American McGee’s Alice by Alda

21-04-2011: Alda came across pictures of my papercraft model of American McGee’s Alice some weeks ago, and he decided he wanted to build one himself too.

Which he now did, obviously. ;o)

It only the second paper model he built so far, and he did a very good job I think! Here’s a picture of the back: picture 2

There’s something different about Alda’s build, though, that might not be very obvious from these first pictures…

Maybe these two pictures of Alice together with some (fittingly stylish black ;o) playing cards will help you figure out what it is: picture 3 | picture 4

You still have no idea…?

Well, I’ll just tell you then: instead of printing the parts on regular A4 sized paper, Alda printed her on A3 sized sheets, making the final model over 40 cm big! ;o)

This way, all the parts got a little bit bigger, so it was a little bit easier for Alda to build Alice, but he still found it very challenging to make, especially the fingers and the boots!

But luckily, he didn’t give up, and now he has his very own paper Alice! ;o)

And what’s more, after building Alice, he feels confident now that he can build any paper model he wants, and I think so too! ;o)

Here are some final close-ups of Alda’s upsized Alice: picture 5 | picture 6

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LEGO Pirate Captain Redbeard by Bruno

14-04-2011: Bruno’s newest papercraft model is my Captain Redbeard and he made this great collage of all the seperate parts!

Here’s what he looks like when all the parts are put together: picture

And if you want to see how that works, just check out Bruno’s YouTube video: link !

If you want to see more of Bruno’s builds (including many paper models made by other people!) then be sure to pay a visit to his Deviantart gallery: link

16-12-2010: Bruno Cambria from Brazil built all these paper models in 26 days during his vacation: picture

He wanted to make my Twilight Princess models, but to be sure he could do it, he practiced on the simpler ones you can see in the foreground.

Here are some close-up pictures of his Twilight Princess models:

Midna, sitting on a small box.
wolf Link; the original earrings are *very* small and difficult to make, so Bruno made his own: picture. He also coloured the eyes a brighter blue.
Zora armor Link; Bruno cut little triangles from the bottom of his armor like he saw in Toni Müller’s build. It looks really great I think! ;o)

If you can’t get enough of Bruno’s papercraft models, you can also watch a video of his Zora armor Link build on his YouTube channel!

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Orange Star MD Tank by Psyk323

05-04-2011: This Orange Star MD Tank was built by Psyk323.

I really like the picture, because it makes the tank look very intimidating (the Advance Wars regular Tank drivers know what I’m talking about… ;o)

Here’s another picture, and if you want see one more, or want to see these ones even bigger, you can do so on Psyk323’s own weblog Raaj Productions, along with some of his other artwork.

Although he’s being very modest, I think he did a great job building it!

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LEGO Pirate Captain Redbeard by Jon Leslie

02-04-2011: When some people build a paper model, they really go all the way. And Jonathan Leslie is such a person. :o)

Earlier, Jonathan Leslie already did an absolutely amazing job building the “Going Merry”, and now he also made my LEGO pirate Captain Redbeard!

Where do I start? The reason why it’s so shiny for instance, is because he coated the model with “Mod Podge” as a clear finish: picture

He also reinforced all the hollow parts with tissues soaked in glue: when the glue dries, the tissues will become hard and form a sort of honeycomb structure inside the parts: picture

That way, hopefully it will have a better chance of surviving when being played with by young kids! ;o)

You already noticed the feather plume, of course: I didn’t include one in the paper model, but Jon made one out of pipe cleaners: picture

And last but not least: Jon went on Bricklink and got himself a real LEGO Redbeard minifig!

He made a (not-so-secret ;o) compartment for it in the back of the leg (he even had to made extra room for the feather): picture 1 | picture 2

Like he did with the “Going Merry”, Jon made a great build page again with lots more pictures of the techniques he used: link

So there you have it: an excellent customized version of Captain Redbeard (a.k.a. Kapitein Knoest)!

25-09-2006: Jonathan Leslie is what you call a “space enthustiac”. He has his own website, The Lower Hudson Valley Paper Model Giftshop, where you can download a lot of nice science fiction and space papercrafts (it’s also the d/l mirror for the Defiant redraw).

Jon has a lot of experience building all kinds of paper models, and this time he built the “Going Merry”!

The rigging is made by soaking thread with “cyanoacrylate glue”. This hardens the threads and bonds them together, as you can see in his “Going Merry” WIP pictures.

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Advance Wars Orange Star Fighter

102044 Orange Star Fighter (March 18, 2011)
from: Advance Wars video game series / size: ± 8 cm x 12,5 cm x 4 cm

Download:
parts (499 kB ZIP file)
instructions (780 kB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

Black Hole Recon & APC by Tristen

12-03-2011: Oh no! Black Hole is invading Canada…!

Actually, it’s just a paper version of a Black Hole Recon unit, built by Tristen. ;o)

Tristen is a middle school student of 12 years old, and he built the Recon over a period of 3 days, between the hours of 4 and 8.

In this picture, you can see the Recon halted just short of Alberta and the Northwest Territories, maybe because it ran out of Fuel…

Tristen must have anticipated that, though, because he also built a Black Hole APC that is standing by to supply the Recon with more Fuel: picture

The APC is an unarmed unit, though, so Tristen is wise to keep it well from the frontline until it is needed.

At the moment, the APC is stationed on Tristen’s dedicated “Shelf of Paper(craft)”, along with other models he built: picture

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LEGO Kapitein Knoest (Captain Redbeard)

101001 LEGO Kapitein Knoest (Captain Redbeard) (March 11, 2011)
from: LEGO Pirates theme / size: ± 28,5 cm

Download:
parts (4,07 MB PDF file)
instructions (2,47 MB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

Super Smash Bros. Melee Link by MundoPapercraft1

22-02-2011: My Super Smash Bros. Melee Link is one of the most challenging models I made so far, with a lot of tiny parts.

It took MundoPapercraft1 two weeks to finish it, but I think he did a very good job! You can see a video with more close-ups on his YouTube channel.

MundoPapercraft1 also built my young princess Zelda and Majora’s Mask models, and also models he made from other people, all of which you can see in his DeviantArt gallery!

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Cremia’s wagon & mule by Zarra

21-02-2011: One model that’s actually two models! Zarra from Brazil built Cremia’s wagon and the mule from The legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask!

The farmer girl Cremia uses this wagon to deliver her famous Romani Ranch milk to Clock Town, but two bandits keep harassing her during her milk run…

Cremia is very grateful of course when Link helps her fight off the hooded bandits and even when she doesn’t have the Romani Mask anymore, she still gives him a big reward! ;o)

The wagon and mule look very good, and I hope Zarra had fun building them! ;o)

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Young & Melee Link by Choaslegion

18-02-2011: Choaslegion has to work long hours running his own business, so he can really only do papercraft during work hours.

But even though he has to stop regularly to help customers, Super Smash Bros. Melee Link is the 38th model he built already!

Chaoslegion built the doublesized version, scaled up by Haywan Chiu from the PaperCraft Museum (link).

Here are some more pictures of Choaslegion’s SSB:M Link:
picture 2 | picture 3

Which other models Choaslegion built?

Well, lots of models from all over the internet! But I do know that his second one was my young Link, from Majora’s Mask: picture

Pretty cool indeed! ;o)

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Young and Fierce Deity Link by Vik Alex Sal

15-02-2011: A picture of Link taken with a Nintendo DSi, how fitting! ;o)

But there’s more to Vik’s papercraft Link than meets the eye! (no, he doesn’t transform or anything… ;o)

If you look closely, you can see that the textures were all coloured by hand; Vik didn’t have a working printer at the time, so he traced the parts directly from his computer screen onto a piece of paper!

That’s some dedication! It must have taken him a lot of time to trace all the parts so precise that they would still fit together, and he did a great job colouring the model too! (the colours really kinda look like the original N64 textures ;o)

Vik did the same with Fierce Deity Link: here’s a picture of the finished model, and here are two pictures before he coloured it: picture 1 | picture 2

For Banjo the bear (from Navi’s Papercraft Archive) though, he went to a friend’s house and printed it there: picture

I am sure it was a lot faster that way! ;o)

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Homer Simpson by Mori

12-02-2011: Mori from Israel made this for a friend, who must be a Simpsons fan, because it’s a papercraft Homer Simpson! ;o)

Mori enjoyed building it, but Homer should be careful of that T4 bacteriophage behind him that seems to have taken a liking to him…

But I’m sure Homer will be okay, because no matter what happens to him, in the end everything is always back to normal (more or less… ;o)

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Melee Link by burps20

29-01-2011: It took burps20 from Brazil 3 full days of nonstop papercrafting to build this Super Smash Bros. Melee Link!

He’s very modest, and told me he wished he “had the ability to make more paper models”…

But I think if you can build Melee Link (which is perhaps the most challenging model I made so far!) you have more than enough ability to build pretty much any paper model you want! ;o)

He even changed the stance a bit so Link’s holding his Master Sword different from my own build: picture

In this close-up picture, you can see all the small parts in the face, and if you want to see even more of burp20’s Melee Link, you can watch a video on burp20’s YouTube channel here!

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Tomb Raider III Lara Croft & quad bike by TR-maniac

21-01-2011: Here’s another Lara Croft built by TR-maniac; this time it’s the Tomb Raider III version on her jungle quadbike riding down a muddy slope! ;o)

And although every Tomb Raider fan knows of course that the quad bike can run over most enemies no problem, TR-maniac decided that Lara mustn’t be unarmed even when driving, so he made his own Dual Pistols for Lara: picture

At first he also wanted to make Lara’s braid, but he found it would be too small to build, because Lara herself had to be quite small to fit on the quad bike…

It made some parts quite difficult to build enough already he says, but I think he did a great job!

23-08-2008: There’s only one picture of TR-maniac’s Tomb Raider Legend Lara Croft paper model here, but don’t worry, because you can see a few more pictures of her in his DeviantArt gallery!

At first (being a TR-maniac ;o) he just wanted to have his own Lara Croft statue, but he quickly became obsesed with papercraft and now it causes him some sleepness nights every now and then…

Sorry about that… ;o)

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young princess Zelda by Tiffany

18-01-2011: Tiffany is a big Ocarina of Time fan, so she decided to try out my young princess Zelda papercraft model!

She used regular printer paper (because she found it easier to work with ;o) and you can see she only made sharp/crisp folds where she really needed too, like the ears and the nose.

That way, princess Zelda’s dress is much smoother and I think it looks very good!

And now she can get a nice place amongst Tiffany’s other Zelda memorabilia! ;o)

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American McGee’s Alice by JustTerry

08-01-2011: After Midna and ZaL, JustTerry built American McGee’s Alice as his next model!

He did a fine job I think, and he even made a nice display stand for her!

He had some trouble glueing on her feet, which made Alice to lean too far backwards, causing her to fall over…

But JustTerry solved that very simple by glueing several small pieces of cardstock underneath Alice’s already high heels to correct the balance: picture

After colouring them black like Alice’s boots, you can hardly see them!

03-01-2011: JustTerry has been papercrafting for a few weeks now, and he’s really enjoying it! ;o)

The Zora armor Link and Midna you see in this picture, were printed on regular paper with a black and white laser printer, but he also built a second Midna printed in colour on thicker, cardstock paper: picture

On that build, he also used the edge-colouring technique to get rid of the white edges from the paper, and he even coloured the backside of the parts that would normally be left white as well, like the helmet, hands and the hair!

JustTerry’s builds look pretty good I think, and all that with just regular old School Glue: picture ;o)

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Paper Mario by Lauren

26-12-2010: only a couple of days after I released it, Lauren already sent me this picture of the paper Mario she built: a very fast and a very good build! ;o)

13-10-2010: after taking a break for a couple of months, Lauren decided to make a new paper model again, and I’m of course very proud that she chose my Majora’s Mask Postman! ;o)

07-01-2010: I don’t know if it’s the extra practice or just her talent for papercraft, but the Underworld wetsuit Lara from Tomb Raider Lauren made after that turned out very good too: picture 1 | picture 2 !

And not only that, but Lauren also decided to build young Link and princess Zelda a second time and do an even better job!

31-12-2009: Lauren sent me some pictures of her Twilight Princess Link !

Although the thinner cardstock she used made it a bit more difficult using the little slots and tabs on the head, I think it looks great! Here you can see it in anticipation for the New Year’s Day fireworks! ;o)

18-10-2009: Here’s a very nice build of Lara’s Extreme Depth Suit (although Lauren couldn’t find a suited transparant sheet to make the helmet visor, the opaque versions looks pretty neat as well! ;o)

And Lauren must be a Simpsons fan as well, because look who we have here: it’s Homer Simpson himself! ;o) And something totally different, but also a great build: she also made my new Final Fantasy Moomba doll!

21-06-2009: I only just uploaded my newest Zora armor Link model two days ago, and Lauren already sent me some new pictures of her completed ZaL! And I know what you’re thinking, but it doesn’t look rushed at all! picture 1 | picture 2 | picture 3

13-04-2009: another non-Zelda model from Lauren, it’s my newest Cloud model. She glued on the legs last so she could work out a good balance, and although she says the hair and fingers gave her some troubles, you wouldn’t say so from just the picture I think, anyway. ;o)

20-01-2009: Lauren revealed to me that Ganondorf and Epona & Link weren’t the first models she made: she also did Fierce Deity Link, young princess Zelda, young Link and Majora’s Mask, Midna and wolf Link, and (surprise! ;o) a non-Zelda model as well, namely, Lara Croft.

18-01-2009: I think we got Lauren pretty well hooked on papercraft now, because so shortly after Ganondorf, she also made Epona & Link (see the picture here) in just 2 days, and she’s already planning the next one! ;o)

14-01-2009: The first pictures Lauren sent me, were of her Ganondorf model, and it was very good one!

She told me she had a lot of fun building him, but I also think you can also tell by the quality of the build! ;o)

It’ll probably come as no surprise to you that Lauren is pretty creative: if you have time you should check out her Deviantart gallery with lots of nice computer paintings including several from the Legend of Zelda!

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Paper Mario 3D

100013 Paper Mario 3D (December 24, 2010)
from: Mario video game series / size: ± 19 cm

Download:
parts (2,00 MB PDF file)
instructions (1,69 MB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

WarCraft III Undead Graveyard

099012 WarCraft III Undead Graveyard (October 29, 2010)
from: WarCraft 3 video game / size: ± 12 cm x 13 cm x 14,5 cm

Download:
parts (1,68 MB PDF file)
instructions (949 kB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

Twilight Link vs Bowser by Christopher David

26-10-2010: Christopher shows us a rare cross-over, showing that our hero Link ( picture 1 | picture 2) doesn’t only keep Hyrule safe from danger, but Mushroom Kingdom as well!

Twilight Link is from my own Legend of Zelda models, and Bowser was made by Brandon and can be found on Nintendopapercraft.com

Just like in all good fights, Link and Bowser (a.k.a. “King Koopa“) try to stare eachother down first: picture 1 | picture 2

…but the outcome is no surprise of course: picture ;o)

So next time you see a poll on a videogame forum asking “Who would win in a fight between Link and Bowser?”, you know the answer!

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Link & Ganondorf by Jeff

22-10-2010: Jeff built two of my Zelda models: young Link and the Great King of Evil Ganondorf!

It kinda looks like he’s telling them to get along in this picture, but I’m not sure they’ll listen…!

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Advance Wars Green Earth Tank

098043 Green Earth Tank (October 16, 2010)
from: Advance Wars video game series / size: ± 5 cm x 3 cm x 6 cm

Download:
parts (636 kB ZIP file)
instructions (501 kB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photo

“Going Merry” by Anna Blume

02-10-2010: Anna, from Gent (Belgium) already built this “Going Merry” “ages ago” but only now sent me the pictures for the hall of fame.

The “Going Merry” is a small and challenging model, but Anna is a patient builder and with the support of Henk, she did a very good job I think!

Here are two more pictures in close-up: picture 2 | picture 3

If you want to see the many other paper models that Anna and Henk built, you should check out their gallery at Nice Paper Toys: link

But there’s more! They love paper toys so much, that they also made a download package of original and adapted paper toys for *you* to build from this webpage! ;o)

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The Legend of Zelda Clocktown Postman

097017 The Legend of Zelda Clocktown Postman (September 25, 2010)
from: The Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask video game / size: ± 23,5 cm (mailbox stand ± 28 cm x 25,5 cm cm x 24 cm)

Download:
Postman parts (1,66 MB PDF file)
Postman instructions (1,20 MB PDF file)

mailbox parts (1,97 MB PDF file)
mailbox instructions (605 kB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

Twilight Link by Amanda Vasquez

20-09-2010: Papercraft is getting more popular every day, and now they even teach it at school!

Or at least they do at the college for Graphic Design that Amanda goes to.! ;o)

For 3D design class, she had to find and a build papercraft model, and since she is a big fan of the Legend of Zelda, she chose my Twilight Link model.

It took her about five days to build (working on it a couple of hours each day) with the head and hands being the most time consuming / difficult parts.

When it was time to grade everybody’s work, her teacher was very impressed with Amanda’s Link and she got a straight A!

Time well spent, if you ask me! ;o)

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Sora by Esteban

05-09-2010: Another Sora, this time from Esteban from Germany! It was a tricky build (especially the tiny fingers he says ;o) but he did a great job nonetheless!

There are two more pictures of Sora in Esteban’s DeviantArt gallery: picture 2 | picture 3

Sora is not the only paper model he made, though, so don’t forget to visit the rest of his gallery as well! ;o)

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Sora x2 by Riet Papier

15-08-2010: On Riet Papier’s YouTube channel you can see a wonderful little papercraft Christmas village, but her weblog shows that she also really loves making dollhouses out of paper and carton!

But of course once you have a dollhouse, you need dolls to live in it. And for a paper dollhouse, what better dolls than paper dolls? ;o)

So Riet decided to download and build some papercraft figurines. But of course, they had to match her dollhouses, so after making a regular sized Sora, she also made a mere 8 cm tall Sora!

I hope he likes tea: picture ;o)

There are more pictures of Sora and his fellow residents here, and lots more pictures of Riet’s dollhouses on her weblog, so be sure to check it out!

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Advance Wars Black Hole Recon

096042 Black Hole Recon (August 11, 2010)
from: Advance Wars video game series / size: ± 6 cm x 3 cm x 6,5 cm

Download:
parts (516 kB ZIP file)
instructions (630 kB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

Battlestar Galactica Cylon Raider

095002 Battlestar Galactica Cylon Raider (July 20, 2010)
from: Battlestar Galactica re-imagined television series / size: ± 29,5 cm x 19,5 cm x 4 cm

Download:
parts (1,74 MB PDF file)
instructions (1,42 MB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos