17th Century Warship Paper Model

This papercraft is a free sample from a company that sells DIY 1:600 scale cardstock models of ships. Their products are intended for use in miniature wargaming. The sample model is of a specific historic ship: the Brederode, a 17th century Dutch warship. Building a ship of such a small scale takes patience, especially when putting together the masts and rigging which are made out of wire and thread respectively. The printable PDF template for the ship may be downloaded here. 

Other Papercraft Ships:

Ghost Ship
Vintage Santa Maria
Spanish Galleon
1:300 USS Enterprise
RMS Titanic

Chibi Harry Potter Papercraft

I haven't come across a better collection of papercraft Harry Potter characters than these "chibi" figures by Claudio Dias. Ten figures in all, the collection includes characters not typically seen in papercraft form, such as Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall and Sirius Black. The PDF template for each character may be downloaded from Dias' website located here. Assembly instructions are also available.

Other Harry Potter Paper Models:

Golden Snitch
Death Eater Mask Collection
Printable Bookmarks
Howler Origami
Fantastic Beasts Niffler
Hogwarts Water Well

ZZ Top Eliminator Coupe Papercraft

In the mid 1980's, the rock group ZZ Top took MTV by storm with a series of music videos. The videos all feature a distinctive red hot rod known as the "Eliminator coupe". The car currently resides in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. This papercraft likeness of the coupe was created by Patrick Pasques. The papercraft template for the car may be downloaded from his website located here. In case you were wondering, the coupe is a modified 1933 Ford.

Other Papercraft Automobiles:

Micro Mini Cooper
70's Lamborghini
Abarth 500
1968 Shelby Mustang
'69 Chevy El Camino

Mini ThunderCats Papercraft

The thing I like best about this collection of mini ThunderCats papercraft is the model of the ThunderCats' headquarters, the Cat's Lair. Most fittingly, the Cat's Lair is in the form of a panther sphinx. Included in the collection are seven of the ThunderCats team (including Snarf!). These paper toys are by designer Gus Santome. The templates of all the figures pictured come in a single PDF which may be downloaded here. In the television show, the Cat's Lair was designed by the character Tygra, who, in addition to being a warrior, is also an architect. Who knew? 

Previous ThunderCat Papercraft:

Mumm-Ra with Staff
Lion-O
Time Machine

Battlestar Galactica Papercraft Collection

The second Battlestar Galactica television series aired from 2004 to 2009. During its five year run, it featured all types of starships, aircraft, and land rovers. Over the years, fans of the show have produced paper models of many of these vehicles. The Steve's Paper website has gathered over 25 of these models in one place. Pictured are a few examples. Some of them are rather large! The download page for the Galactica models on Steve's Paper is located: here.  Happy building!

Other Science Fiction Papercraft:

Hal 9000 Interface
Colonial Viper Mk 1
AvP Xenomorphs
Moon Rover
Space 1999 Eagle

Mini P-51 Mustang Paper Model

This mini P-51 Mustang paper model is a scale model of the aircraft flown by Captain Ed Toppins during World War II. Toppins was one of the most decorated pilots of the squadron known as the "Tuskegee Airmen". The model was designed by one of my favorite designers, Zio Prudenziati. The PDF template for the papercraft may be downloaded here. The Tuskegee Airmen are often called "Red Tails" due to the distinctive tail color of their aircraft. Build photo by Masahiko Yamamoto.

Other Prudenziati Papercraft:

Antique Sports Cars
Fokker DR1 Triplane
Historic Soldier Collection

Origami Marvel Wolverine Claws

I thought these origami versions of Wolverine's adamantium blades were fun. If you bend your fingers and hold your hand just right, you can make it appear as if the claws are coming out of the back of your hand, just like Wolvey. This origami was created by TLT Lab. Their video with detailed folding instructions is located here. Wolverine first appeared in Marvel Comics way back in 1974!

Other Papercraft Blades:

Mini Uruk-hai Sword
Star Trek Terran Empire Knife
Fionna's Crystal Sword
Fallout 3 Combat Knife
Kingdom Hearts Dream Sword

Tektonten Email Subscriptions

Recently, I was informed the Feedburner email subscription service I use for Tektonten Papercraft is being fazed out. In an effort to maintain uninterrupted service, I have transferred all current email subscribers to Follow.it instead. I am hoping this transition from Feedburner will be a smooth one for all subscribers. If you are not currently an email subscriber and would like to be, just enter your email address into the white box in the right hand column of the page and click the blue button marked "Subscribe". Thanks to everyone who continues to follow Tektonten Papercraft whether by email, social media, or feed! You are appreciated.

Papercraft Fish Series

Mikio Kajiwara is a professional papercraft designer. He is also a fisherman. For fun, in his spare time, he designs paper models of the fishes he loves. The four papercraft fishes pictured here (plus two more) are available for free from Kajiwara's website located here. Kajiwara's goal with these models is to make them as accurate to the real fish as possible, yet remain simple to build. I think he succeeded!

Other Papercraft Fish:

Largemouth Bass
Koi Origami
Clownfish Calendar
Thresher Shark
Jonah and the Whale

Wind Waker Tingle Tower Papercraft

In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker video game, the hero Link journeys to several islands, one of which is a place called Tingle Island. On Tingle Island there is an elaborate tower with carved statues. The tower is named (as you might deduce) Tingle Tower. This paper model of Tingle Tower was created by Emily Stell at Paper Duplicator. The printable template for the model may be downloaded here. Video instructions are also available on the download page. In the game, Mr. Tingle (owner of the Tower) helps Link by translating nautical charts that show the locations of Triforce shards which are required to win the game.

Other Zelda Papercraft:

King of Red Lions Origami
Master Sword Lightbox 
Life Size Majora's Mask
Chibi BotW Link
Wolf Link and Midna