Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Penny Arcade Papercraft



The Penny Arcade crew and the talented Cubeecraft have teamed up to create a fun little set of papercraft for Penny Arcade's game; On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Whew, quite a mouthful! Not only are you getting free papercraft out of this deal, there is also a competition to enter. Create a scene from the game using the papercraft - photograph it, send it in and win stuff. Couldn't be easier!

Check out the papercraft and the rules here.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Papercraft Banjo Kazooie Bonanza!



One of my most highly anticipated video games of the year is being released soon - Banjo Kazooie - Nuts and Bolts, if you haven't been caught up in the hype for this game yet check the video below, it looks like a fantastic game for those of us who like to build things!

It looks like other Banjo fans have been waiting patiently for this game too and have tried to pass the time by creating some nice papercrafts in anticipation :)

Banjo Kazooie Relaxing Papercraft
Kazooie in backpack Papercraft
Honeycomb Papercraft
Banjo Washing Machine
Jiggy Piece
Mumbo's Head
Beehive Papercraft
Cheato - for the cheaters out there!

That should keep you going till the game drops!


Printable Crafts for kids



A great set of papercrafts for the little people of the world can be found here. Even bigger people should like these - who doesn't like trains with smiley faces?

Maybe use some nice thick cardstock for the kids so these adorable models don't get crushed : )

Grab them all here

Paper Trick Video


Unbelievable! Paper Toy Transformer ... - For more funny videos, click here

MetaCafe has some really neat videos of some very clever paper folding tricks, I particulary liked the simplicity of putting this one together. Check the link for some more great videos.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Printable Craft - Cute Robo + Team Fortress Papercrafts!



Some really nice papercrafts at this site, the robot pictured above is all types of win. You can grab him here (scroll down and there are links to PDFs) Do have a good dig around there are a few more gems to be found - The Sticky Bombs are pretty awesome and the Team Fortress Sentry is just amazing.

Monday, September 08, 2008

Printable Paper Crafts



The toy a day blog has a truly noble endeavour planned, a new toy, a day, for a year. Wow, that's 365 new papercrafts, way to go man! Go show your support and grab a few of these neat paper models for yourself.

Sunday, September 07, 2008

Another Hello Kitty Papercraft



I've featured paperinside's Hello Kitty Papercraft a while back, in my travels I have found another to add to your collection :) Hoorah! This is a nice model, not to difficult by the looks of it and the end result is very cute.

How to make a paper flower



Another tutorial for today, this one is pretty awesome too : ) Ever wondered how to make a great looking paper flower? Head on over to Dozi Design's blog to check out this simple but great tutorial!

Electric Papercraft!



Electricity and paper generally don't go hand in hand - you know fire risks and all that stuff. Evil Mad Scientist shows you how to do it correctly, minimising a flaming disaster and coming up with an end product that is truly awesome! Check out this great tutorial here...

T Rex Pixelated Papercraft



This is a pretty cool looking T Rex paper model, it's been created in a very pixellatted designer toy style - very cool.

Grab it here and check the rest of the site for some more great looking papercrafts.

Can the Howls Moving Castle Papercraft be completed?


Howl's Moving Castle from Ben Millett on Vimeo.

Can the Howls Moving Castle Papercraft be completed? The answer is yes! Check out this great video to see it in action.

Check this link for some great tips on how he did it.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

CCTV Camera Paper Model




Hey just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you! What better way to make friends and family uncomfortable while visiting than by having a security camera in the corner of your living room? Even if it is a papercraft (they probably won't even know anyway).

Found via the always wonderful BoingBoing. You can grab the CCTV Camera model here

SD Gundam Papermodel



Another great looking super deformed Gundam for your collection, Gundam paper model lovers are truly spoilt by the amount of quality mobile suit models that have been created for free download!

Grab it here

Pyramid Head Papercraft




The Silent Hill series of games is without doubt the scariest group of games I have ever played, while other games try they never really come close to creating that sense of horror that the team at Konami has created successfully game after game. First appearing in Silent Hill 2 Pyramid Head has to be the most well known (and feared) antagonist in the games...

Anubis' Tomb has a nice pyramid head paper model to adorn your space which you can grab here.

Lemi the Space Wanderer Paper Model




Lemi the Space Wanderer is one damn cute little papercraft for your collection, go and grab him from Thunder Panda now before he wanders of to another planet :)

TV Series Papercraft



Created in the style of cubbeecraft (ie using the cubeecraft templates) this is a great collection of TV series characters for you to download, print and construct. It's a big list including 24, Alias, Boston Legal, Dexter, Heroes, House M.D., H.I.M.Y.M., Lost, Nip/Tuck, Numb3rs, Prison Break, Rescue Me, Scrubs, Smallville, The Shield and the X-Files. Tons of Papercraft!!

Grab them here

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Papercraft Chess Board plus Pieces



This is a great idea - Chess pieces made out of paper. That way when someone beats you, you can set fire to their remaining pieces... no hang on that's not right. I guess I'm just not a very good loser. Grab the set here and play nicely!



There are also some other very nice models to be found on this page including this awesome Trebuchet.

Papercrafts of extreme cuteness



Haven't got your daily quota of cute yet? Need something both creative and adorable? I'm going to help you out - Go to this site and download these easy to build, and fun paper models. I'm starting with the rabbits driving cars!

Black Lagoon Papercraft



Some amazing anime/manga paper models available here - the stand out models to me are from the Black Lagoon series. Do scroll down for some more marvellous papercrafts of various weaponry, warships, planes and anime characters - they all look like PDO files : ) Enjoy.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Professional Papercraft Development




Got a nice email from some papercraft loving folks at Curiosity Group, they create some outstanding papercrafts for companies like HP & Dreamworks. That's a pretty cool job right there : )

You can download some of their work for the Kung Fu Panda movie from here

Check out more of the fantastic papercrafts developed by these guys below.



Monday, May 26, 2008

Another cute anime papercraft



This is a nice little model for your collection, PDO file so you may want to grab the Pepakura viewer if you don't already have it. If anybody can clue me in on what this model is from that would be great!

Grab it here

GTA IV Paper Toy



You knew that Tubby Paws would do this one right? Another awesome tribute to another awesome game. Good work Tubby Paws!

Grab it here

Duck Hunt Papercraft


Could Duck Hunt be the best video game ever? well... I don't know about that :) It was a classic in it's time though no doubt. It certainly makes for a kick ass papercraft for your desk!

Grab it here (look for the link that says telecharger)

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Motorbike Papercraft



Wow! These are some of the most detailed paper models i've seen for a while. The motorbike pictured above has to be my favorite out of the bunch, but check out the homepage for some amazingly detailed Rally Car papercrafts, some fighter jets and a cute looking cat model at the bottom of the page.

Check out this great collection of papercraft here.

Steampunk papercraft



I love all things steampunk so it's awesome to find a really nicely done papercraft steam tank, doesn't look like to hard a build, grab it here and enjoy.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Transformers Television Papercraft



Jonah has sent through another great transforming papercraft, he's the talented fellow who created the transforming washing machine papercraft I mentioned here - this time the paper model is of a television I particularly like his name: Dead Pixel : ) Nice stuff Jonah!

You can grab it here
(direct link to zip file)

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Papercraft Drums



I've featured a few paper models of musical instruments around here before, this time I have dug up some pretty nifty papercraft drums, Pearl drums to be precise, a very nice model for the drum fans out there : )

Grab it here

Cute Cat Papercraft



Cats have got to be my favorite animal by a mile, so much class and so much attitude! Here's a cute anime inspired papercraft cat for you to download, print and construct. Look for the links in blue to grab a pdf from here



Friday, March 14, 2008

SD Gundam Papercrafts



O.K. these babies aren't free. They are going to cost you 19 dollars or so each - paid through Paypal... But you have to admit even for 19 dollars it's still worth it right? That's a damn good looking Gundam paper model! One more bonus is that they come with an instruction manual - not many papercrafts at this level of complexity do that. If anyone does buy one let me know how it goes :)

Check them out here... and find the shop on this page if you are interested.

Totoro Papercraft Plus!



My Neighbour Totoro is a film created by Hayao Miyazaki and the team of Studio Ghibli - the same people who created Princess Mononoke and the Academy Award winning Spirited Away anime. Created in 1988 it went on to win the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize. A very cool movie full of amazing characters and just like Princess Monoke and Spirited Away - it's a must see no matter how old you are.

You can grab a Totoro Papercraft here (PDF). And don't forget to visit the authors page for some more impressive paper models.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

More cute anime papercrafts



I've featured this papercraft artist before but the goodness just keeps coming :) All PDO files and a pretty full on build, so not for the weak of heart. Check out the older ones here and the new one here! Very nice work indeed.

Ceiling Cat Papercraft



It's a wonderful day indeed when your favorite Lolcat is transformed into a papercraft -it's also a strange day when you write the previous sentence and it makes sense :) strangely awesome! You rock tubby paws! I am so going to make this and stick it my roof.

Grab it here - and for reference here's a link to the original and to this day laugh out loud Ceiling Cat.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Papercraft Guy Fawkes Mask



There is an excellent paper model of a Guy Fawkes Mask or as you may know it; that awesome mask from V for Vendetta. It's available from this site and is useful in many different situations ; ) A great movie deserves a great papercraft and this one certainly matches that criteria.

Grab it here

Sunday, March 02, 2008

Show Off Your Papercraft Collection


As you may have noticed in my last post there is over 180 papercrafts on this site - that's over 180 different paper models that you can download and build yourself! Not only that there are plenty more fantastic papercrafts out there on the net that I am yet to find, plus other wonderful papercraft blogs such as paperkraft.net. That's a whole lot of papercrafting... So there must be some tremendous papercraft collections out there right? Well I want to see them :) If you have an amazing collection of papercrafts, grab your digital camera and snap a shot of it - I'll feature the best collections in a special post - Papercraft fame can be yours! Email your pictures to me at: zippy.ben@gmail.com and many thanks in advance for your submissions!

Blast From the Papercraft Past

Wow! - Papercraft World has over 180 posts under it's blogging belt! That's a lot of papercraft, I spent a bit of time going back over some of my favorite blog posts and decided to create this blast from the past post. It's by means a definitive 'best of' papercraft list but there's a few forgotten gems in there!

Robot Papercrafts One
Robot Papercrafts Two
Papercraft Rabbit
Papercraft Cats
Moogle Papercraft
Star Wars Papercraft One
Star Wars Papercraft Two
Gundam Papercraft
Katamari Papercraft
Street Fighter Papercraft
Disney Paper Models
Papercraft of Planets
Cubic Characters
Advance Wars
Namco Papercraft
AstroBoy

Phew! There's a few to keep you going!

Tetris Papercraft Plus!



A few nice little papercrafts are to be found over at Paper 2.0 - my favorite has to be the Tetris blocks, that game has wasted so many hours of my life it is truly frightening! Head on over to Paper 2.0 and grab those Tetris blocks and more Mario papercrafts for your collection.

Saturday, March 01, 2008

Easter Papercraft - Mario



With Easter not all that far away, it's time to start thinking about Easter Papercrafts :) And what could be better than combining Easter with everyone's favorite Nintendo character: Mario. Very Cute. Grab it here

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Table Top Gaming Papercraft



This is a great set of models for the table top gamers out there, a nice collection of props for those epic miniature battles - there are floor plans, a couple of vehicles and my favorites - some really well done buildings. A very handy resource indeed.

Papercraft DNA



This papercraft would make a great science fair project or just something to put in your office or house, it's a paper model of Deoxyribonucleic acid or as us none science types know it - DNA. According to Wikipedia DNA is: "a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms". Grab it from this page, look for the link that says A4...

Monday, February 25, 2008

Cute and Fun Japanese Paper Models



Some rather adorable paper models are to be found here, there is tons of different papercrafts to suit everyone, pretty easy builds too by the looks of it, from a desert island to a fish to a bus - very cool. Grab them all here.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Papercraft Girl in Bikini



I still find it kind of bizarre that models like this exist :) But they do. The internet is a very large place and there is room for all sorts of things to exist and in this case it's a great looking papercraft of a girl in a bikini, and if that's not safe for your work environment there is an optional top to put on her.

There's an .lzh file about half way down the page - look for the link in blue that says LZH in the title :)

Grab it here

DOTA Papercraft



I've mentioned Warcraft Papercraft around here before but HobiKit has taken it one step further by creating paper models of DOTA characters, pretty cool. Apparently there are more models to come which won't just be limited to Warcraft. Keep an eye on this site people!

Check it all out here

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Washing Machine Transformer Papercraft



Jonah was kind enough to send through this great Transformer Washing Machine Papercraft (Yup it actually transforms). It certainly brought a smile to my face when I first saw it. This paper model embodies everything good about The Transformers - Robots that transform into everyday objects... and it's a Decepticon to boot ;) nice one Jonah!

Grab the model here - Don't forget to check out the 'Sockbot' too!

Cubeecraft Papercraft



Some cute and well created paper models are available from Cubeecraft, apparently a new model every week! They all have interlocking tabs for easy construction, no need for glue, which is a nice change :) Excellent stuff, I'm going to keep my eyes on this one week by week to see what they release next.

Grab them here.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Second Life Papercraft



This is an interesting project from Ars Electronica - taking objects from Second Life and recreating them as downloadable paper models, check the about page for a full breakdown. There are a few interesting objects that you can grab and print out for yourself, the donut pictured above, a coffee machine, a hat, a chicken, a TV and plenty more to keep you entertained...

Grab them all here.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Paper Valentines Heart



Right, you have the perfect present for your valentine? What are you going to put it in? How about a handmade papercraft heart giftbox?

There's a couple of options floating around the net for you...

The always helpful wikihow site comes to the rescue with a simple template which you check it out here.

And of course Canon's Creative Park always rises to the occasion, this time they have several fantastic options for papercrafting valentines goodness. Have a good look what they have to offer here or jump directly to the gift box pictured above.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Valentines Day Pop Up Cards

Wow, Valentines Day isn't far away! As a recently married man I need to be on my A game this year :) So over the next couple of weeks I'm going to do my best to find the best papercraft and paper related goodies that you can make that special person in your life this year.

First we are going to need a card right? I'm a big fan of popup cards personally so here's a couple to get the ball rolling!

You can grab instructions for a love heart popup card here and a Valentine Candy Box popup card here.

Japanese Ship Papercrafts



You have got to love Japanese corporations approach to Papercraft, it almost seems like every business has to have a papercraft or two of their product or service, case in point check out the ships on the NYK site, I'm guessing these guys are ship builders?

Nice Models for the seafarers out there. Grab them here

Monday, January 28, 2008

C3PO paper model



Now you can be just like Anakin Skywalker and build your own C3PO model :) One of my favourite characters from the Star Wars universe, C3PO always seemed to be stressed about something and got dragged from one adventure to another with his various owners. A great looking C3PO paper model is available from this site.

Don’t forget to check out the homepage of this site for some more excellently constructed models to download.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Paper Models of Transformers



Although I really enjoyed the recent Transformers movie on the big screen, after watching it again on DVD I couldn't help feel somewhat disillusioned by Hollywood's treatment of an eighties classic, what if they had kept things simple like the good ol' days? Where's Soundwave! Where's Megatron turning into a freaking handgun? In desperation for nostalgia, I went in hunt of some Transformers papercrafts that represented the true school of Transformers and oh boy did I hit the motherload! You can check them out here, a truly impressive collection of Paper Transformers - Let's hope there is even more to come, I can only imagine the possibilities!