Roman Siege Tower Papercraft

These papercraft Roman siege towers were created as an educational activity to teach kids what warfare was like 2000 years ago. The accompanying literature outlines how the Romans used such towers to besiege Jerusalem in 70 AD. In addition to the siege tower, the papercraft set includes 15mm scale soldiers, a catapult, and a ballista. (Sorry, a castle to besiege is not included!) The template for the tower may be downloaded here (right click on the images and pick "save image as"). I am impressed this model was drawn by hand! Build photos by William Webb.

Other Paper Models of Weapons of War:

Catapult
Trebuchet
Leonardo's Turtle Tank
Historic Soldiers

Printable Sundial Collection

 I have always been fascinated by how many different types of sundials there are. The educational website, Astronomy for Thinkers, offers printable templates of five different types of sundials that have been used over the ages. Pictured above are a cube sundial, an equatorial sundial, a hemispherical sundial, and a horizontal sundial. Also available, but not pictured, is a butterfly sundial. Each sundial may be customized for your particular latitude on the planet. The earliest sundials were thought to have been created around 1500 BC.

Previous Astronomy Papercraft:

Polyhedron Skyglobe
Glue-less Earth Puzzle
Planets of the Solar System
Renaissance Crucifix Sundial
Mars Topographic Globe

DBZ Papercraft: Life Size Vegeta

It's been a while since I posted a Dragonball Z papercraft. This one's sure to please. It's a life size model of Vegeta from PaperJuke!  Now the question is, how tall is "life size"? The Dragon Ball wiki states that Vegeta is 5'-4" (164 cm) tall. Juke's model, however, is 6'-3" (190 cm) tall, but that includes 11" (26 cm) of hair, so I think Juke is spot on with his scaling! The template for the model may be downloaded here. The download includes both PDF and Pepakura PDO templates. Build photo by Sinsis

Previous Dragon Ball Z Papercraft:

Full Size Saiyan Chest Armor
1:1 Scale SS Goku and Kid Buu
Kaio-ken Goku
Nappa
Porunga

King-size Totoro Papercraft

This paper model depicts the largest of the three Totoros that appear in the beloved Studio Ghibli movie, My Neighbor Totoro. As Totoro papercraft go, this one is quite large! It is nearly 20" (50 cm) tall. The template for the model is offered as a free sample by the folks at DT Workshop. The template download includes detailed instructions which explain how to print the template onto six different colors of cardstock. Although not pictured in the photo, the model also comes with an umbrella if you wish to recreate the famous bus stop scene from the movie. 

Previous Studio Ghibli Papercraft:

Spirited Away No Face Mask

Castle in the Sky Flapter
Princess Mononoke Cubees
KiKi and Jiji
Catbus