way to be! This is killer.

Comment by Harlancore on July 2, 2008 at 6:45pm

very crazy, I love it

Comment by Castleforte on July 2, 2008 at 12:40pm

HAHA! SICK!