Saturday, September 10, 2011

Rozen Maiden Papercraft: Chibi Souseiseki

The storyline of the Rozen Maiden anime involves living dolls who fight one another in the "Alice Game". This papercraft is a chibi version of the fourth Rozen Maiden doll, Souseiseki. Souseiseki fights with a pair of scissors and has the power to enter...
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Relakkuma Mario Bros Tribute Papercraft

Relakkuma (Relax Bear) and his bud Kiiroitori get another papercraft makeover. This time they are dressed as Mario Bros. characters! These cute papercraft models are the work of deviantART member Ikarusmedia. The templates for the models are posted here....
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Monday, September 5, 2011

Full Scale Papercraft Mega Man X Helmet

To date, the Capcom character Mega Man (a.k.a "Rockman") has eleven different video games that bear his name. This full size, wearable paper model is of Mega Man's helmet as it appears in Mega Man X. The model was created by Zorn Taov and his template...
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Friday, September 2, 2011

Paper Models of Russian Vehicles

This jackpot of papercraft Russian cars is the work of Vlad Tarnavsky. Vlad's collection includes ordinary cars of all types as well as vans, trucks, police cars, ambulances, and race cars. Over forty different 1:32 scale car templates are available...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Stitch's Ray Gun Papercraft

The Disney character Stitch (from the 2002 animated movie Lilo & Stitch) appears in the Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep video game for PSP. Also called "Experiment 626", Stitch sometimes makes use of a ray gun. This paper model of Stitch's ray gun...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Super Kaiju Hero Force Paper Toy: Democules

Super Kaiju Hero Force is an original comic book series created specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch by Crispy Comics. The series follows the adventures of three fanboys who transform into giant monsters like those seen in Godzilla movies. This...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

MechWarrior 4 Arctic Wolf Papercraft

Here's another fine mech papercraft from the folks at the Mech3.org forum. This time it is an Arctic Wolf from the MechWarrior 4 video game. According to the Battletech Wiki, the Arctic Wolf is "fast medium mech designed to close quickly and unleash...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Cubecat Paper Toy

This boxy cat papercraft is just the thing when you have the urge to build something out of paper but aren't in the mood for anything overly complex. This one piece paper toy is offered by the Goldenrusset blog and may be downloaded here....
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Masonic Pop-Up

This paper pop-up with authentic Masonic symbols was created by Guy Spivey, a member of a Scottish Rite lodge in North Carolina. Spivey intended the pop-up to be a 3D "Trestle-Board". A Trestle-Board is a board mounted on a trestle (easel) on which architects...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Official Ben 10 Papercraft

These two items are the first official Ben 10 papercraft from Cartoon Network I have come across. The first item is a papercraft omnitrix watch which includes ten different medallions that can be attached to the face. The second item is a paper toy of...
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

KH2 Papercraft: Beast's Castle Treasure Chest

Here is treasure chest papercraft number seven in my ongoing series of Kingdom Hearts 2 treasure chests. This chest can be found in the Beast's Castle area of the the video game. The Beast's Castle area is based on the 1991 Disney movie, Beauty and the...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Space 1999 Papercraft: Eagle Transporter

Over the years, I have seen several different papercraft templates for the Eagle Transporter spacecraft from Space: 1999. However, most of these paper models were very detailed and thus pretty difficult to build. Finally, with the release of this papercraft...
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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Michael Jackson Thriller Zombie Head Paper Toy

Who can forget Michael Jackson's zombie makeup from his Thriller music video? This paper toy of MJ's head was created by the author of the Toca do Caveira website using his blank "cranio freak" paper toy template. Both the blank skull template and the...
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

2.5D Velociraptor Paper Model

Paper models show up in the oddest of places! This 2.5D velociraptor papercraft is a free download at the Spanish language paleontology illustration blog "Las conicas de Pabluratops". The velociraptor (or "raptor" for short) depicted by the paper model...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Star Wars Papercraft: Jango Fett

Jango Fett plays an important role in the Star War universe. He is the genetic father of both the Clone Troopers and the bounty hunter Boba Fett. Above are photos of an excellent papercraft model of Jango. The template for the model was created by Nightcrawler...
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Monday, August 8, 2011

Miniature Papercraft Ukulele

Actual ukuleles are small enough, but this papercraft ukulele is really small. Ukuleles are a Hawaiian invention based on small Portuguese guitars brought to the islands by immigrants. This paper model is the creation of Courts Carter and the template...
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Friday, August 5, 2011

Plunk Paper Toy

Plunk is a Belgian comic series which began in the late 1980's. The central character in the series is a little pink alien from the planet Smurk. This paper toy Plunk was originally offered by the weekly Belgian comics magazine, Spirou. A copy of the...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Crypt Worm Minature Gaming Papercraft

One Monk Miniatures has revamped their miniature gaming website and are now offering some free paper models that were not previously available. Most notable among the new offerings is this purple "crypt worm" model. This giant graveyard dwelling worm...
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Monday, August 1, 2011

Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Eye Papercraft

On a whim, I took my Eye of Agamotto paper model and made some modifications to create this Millennium Eye papercraft. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe, the Millennium Eye is one of seven Millennium artifacts that give their bearers special powers. Among other...
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Friday, July 29, 2011

Supreme Commander 2 Papercraft Robots

The real-time strategy video game Supreme Commander 2 was released by Square Enix in 2010. Part of the marketing for the game was the release of paper models of several of the armored command unit robots seen in the game. In addition to the three robots...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Rat Chef Origami

Here is a delightful origami piece by Nguyen Hung Cuong which he calls "Rat Chef" (an homage to Disney Pixar's Ratatouille perhaps? ^^). The rat, the chef hat and the spoon were each folded from separate piece of paper. The folding pattern for the rat...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

KU EcoHawk VW Beetle Papercraft

At the University of Kansas (my alma mater!), the School of Engineering has an ongoing design project to create sustainable approaches to automobiles. One of the first successes of the project involved converting a 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle into a...
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Papercraft: Pit

I don't have much information on this papercraft of the character Pit from Nintendo's Kid Icarus series of video games. What I do know is that the template for the paper model was created by former DeviantART member Sora243 in 2008. The model may have...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

KH2 Papercraft: Land of Dragons (Mulan) Treasure Chest

This month's offering in my ongoing Kingdom Hearts 2 treasure chest series is from the Land of Dragons area of the video game. Land of Dragons is based on the 1998 Disney movie, Mulan which tells the tale of a girl in ancient China who disguises herself...
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Digimon Papercraft: Jyarimon

POdragon (aka Jyxxie) has a new Digimon papercraft site up and running! The first release for the "Papermon" website is a Jyarimon paper model. Jyarimon is a newly hatched digimon who eventually evolves in to Guilmon. The template for this papercraft...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Star Wars Papercraft: Radiant VII Starship

Here is another Star Wars papercraft from Goozi. This paper model is the Radiant VII, a Consular-class cruiser that appears at the beginning of Star Wars Episode I. According to the Star Wars wiki, Consulars in diplomatic service are painted red to declare...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

Calvin and Hobbes Papercraft Diorama

Even though the comic strip ended in 1995, Calvin and Hobbes still holds a fond place in the hearts of many (including myself ^^). This simple papercraft diorama by Dave Delisle depicts the boy Calvin (right) encountering his tiger friend Hobbes (left)...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

July 2011 Build Photos

I have been receiving some great build photos lately! On the left is a photo of John George who built my Death Eater Mask #3 to wear to the opening of the final Harry Potter movie (kinda reminds me of Doctor Doom ^^). On the right is a build of my Sam's...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Papercraft Gnome

This cute gnome papercraft was created by two young brothers, Kai and Dakota, who are only 11 and 12 years old! The word "gnome" is thought to be derived from the Greek word for "earth dweller" and the term first appeared in the writings of the Renaissance...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Da Vinci Tank Paper Model

From RocketmanTan, the creator of this da Vinci tank papercraft:"...da Vinci was a great inventor, drawing up plans for contraptions hundreds of years ahead of his time. One of these inventions was his moving gun platform (affectionately called the...
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Winnie the Pooh Hunny Pot Papercraft

When I first started working on this papercraft of Pooh Bear's hunny pot, I had no idea that a new Winnie the Pooh movie was being released by Disney, but I am happy to be able to offer this model the same week as the opening of the movie in the US....
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Friday, July 8, 2011

Heavy Metal Relax Bear Papercraft

Popular Japanese characters Relakkuma (Relax Bear) and Kiiroitori are given a Heavy Metal music makeover by Ikarusmedia. The papercraft template even includes a Les Paul guitar! Look for the download link for the PDF file in the upper right corner of...
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LOTR Papercraft: Ringwraiths (Nazgul)

Not finding enough Lord of the Rings papercraft on the Internet to suit him, Andre Correa decided to create some of his own. The result was this Ringwraith papercraft. In the LOTR trilogy, the Ringwraiths (or Nazgul) are powerful servants of the evil...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Yu-Gi-Oh Papercraft: Marik Cubee

One of the foremost adversaries in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series, Marik Ishtar is the possessor of the Millennium Rod. According to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki, the Millennium Rod "grants the holder the power of bending wills of others through mind control and also...
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Monday, July 4, 2011

TMNT Paper Toys

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles began as a black and white comic book in 1984 and the rest, as they say, is history. Graphic designer Armadilloboy has created a set of lovable TMNT paper toys. Each of the four toys comes with it's own pizza (which...
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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Papercraft Green Lantern Rings of Power

In the DC Comics universe, the members of the Green Lantern Corp each wear a green power ring. Including the Green Lantern Corp, there are a total of nine different Lantern Corps. Each corp is represented by a different color. The colors of the corps...
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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Harry Potter Papercraft: Death Eater Mask #9

With the release next month of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, the Harry Potter movie series will be at an end. To celebrate that bittersweet event, I am adding one final paper model to my Death Eater mask series. As usual, the download...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Antique Sports Car Papercraft Models

I am so impressed by the paper modeling work of Fabrizio Prudenziati that I decided to do a second post about his work! My first post featured his paper models of historic soldiers. For this post I want to highlight his automobile papercraft. Each of...
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Paper Models of Historic Soldiers

It is tough to find a quality paper model creator with the shear number of designs as Italian designer Fabrizio Prudenziati. Pictured above is a sampling of his eighty different paper models of historic soldiers available for download. Prudenziati's...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Grand Theft Auto Papercraft

Igrandtheftauto.com has the self-confessed goal of becoming the ultimate resource for all things to do with the Grand Theft Auto series of video games. They just might be the ultimate resource for GTA papercraft as well! Pictured above are four of eighteen...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Pencil TV Paper Toy

In years past, I saw a toy television that made use of a scrolling screen to tell a story. Now, thanks to Stanislov Stankovic, you can watch movies on your own DIY paper toy TV. Inside the TV is a long strip of paper coiled around two pencils. As the...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Hover Car Racer Papercraft

Hover Car Racer is a free online novel that follows the exploits of a talented young racer named Jason Chaser who owns a hover car called Argonaut. This papercraft model of the Argonaut is based on a plastic model built by the writer of the novel, Matthew...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

KH2 Papercraft: Disney Castle Treasure Chest

This papercraft treasure chest is based on a 3D model of a chest located in the Disney Castle area of the Kingdom Hearts 2 video game. My KH2 treasure chest offering for the month of June, this chest is the fifth to be released in my ongoing series....
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Pokemon Origami: Pikachu Head

DeviantART member Kabateru-chan did a great job transforming a simple origami bunny into a cute pikachu head by making use of yellow construction paper, black and red markers and whiteout. Folding instructions for the original origami rabbit she used...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Woolly Mammoth Papercraft

Woolly mammoths are thought to have become extinct around 10,000 years ago, however from time to time, frozen remains of the creatures are discovered in Siberia. This easy-to-build mammoth paper model is offered by the Mochizuki Printing Co as a free...
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Monday, June 13, 2011

Seated Zombie Paper Toy

Brazilian artists Victor Negreiro and Julio Cesar collaborated to create this nifty zombie paper toy. This blood splattered little fellow has the classic features of rotting flesh and an exposed brain we have all come to expect from zombies. ^^ The template...
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Tron Paper Toys With Display Stand

DeviantARTist Randyfivesix has added to his collection of Tron Cubee paper toys. In addition to his original Tron Legacy paper toy, he has created an old school style Tron Cubee and a "game grid" display stand. All the paper Tron goodness may be downloaded...
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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Star Wars Papercraft: Electrobinoculars

Electrobinoculars of some sort or another have appeared in every Star Wars movie except for Episode VI. According to Starwars.com, electrobinoculars are:"...handheld imaging devices used to view objects from a considerable distance. The sophisticated...
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Studio Ghibli Papercraft: Laputa Robot Soldier Mask

The 1986 Studio Ghibli animated movie Castle in the Sky has some really unique looking robot soldiers. A Japanese fan created this large, helmet-like mask based on the look of the robots in the film. Although the mask in the photo was built with regular...
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

N Scale Commercial Architecture Paper Models

The Japanese website, "Paper Stucture", offers some nice free samples of their N Scale (1:150) paper model products. Pictured above is an office building, a clothing store and a jeans store. Other free samples available include shipping containers,...
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