"How is it? It's nice here, isn't it? It's called Qingyi Lane. It's actually an antique building modeled in the 1990s. I was introduced to it by a senior I met in the club. It's very low-key here. Generally, the locals are not people in the circle.
I don’t know much.”
As he walked, he introduced Gao Jingfei:
"Although it looks like they are just antiques, they are more flavorful than those on Chenghuang Temple Street, and the shops on this street each have their own characteristics. The natural paper and bamboo reinforcement materials we are looking for are not easy to find outside for a while, so today we
It’s about to land here.”
Naturally, Gao Jingkun could only nod his head and didn't know what to say, because looking at the dazzling array of shops and display windows on both sides of the alley, his eyes were a little tired.
Under the familiar guidance of Guo Shihu, the two of them soon came to a store specializing in the four treasures of the study. They watched the clerk or waiter dressed in green clothes and a small hat receive them. Every word he spoke was the same as the vernacular in a novel. Gao Jingfei
It also has the illusion of traveling through time and space.
After Guo Shihu chatted with the waiter for a few words, he saw the waiter shaking his head helplessly.
Guo Shihu could only say goodbye and took Gao Jingfei to leave the store.
After leaving this antique shop, Gao Jingfei asked:
"Brother Hu, why don't we sell paper here?"
Guo Shihu said:
"Yes, there is, but the rice paper here is all used for calligraphy and painting. I feel it is a bit too fragile to make paper figures."
In fact, although the rice paper used to make paper figures is of low quality, it can also be refined and shaped. However, since Guo Shihuang has higher requirements, Gao Jingfei, who is not familiar with this place, can only do what he wants.
Fortunately, Guo Shihu quickly found a substitute for paper in a shop that sold ancient artworks such as paper kites, lanterns, folding fans and oil-paper umbrellas.
And because these things are all bamboo products, this store not only sells paper, but also various bamboo materials.
"Okay, now the paper and bamboo tendons are all gone..."
Guo Shihu smiled happily and asked the store clerk to help him select some polished bamboo strips of several sizes, as well as the tough white bamboo paper and mulberry paper specially made in their store for papering kites, because kites need to withstand wind force, and this store
It also specializes in signs made by hand using natural and ancient methods, so these bamboo papers and mulberry papers are stronger and tougher than ordinary paper, making them excellent materials for making paper figures.
Then Guo Shihu bought some sundries such as paints, all of which were antique goods made of natural ingredients.
Gao Jingfei was also very happy that the trip was worthwhile, but it was the trip that cost him thousands of dollars that made him somehow open his mouth to Guo Shihu. Looking at his embarrassed look, Guo Shihu waved his hand and said:
"Don't worry about this small amount of money. If you become a psychic paper man, just give me two to play with."
Paper figurines are not something that can be used once they are made. They require time and effort to be refined before they can be shaped.
Gao Jingfei stopped worrying about this issue, and the two happily took a pile of materials and called a taxi back to the police dormitory.
When he arrived at the apartment, Gao Jingfei finally saw what it means to be an artist and a craftsman. He saw that Mr. Guo Shihu had made a pencil draft on the drawing paper. He had a specific image structure in his mind, and then he skillfully picked up some bamboo strips of different thicknesses.
Start compiling quickly.
It was just like the old man weaving baskets that Gao Jingfei had seen in the village, but Guo Shihu's technique was more subtle. In less than half an hour, a human-shaped frame composed of a bamboo skeleton grid appeared in front of Gao Jingfei's eyes.
Gao Jingfei exclaimed:
"Brother Hu, your craftsmanship, tsk tsk, you can support a whole family even if you perform on the overpass!"
Regarding Gao Jingfei's inappropriate description, Guo Shihu gave the boy a roll of his eyes, but he understood that the boy was praising him, so he himself was very proud of it.
This is the only person besides those classmates in school and clubs who share the same interests, who does not criticize me for playing with things, but praises myself for my existence.
After all, in the eyes of his parents and elder brother, his craft is not a serious profession.
Guo Shihu couldn't help but sigh at this. His elder brother was better off. After all, young people had different ideas. However, his parents came from a scholarly intellectual family, and the two-dimensional industries such as the production of hand-made models had always been regarded as unseemly playthings.
He didn't want to give up his graduate studies and the promising future of Jinling University's architecture department. He even scorned the idea of opening a model studio of his own, and almost had a falling out. This was the biggest reason why he left home and hid.
Therefore, he felt very pleased with Gao Jingfei's praise.
The skeleton has been set up, and this bamboo-woven human figure now has all four limbs and five senses. You can even see the outline of the clothes and armor. Moreover, the armor was specially made into a detachable version by Guo Shihu, and it only needed to be pasted on paper and colored.
It is a real paper man.
Next, Guo Shihuo started to cut the paper where he moved swiftly, and then used natural glutinous rice glue to paste on the frame. The inner and skin were made of light but strong white bamboo paper, and the armor and outer clothing were made of thicker and tougher mulberry paper.
Even the coloring is done with natural dyes bought in a shop in Qingyi Lane, and the skin texture and even the chest and abdominal muscles are painted out.
After that, Guo Shihu also carefully pasted gold foil on the armor. This is real gold foil, not the fake gold and silver ingots made in factories on the market and burned to ancestors.
In fact, gold foil is not expensive on average, because the thickness of gold foil is extremely thin, and one gram of gold can spread over a large area. Buying a dozen is not as expensive as you think, and you can't even use up one doll.
After the final gold foil was applied, what appeared in front of Gao Jingfei's eyes was an exquisite doll about 30 centimeters, or twelve inches.
Because the most common figures or soldiers are 1:6 in size, which is 12 inches in imperial size, Guo Shihu habitually made this paper figure to this size, which is almost the same as the one foot height that Gao Jingfei previously required.
You can see that this paper man or paper-made model is covered in golden armor, with golden spikes on the shoulders, elbows and knee joints, and two huge golden horns on the helmet. Isn't it from the Saint Seiya series of comics?
The image of Taurus Arudiba, one of the Twelve Golden Saints.
The whole paper figure is so lifelike, as if it were a character from a comic strip.
There are also Saint Seiya comics and animations in this world. Gao Jingfei was still younger. When his eldest brother and Guo Shihong were in their early thirties and a few years older than them, when they were young, that was the era when Saint Seiya cartoons became popular.
Just like him in the parallel world, people of their age are extremely impressed by this passionate cartoon. It is far more popular than educational and entertaining cartoons such as Black Cat Sheriff and Smart Ikkyu. There are even
In order to relive his childhood dream, a rich man spent a lot of money to customize a full-metal life-size ornament of the Twelve Saints. It can no longer be called a figure, but can be said to be a statue!
Gao Jingfei was a little moved when he saw it and said:
"Brother Hu, I just need a few paper figures for an experiment. How can you make Aludiba?"
Although this golden buffalo has always been at the bottom among the twelve golden saints, it still does not affect Gao Jingfei's admiration for this paper man.
Guo Shihu said proudly:
"What? Don't you like it? How can I show my ability if I simply make a paper figurine? I'm going to make a set of twelve golden saints for you. When the time comes, you can make a psychic paper figurine.
Isn’t it more majestic than ordinary paper figures?”
Gao Jingfei became even more excited when he heard this, and he cheered:
"Of course I like it. I like it very much. Brother Hu, you are so great!"
Then he thought again:
"I have the Twelve Golden Saints, so I will make some paper figurines for you. Do you want the Golden Saints too?"
Guo Shihu smiled and said:
"I won't do the same thing as you. I'll design a few new ones that I like!"
Judging from the way he smiles, he must have a goal in mind.
Gao Jingfei couldn't help but think, is this brother trying to get Gundam out?