Platonic Solid Lanterns Papercraft

These geometric Christmas light covers are the work of the "playful.geometer" at Flickr. The five different covers are based on the five shapes of the Platonic Solids. The lovely patterns on each of the solids are "kaleidoscoped" fractal images. I like the paper lantern effect these have when they are lit up. Templates for each of the five are available here and here. If you are interested in creating your own decorative patterns, a educational math website has some blank Platonic Solid templates available here.

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Frankenstein Monster Paper Toy

Here's a Frankenstein monster paper toy by a German comic artist that likes to go by just "George". The title of this paper toy is "Hippenstein's Monster" presumably because of the "hip" clothes he is wearing. :) The one page, six part template for the monster may be downloaded here.

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MechWarrior 4 Zeus Papercraft

Here's another 1:40 scale MechWarrior 4 paper model by Shiftdel at the Mech3.org forum. This particular model is of the Zeus, known in the MechWarrior world for it's excellent long range sniper capabilities. A download of the template (Pepakura PDO format only) is available here. The original model comes in a snow camouflage color scheme, but MechWarrior fan, CMOSturm, has created twelve additional skins for the model, one of which is shown on the right. Sturm's skins are available here.

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MechWarrior 4 Vulture

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Colonel Sanders Paper Toy

Of the two paper toys of KFC founder Colonel Sanders circulating on the Internet, this one is my favorite. I think maybe it's the bucket of fried chicken in the Colonel's hand in this one that wins me over. ^^ This paper toy was created by the folks at didactoteca.com and may be downloaded here by clicking on the photo of the template. For the curious, the other Colonel Sanders paper toy mentioned is one of the many paper toys offered at the toy-a-day blog which is located here.

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Architecture Papercraft: 48 German Village Buildings

These three papercraft buildings are but a sampling of forty eight different free printable models offered online by a primary school located in the German state of Saxony. The school uses these models during the holiday season to create a miniature Christmas village. Each of the models is of a building that actually existed (or perhaps currently exists) in the town where the school is located. According to the school's website the scale of these model buildings are appropriate for use with N and Z scale model railroads. The papercraft templates may be downloaded here.

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Darkstalkers Papercraft: Felicia Coin Bank

In the Capcom video game, Darkstalkers, the character Felicia is a werecat. This sweet looking papercraft coin bank by artist Katy Hargrove is shaped to look like Felicia in her cat form. The coin bank was created for a Darkstalkers tribute book, but Katy was gracious enough to post the Felicia template on her blog here so that buyers of the tribute would not need to cut up their book to build the papercraft.

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Perry Rhodan Papercraft: DZ Battle Light Starship

In the ongoing Perry Rhodan science fiction book series, Battle Lights are battle spaceships made of a charged form of energy. The Battle Lights appear much like a symmetrical polished ruby with a glowing ring of red light around the middle. Each of the three pages of the template for this papercraft Battle Light were originally offered as inserts in Perry Rhodan volumes 2514 through 2516. Perry-Rhodan.net has conveniently gathered the inserts into a single PDF file which may be downloaded here. Instructions for the model are available here.

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