KH2 Olympus Treasure Chest Papercraft

Here's another treasure chest papercraft from Kingdom Hearts 2. This chest can be found in the Olympus Coliseum area of the video game. Olympus Coliseum is based on the 1997 animated Disney movie, Hercules. The template for this treasure chest is available here. Some of the previous treasure chests in the series include: Aladdin, Mulan, and Disney Castle.

LOTR Papercraft: Legolas Elf Sword

In the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, the elf Legolas carried two swords on his back. Given the popularity of the character, I figured it was only a matter of time before someone created paper models of Legolas' swords (or "fighting knives" as some like to call them). Thanks to MatrixSkull at IRP Papercraft, the wait is over! The papercraft template for constructing 1:1 scale models of the Elvish blades may be downloaded here. (Pepakura PDO format only)

RPG Papercraft: Blue Dragon

Here's another great miniature gaming papercraft designed by Eddnic. This blue dragon is a good illustration of Eddnic's 2.5D paper model work which is so well developed that it could be considered true 3D papercraft (or at least 2.7D ^^). A download of the blue dragon template is available here.

V.I.N.CENT Robot Paper Model

In the 1979 sci-fi Disney movie, The Black Hole, three of the main characters are robots. This paper model by Andreas Hanstein is of the robot named V.I.N.CENT. The papercraft template for V.I.N.CENT is available here. Two styrofoam ball halves painted black are glued to the bottom of the robot to give it the appearance it has in the movie.

Mickey Mouse Paper Toys

Back in 2009, designer Matt Hawkins created two Mickey Mouse paper toys. On the left is Mickey as he looked in his first cartoon, Steamboat Willie. On the right is the modern version of Mickey we all know and love. A download of the toys is still available here. The zip file contains both the paper models pictured above and also a papercraft stage on which to display them. Build photos above are by George Dunkley and Methuup da Funky One.

UPDATE 3/3/2019: Donald Duck and Goofy paper toys by Matt are available here.

Velociraptor Paper Toys

These velociraptors are much more cuddly than the ones in Jurassic Park. ^^ Included in the assortment are racing velociraptors, a Herbie the Lovebug velociraptor, a Kill Bill bride velociraptor, and my personal favorite, the gentleman velociraptor, complete with monocle and top hat. The creator of these humor laden dinosaur paper toys is Markus at Digiprop.com.

Mini Level 3 Post-It Note Menger Sponge

Nicholas Rougeux created a level 3 Menger sponge out of post-it notes and it took him a mere 867 days. ^^ I definitely don't have the patience to attempt this one. To give you an idea of the scale, each of the tiny cubes in the sponge is built from pieces that are 1/16 of a standard size post-it note. The finished sponge measures a little over 11" (28 cm) in each direction. A Menger sponge is a type of mathematical entity known as a fractal curve. Instructions to build your own Menger sponge are located here.

Third Anniversary!

"Remember remember the fifth of November.." Today marks the third anniversary of Tektonten Papercraft and for the first time it occurred to me that this date is also Guy Fawkes Day, that uniquely British holiday that figures so prominently in V for Vendetta. The photo above is a collection of some the papercraft cubes I have featured over the past three years.

It has been my tradition to share some stats on anniversary days, so here are the top ten most downloaded Tektonten papercraft designs of the last year:

1. Mjolnir, Thor's Hammer (Marvel Comics) - 7,120

2. Tron Bit - "No" Configuration (Original Tron movie) - 5,815

3. Kaonashi Mask (Spirited Away movie) - 5,654

4. Hal 9000 Interface (2001: A Space Odyssey movie) - 5,460

5. Glock 9mm Handgun (Half-Life 1 video game) - 5,458

6. Tron Bit - "Neutral" Configuration (Original Tron movie) - 5,342

7. Tron Bit - "Yes" Configuration (Original Tron movie) - 5,023

8. Sam's Identity Disc (Tron: Legacy movie) - 5,010

9. Spider-Man Mask (Marvel Comics) - 4,076

10. Full Size Tron Helmet (Tron 2.0 video game) - 3,913

In the coming year I hope to produce more Tron, Star Wars, and Kingdom Hearts/Disney paper models. I also hope to start doing some League of Legends papercraft. Thank you everyone for your continued support of my humble blog!

Mini Harry Potter Paper Toys: Snape, Luna & Lily

Gus Santome at Mini Papercraft has produced some delightful mini Harry Potter paper toys. The currently available toys include Severus Snape, Luna Lovegood and Lily Evans (Harry's Mom). Hopefully Santome will create more characters in the future. A fun feature of these toys is the fact that each one is double sided with a different facial expression on each side. A download of the paper toys is available here.

UPDATE 11/16/22: There is also a mini paper toy of Harry Potter himself, available here.

Hand Drawn Retro Robot Papercraft

Hand drawn papercraft templates are a relatively rare item these days. So imagine my delight when I came across this hand drawn retro robot paper model by Theresa Rhorer. Theresa drew the template for the robot on brown paper then photographed the parts so other people could build one too. Theresa's template may be downloaded here.