Category: Grumm

When I started to create Grumm I wanted it to be a one piece (one A4) papermodel which is “easy” to build.
And because it is a “easy” model, it’s also easy to create a skin for it.

The next plan was to create extensions for Grumm.
These extensions could be more difficult, but would improve Grumm.

A extension is an addition (extends) to the main papermodel

The comments about Grumm at toydigger forum confirm that.

So here a little update about this extension project:

• Grumm “Nuts & Bolts” head
• Grumm Wrench and hands
• Grumm shoe

And the examples are glued to a basic Grumm body and legs.

I’ve asked a couple of friends and colleague to design a skin for Grumm.

The first to finish a skin is Symen Veenstra aka Enkeling and he called it: Grummeling

And Grummeling from all angles:

A quick test I made for Grumm.

It’s done on the stationery paper from the company I work for.

So for lack of a better name, lets call it: Grumm Fabrique
And look at him from all angles:

I’ve finished my first skin for Grumm.

I call it: Grumm the Screamer – Red
And look at him from all angles:

I finished the Grumm printsheet version 3:

I’ve tested this printsheet a couple of times and is as good as I can make it right now
And now you will probably ask: “where is the .PDF?”
Well …I first want too make a “skin” for Grumm before all of my “friends” start building one.
But I have asked the friendly people of Frutabomba too create a custom Grumm.

So too collect all the stuff I did these couple of weeks:
The mugshots of the prototype:

The Grumm logo:

And the print sheets:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

I found my digital camera, the batteries are full and I have some daylight:

So some pictures of the 3 stages of prototyping:

Grumm the first prototype:

The second prototype:

The third prototype :

I modified the print page again, but it’s more an exercise in beauty then major ajustments.

So the bigger part of today I spend on designing a logo for Grumm:

First version:

And after some tips from Symen:

So time to go to bed, and tomorrow is my birthday (well it’s 2 o’clock, it’s already my birthday)

From Grumm print v02 I noticed that it is quite small to build! It’s economical to print on one piece of A4-paper, but not very practical.
So I translate the one piece of A4-paper version to a two piece of A4-paper print.

But I haven’t got much time today: so I printed the plans I made yesterday (Creating papercraft: Grumm – part3).

And build this somewhat bigger version of Grimm:

(let’s find that digital camera!)

update:

Because the name “dude2006” was a working title, I wanted something more fitting for the design.
And where do you go to when you want a cool name: Symen Veenstra! And he came back with: Grumm.

In the prototype I made in Creating papercraft: Grumm – part2 I made some adjustments:

• legs were to “fat”
• waist to big (no room for hands)
• change in the angle of the glue tabs (they have to be 45 degree)
• some instructions on the glue tabs (names and connection numbers)

Check Grumm papercraft version 2: