August 17, 2012

Papercraft Sailor Moon Cats

I built these papercraft Sailor Moon cats from templates available at Kinmoku.net, a Sailor Moon fan site. In the Sailor Moon anime, these felines are guardians of the Sailor Senshi (soldiers). From left to right, the cat's names are Artemis, Diana, and Luna. Kinmoku.net offers the templates in .PCT format only, but I obtained permission to convert the templates to PDF files which may be downloaded here. For a sense of the size of the finished cats, the white cat is about 6" (15.2 cm) tall. Enjoy!

August 15, 2012

Paper Automata Robot

Rob Ives of the Flying Pig website is a master at creating paper automata. Automata are models that use specially designed paper mechanisms to cause movement. Most of Rob's automata are for sale, but this robot is one of his creations that is available for free! Pull the robot's head and his arms move up and down. The PDF template and instructions for the robot are available at Instructables.

August 14, 2012

Morrowind Papercraft: Daedric Dagger

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind video game was released in 2002. Being a predecessor to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the two games contain similar weapons and items. Both games have a Daedric dagger, however the Morrowind version of the dagger is the more ornate of the two. Pepakura PDO and PDF templates for the full scale Morrowind dagger papercraft above may be downloaded at Broken Papercrafts.

Dunder Mifflin Paper Dolls

As a piece of fan art, Cat Carlisle created paper dolls of characters from the hit television series The Office. The dolls have changeable accessories and outfits from memorable episodes of the show. The most elaborate of the accessories that come with the dolls is a 3D model of Michael Scott's desk. The dolls are available in two sizes and may be downloaded here.

August 10, 2012

Pop-up Paper Skull

One of the many items offered by Carol at the Extreme Cards and Papercrafting blog is this pop-up paper skull. The pop-up may be used as a greeting card, but it would also make a nice decoration for the Mexican Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) coming up in October. The template for the skull, along with instructions, is available here.

August 8, 2012

Metriod Papercraft: Life-size Samus Aran Armor

I was impressed by this effort: a life-size paper model of Samus Aran's armor! Using a 3D model from Metroid Prime 2 video game, Flickr member IAmThatOneGuy built the 6'-10" (2.1 meters) tall model over the course of several months. Unfortunately, there is no download  for this one, but I had to share because of the "coolness" factor. ^^ More photos of the build may be seen here.

Papercraft Renault FT Tank

The Renault FT tank was developed by France during World War I. The FT continued to be used by the French military up through the mid-1940's, although by that time it was vastly inferior to the World War II era tanks it was up against. The FT is notable for being the first tank to have a rotating turret. This paper model FZ-17 was created by French model builder Buzuc using Adobe Illustrator. The JPG template is available here.

August 6, 2012

OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon Card Model

The OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon was featured in the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing anime. At the Gundam Wiki the Epyon's weapons are described as "a segmented, whip-like heat rod, and a powerful beam sword whose energy is supplied by a direct connection to the Epyon's generator". The template for this Gundam model may be downloaded here. This papercraft was designed by StormL. The build photo is by Airasumi.

August 4, 2012

Star Trek Starship Paper Models

Zosho calls himself a "novice card model designer", but his designs of Star Trek spacecraft look pretty top notch to me. ^^ Zosho recently released two more templates in his growing collection: a Saber-class  starship and a Olympic-class starship. The Saber-class is a small, heavily armed ship while the Olympic class is primarily used as a hospital ship. The JPG templates for the ships may be downloaded here and here. Last year I  posted a Romulan Warbird by Zosho.

August 3, 2012

Hungarian Architecture & Vehicle Paper Models

Somodi Zoltan runs a blog filled with his color-it-yourself papercraft creations. Somodi primarily offers architecture paper models, but also has several templates of cars, trucks, and airplanes available. Each of the papercraft models is modeled after the type of architecture and vehicles found in his native Hungary. Want to see more? Somodi's blog is located here.