Tektonten Papercraft: May 2023

May 24, 2023

Mini Sphinx Papercraft

Several years ago Canon started making mini versions of their architecture papercraft. These models were intended for beginners. One of my favs from their mini collection is this Egyptian Sphinx model. And yes, the pyramid is included! The finished model is small enough to sit in the palm of your hand. PDFs of the template and the instructions are available on the Canon website. A free Canon account is required in order to download. This model takes about a hour to build.

Other Papercraft with Ties to Egypt:

D&D Obelisks
Millennium Eye Artifact
ThunderCats Mumm-Ra Pyramid
Yu-Gi-Oh! Winged Dragon of Ra

May 21, 2023

Vintage Dutch Village Papercraft

The kids' activities website, Woo! Jr, offers this vintage Dutch village papercraft as a free download. Originally drawn in the 1930's, this diorama depicts farm life in the Netherlands in the 1800's. The 3D elements in the set include two houses, a rowboat, a bridge, and a windmill with blades that actually spin. The 2D elements include townsfolk, animals, a tree, and (of course) tulips. The color-it-yourself papercraft template for the village in the form of eight JPG files may be downloaded here. There are a few instructions for the trickier parts of the model on the download page.

Other Architecture Dioramas:

Japanese Cityscape
N Scale German Village
Old West Fort
Little House on the Prairie Town
Mini Christmas Village

May 14, 2023

Papercraft Wolf Head

It is curious why so many papercraft designers have created what amounts to life size paper models of taxidermized animal heads. Now, many of the heads are "low poly" geometric representations, but others, like this wolf head by Paper Juke are quite realistic. I assume Juke used a 3D model from some video game as the basis of this papercraft. The Pepakura PDO template for the head may be downloaded here. The finished model is about 10" (26 cm) wide. Build photo by Juraj Sáska.

Other Papercraft Heads:

X-Men Sentinel
Asian Dragon
Severed Zombie Head Toy
T-Rex Mask
MCU Ultron Prime

May 6, 2023

Assassin's Creed Papercraft: Al Mualim

In the Assassin's Creed universe, the character Al Mualim is the leader of the Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins. In the storyline of the video game, Al Mualim becomes obsessed with a powerful golden relic known as the "Apple of Eden" and works with his enemies, the Knights Templar, to obtain it. This paper model depicts Al Mualim with the Apple of Eden in his hand. The finished model stands at 15 3/4" (40 cm) tall. The Pepakura PDO template for the model may be downloaded here (click on the button that says "click to get", then wait.) Build photo and paper model template design by Juraj Sáska.