Paper crafts can be used as references to do props with other materials too. Some also use photo paper and laminate them by heat, thus preventing the printed side from color wearing out, beyond the improved realistic effect on certain kinds of models (ships, cars, buses, trains, etc.). Some enthusiasts also use papercrafts or perdurable to do life-sized props starting by making the craft, covering it with resin and painting them. Due to the nature of the paper medium, the model may be sealed with varnish or filled with spray foam to last longer. Some enthusiasts may enhance the model by painting and detailing. In this kind of modeling, the sections are usually pre-painted, so there is no need to paint the model after completion. The parts are usually glued together with polyvinyl acetate glue ('white glue', 'PVA'). More frequently the printed parts must be cut out. Sometimes the model pieces can be punched out. Papercraft is the art of combining these model types to build complex creations such as wearable suits of armor, life-size characters, and accurate weapon models. These pieces would be cut out, folded, scored, and glued together. Card modeling is making scale models from sheets of cardstock on which the parts were printed, usually in full color. Origami is the process of making a paper model by folding a single piece of paper without using glue or cutting while the variation kirigami does. This may be considered a broad category that contains origami and card modeling.

7.1 Specialist software for creating paper models.

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