July 23, 2023

Low Poly Deer Skull Papercraft

Deer Skull Bastelbogen
Here's another great low poly papercraft skull from Gedelgo! This time it is a life-size deer skull. It's just the thing to hang over the fireplace in the hunting lodge. ;) The template is all white. If color is desired, then color cardstock must be used. For example, in the photo, the antlers were printed on black cardstock. The template for this model is available in Pepakura PDO format only and may be downloaded here.

Other Papercraft by Gedelgo:

Bison Skull
Flying Magpie
Triceratops Skull
Nike of Samothrace

July 16, 2023

Barbie Papercraft - House of Nikki

Barbie Nikki Haus Bastelbogen
Seeing ads for the Barbie movie reminded me... I never did finish posting all the entries in the Barbie papercraft house series! I previously posted three houses: Barbie's Dreamhouse, House of Ken, and the Raquelle Mansion. Now I give you the fourth in the series: House of Nikki. Nikki is best friends with Barbie and Teresa. She actively maintains a vlog about current fashion trends. The papercraft template for her house may be downloaded here

This papercraft house series was offered on Barbie.com nine years ago in order to promote the animated web show: Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse. Some episodes of the show can still be found on YouTube!

UPDATE 8/19/24: Other houses available: Ryan Mansion and Casa de Teresa

July 10, 2023

Samurai Jack Papercraft: Aku

Samurai Jack Aku Bastelbogen
THE villain in the Samurai Jack animated series is Aku, the self-proclaimed "shapeshifting Master of Darkness". Shapeshifter that he is, no matter how badly he is defeated, a small piece of him always survives to return another day. This fanart papercraft Aku was created by DeviantART member MagicBunnyArt in 2016. The PNG template for the model may be found here. The most recent episodes of Samurai Jack were released in 2017.

June 30, 2023

Big Donkey Kong Papercraft

Nintendo Bastelbogen
The first appearance of the Nintendo character, Donkey Kong, was in an eponymous 1981 arcade game. Since that time, Donkey Kong has appeared in numerous Nintendo video games, not to mention the 2023 Super Mario Bros. Movie. Standing at 29.7" (75 cm) tall this Donkey Kong paper model is large! The template download (found here) includes lots of files including an unlocked Pepakura PDO file and a Metasequoia 3D model file. Build photo and papercraft template design are by DeviantART member Veggiekid23.

Other Nintendo Papercraft

Bowser
Peach and Daisy
Star Fox Krystal
Solid Snake
Wolf Link & Midna

June 21, 2023

Pokemon Papercraft: Yamper

Pokémon Dog Bastelbogen
This Pokémon looks suspiciously like a corgi dog! Could it be that after 8 generations they have finally run out of ideas for new Pokémon? Nah. This paper likeness of Yamper the Pokédog was created by Emily Stell at the Paper Duplicator website. PDF and Pepakura PDO papercraft template files may be downloaded here. The finished model stands about 5" (12 cm) tall.

June 15, 2023

Garbage Pail Kids Paper Toy

DPK Printable
In the mid 1980's, Topps produced a series of sticker trading cards called "Garbage Pail Kids". Intended to be a parody of Cabbage Patch dolls, the cartoon art on the cards depicts Cabbage-Patch-like children in disturbing situations. By 1987, the cards had become so popular a live action GPK motion picture was released! To commemorate the Garbage Pail phenom, Paperfoldables offers this paper toy of "Adam Bomb" who graced the wrapper of the trading card packages for many years. The printable PDF template for the toy may be downloaded here.

Other Pop Culture Paper Toys:

Baby Yoda (Grogu)
60's Batmobile
Bowie Ziggy Stardust
Harry Potter
Totoro Catbus

June 4, 2023

STtMP Enterprise Papercraft

Star Trek Enterprise Bastelbogen
This 1:700 scale USS Enterprise paper model depicts how the starship appears in the 1979 movie, Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Rawen, the designer of this papercaft, typically produces miniature models. This is one of his larger creations. The 62 mb ZIP file containing the PDF template and instruction files necessary to build the ship may be downloaded here. There are lots of extras included in the download, including a poseable Captain Spock figure with captain's chair, alternate parts to build NCC-1701-A, and a fleet of shuttles!

Previous Star Trek Papercraft:
Mini Phaser Rifle
Borg Cube
Medical Tricorder
Voyager and Prometheus
1:200 Shuttlecraft Collection
Klingon Bird of Prey

May 24, 2023

Mini Sphinx Papercraft

Sphinx Bastelbogen
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