January 4th 2025 I had a big stroke…
I lived, but have to go through a long recovery
to see what I can still do in the future…
Hopefully it will be a lot…! 👍 Always keep having fun papercrafting!
Which papercraft model would you like to build?
“What’s papercraft?” you ask?
Well, that’s when (in this case ;o) you download and print a page of 2D parts (preferably on some thicker paper) cut them out and fold them, and then glue them together to make your very own 3D paper model of your favourite game/anime/movie character/whatever you like!
There are a lot of websites where you can find free templates to download and build, including my own one of course which you’re visiting right now. ;o)
Currently, I have two-hundred-and-thirty-seven (237!) free papercraft models in stock for you! :o) Select one of the Download categories above or in the Site map to the right to find the model you wish to download (if it’s not in one of the obvious categories, try the miscellaneous section).
If you want to contact me, or send me a picture of your finished paper model for the hall of fame, you can send me an e-mail at ninjatoes@home.nl and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. Have fun building!
Ninjatoes' papercraft webpage 
Have you ever thought of making any World of Warcraft paper models?
I would definately make those considering i play WoW.
I loved Warcraft III, but I never really got into World of Warcraft… It’s very famous though, and there are lots of nice looking models that I’d love to make some day, but it’s the same old story: so many ideas, so little time…
So I can’t promise you if or when I will make a papercraft WoW model, sorry… (but I’m sure you already know PMF and Barbarian’s WoW papercraft site that can probably keep you busy for quite some time… ;o)
Yea I tried there yesterday but the files are in .rar format and I don’t know what program is used to open those.
*.rar archives are the native file format of WinRar (which is free to try) and can also be opened by lots of other freeware tools, like 7-Zip.
They’re just like ZIP-files, in that after you have downloaded them, you have to unrar the files inside the archive to open/print them.
Ok i tried it but the one i tried to do it comes with no instructions so im not gonna even try. Ill just go back to making the ganondorf model.
A lot of people that make paper models with Pepakura Designer, often don’t make seperate instructions: with Pepakura Viewer you can view the 3D model and see which part goes where (if you’re not a Mac computer, that is… ;o)
But as you get more experienced, you probably often won’t even need instructions anymore, except perhaps on the really difficult parts. So there’s only one solution really: build lots and lots papercraft models! ;o)
Have fun building!
Your models are great. I especially like the Viper Mk.II, but I can’t get the parts to print properly without degrading the image. Do you have a different template for it that is sized for 8.5 X 11.00 paper?
No, I’m afraid I don’t have letter-sized versions of my templates…
If you want to print one of my models on US Letter paper, your printer program should automatically scale it correspondingly.
Set the print margins as small as possible, and make sure it is scaling proportionally (meaning it scales the width the same percentage as the height) so squares don’t become rectangles, and circles don’t become ellipses.
Because US Letter paper is a little less high than ISO A4 paper, the model will end up slightly smaller, but if you make sure the printer scales everything the same way, the parts should still all fit together. ;o)
I hope this helps, have fun building!
Hey, ninjatoes, are you gonna do more n64 zelda models? i like scoring the folds on your models.
Will you do some mario papercrafts too? i would build them all. Thanx
I will definately make more N64 models in the future! From Zelda, and from other games.
“Paper Mario” is a model that I’d also love to make some time. But I’m not sure yet if I’ll make the N64 version, or another one. ;o)
Have you ever considered modeling one of the colossi from Shadow of the Colossus?
I have, actually! ;o) But like a lot of models on my to do-list, I haven’t really looked into it much further than “hm, it might be nice to make one of those Colossi!” yet…
First of all, you are great at this! I would like to know what the next advance wars papercraft will be?
Nobody knows… Maybe not even him :)
Yeah, I really don’t know yet… ;o)
Probably not a Black Hole unit (because I already did 3 in a row now) but other than that, it could be any one of the units that I didn’t make yet. ;o)
I want to know how to design my own papercraft. can you tell me?
Well… yes and no, I guess. It’s kinda like chess: I can tell you the rules, but *you* have to get good at it by playing it a lot. ;o)
I basically make my paper models either by hand (by breaking down the complete, complex shape of the subject into easier, seperate pieces, unfolding those in my head, then drawing them using a ruler and pencil, and then testing and adjusting them until they fit together correctly) or using the computer.
For that, I use a tool called Pepakura Designer which can unfold digital 3D models into 2D layouts of the parts. So first, you need a digital 3D model. ;o)
You can either make one from scratch yourself, find one made by somebody else online, or in some occasions, you can extract the 3D data from certain games so that you have something to start with.
Of course, even if you have a ready-made 3D model to start with, it is very unlikely that it was created with papercraft in mind. So either way, you will also need a 3D modelling program to make your 3D model more suited for papercraft.
That’s usually the most time consuming step of all. I think you could write a whole library full of books with tutorials on each of these steps, and still don’t cover everything. That’s why I think the most important thing I think, is to try it out and see if you like it! Papercraft can be a really time consuming hobby…
I think you’ll learn much more from fooling around with the tools learning from your mistakes and striving to improve yourself than from somebody telling you exactly how he or she thinks it should be done. ;o)
I can’t give you a full tutorial on the steps on how to create a papercraft model, but I made a weblog about my “works in progress” where I often try to explain why I do certain things a certain way, or what kind of things I think are worth paying extra attention to etc.
But every paper model has its own peculiarities and in the end, I still believe building lots of papercraft models from other people and your own ones is the best way to learn how to make papercraft models yourself.
And of course: have fun!
Just wondering where/how do you find 3d models on the internet? I tried google-ing for one I wanted to make (Lou from Guitar Hero III) and couldn’t find anything helpful
You have to bear in mind, that there’s simply not always a 3D model to be found (or a way to extract it from the game…)
Googling really is the best way to go, I think. But often you will have to browse through hundreds of websites and forum posts to find what you’re looking for and of course, it’s always somewhere where you knew for for sure it wouldn’t be there so you didn’t bother looking… ;o)
Most of the models and/or tools to extract them from the game, are made by fans, so you will often find them on fan forums – *if* they exist…
I must admit that I don’t know where you could find a 3D model of Lou from Guitar Hero III, but of course I haven’t really looked for it…
I wouldn’t give up after just a few tries, but it’s also true that if it ain’t there, you’re not gonna find it! ;o)
Good luck on your search!
Okay, thank you for the words of wisdom :D!
Ninjatoe,
You do fantastic work. I really like your model and your technique in design and constuction. I just downloaded the Viper MK-II (thank you BTW). I was wondering if you were going to make any other BSG (or other SCI-FI) model?
Once again, thank you for these wonderful models and keep up the FANTASTIC work.
Thank you for your kind words! ;o)
I am a big scifi fan, so there are lots more scifi models on my to do-list!
I can’t promise I will make all the ships in the fleet, but I will definately make some more Battlestar Galactica ships in the future!
Hey ninjatoes, how ’bout a Phineas and Ferb papercraft? (if you haven’t seen the show, do-best cartoon on tv right now [it’s the new animaniacs])
I sometimes catch the show, but I must admit I’m not a regular viewer… ;o) With all the papercraft ideas I want to do in the future, I can’t promise anything though…!
Their is a phineas and feb papercraft. just type it in on google. looks a bit weird though
True, although the original site has already been deleted (it was there around Christmas) the templates still seem to be there for now…
Hey Ninjatoes, I have a few questions:
1. What’s the average number of pages you print using one ink cartridge?
2.Is refilling ink cartridges more efficient than buying new ones? If so, how many refills before it starts to smudge?
3.When I’m printing, whats the best quality setting to save on ink, but not destroy the quality.
I’m afraid I can’t really give you any definitive answers to those questions, because there are so many variables…
I don’t keep track of how many pages I can print with one cartridge, and sometimes you have to print a page crammed with parts, and sometimes there’s a lot of white on the page, so it doesn’t really tell you much anyway…
I have one of those printers with different cartridges for the different colours, so that when one colour is empty, you only have to replace that one colour.
So it may be that you have to replace one colour twice, while you’re still using the original cartridges for the other colours, but that depends on what you’re printing of course. But I get a lot of pages out of them, depending also on the printer settings of course.
I usually use the “normal” setting on my printer (except for test builds obviously) but of course I can’t tell you what *you* think is the best setting! ;o) That is your own personal choice, maybe you should just try printing a page with only a few parts on the different settings to compare them.
Personally, I’m not a big fan of refilled cartridges, I always buy the original cartridges meant for the printer I have. Often you can find value packs, and sometimes shops give you a discount when you bring them your old cartridges for recycling, but in the end it’s your own choice again; if you use a lot of ink, it can get pretty expensive pretty fast…
c’mon ninjatoes Cloud’s been waiting for Sephiroth for 10 months now and im telling you he’s not very happy, if you start making him now then you may finish him before Cloud’s BirthDay.:P
Haha I’m not sure if Cloud really wants Sephiroth to come to his birthday party…
I really don’t know when I will make Sephiroth or any other FF/KH model for that matter, it also depends on how busy I am, because those models require a lot of work, so sometimes I like to make an easier one and save those for when I have more spare time… ;o)