People will see these, and, maybe they won’t care, would just rather spend the money than do it themselves. And, that’s fine.

I just thought it might be useful to see how easily it can be done using Blender (and perhaps paper modeling software like Pepakura, although Blender does have the Paper Export addon). to create such models.

The Antiprism Ornaments create the equivalent of drums stretched out at the ends.

The other is variations on a theme.

The Blend files have examples as well as step by step instructions.

If there’s better methodology, let me know.

Enjoy.

antiprism_5678_ornaments_blend.blend (463.0 KB)

gem_ornaments_Variation_Tutorial_Blend.blend (456.0 KB)

Online Examples:

MINI ECO Paper Gems: New Templates Hello there! My book finally came out this week! As a little present I am giving you the templates for the paper gems that are shown in the book. They are an improved version of the ‘old‘ gems on my …

These are low hanging fruit which can be done easily by anyone with a little time and effort.

I’m no wizard. There are those far better than I at this.

This isn’t to rain on anyone’s parade, as much as, maybe, to inspire designers to take their designing to the next level. Hopefully.

Anyways, Let me know.