Star Trek runabout repaint by Neil

22-08-2012: The Star Trek runabout that Neil built, is actually the repainted version that Paragon made from my original, hand drawn one.

But Neil went even a little bit further than that: the runabouts are kind of the workhorses in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and one of their features was that they could swap out the middle-section of the ship, so that they could always bring the right tools for the job (although I don’t remember if they ever really used that feature on the show?)

Neil wanted to recreate that feature in the paper model, and he used magnets to do so! Unfortunately, the magnets that Neil used were just a little bit too weak, so only the cockpit is removable on his build.

But I think the idea is solid and with stronger magnets, it should work great! ;o)

For more pictures and to see how he did it, you can check out the post on his own weblog here: link

And if you want to see some of Neil’s other Star Trek posts and papercraft models he built, you can use this link: link

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Zelda models and more by Azeral

19-08-2012: In this new picture that Azeral sent me, you can recognize some of my Legend of Zelda models, and some other papercraft models as well!

Of course you can recognize Fierce Deity Link, and not one but two Twilight Princess Zora armor Links (according to Azeral, one of them is a little old and needs a stick: ZaL 1 | ZaL 2 ;o)

His friends at school were very impressed with the paper models he built, so he likes to keep building them!

There are lots of other papercraft websites on the internet nowadays of course, and as you can see in the group picture, Azeral also built the boxing robot Noisy Boy from the Real Steel movie and a paper toy of Soul Eater Evans from the Soul Eater anime: Noisy Boy | Soul Eater Evans

I think Azarel did a great job on his paper models so far, and he’s already planning on building new models! ;o)

23-10-2011: Azeral sent me this picture of Twilight Princess’ Zora armor Link fighting a mechanical chick! (an evil cucco bomb perhaps…?)

ZaL isn’t the only paper model that Azeral built, though!

In this picture, you can see his Fierce Deity Link, and here is ZaL‘s brother! (and isn’t that Midna‘s helmet in the background in this picture…? ;o)

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Star Wars TIE-fighter

124001 Star Wars TIE-fighter (August 5, 2012)
from: Star Wars movie series / size: ± 19 cm x 19 cm x 22,5 cm

Download:
parts (10,9 MB ZIP file)
instructions (3,33 MB PDF file)

Revamp by Loenf:
TIE-fighter revamp parts (3,14 MB ZIP file)
TIE-fighter revamp instructions (2,52 MB ZIP file)
TIE-interceptor revamp parts (380 kB ZIP file)
TIE-interceptor revamp instructions (3,56 MB ZIP file)

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Pictures:
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Battlestar Galactica Viper Mk.II by Dan

02-08-2012: Dan just started papercrafting, building with a few simple, “blocky” models before moving on to my Tomb Raider T-Rex trophy.

After that, he decided to build my Battlestar Galactica Viper Mk.II, of which you can see the picture above! ;o)

He was using 60 lb paper for his papercraft Viper, and he was making such good progress, that he skipped making the reinforcing, internal framework out of heavier cardboard, but as you can see, it turned out very good! ;o)

Check out Dan’s Imgur’s gallery for a few more pictures: link

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wolf Link by Ancaleon

05-07-2012: Wolf Link is one of the most challenging papercraft models I made so far, especially the head.

Not only can wolf Link’s “hair” be quite confusing if you don’t take your time, but some of the parts (like the teeth) are *really* small!

Ancaleon totally agrees (in her words, “the teeth were INSANE!”)

Nonetheless, she persevered, and in three weeks time, she built her own papercraft wolf Link, and it looks great! (even the teeth ;o)

She used 176 gsm paper, but she’s kinda sorry she used a laser printer to print the templates, because some of the ink rubbed off at the creases, which she then had to touch up with a marker.

But all in all, she’s satisfied with the result, and who wouldn’t be? ;o)

If you want to see a bigger picture of Ancaleon’s papercraft wolf Link, or want to see her wonderful Pokémon drawings, head over quickly to her DeviantArt account here: link

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King of Red Lions by Andrew Lewis

23-06-2012: Andrew has been papercrafting for about 4 years, ever since he found my Majora’s Mask young Link papercraft model. ;o)

He built a few of other papercraft models of mine before, but the pictures he sent me are of his favourite one, the King of Red Lions!

It’s Andrew’s personal favourite, and I can totally understand that, because he put in a lot of extra work to make it look as great as it does. ;o)

He built it over a period of about two years, off and on in between other projects, and he used the papercraft Link and sea base that Josh Darrah made (it isn’t completely finished yet, but Andrew sent me the picture anyway: link ;o)

But Andrew went even further, making other small edits like the expression on Link’s face (picture) and he used markers to colour the white edges of the parts, so he wouldn’t get “white lines” on his model.

It was a lot of extra work, but it was definitely worth it: the King of Red Lions is now the proud centerpiece of his papercraft collection so far! ;o)

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Star Trek Deep Space Nine “Rubicon” runabout by Paul McCool

22-06-2012: What started as a digital repaint of my Star Trek Danube-class runabout, quickly became a big project with Paul not only repainting the parts, but also tweaking them to get the model exactly the way he wanted: picture

Some parts even took him several tries to get them *just* right (picture) and what’s more, he included markings for 14 (!) different versions! But there’s so much to tell about this repaint, you should really visit Paul’s Rosco Files weblog to read all about it: link

Parts and instructions to build your own repainted version are available here (together with my original hand drawn version) and on Paul’s own weblog here.

Have fun building! ;o)

17-11-2011: Paul McCool built my Star Trek Danube-class runabout “Rubicon” (picture) for a reason.

If you visited my papercraft Star Trek page, you might recognize his name: he repainted my Type-10 shuttlecraft “Chaffee” before, and now he is doing the same for my “Rubicon”!

As you can see, he built my original version first, and was surprised (shocked? ;o) to see how big it was (apparantly, it’s almost as big as the studio model! ;o)

And he’s not just repainting it, he’s doing a lot more than that! You can read up on it on his own weblog, The Rosco Files: link

It’s not quite done yet, but if while you wait you want to get an idea of what you can expect, have a look at the “Chaffee”: link

Stay tuned! ;o)

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Young Link by thouartodd

18-06-2012: Many Zelda fans like my papercraft model of young Link from Majora’s Mask, and personally, I think it’s because its “blocky” appearance makes it look like he jumped right from the screen onto your desk! ;o)

This one was built by thouartodd, and he even scaled it down to half its original size before building it.

It made some small parts a bit more difficult, but he did a great job: as you can see, young Link is looking great from all angles:
picture 2 | picture 3 | picture 4

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Cylon Raider by That’s PS!

13-06-2012: Paul from That’s PS! Nerdcrafting and more loves to make well… all kinds of nerdy crafts. ;o)

When he wanted to make a Battlestar Galactica themed craft, he came across my papercraft Cylon Raider and decided to try out it.

Thinking all the parts were already made and he only had to cut them out and glue them together, it took him a lot longer than he expected…! (“13 hours…” ;o)

In fact, his first try was “not a success” at all… But he didn’t give up, and the second time around he used the things he learned from his first attempt to avoid any more big problems.

And as you can see, all his hard work paid off! His papercraft Cylon Raider looks great and I’m sure it will get a nice place amongst all of Paul’s other nerdy things! ;o)

For more pictures and the the full story (and even a video review) on Paul’s Cylon Raider build, you can go to his That’s PS! Nerdcrafting and more weblog here: link

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Zelda models by Floriaski

29-05-2012: After building her first papercraft model only a little while ago, Floriaski already built 2 new ones!

Or rather, you could say she built 3 new ones, because as you can see, one of them is Link riding Epona, which is actually two models in one I guess. ;o)

The other new model that Floriaski built, is Majora’s Mask itself: picture

It’s a small and relatively simple model, but a lot of people seem to like building it. Or maybe the voices they start hearing after they’ve stared into the mask’s eyes too long tell them they have to build it…?

If you can pull yourself away from the mesmerizing stare of Majora’s Mask long enough, you can find the bigger pictures and more artwork in Floriaski’s DeviantArt gallery: link

23-05-2012: Floriaski really likes the Zelda series, so one day, she decided to built my young Link papercraft model: picture

It’s the first papercraft model she ever made, so she used the version with fold lines to make it a little easier for herself.

I think she did a great job, and maybe she will build more paper models now? ;o) But only if she can find the time of course, because she also likes to draw a lot!

If you want to see Floriaski’s drawings, you should definately check out her DeviantArt gallery: link

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King of Red Lions by Studio of M.M

16-05-2012: Michaela from Studio of M.M built my papercraft King of Red Lions boat from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and took him to the beach for some beautiful pictures! ;o)

It took her about 50 hours to complete (including the alternative sea base-stand made by Josh Darrah) using 65 lbs cardstock for strength, because it is quite a big model (the biggest one I made so far!)

Here’s another, full picture of Michaela’s King of Red Lions build, and on her weblog Studio of M.M you can see several more great pictures, and of the other papercraft models she built as well: link

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The Legend of Zelda young Skyward Impa

123019 The Legend of Zelda young Skyward Impa (May 19, 2012)
from: The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword video game / size: ± 29,5 cm

Download:
parts (1,39 MB PDF file)
instructions (900 kB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

Zelda models by AseraRose

11-05-2012: AseraRose hadn’t been able to do much papercrafting because of school and work, but now she finally finished a new one: Super Smash Bros. Melee Link!

I think it’s the most challenging model I made so far because it has so many tiny parts, but AseraRose found it “relatively easy” and only the fingers were “a bit finicky”! ;o)

I guess building all those other Zelda models gave her lots of experience to build this one: Aserarose says building the hands on her other Link made it a lot easier to make Melee Link’s hands too!

In fact, the most difficult parts she found were the guard and pommel on the Master Sword, but all in all, she enjoyed building Super smash Bros Melee Link and the base for him to stand on, and I think she can be really proud of the result!

13-07-2010: AseraRose sent me a couple of pictures of the papercraft Zelda models that she built.

She found the head and hair of wolf Link pretty difficult to make because the parts kept coming apart, but she solved that by taping the glueing tabs inside the body.

And to prevent Midna’s head falling off, she stuck a toothpick down her neck (it’s a good thing paper models feel no pain I guess… ;o)

But AseraRose built more models! From Twilight Princess, she also made Zora armor Link, and from Majora’s Mask, she built Fierce Deity Link.

And last but not least, she also made Link’s nemesis, Ganondorf, from Ocarina of Time. Here’s a picture of these three models together.

AseraRose is already thinking about building another model, so maybe we’ll see more of her builds in the future!

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Advance Wars units by FeastOfFlesh335

09-05-2012: This neat collage of the papercraft Advance Wars Blue Moon Recon was made by FeastOfFlesh335, who built several of my papercraft Advance Wars units.

The Blue Moon Recon is a little bit tricky, because there is not a whole lot of room for the two little soldiers inside the jeep, but FeastOfFlesh335 did a great job!

Other Advance Wars units that he built include the Black Hole Stealth Fighter and the Orange Star and Green Earth Tanks. You can see the pictures of those builds (and several more realistic tanks and other papercraft models!) in his DeviantArt gallery: link

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Wolf Link by Tatsuya-Amaterasu

08-05-2012: This impressive wolf Link build was done by Tatsuya-Amaterasu (a.k.a. Paula-san).

All in all, it took her one month to build it, and the hardest part was the mouth, because of the tiny teeth and the tongue.

But she did it, and the end result looks great!

And talking about things that look great, be sure to check out Paula’s DeviantArt gallery for some of her drawings: link

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Star Trek Enterprise NCC-1701-D by Elengwat

27-04-2012: Elengwat built this papercraft Enterprise-D, the starship from the famous captain Picard from the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation, as a gift to his brother.

Of course his brother liked the gift, which is not surprising because Elengwat did a great job on the small, thin parts that give the Enterprise-D its distinctive shape: picture 2

In Elengwat DeviantArt’s gallery you can find the other pictures he made of the Enterprise-D (link) and lots more artwork: link

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Yellow Comet Rockets by Florian

17-04-2012: Florian (alias Dornogol) built my Advance Wars Yellow Comet Rocket unit!

The mechanism to move the rocket tubes up and down is quite tricky to build on this unit, and although everything moved fine at first, Florian used toothpicks to lock them in place.

And despite some trouble with the small binoculars, Florian did a great job building the little soldier too! ;o)

He says he’s confident to build more complex models now, and I’m sure he can! If you have a look at his DeviantArt gallery, you can see he already has lots of experience doing paper models and other art projects: link

Earlier, he even built my Kingdom Hearts Sora and Oogie Boogie; you can see a picture of them together with some MineCraft models and Tubbypaws dioramas here: picture

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Advance Wars Orange Star Tank

122052 Advance Wars Orange Star Tank (April 2, 2012)
from: Advance Wars video game series / size: ± 5 cm x 3 cm x 7 cm

Download:
parts (713 kB ZIP file)
instructions (798 kB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

LEGO Forestmen leader

121008 LEGO Forestmen (leader) (March 15, 2012)
from: LEGO Castle theme / size: ± 29,5 cm

Download:
parts with yellow feather (4,70 MB PDF file)
parts with white feather (4,62 MB PDF file)
instructions (3,88 MB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

LEGO Forestman (blue)

120007 LEGO Forestman (blue) (March 15, 2012)
from: LEGO Castle theme / size: ± 29,5 cm

Download:
parts (4,66 MB PDF file)
instructions (3,88 MB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

LEGO Forestman (red)

119006 LEGO Forestman (red) (March 15, 2012)
from: LEGO Castle theme / size: ± 29,5 cm

Download:
parts (4,70 MB PDF file)
instructions (3,88 MB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

LEGO Forestman (black)

118005 LEGO Forestman (black) (March 15, 2012)
from: LEGO Castle theme / size: ± 29,5 cm

Download:
parts (4,55 MB PDF file)
instructions (3,88 MB PDF file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

Batman by Lionel Cousseau

02-04-2012: Here’s the first papercraft Batman for the hall of fame!

As you can see, it’s the Animated Series version with the blue cape (I also made a New Batman Adventures version with a black cape).

Lionel’s papercraft Batman looks great, and he tells me he had a lot of fun building it, but he did assemble it in a slightly different order than I did in the instructions:

– Lionel found it easier to glue the torso to the legs *before* glueing on the head.

– And he also found it easier to glue the hands to the arms *before* glueing the arms to the torso.

I always base the part numbers and instructions on the way I assemble the paper models myself, but if you find it easier to do it a different way like Lionel, don’t hesitate to experiment a bit of course! ;o)

28-03-2010: Lionel from France sends me this great picture of Ganondorf: picture

But besides that one, he also built young Link and young princess Zelda!

He tells me he found them challenging to make, but that the end result was worth it (“awesome !!!”, in his own words ;o)

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“Delta Flyer” by Terry

22-02-2012: Terry from Saskatchewan, Canada made this “Delta Flyer” for the Star Trek diorama he made for his home theater!

I think from the picture, you can already see that’s a little bit different than usual; that’s because it’s not made from paper, but from plastic window blinds!

Using the parts from my papercraft “Delta Flyer” as reference, Terry re-created the shapes using scrap pieces of 2 inches wide window blinds which he heated to they could be bent into the right shapes: picture 2 | picture 3

With baseboard putty, he filled the seams between the window blind pieces, and after a good sanding, he painted the “Delta Flyer” in the appropriate colours: picture 4

He added a lot of nice details to his plastic “Delta Flyer” (he even added lighting!) and the result looks really great: picture 5 | picture 6

For many more pictures of this wonderful build, you can see Terry’s Photobucket gallery here: link

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“Going Merry” by SayanMk

13-02-2012: This wonderful One Piece “Going Merry” boat was built by SayanMk!

If you look closely, you can see a little secret: because SayanMk didn’t have a colour printer, he printed the parts in black and white, and then coloured all the parts by hand with colour pencils!

I think it looks really great and SayanMk is really proud of it, because it was the first complicated paper model he built!

You can see many more pictures of the process in SayanMk’s Picasa’s album: link

Since then, SayanMk has also built other the papercraft “Mini Merry” (link) and the “Thousand Sunny” (link).

He used the same technique of printing the parts in black and white and then colouring them with colour pencils as he did on the “Going Merry“.

You can find a picture of the three ships here, but SayanMk also made an extensive post about it on his own website with a lot more pictures, which is definately worth checking out: link

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Sora by LoloStudio

13-02-2012: With almost 100 pieces (95 to be exact ;o) it took Logan almost 30 hours to build this papercraft Kingdom Hearts 2 Sora!

But he says it was worth it, because he’s very happy with his paper model! ;o)

If you want to read a bit more about it, or see the nice Baby Peach (made by Sabi96) that Logan also built, have a look at LoloStudio’s DeviantArt gallery: link

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