06-04-2009: With lots of small parts, my Super Smash Bros. Melee Link is definately one of the more difficult paper models on my website.
Travis did a terrific job building him! He tells me some parts were tough, but “nonetheless enjoyable.” ;o)
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19-03-2009: With not only a 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System, but also a 1991 Super Nintendo *and* even a 1986 Twin Famicom (!) as a constant distraction, one wonders how Hank Hill found the 30-50 hours to build to build my King of Red Lions papercraft model!
But somehow he did, and not only that, but because the sail turned out too heavy for the mast after making it out of the same, thicker paper, he decided to scrap and rebuild them!
And while he was at it, he also devised a way of making them removable, with a bamboo skewer inside the mast! And as you can see in this and these two other pictures: picture 2 | picture 3, the sail (and the rest of King) looks great now! ;o)
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24-02-2009: Andrew is just “your average person who loves papercraft”. It took him a whole to build this Oni Link, but I think that is just because he wanted to make it the best he could, because it looks really good!
He had a little trouble with the balance, but moving the sword around solved that problem he says. I’m not sure if that applies for this picture, though, my own build would tumble over if I would put the sword in that position! ;o)
Andrew’s DeviantArt gallery shows some of the other models he built: link. He has started building Kurt Zisa and with the head, he’s already past the hardest part! ;o)
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13-01-2009: I only uploaded my new Ganondorf papercraft model the day before yesterday, but here’s the first finished build for the hall of fame already!
Travis from London (the one in Ontario, Canada) only just finished Ganondorf, and there’s still some tape on his shoulders to hold the robe in place while it dries.
He built several other of my models before, but some of them “suffered a television related accident” (I found it wise not to ask… ;o) He did send me a picture of his wolf Link though, which has a lot more difficult parts than Ganondorf but I’m glad to hear he’s still happy with how it turned out! ;o)
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069011 Great King of Evil (January 11, 2009)
from: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time video game / size: ± 26,5 cm
Download:
parts (2,00 MB PDF file)
optional robe (967 kB PDF file)
instructions (1,72 MB PDF file)
some extra help on Ganondorf’s head: 1 | 2
some extra help on Ganondorf’s hands: 1
Pictures:
Google Photos
29-12-2008: Giovanni from Puebla, Mexico, sent me this picture of his King of Red Lions. He found out about it a few months ago, but made some easier models as practice first (in this picture you can see several other papercrafts you can find on Nintendo Papercraft).
King is built using regular 75 gsm paper, and to prevent the mast from bending, Giovanni tied a piece of string between the top of the mast and King’s neck.
If you ask me, all that practice paid off, because even though he found the head a little troubling to build, it turned out great!
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062010 Clock Town Schnauzer (December 12, 2008)
from: The Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask video game / size: ± 7 cm
Download:
parts with fold lines (497 kB PDF file)
parts without fold lines (480 kB PDF file)
instructions (714 kB PDF file)
Pictures:
Google Photos
24-11-2008: On her DeviantArt page, she tells it took her “SOOOOO long too make!”
But then again, it *is* the greatest thing ever… ;o)
Crownflame made my other Zelda models first, so she already had some experience building this. You can tell, too, because it is a terrific build, which even made the school newspaper!
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22-10-2008: Only 9 years old, Vivek Mahendra has no trouble making paper models like my Sword of the Phoenix, or Majora’s Mask. The Thwomp block can be found in the Mario section of Nintendopapercraft.com.
Building wolf Link proved more difficult, but Vivek managed to build that one as well! You can see a picture of it here: picture.
Anybody can build a paper model, as long as you have fun doing so! ;o)
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059009 Fierce Deity Link (September 21, 2008)
from: The Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask video game / size: ± 18,5 cm
Download:
parts (1,75 MB PDF file)
instructions (1,57 MB PDF file)
some extra help on Fierce Deity Link’s hair and cap: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
some extra help on Fierce Deity Link’s right arm: 1
Pictures:
Google Photos
20-09-2008: Brandon from Florida (USA) is the first to send me a picture of my Midna model!
For now, Midna is sitting on a wooden bench, but Brandon is planning on building wolf Link as well for Midna to ride.
Midna is one of my newest models, Brandon also built some of my “oldies”, Like young Link and Majora’s Mask.
Have fun building wolf Link, and I hope it turns out just as great as these three!
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17-09-2008: A little while ago, Pierre Janin sent me some pictures and links to build threads of the Final Fantasy models he built.
The papercraft fever must be contagious, because his girlfriend Kristelle also finished one of my paper models now: Epona & Link. And just like for Pierre’s builds, there is a build thread for Kristelle’s one as well at the French speaking Forum en Papier.
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30-08-2008: It took Louise almost 2 weeks to build my King of Red Lions model, and it provided her with hours of entertainment she says.
She had to reinforce the mast with a chopstick because the sail ended up being too heavy, and she has a tip for anyone who wants to build King, namely to print the sail on regular light-weight paper instead of cardstock.
If you want to see some more pictures, check out Louise’s Melon Cheesecake blog!
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30-08-2008: Andrea Hulme from Dayton, Ohio (USA) read about my site in the Nintendo Power Magazine and decided to build some of my models.
She did a great job on my King of Red Lions, but because the mast was beginning to bend under the weight of the sail, she used a fishing line (picture) to keep it from falling on Chokipeta’s WW Link!
To top it off, she also built my young Link and Majora’s Mask. It took her a while, but she had fun doing so!
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16-01-2009: of course alikakadri just *had* to build my Schnauzer as well, but somewhere she made a mistake and somehow it ended it up in a sitting position, looking up at the ceiling: picture
She thought others might like to build a sitting Schnauzer as, so she tried to re-create what went wrong: picture 1 | picture 2 | picture 3
19-09-2008: by now, alikakadri has built almost all my Zelda models! ;o) Here’s Midna on a Rubik’s Cube, Midna Riding wolf Link (nice job painting wolf Link’s “beard”! ;o), Fierce Deity Link (repainted from another papercraft model) and here’s a group shot.
07-09-2008: alikakadri’s latest build is of Epona & Link, and she did a great job painting them again I think! ;o)
28-08-2008: Super Smash Bros. Melee Link is probably the most difficult model I made, and for alikakadri, it was even more difficult!
She could only access the internet at the public library and print a few pages in black and white, so printing the 100+ pictures of my instructions wasn’t really an option, so she decided she would try it without them!
I already added a lot of guides on the template, and it was a big help for her, but I can imagine it must still have been very difficult! But she did a great job building it, and she even painted it by hand to give the black and white prints these nice colours!
A really great job! ;o)
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14-08-2008: Rose M. from Pueblo (Colorado) was looking for some Triforce earrings online when she found my website and thought it might be fun to try one of my papercraft models.
She built my young princess Zelda model first, but wasn’t satisfied with the result. But I think she can be proud of this Link & Epona; even her cat thinks so too! ;o)
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055008 Midna (August 4, 2008)
from: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess video game / size: ± 19,5 cm
Download:
parts (1,15 MB PDF file)
instructions (949 kB ZIP file)
Pictures:
Google Photos
07-07-2008: Spending a whole week building a Link & Epona papercraft model as a gift for a dear friend and then discovering you took the pictures with a camera for which you don’t have the cable to connect it to the computer anymore… ;o)
That’s what happened to Quetzal from Queens, New York. These pictures were taken with a different camera while viewing the pictures on a television screen.
The other picture is just as fuzzy, but his friend liked the gift so we know the model turned out really nice!
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06-06-2008: My Super Smash Bros. Melee Link model is a very challenging model with a lot of small parts, but Matthew Stevens from Northwest Washington did an awesome job building it: just look at the detail in the face!
It took him 3 months, because he only worked on it off and on. Auron took him about a month to build, but judging by the results, I think it was absolutely worth it, don’t you? ;o)
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06-06-2008: Since she had nothing better to do anyway, why not build a paper wolf Link, Tristan Levine from Washington, USA, thought?
And time how long it took: 22:15 hours to be exact, spread out over one week.
It was her very first encounter with papercraft, and it turned a bit wobbly. It still looks very good, though, and now it can spend the rest of its days on top of Tristan’s Wii.
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053007 Link & Epona (June 5, 2008)
from: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time video game / size: ± 35 cm x 8 cm x 22 cm (Link ± 15 cm)
Download:
parts (3,39 MB PDF file)
instructions (2,21 MB ZIP file)
some extra help on Epona’s knee: 1
Pictures:
Google Photos
23-02-2008: John Stuart from Louisville (Kentucky, USA) built this Link in stages, taking a break after each major step: after making the face, the cap, torso, and so on.
Cutting out all those tiny parts and having to fold and glueing them together can sometimes get pretty annoying, but if you take care not to rush things, you too can build your own paper Link the size of a coke can!
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04-02-2008: Theodore from Texas, USA sends in this picture of young Link from Majora’s Mask that he built using just regular printer paper, a dull razor and Elmer’s glue.
But even if it is built using just normal printer paper, I think it looks awesometastic! ;o) Using heavier cardstock might have made it a bit more sturdy, but I’m sure this young Link will find a nice place in Theodore’s room!
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06-04-2008: Ralf (who is now also the administrator of the Nintendo Papercraft blog!) also made young princess Zelda !
14-01-2008: For me personally, papercraft is really quite a solo hobby, but Ralf and Annemieke from the Netherlands prove that it doesn’t necessarily has to be that way!
Together they built my King of Red Lions model; not the easiest model, especially since it was only their third papercraft after ChokipetaKOBO’s Four Swords Link and GotOrioN’s Goomba: picture 2 | picture 3
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13-12-2007: after making his N64 papercraft zelda models, Roy now also made adult Link from Super Smash Bros. Melee! You can see a picture of it here.
Roy’s very proud of his paper models, and I think he has every right to be!
27-08-2007: here’s a new picture of young princess Zelda that Roy also made now!
20-08-2007: Young Link still is one of my most popular models, so here’s another one!
This time it’s by Roy Kroes from my own country, the Netherlands, which slowly seems to be discovering that all paper models needn’t be of canal houses. ;o)
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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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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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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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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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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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