Sunday, March 29, 2009

National Treasure Papercraft - Masonic Medallion

This is my papercraft rendition of a Masonic medallion that appears in the 2004 Disney movie, National Treasure. In the movie, American treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates follows a series of cryptic clues to find an ancient treasure whose history...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

Mr. Bean's Mini Papercraft

Mr. Bean was a British Comedy television series popular in the early 90's. The show was characterized by oddball, slapstick humor which sometimes involved Mr. Bean's car, a 1977 Mark IV Mini. The Mark IV Mini should not be confused with the larger "New...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

House of Chtulhu Papertoy

The last instruction on the template for this "House of Cthulhu" papertoy reads "Open the door a crack and stand back!" Designed by Jeffery Dixon to appear as if the mighty Cthulhu has squeezed himself into a tiny shack, building this toy was good creepy...
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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Retro Papercraft Batman Mask

Illustrator Katie Cook has created a papercraft mask that hearkens back to the Silver Age of Comic Books. The template for this 1960's style Batman cowl is one piece, one page and may be downloaded here. Katie is a talented artist who, among other things,...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Marvel Papercraft - Blink's Quiver

I have been a fan of the Marvel Comics superhero Blink since she first appeared in X-Men Alpha in 1995. Blink has the ability to create teleportation portals. She can also channel her teleportation energy into small javelins which when thrown at a target...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

Business Card Origami - Orb Unit

I haven't come across too many origami pieces that make use of curves, so I found this "orb unit" very interesting. This piece was constructed using four business cards that are creased with partial circles and then locked together. If you would like...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Micro Mini Cooper Papercraft

Last week at my place of work someone was building an 1:96 scale architectural model for a client. It was mentioned to me that it would be nice to have a model car to go with the building to give it a sense of scale. I was happy to oblige by making...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Paper Cthulhu Mask

If you ever need a quick Chthulhu mask, :) this may be just the thing for you. Print, cut out, and you are ready to go. The ever popular Chthulhu is a horrific cosmic being originally created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. This particular mask was created...
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Sunday, March 8, 2009

A Rommy Birthday

It has become something of a tradition at our house to make papercraft decorations for birthdays. This weekend we celebrated my wife's birthday and I decorated with a Rommy bunny paper toy. The Rommy series of paper toys are the creation of Japanese...
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Friday, March 6, 2009

Volkswagen Papercraft - New Beetle

VW Beetle Series, Part 7This is the last installment in the seven part series on Volkswagen Beetles. All the previous Beetle photos I posted were of my own builds, but these photos came from the designer's website. To be honest, after building six other...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Arcane Cube Papercrafts

Here are two identically sized (but unrelated) cube papercrafts. What these cubes have in common is that they are models of boxes with magical properties. On the left is a papercraft of the "Lament Configuration" from the Hellraiser movie series. The...
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Monday, March 2, 2009

Single Page Paper Dice Tower

When playing board games where rolling more than two dice is required, a dice tower comes in handy to keep the dice from ending up on the floor or scattering the game setup. In 2008 designer Russell Howell created a dice tower that can be printed on...
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