Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Marvel Papercraft - Spider-Man Mask

I got to looking at the Kaonashi Mask papercraft I did back in January and it occurred to me that the shape of the mask was pretty close to the shape of Spider-Man's mask. As an experiment, I re-colored the Kaonashi template. I was pleased with the...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Papercraft Video Game Skulls

What these two unrelated skull papercraft have is common is that they were both ripped from video games. On the left is a golden skull treasure reward from Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation. On the right is a skull that appears in a treasure chest...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

Nokhook Eve Papertoy

In 2008, Nokhookdesign hand-screen T-shirt shop in Thailand sponsored the "Nokhook Paper Toy Project" in which a blank template was issued along with a call for original papertoy designs. This papertoy is one of the many designs that resulted. Based...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

LOTR Papercraft - Uruk-hai Sword

In the epic Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, the weapon of choice of the fierce Uruk-hai orcs is a wide bladed scimitar. In this film clip, several examples of the sword can be seen...This miniature papercraft version of the orc blade has only four...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Sci Fi Corridor Paper Model

When comic artist Matt Brooker couldn't find an appropriate backdrop for photographing his collection of miniature Doctor Who Dalek toys, he created this modular Sci Fi corridor system out of cardstock. The possibilities of Brooker's system are endless....
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Alfred E. Neuman Paper Mask

Alfred E. Neuman is the iconic fictional mascot of the long running American satirical magazine, Mad. Since he was first seen on the front of Mad in the mid 1950's, Alfred has appeared on all but a handful of covers invariably accompanied by the printed...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Prehistoric Trilobite Papercraft

While it may look like some kind of science fiction cockroach, this papercraft is of an actual animal that lived on Earth millions of years ago. Trilobites were a group of marine animals that according to scientists became extinct around 250 million...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Tron Recognizer Papercraft

In the 1982 movie Tron ominous hovering vehicles called "recognizers" are used by the army of the villainous Master Control Program to capture programs and guard the game grid. The designer of this papercraft has attempted an accurate recreation of...
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Marvel Papercraft - Eye of Agamotto

In the Marvel Comics universe perhaps no hero wields greater magical powers than Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme. Doctor Strange possesses numerous magical artifacts which he uses to amplify his power, but there are only two he keeps on his person...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Business Card Polyhedra

This model by Harrison Ainsworth is one in a series of five glueless constructions of the Platonic solids built using standard business cards. Detailed instructions for building each of the five models may be found at Harrison's website here. The pictured...
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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Walking MechWarrior Automata

Here is one of the best paper automata I have come across in ages. The creator of the automata, J. Hodgie of Ontario, Canada, claims that this is his first attempt at paper automation, but he has done an excellent job. The model is specifically the...
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

1915 Automobile Papercraft

Before I built this car, the oldest papercraft template I had done was a 1934 Eiffel Tower. This template however dates back to 1915 and is scanned from an old McCall's Magazine of that year. I am not sure if this car is supposed represent a specific...
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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Bobblehead Robot Dog Paper Toy

This cute paper toy is the 2008 creation of Shirley-Ann (a.k.a Missy) at the UK website missweblash.com. Missy has two bobblehead robot dogs available for download, this one titled "Rusty Dogbot" and a silver colored version titled "Stoopid Jazbot"....
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Friday, April 3, 2009

Star Wars Paper Mask Jackpot

Starwars.com has a total of 32 different paper masks available for download! The masks are offered in three separate collections. The Anakin Skywalker and General Grievous masks pictured above are part of a collection of 17 Episode III masks created...
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Thursday, April 2, 2009

A Note About Browsing Tektonten Papercraft

I think most people know this already, but for those of you who don't... In an effort to make Tektonten Papercraft load as quickly as possible I have set seven as the maximum number of posts that display per page. This applies as well to the "List of...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Looney Tunes Martian Maggot Papercraft

The personal spaceship of the Looney Tunes character Marvin Martian was first introduced in the 1953 animated short Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century. In the cartoon, Marvin lands his ship, the Martian Maggot, on Planet X to claim its "Illudium Phosdex"...
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