rotating Kurt Zisa by Dan Hilse

17-07-2010: Dan made this animated gif to show off his Kurt Zisa from all angles! He did the same for his Zora armor Link, but to see that one, you will have to visit his DeviantArt gallery: link

18-04-2010: Dan did a great job building Kotake and Koume! Using a barely visible piece of string, he made it look like they’re really flying around in his room!

At least that’s what I think he did; for his sake, I hope they’re not real witches…!

17-12-2009: This is Dan showing off his freshly mown lawn. ;o) He didn’t say though whether he did it himself, or that Link has a bag full of Rupees, Potions and Hearts right now…! ;o)

22-11-2009: Zora armor Link is Dan’s first build from Twilight Princess. He said he took extra care building that one and it really paid off, because it looks “really good!”

20-11-2009: By now, Dan has plenty of papercrafting practice! ;o) Printed off and assembled in just two days, Dan’s other models don’t seem to be scared by his new Oogie Boogie (maybe they know it’s just a paper one…?)

05-09-2009: Speaking of Dan’s other models, this Kurt Zisa really is a great build: it looks wonderful, but that’s not surprising because he had a lot of practice! ;o)

23-08-2009: And let’s not forget Homer Simpson as part of Dan’s paper model collection as well!

06-06-2009: Taking a break fom building Final Fantasy models, Dan also built not on, not two, but several of my Zelda models! In the picture he sent me, you can recognize young Link, princess Zelda herself, Majora’s Mask and the Clock Town Schnauzer of course.

I know you’ve never seen the darker dog, because that’s Dan’s own recolor of the Clock Town Schnauzer to make it look like the common ones found at night at Hyrule Castle in Ocarina of Time!

02-06-2009: And here’s another one for Dan to be proud of: it’s Cloud Strife Kingdom Hearts style! It’s looking at least as good as Auron, maybe it has something to do with the motivation he got from watching his brother play Final Fantasy 7 while he built it? ;o)

23-05-2009: This is Auron, built by Dan Hilse. Dan says he had “a lot of fun building it!” and he’s “really proud of the results!” and really, who wouldn’t be? ;o)

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Zelda models by Francesco de Renzio

04-07-2010: More papercraft Zelda goodness from Francesco, this time it’s Koume and Kotake, the two witches!

05-06-2010: Francesco sent me new pictures of Fierce Deity Link, Wolf Link, and Link & Epona!

04-01-2010: I was right in assuming Francesco not being done with papercraft yet, because as you can see now he has also built Link, the Hero of Twilight!

31-08-2009: Francesco is a big Zelda fan and here’s the proof: he built all these papercraft models!

Zora armor Link, Ganondorf, the King of Red Lions (including Josh Darrah’s Great Sea stand!) Majora’s Mask, Midna, young Link and young princess Zelda as well!

And I have a feeling he’s not done yet… ;o)

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Kingdom Hearts 2 Sora by Kupo

01-07-2010: building this Sora was a lot more time consuming for Kupo than building chibi Sora (second picture from the bottom in this post) but judging from the pictures, it was worth it! ;o)

22-05-2010: Kupo has been really busy papercrafting all kinds of models since last time, besides building American McGee’s Alice, he also expanded his Blue Moon army with a Stealth Fighter and APC: picture

And that’s only a fraction of the new models that he built! You can see many more of them of them on his own weblog here, including some close-ups of Alice, and some papercraft projects of his own; be sure to check it out! ;o)

08-02-2010: When you’re done gazing at the two robots and Kupo’s hand-made Pokéball in this picture, what do you think of his Neotank build? I think it looks pretty good!

He even made a video showing how the legs move with the mechanism inside: link

Kupo also built several of my Zelda models (picture 1 | picture 2) and as you can see, he likes building all kind of models from other people as well, so check out his weblog (and works-in-progress-blog) to see all his other builds!

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Epona, wolf Link & “Going Merry” by Nizier

16-06-2010: Today, I received a whole bunch of pictures from 18 year old Nizier from France!

He made several papercraft models as gifts for friends, and the first one was wolf Link. It was difficult to make, but Nizier tells me he really liked it, so I’m glad to hear that! ;o)

I think Nizier’s second papercraft gift was to either a Zelda fan or to a horse lover (or both, of course ;o) because it is Link’s trusty horse Epona: picture 1| picture 2 | picture 3

And the third one was the “Going Merry”, which is also a pretty difficult model because it has many small parts: picture 1 | picture 2 | picture 3

It’s easy to see that Nizier spent a lot of time and care on these gifts, and his friends were very happy to recieve them!

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Sora by Carlos Gomez

04-06-2010: only a few days after I released it, Carlos already sends me a picture of Sora!

08-04-2009: Carlos strikes again! This time not with a Zelda model, but with his favourite character from his favourite RPG, Cloud Strife! You can see the picture here: picture 2

18-09-2007: the first picture that Carlos “Charly” Gomez (“MasteR”) from Mexicali (Baja California) in Mexico sent me, shows you what a big Legend of Zelda fan he is!

He built not one, not two, but all of my Zelda models, which include some of the most challenging ones I have to offer.

It took him something like three months, but from what I can see, it was definately worth the effort!

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Kingdom Hearts 2 Sora

094004 Sora (May 31, 2010)
from: Kingdom Hearts 2 video game / size: ± 23 cm

Download:
parts (2,10 MB PDF file)
instructions (2,36 MB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

Zelda models by randomzeldafan

26-05-2010: Randomzeldafan from Scotland, UK, sent me this picture of Super Smash Bros: Melee Link, one of the most challenging models on my papercraft webpage!

But some of you might not even be that surprised to see what a great job she did with some of those really tiny parts, because you might know randomzeldafan from when she made the made the smallest Hero of Twilight I’ve ever seen: link ;o)

As you can see in this picture though, she also went on to build the regular sized version. ;o)

And she didn’t stop there: she also built Zora armor Link, Link riding Epona, and those are just my models!

On her own weblog, fittingly called FoldFingers, you can see many more models from other papercraft creators built by randomzeldafan, so be sure to check it out!

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U.S.S. Voyager by Andrew

13-05-2010: After having some problems with another model, Andrew decided to take a break from that one and try my U.S.S. Voyager first.

The U.S.S. Voyager has quite a few difficult shapes but he did a great job, as you can also see in the other two pictures that Andrew sent me: picture 2 | picture 3

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“Re-vamped” Alice by Superunitedkingdom

05-05-2010: Well, this certainly is a special addition to the hall of fame…! ;o)

As you can see, Superunitedkingdom has made some additions of his own (or should I say, deductions? ;o) to my American McGee’s Alice model.

Here are two more pictures: picture 1 | picture 2

If you like the new Alice, you can download the parts to make the paper yourself from the download link provided by Superunitedkingdom:

download re-vamped Alice

Besides giving Alice a low-cut dress and fishnet stockings (I didn’t ask him where he got the pictures for the new textures from, sorry… ;o) Superunitedkingdom also included the display stand you see in the pictures, and made her a bit bigger (15 inches), so have fun building!

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Lara Croft & young Link by Gabriel Guerrero

05-05-2010: Before he made Lara in her wetsuit from Tomb Raider Underworld, he already built Lara Croft in her Tomb Raider Legend outfit.

Here are two pictures of the two Lara’s together: picture 1 | picture 2

09-04-2010: Gabriel Guerrero lives in México Distrito Federal (Mexico City), one of the biggest cities in the world!

But he proves even people in *huge* cities like México D.F. can find the time to enjoy building a paper model!

Here’s a picture of Gabriel’s Lara, in her Tomb Raider Legend outfit, and here’s one of young Link.

You can see that he’s very creative too: the sword in Link’s hand is his own adjustment to my model that he downloaded!

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Auron by Fungus

20-04-2010: After seeing some great pictures of paper models on an image site, 14 year old “Fungus” from England got inspired to build one of her own!

Eventually, she found herself on my website here, and liking the way my Final Fantasy X Auron looked, decided to try it out.

In just 5 hours (!) using nothing more than regular printer paper, a pair of scissors and a glue stick, I think she did an amazing job building her very first papercraft model in record time! ;o)

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young Link by Teris

18-04-2010: Teris tells me he only started papercrafting a few days ago, which is amazing when you look at the young Link that he made as his first paper model!

Here you can see another picture of Teris’ young Link with his shield and sword.

I guess if you really like the Legend of Zelda games, it doesn’t matter if you have a lot of papercrafting experience or not, you can do a great job building a paper Link anyway!

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Advance Wars Blue Moon Recon

093041 Blue Moon Recon (April 17, 2010)
from: Advance Wars video game series / size: ± 6 cm x 3 cm x 6,5 cm

Download:
parts (516 kB ZIP file)
instructions (1,13 MB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

Advance Wars battle by Alex

17-04-2010: I just hope Alex knows what he’s doing, because those muzzle flares look mighty dangerous, especially for mere papercraft units… ;o)

Sending a spotter to the top of the castle to keep an eye out for the enemy proved to be a wise precaution, because earlier today, he sighted the enemy closing in on their position…

So instead of being caught off guard, they were able to repel the initial attack as you can see in the picture above, even when the Black Hole Stealth came back for a second run…!

Here are all the Advance Wars units that Alex built so far: picture

20-03-2010: Last time, we saw that Alex had taken command of the Orange Star army (let’s face it, Andy really needs all the help he can get… ;o)

Backed up by this Artillery unit, he sent a spearhead of Md Tanks into enemy territory to force a breakthrough.

Now he informs me, that after being discovered by a Black Hole Stealth, his troops came across a stronghold, and took up defensive positions there.

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Orange Star units by hexagono MotD

13-04-2010: It took hexagono about 7-8 hours to build the Artillery unit and spotter to go with his Orange Star MD Tank.

Now you can really see the rotating heads of the soldiers in action! I guess the only question is, why exactly *are* they looking at the artillery gunner…? ;o)

06-03-2010: hexagono built my Orange Star MD Tank about 5 hours, so it could guard his laptop; nobody will even think about stealing it now! ;o)

The heads of the soldiers can turn, because he glued a small pin of rolled up paper inside the head, instead of glueing it straight to the body:

Here’s a picture of how hexagono did it: picture

Pretty smart I think! ;o)

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Zelda models by Jen

11-04-2010: Jen had built several of my paper models before (Link & Epona, young princess Zelda and young Link as seen in the back row) but the front row shows her latest additions!

Instead of choosing which version with which head to build, after a whole week of witch making, Jen has built not one, not two, not even three, but four Koume/Kotake models!

I hope the “normal” ones are from Majora’s Mask, so they even out the evil from their Ocarina of Time Twinrova boss form…

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Majora’s Mask & princess Zelda by Jalhalla

07-04-2010: This dangerous looking Majora’s Mask is actually a life-size version from my original smaller version.

It was built by Jalhalla, who also made young princess Zelda! If you want to see bigger pictures of these two paper models, or the other models he built, you can check out his DeviantArt gallery here.

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The Legend of Zelda Kotake & Koume

092016 The Legend of Zelda Kotake & Koume (April 4, 2010)
from: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time / Majora’s Mask video games / size: ± 18,5 cm x 19,5 cm (each)

Download:
Kotake parts (1,12 MB PDF file)
Kotake replacement head (373 kB PDF file)

Koume parts (1,16 MB PDF file)
Koume replacement head (376 kB PDF file)

instructions (1,20 MB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

“Going Merry” by Xu for Sun Joanna

25-03-2010: It took Xu three days during her spring break to build this “Going Merry” for her friend Sun Joanna (Wise). I wish I had friends like that! ;o)

She included an Usopp figurine from Megahouse in the picture to give you an indication of how small the ship really is; the figurine is only about one inch tall!

Needless to say I think, that Joanna enjoyed the gift very much! ;o)

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Epona by Hunter Turner

18-03-2010: Hunter built another one of my Zelda models! Of course you already recognized Link’s trusty horse Epona (who apparantly really wants to play the Nintendo Wii… ;o)

27-01-2010: Hunter Turner proves once again that age doesn’t matter in papercraft, only patience and determination to finish what you started! ;o)

He’s only ten years old and already made my Kingdom Hearts version of Cloud Strife, in just three and a half days!

Hunter also built a very fierce looking Oni Link! He says it’s the flash from the camera that makes it look so intimidating, but maybe it’s just the mysterious powers in the mask…

Excellent work!

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One Piece’s “Going Merry” by Jeroen

16-03-2010: While Usopp wonders why the “Going Merry” is suddenly so small, we all know that’s because it’s a papercraft version built by Jeroen from the Netherlands!

He sends me a whole bunch of nice pictures from his build, and tells me he made it twice as big as my original version. And as you can also see, he made the rigging out of real ropes and added an extra line to the bow of the ship.

He did a really great job building it, and the extra effort he put into it makes his build look really great!

Here are some more pictures for you to marvel at: ;o)
picture 2 | picture 3 | picture 4 | picture 5 | picture 6

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Advance Wars, Zelda, Kurt Zisa & Sharpedo models by Llamadragon

15-03-2010: Llamadragon told me he would probably build some more paper models of mine, and he sure did: 12 models in total now, as you can see in the picture above!

New are Sharpedo, the Green Earth Cruiser and Black Hole Tank and MD Tank from my Advance Wars series, Twilight Link (group picture) and the one I think he is the most proud of, Kingdom Hearts’ Kurt Zisa!

But I think he has every right to be proud of it: he tells me it took him about 28-32 hours in total, but he enjoyed building it, and I think that shows in his finished paper model because it looks really great!

07-01-2010: Llamadragon told me he had built several of my Zelda and Advance Wars paper models, and to prove it, he sent me a picture! ;o)

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Zora armor Link by Andres Darquea

16-03-2010: Andres decided to build Super Smash Bros. Melee Link’s display stand to ehm… display ZaL on it. ;o) And I have to say, I think it actually looks pretty good! picture 1 | picture 2

14-03-2010: Andres Darquea from Ecuador is a medical student, and he tells me he enjoys papercraft because it is relaxing, but also because it trains his motor skills (which are very important if he wants to become a surgeon some day! ;o)

But I think his motor skills are okay, because his ZaL looks very good! Andres used a laser printer to print the parts, making the colours extra shiny.

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Oogie Boogie by Felipe Rossi

07-03-2010: 14 year old Felipe Rossi from Brazil had only built Cubees and Hamheadz until now, and Oogie Boogie is the first more complex paper model he (successfully) made.

He says it’s far from perfect but I’m sure he’s just being modest, because it looks pretty good to me! ;o)

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Zelda models by Rutger

04-03-2010: In the picture above, you can see the papercraft Zelda models built by 15 year old Rutger from the Netherlands so far.

After building Zora armor Link, Rutger now also built Twilight Link and because he didn’t glue their swords to their hands, he can swap them if he wants to!

Now Rutger has not one but two guards to watch over the other papercraft models he built: picture 1 | picture 2 ! ;o)

23-02-2010: This papercraft Zora armor Link was built by 15 year old Rutger from the Netherlands!

You might be thinking Link is pretty defenseless like this, but Rutger saw to that too, building not one, but two sets of weapons: picture

And if he’s ever in a really tight spot, Link can always let loose the hounds of war on his enemies! (well, the paper Clocktown Schnauzer that Rutger also built anyway… ;o)

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