Decided to make a new post for Gurdy. 
Well, I found as much reference material that I can use to pose the Moogle Family, although, I'm still missing Hurdy. The ones I've seen of Hurdy was a simple pose, his hands on his sides and he's looking up.... that's it. It's so plain looking that I'm not inclined to use that pose for a model. So, anyway... I'll prolly pose him from "scratch".. maybe that would be best.
I'm pretty much into cleaning up and posing "The Moogles 6". So far I'm already done with the cleanup work and pose for Nono, which I'm quite pleased how he turned out. That's pretty much as close as I can get to the reference picture that I have. If I do anymore changes, the pieces might end up too small for a 7in model. This is set and ready for unfolding, however, I won't do that yet... I'll finish up every Moogle in the family, and whoever you guys choose, will end up being the next release. I don't want to release everyone in a single batch coz, that's just plain crazy.
Soooo many ideas.... Soooo little time..... Just 2 hands to work with.... geez.... Till next barrage of updates!
I'm supposed to be studying right now, for exams this week.. starting tomorrow actually..... but I can't help myself from posting this new development.
Well, finished everything that needs to be done with Illidan (ie: pose, double sides and template) and I'll start the build this weekend. As for sharing the final product, I'm still undecided. For some reason, this new project of mine has generated far more hate than usual. Something I managed to keep track off by the use of that nifty little Stat Counter I have on the bottom of the page. Recently added that the same day I started this project, and indicated by the number it shows and the number of comments I've received since then.... it seems alot of my "fans" disapprove of my project. 
Too bad I don't have WoW, well simply because my laptop won't be able to handle that game. Warcraft 3 was barely hanging on, so I won't even bother with WoW. Anyway, Illidan won't be the only Warcraft 3 character that I'll pepakurize, it'll all depend on how he turns out then I'll build other characters. As for releasing them, well, I'll think about it. Posing the models won't be too hard, seriously, after dealing with Cloud and Tifa, this is gonna be a piece of cake!
Currently into Phase 2, which is unfolding the model and arranging the template. She'll have lesser pages than Cloud of course so it's gonna be easy (hopefully). Although, once again the fingers may be of a problem for some. But heh, a little bit of patience goes a long way.
Oh yah, and to give you a better idea of what the final product should look like when she's posed beside Cloud, here's a pic of them. Both in Pose A and Pose B arrangement. (Pose A is Cloud holding the Buster Sword over his shoulder, Pose B is Cloud with the Buster Sword on his back)
So anyway, that's it for this update, will continue the unfolding and then will pick up where I left off next weekend, by then I'll prolly start on the build. So Tifa will be yours shortly. (damn... wish weekends should be 5 days long and school days should be 2 days long instead)
Well, as you can see she actually has a MUCH better looking elbow pose than Cloud. I hate to admit it, but hey, at least this new process I'm working with is providing a better result. She's more or less nearing the actual pose that I'm going for, but of course I'll change it a bit to make it more.... hmmm, "girly". Tifa just screams "tomboyish" to me.. still... rawr!
This is where I left off last weekend. You can clearly see me using Tifa's right forearm as a guide to pose the left forearm... yeah I know that's cheating, but that's the best way to actually replicate the process I did on the right arm without messing up too much. 
So, Tifa is definitely going to be standing right next to Cloud, so far I managed to get Tifa's arms to her sides, I just need to replicate the pose she has on the right picture and she'll be ok. I originally wanted to have Tifa in her classic pose, but that won't work if she's standing next to Cloud. Considering I can only work on my projects only on the weekends I would assume this will take me a month or so to finish up. Also hoping that in that time frame I may be able to learn something new that I can incorporate on the final edits on Tifa and future projects.
As for Aerith, she's in the "idea" stage as of now, but judging from the source material I found to pose her from, she may also make it to my build roster. She'll definitely be sitting rather than standing, so that would mean I would need to pose her legs properly, not to mention get her to balance without tipping over.
As for the other models I mentioned, I have yet to find a proper source material to pose them from, so no preview pic will be available till I find one. Hopefully I would find some to choose from, or I could just make a custom pose instead, depends really.
Just about done with the build and so far he looks pretty damn good. Although at this point I'm a bit concerned about who's gonna build him (yeah Kaizo, it just occurred to me just how "holyf***colossal" he is). The fingers and head look scary at first, but was easy to build no problems there at all. It's the final pose that I would release that's actually bugging me. (picture above lacks the head and left hand)
I figured it's best to have an actual comparison of both versions. Went with another classic pose we usually see Cloud in, who's ready to draw his sword. Also, I just remembered that I don't really need to redesign or unfold the model again, I can just import the different arm position into the existing .PDO file that I have... I just trolled myself apparently. So the poll is relatively useless at this point, however, I'm actually interested in which pose y'all would prefer.
After a few minutes of making that edit, I learned something new again! LOL
I've just about started making some real progress with Cloud. To think, 36hrs ago I had no clue whatsoever on how I'm gonna tackle this new project. Cloud was in the default "T" pose, and now he has his left hand clenched into a fist, and both arms are resting on his sides!! It's all thanks to Kaizo and Ninjatoes for providing me tips on how to pose Cloud in 3DS that I've gotten this far. Thanks alot guys!!!!
Looks like I'm on a roll with this one. I'm still undecided on the actual pose... but this one... seems... rather familiar.... like I've seen this pose before. I just hope that all this posing and stuff would be feasible once he gets unfolded.... IF he's possible to be pepakurized, that is....
Well, I've done what I can possibly do ATM with Cloud. Unfortunately, my complete lack of experience in dealing with such HIGH poly models such as this has made me realize I was aiming waaay beyond my own skills (Also coz Kaizo was kind enough to tell me that the model can't be built as it is). Sure it was fun to actually learn from 2 of the BEST paper crafters out there, but I still have a crapload to learn. I'll re-visit this model from time to time, whenever I learn something new, but for now, Cloud is on indefinite hold. Unless someone out there manages to work with KH2 Cloud.....
As you can see, LeBlanc is nearly done. I worked on the layout over the weekend. I cleaned up most of the clutter from the previous WIP screen shot. If you noticed, I even integrated Kaizo's trademark style.
I'm really starting to enjoy working on my own projects than building a model that someone else pepakurized. It's a lot more gratifying than usual. It adds another layer of excitement, from extracting the model till laying out the pieces, then finally building the model. Not to mention the fact that you actually get to see a model that you want to get pepakurized.
Ok, I've done what I can to make the hair as easy as possible, but there's still much "work" for me to do, thats just a few of the spikes I was able to fix till now. Do remember I'm building this for myself, I'm just sharing her with everyone else. I'm not aware of the skill level of whoever wants to build LeBlanc, so don't complain if it's too hard, if ever you do decide to build her.
Shown above is the HP Photosmart All-In-One C6180 printer that I've been using for a couple of months now. Recently ran out of yellow ink after my last papercraft build, Kurt Zisa. 
I still have alot of ink left to test build LeBlanc, without textures, and with using just the black ink. But nooooo, my HP printer does not give a damn, even if I want to print in grayscale. 
What was HP thinking when they added that feature?! The product prints well, the colors are crisp and vivid but this feature ruins it all. I mean, sure it's prolly my fault for not having some spare ink on hand for such occasions, but still... I want to print using ONLY the black ink, so what gives HP?!
