Zelda models & Blue Moon MD Tank by Kristopher Ramirez

23-11-2007: Kristopher found my webpage some time ago, and he tells me he really enjoys his new papercraft hobby! ;o)

He built this Majora’s Mask, but that’s not the only paper model he made.

He also built my young Link, a Blue Moon MD Tank and several other paper models by other designers, which you can see in his deviantART gallery. So be sure to check it out! ;o)

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Young Link & One Piece “Going Merry” by Haywan Chiu

17-08-2008:  like many others, Haywan Chiu’s enthusiasm has only grown and he has made a nice website of his own called PaperCraft Museum; be sure to pay a visit!

28-11-2007: young Link is still the most popular of all my paper models, with the “Going Merry” coming in second. Why I’m mentioning this? Because he built that one as well: picture

15-11-2007: This paper Link was built by Haywan Chiu in 16 hours, using a quick-drying tacky glue and his mother’s tiny tweezers for some of the small parts. We all use what we have handy. ;o)

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Indiana Jones by Guillermo Molina Mueses

09-12-2007:  Guillermo set a new record! ;o) Kim Possible, built in just 3 hours!

15-11-2007: I only uploaded my Indiana Jones model a couple of days ago, and already I received this picture from Guillermo, after he only started working on it yesterday!

03-11-2007: Guillermo proves again that he is a very fast builder: he built this papercraft Lara Croft in only 1 day!

02-11-2007: So there’s fast, and then there is fast

Guillermo Molina Mueses from the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean built this Rikku in only 5 hours, and Auron took him only half a day to build!

What’s more, he has only been building paper models since April 2007, and he has already built many models, as you can see on his own Bongo Papercraft blog.

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Auron by Cotton Eyed Joe

08-10-2007: here’s the first “hall of fame” picture from my new Final Fantasy series! It’s the biggest model Cotton Eyed Joe made so far, and he was glad to find that it’s “not stupidly hard” to build.

Personally, I’m very pleased to hear that, because “not stupidly hard” is exactly what I was going for on my newest models. ;o)

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Green Earth army by Ryu Yamino

04-10-2007: Ryu Yamino from Poland send me a picture of two of my Advance Wars units he built. But those are not the only models he made:

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One Piece “Going Merry” by Michael James

03-09-2007: Michael James sent me this picture; it’s not the first paper model he built (you can some of his other work here) but naturally, this one is his best, don’t you agree? ;o)

You might know Michael from his two blogs, where he collects links to other paper model sites: Papercraft Paradise and Gundam and Robot Anime. Maybe you even found my site through there? ;o)

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Young Link by Tommy

14-08-2007: A big picture this time: Tommy from Italy built young Link from the Nintendo 64 Zelda games.

With a little extra guidance he was able to complete it as a gift for a friend.

He claims it’s not “as perfect” as my own build, but you know, I really think that sometimes you people can be a little bit overly modest…

I mean: since I designed the models, I know exactly how to put the parts together and where each part goes, but you guys have to make do with only my pictures and my tips.

And yet every time you guys prove you can do it by sending me these nice pictures! ;o)

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Goron & Majora’s Mask by Kyle Lane

17-07-2007: My “hall of fame” is getting quite big already! ;o) This time it’s Kyle Lane from California who sends me this picture of these two paper models he built.

You recognize my Majora’s Mask of course, and a Goron which is not mine. It’s made by someone named Gen-Goro and it’s available along with a lot of other similar paper models from the GotOrioN.com website.

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Young & wolf Link by Nicole

15-07-2007: it took Nicole from Singapore only three days to build young Link (the version with lines).

The lineless version of wolf Link took her a lot longer, and some of the teeth were so fiddly she decided not to make them all.

But as you can see, even without all of his teeth, wolf Link doesn’t look like someone you would want to mess around with…

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Majora’s Mask by Justin Kraus

13-07-2007: Justin Kraus, a fellow Dutchman, sent me this picture of Majora’s Mask that he built.

Beware not to stare into its eyes too long, or you too may become mesmerized and fall under the spell of this evil mask

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One Piece “Going Merry” by Bee

25-06-2007: “Sawasdee krub”, or: hello there! It had been a while since anybody sent me a picture of their “Going Merry” so I guess it was due again. ;o)

One Piece still is a very popular anime, in Thailand as well: Bee sent me this picture of the “Going Merry” he built in front of a Thai One Piece comic.

It took him two months, and I think he did a great job! Here’s another picture.

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Zelda models & NES Zapper by Charles French

19-06-2007: Charles French from Arkansas, USA, assures me he did eat and sleep every once in a while building my models, but his build times really are amazingly fast!

He built the Zapper in 2 weeks, but adult Link in just 5 days, and young Link and the King of Red Lions in this picture in just 4 and 8 days, Majora’s Mask in only 30-45 minutes and Princess Zelda in 2 days.

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Zelda models by Stephanie Loitz

12-06-2007: Evil masks are now turning up all over the world, even in Denmark at the home of Stephanie Loitz!

Luckily for us, she is working hard on building Link and Zelda to take care of this threat. And with ChokipetaKOBO’s Four Swords Link as back-up, we *should* be safe I think.  ;o)

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Majora’s Mask by Lin Kiat

29-05-2007: It took Lin Kiat from Singapore only two hours to make this Majora’s Mask as his first papercraft.

It seems the evil powers within the mask have taken over a UHU glue stick! I don’t think the world is in any immediate danger, though.

But wait a minute… Was the Moon always so close to Earth..?

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Zelda models by Toni Allen

26-05-2007: Toni Allen built my young princess Zelda, Majora’s Mask and Link models, as you can see. But wait, there’s more!

Not only did she make some nice display stands, she also made a Navi (the little fairy that guides Link in Ocarina of Time) out of a blue pom-pom, a little copperwire and some shiny fabric.

Here’s a close-up of Link and one of Navi, and here’s one of Princess Zelda.

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Blue Moon APC by Tom Broadwood

19-05-2007: Tom also built some other paper models that can be found on the GotOrioN.com website: picture 3 | picture 4

16-05-2007: hailing from the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, Tom ‘Meatloaf’ Broadwood has sent me his picture of the Blue Moon APC he built!

The little guys on top of the tanks are without a doubt the most difficult parts of my Advance Wars papercraft models, so Tom did some experimenting to build them like stuffing the inside of the head and wrapping it with sticky tape: picture

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Interview by GamesMaster magazine

08-05-2007: a little while ago, I was contacted by Adam Norton, who works as a freelancer for GamesMaster Magazine, “the UK’s best-selling multiformat videogame magazine!” ;o)

He wanted to ask me a couple of short questions for a small interview for the section “We Really Love Games” (featured in the May 2007 issue no. 185 on page 55). He sent me a copy and for those that don’t live in the UK and still want to read it, I was allowed to scan it to show it here.

What can I say? I just Really Love Games. ;o)

Zelda models by Angelo D. Person

15-04-2007: Angelo made me aware that in step 73 on King’s instructions, it says to “cut slits in part 90” but that should be part 91 (it’s not the only mistake in the numbering I made, but you’ll find that out yourself when you build it. ;o)

He managed to build wolf Link in just two days and the King of Red Lions in one week! And just to prove to you that I’m not the only paper model designer out there: here’s a picture of the many other paper models that Angelo built.

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Zelda models by Zac Stanley

11-06-2008: Zac sent in another paper model he built, or rather two of them: Ocarina of Time Link & Epona. This time, it took him just two days to build both! ;o)

My newest Link model fits on Epona’s back of course, and by coincidence I found out that he fits on Wolf Link’s back too. And thanks to Zac, I now know that he also fits on the back of a dragon! ;o)

18-03-2007: Zac built this young Link in just four days, and he did a great job I think!

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Wolf Link by Thore Höferer

26-02-2007: It’s only been a week and a half since I uploaded my new wolf Link papercraft model to my site, but already I received this entry for the Ninjatoes’ hall of fame. Thore must have been working on it 24/7!

I don’t know if you can tell from this small picture, but it’s the version with lines. It’s much easier to build than the lineless version, and because most of textures are quite dark anyway, the fold lines aren’t really dominant.

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U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205 by Nathan Dumont

17-01-2007: As you can see, it’s another Star Trek model: the U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205, built by Nathan Dumont from England.

It’s actually the redraw version with improved textures, done by Bill Perry. My original version has “watercolored textures”, and although I actually like the effect, the redraw version looks really great as well.

Nathan has his own website about all kinds of stuff at http://www.nathandumont.com/, and he has uploaded a few more pictures of his paper Defiant there.

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King of Red Lions by Red Yoshi

15-12-2006: another boat, but this time it’s the King of Red Lions from the GameCube game the Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

It’s built by Red Yoshi, and it took him no less then three months! Not 24/7 of course: it’s best to take breaks in between when you’re building a big papercraft like this one to prevent yourself from going crazy…

The Link figure you see isn’t mine, it was originally designed by ChokipetaKOBO as a free gift in the Japanese games magazine Dengeki Cube (now Dengeki DS Style).

Red Yoshi started making his own papercrafts on the Nintendo Papercraft blog!

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Advance Wars army by Robin Munsterman

19-08-2006: Robin Munsterman from the Netherlands expanded his Orange Star army with the Green Earth, Blue Moon and Yellow Comet Troops. They don’t really seem to get along though, as you can see in this picture

Luckily, before the fighting began, Robin was able to take a picture of the complete lineup. ;o)

12-07-2006: I get e-mails from all over the world, but it’s extra fun to know that people from my own country are enjoying my papercraft models too! ;o)

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Deep Space Nine by Martin

16-06-2006: with all those “Trekkies” around, I was wondering when somebody was going to send me a picture of one of my Star Trek models they built.

Well, here it is: Deep Space Nine, built by Martin from the Czech Republic. The photo was taken with a mobile phone, but it still looks better than most of the pictures I took with a regular camera… ;o)

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One Piece “Going Merry” by Cecilia Sanchez Alanis

07-06-2006: One Piece seems to be an immensely popular anime: the “Going Merry” is also the model that people send in for my hall of fame the most.

This one was built by Cecilia Sanchez Alanis from Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Here’s another picture and here’s an even more detailed view. I really like the pictures because they show how an ordinary piece of blue plastic makes for an excellent sea!

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Advance Wars army by Sebastien

26-01-2006: This Advance Wars army was built by Sebastien from France. Not only did he do a great job assembling all those units, but he even took the time and effort to modify them!

Now the characters can leave their vehicles and they can fight on Infantry units: picture 2 | picture 3

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Blue Moon MD Tank by Max Bolingbroke

13-09-2006: The picture is a bit blurry, but you can still make out a Blue Moon MD Tank, built by Max Bolingbroke from the United Kingdom.

The amazing thing is, he used an ordinary Pritt Stick to build the model! Anyone who has used a Pritt Stick before will know what an incredible feat that is! How did he do it? In his own words:

“With difficulty, and huge amounts of glue.”

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Majora’s Mask @ young princess Zelda by Nova Greensocks

09-08-2006: I guess it was just a matter of time before somebody built Majora’s Mask to full size to try to take over the world…

Obviously, such a big size mask needed to be reinforced with cardboard to prevent it from sagging.

Next to it are a smaller Majora’s Mask and young princess Zelda. The models are all so shiny because they’re coated with glaze.

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Zelda models by Chris D.

09-08-2006: Well, here are some more amazing builds: Chris from England claims to be “a bit of a Zelda fan”, but I say anyone that builds two Links is more than a bit of a fan!

Actually, one of them is made from regular printer paper, and the other one using cardstock. Can you tell which is which?

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One Piece “Going Merry” by Flynn

01-11-2006: You know, I seem to get a lot of e-mails lately from natural papercraft talents. I myself started off with some very simple paper models and slowly developed the skills to make more sophisticated models.

But take Flynn for instance; his first papercraft was a simple car, but for his second papercraft, he chose my “Going Merry”. Not the simplest model available for free on the web, but he did a very nice job as you can see in this second picture.

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