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!
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Hey,
I have been a great follower of yours for a long time, i love your work!
i can’t decide which of your models to build next, and need advice. Which would you recommend?
I have limited paper and ink supplies, so keep that in mind, thanks.
Thanks for the kind words, I’m glad you like my paper models! ;o)
I don’t know what kind of things you like, though, and I would always choose something you’d enjoy building of course.
Some of my models require a lot of pages, and others only a few; my biggest models are the Zelda King of Red Lions boat (16 sheets) and my Star Trek Rubicon runabout (15 sheets).
Most of my Advance Wars models only require 2 sheets, and my other models anywhere between 1-15 sheets. Many of my models are in PDF format so you can open them in your browser and quickly see how many sheets of paper and how much ink they would require.
Oogie Boogie from Kingdom Hearts is pretty much a black-and-white model, but my other models look best when printed in colour of course. ;o)
Have a look around, though, and I’m sure you’ll be able to find a model to your liking; have fun building!
thanks for replying!
which of your models do you think was most fun to build?
Haha well I really liked building all of them of course! ;o) My new LEGO models were a lot of fun, but they require more sheets than most of my models, because I also had to make the “insides”.
Mario was a lot of fun too, my Advance Wars units, the classic Tomb Raider models, Kim Possible, my Zelda models, the Battlestar Galactia Viper and Raider etc… Like I said, all of them really! ;o)
thanks, i’ve decided to give mario a go.
I hope you’ll enjoy building him; have fun!
hey can you start halo papercrafts?
I never really played Halo myself, but the series is so iconic that I might make some models from it, although I can’t promise anything…!
Halo is very popular though, and Billybob884 already made several Halo papercraft models, including the Master Chief himself.
The PlayMore site once had an official Master Chief paper model which can be found here now and Bungie.net has a cute hako Mister Chief toy.
Jim Bowen made a Warthog vehicle, Planet Starfreak has a Halo Dropship, in the 405th forums you can find lots of life-sized scaled pieces for cosplay and that’s just the tip of the iceberg! ;o)
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I love your Lego “Mini”Figures! Are you planning to do Lego StarWars models, like Darth Vader? That’d be very cool!
Also, thanks for adding Gipi’s Papercraft Blog to your (many) following blogs and to the Papercraft Links!
Haha no problem of course! It’s a papercraft blog so it belongs in the papercraft links! ;o)
I love Star Wars so yes, it would definately be a nice idea to make some papercraft Star Wars minifigs too! Piromodel already made some (stormtroopers, clone troopers and even Boba Fett, but no Darth Vader – yet? ;o) so you might want to check it out if you haven’t done so already.
Yes, I did check this website (The pieces are small on their templates tho.) , and that’s why I suggested Darth Vader… ; )
It proves that still a lot of Paper Minifigures can be done…
Yeah, I thought you probably already found Piromodel’s site, but just in case… ;o)
And I definately agree, there are *lots* more LEGO minifigs that would be a lot of fun to do in papercraft form!
Did you see the Skyward Sword Link papercraft? It’s almost exactly the same as your Twilight Link!
Yes I did, from Paper Zelda!
It *is* a re-colour from Twilight Princess Link, but not from *my* Twilight Princess Link. ;o)
I think it looks so similar because it is based on the same 3D model of course, and they used a lot of the same solutions on the papercraft model as I did, but if you look closely not everything is the same!
did you help them with it?
No, they made it all by themselves. ;o)
This is in no way ninjatoes’s model, i made it myself and you can see the progress on Nintendo papercraft’s forum, the head, hair, pants and other things are clearly different from his Twilight Princess Link.
Do you have a link to it?
The new Skyword Sword Link was made by Paper Zelda, their weblog with their models is over here: link
I meant a link to the forum thread.
Ah well, the Nintendo Papercraft forums are here: link but you’ll have to find the thread Paperlegend was talking about yourself I’m afraid… (or maybe he can tell you which one it is exactly ;o)
Not all the forums are visible for guests, though, so if it’s in one that only visible to members, you’ll have to sign up to see it.
For my first model I made Fierce Deity Link. He turned out great and I really enjoyed making him. I can assure you that I will be making many more of your models.
Fierce Deity Link is one of my favourites too, I really like the way he turned out! ;o)
I’m happy to hear you liked making it, I hope you’ll enjoy any others you decide to make as well!
Have fun building!
Hey Ninjatoes,
just waned to say, love the new website design.
Thank you; I liked the old, basic theme too, but this new one has some extra features that the old one didn’t have, which makes it a bit easier to navigate if you come here from somewhere else, so I changed it a little while ago. ;o)
Hey Ninjatoes, I just started making papercraft models recently and I’ve already made all of your final fantasy characters. I’ve been searching everywhere for a Lightning Ferron template and cant seem to find an active link. I would love it if you could try to make one and/or more ff characters. Thank you so much for all of your models they are amazing <3 ^_^
I hope you enjoyed building them! ;o)
I am definately planning on making many more Final Fantasy models, but I can’t promise you when or which ones, sorry (there are just so many great FF characters…! ;o)
There’s a site called Final Fantasy papercraft, though, that has several versions of Lightning from Dissidia Final Fantasy that you might like and that is definately worth checking out if you like Final Fantasy papercraft models: link
Have fun building!
i liked the old theme better
WordPress.com weblogs aren’t so freely customizable with widgets, layouts, menus etc. as Blogger weblogs for instance.
The old theme didn’t allow a lot of the things that this theme does, like the menu at the top, a smaller title bar (not wasting so much space at the top) and in this theme, the main menu and side bar stay visible when you go to a certain post which wasn’t the case in the old theme…
This way, it’s much easier to find your way around and discover the other paper models when you land here after clicking a link to a certain post from somewhere else.
On the old theme, that wasn’t very clear, and sometimes people left without realizing there were many more models to be found… :o(
I am looking at getting into paper craft. I have made some simple one-page models, but I think I am ready to move on to something a little more impressive. What model on your site do you suggest I start with?
To be honest, I think the most important thing is picking something you like! ;o)
You can browse all my models with the categories above, if you like Zelda, maybe you’ll like some of my N64 Zelda models like Fierce Deity Link or Koume and Kotake?
I kinda like the classic Tomb Raider models, the T-Rex trophy head is simple but fun, in the “misc”-categorie you can find Mario that’s not too difficult I think, and some other nice models.
Many of my newer character models have small fingers that aren’t too difficult if you pre-shape them with a toothpick, but the parts are quite small.
Some of my models are very easy, and a few are very challenging, Like Super Smash Bros. Melee Link, or wolf Link, but a lot of people that didn’t think they could do it enjoyed building it, even if it took them a very long time! ;o)
Like I said, take a look around, and I think you can see quickly enough by looking at the parts if it’s a difficult model or not. Have fun building!
Thanks, I have picked Mario to start, everyone likes Mario!
So far so good, but I have noticed the glue I am using is not really frying fast. Sometimes I have to hold tabs together for 3- minutes till it dries enough. I have using pvc craft glue. Is this suitable for paper craft, and the tab holding is just a part of the hobby, or should I be using something else. What type of glue do you use? I live in Australia and may not be able to get the same brand, but if I know what type to look for it will be much easier to find something suitable. Thanks!
The trick with glue is not to use too much of it: only apply a small amount of glue, and then spread it out over the glueing tab so that it’s “tacky”, but there’s not a big, wet puddle of glue. ;o)
Then, when you put the parts together and apply some pressure between your fingers, the parts are stuck almost immediately.
I always use TESA All-Purpose Glue (you can also see a picture of the bottle in the instructions), but a lot of people also like to use white PVA glue, like Elmer’s brand in the US, or even carpenter’s woodglue.
Pre-shaping is also very important, especially i fyou use thicker paper: for instance, when you want to make a cylinder by glueing the two ends of a piece of paper together, the paper wants “unroll” to be flat again because of the tension in the paper (click here for a video of what I mean).
With pre-shaping and scoring and folding, you can take much of that tension out of the paper, so that when you glue the parts together, they won’t want to pull apart anymore.
Yamaha has a nice papercraft techniques video tutorial on their website, which also explains these things: link
I hope these tips help, have fun building!
Hi,
I am new to paper craft, the first one I am trying is your mario model.
I have cut everythng out of the first page, but i dont really understand the instructions. How do I fold the lines? Some are dotted and some are not, what is the difference when folding and cutting?
“Cut-lines” are usually solid lines, like the outlines of the parts.
A lot of parts of Mario don’t have to be folded: you only have to “curve” or “bend” them. That’s called “pre-shaping” (this video shows you what I mean by curving/bending the parts).
Parts that only have to be curved or bent (like most parts of my paper Mario) will have no fold lines of course!
But if you have to make a sharp, crisp fold, then there will be a “fold-line” (like on parts 2 and 3).
There are two different kinds: mountain folds, that mean you have to fold the printed side of the paper down, and valley folds, that mean you have to fold the printed side of the paper up.
On the last page of the parts of my Mario model, you can see a little schematic I made to illustrate this. If you look closely, you can see different patterns of fold lines.
On my models, valley folds have a ._._._. pattern, and mountain folds have a ——- pattern.
To make it easier to make a sharp, crisp fold, you can “score” the fold lines. “Scoring” means taking a tool with a blunt tip (like a dead ballpoint pen that doesn’t write anymore, a special embossing tool, or even just your knife if you don’t use too much pressure) and tracing the fold line with it.
That will make a dent or even a scratch along the fold line, and when you try to fold it, the paper will automatically fold along that line.
Sometimes it’s very diffult to see the fold lines on the printed parts, so if you’re not sure, look in the PDF file on your computer where you can see it much clearer.
To make it easier to glue the parts together, you should take the time to fold and pre-shape the parts to give them the right shape before trying to glue them together.
Make sure which lines you have to fold which way, and how you have to shape the part to make it look like the pictures in the instructions.
If you’re not sure if you got it right, you can try it out without glue first to see if it fits together. If it doesn’t, check again if you don’t missed any fold lines or if you have to fold it the other way, or have to curve/bend it differently to make it fit
When you’re sure it will fit, apply some glue (never to much! ;o) and glue the parts together.
The Yamaha company has a very nice video tutorial explaining several basic papercraft techniques (you can find it here) but once you start building and get more experience, it’s not difficult to understand I think. You will probably come up with your own ideas and tools to fold and build paper models!
Have fun building!